Monday, 7:00 p.m. at BB&T Center
Two weeks ago, the Florida Panthers were in a position that gave them plenty of hope: within a point of a playoff spot and holding multiple games in hand over everyone above them thanks to a January game postponement that was rescheduled for the day after the end of the season. But the thing about games in hand is that you have to, you know, win them for them to be useful, and the Panthers picked a terrible time to hit a 5-4-1 skid, what with the New Jersey Devils firing off a 7-2-1 stretch to move seven points clear of the Panthers, albeit with the Panthers still holding two games in hand - one of which will be played tonight.