The Skinny on: Last Time First (Place)

The Isles come into tonight's game with Pittsburgh with a chance to tie the Penguins for 1st Place in the Metropolitan Division with a regulation win (although the Penguins will have a game in hand).

It would be the first time in nearly 8 years that the Isles have at least a share of first place this late in the season.

(After the games of Dec 5, 2006)

Atlantic Division	W-L-OT	Pts	GF	GA
NY Islanders	14-10-3	31	81	75
New Jersey	14-9-2	30	62	66
NY Rangers	13-10-4	30	88	87
Pittsburgh	11-11-4	26	77	83
Philadelphia	8-15-4	20	68	102

New Jersey defeated Montreal the following night to knock the Isles out of first place.

(The Isles did have a share of first in late Jan/early Feb 2013 but that was the lockout season and they had only played 7 games at the time)

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick