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Penguins-Islanders Preview: Keys to Monumental Metropolitan Division Matchup
The Islanders hold a 14-6-2 Metropolitan Division record while the Penguins are 11-2-9 in division play, meeting for the third time this NHL season.
- On Monday at 7 p.m. EDT, the Pittsburgh Penguins visit the New York Islanders at UBS Arena in Elmont for their third Metropolitan Division meeting, trailing by one point in a tight Eastern Conference playoff race.
- After playing 15 games in March's first 28 days, the Penguins face fatigue and injuries; Sidney Crosby has missed 12 of 17 games since the Olympic break while Evgeni Malkin has missed eight, both day-to-day after Saturday's loss to Dallas Stars.
- Rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer has driven New York's turnaround with 22 goals and 34 assists, needing just one point to break the franchise rookie scoring record set by Stefan Persson in 1977-78 while reaching 56 total points this month.
- A regulation win gives Pittsburgh an 84% postseason probability versus 58% in a loss per MoneyPuck, but the Penguins face Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin, who leads the league in goals saved above expected and has stolen 15 games this season.
- Pittsburgh's power play ranks 18th and penalty kill 25th since the Olympic break after both were elite, while Coach Dan Muse said, "This is what we've been working for all year" after Sunday's practice in Cranberry.
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