After spending most of the 2023-24 NHL season doing almost none of the things they needed to do, the Pittsburgh Penguins have spent the past week doing exactly what they needed to put themselves right back in the middle of the Stanley Cup Playoff race. They are now in it. Really, truly in it.
It started on Monday night with a huge win at Madison Square Garden against the New York Rangers. That win at least put them at the door to the playoff race.
It continued on Tuesday night with a stunning come-from-behind win at the Prudential Center, a place they always seem to struggle even in the best of seasons, against the New Jersey Devils.