Pens - Devils Post-Game Thoughts on Special Teams, 3rd D-pairing & more

Post-Game Wrapup: The Penguins 4-2 victory against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night has pulled them within one point of the Philadelphia Flyers.

After losing to Philadelphia last week, it is somewhat of a surprise to head coach Dan Bylsma to be in the position the Penguins are.

"Once we didn't get the win against Philly, did I anticipate getting back to one point against them? No," Bylsma said. "We have to pick up two in two games to overtake them now, but it's a lot closer than I thought it'd be."

In tonight's victory, Pascal Dupuis (15, 16) was big scoring twice and Pittsburgh also got goals from Jordan Staal (11) and Chris Kunitz (23).

Marc Andre Fleury made 22 saves to record the win.

Here are a few thoughts from tonight's game....

Special Teams was pivotal to the Penguins victory. The team finally got something from their power play, even though It wasn't a typical power play setup kind of goal. Staal's power play goal at 17:37 of the period, was just the Penguins 4th power play in 21 games. If anything it was a "sense of relief" for the team.

"I think there was a sense of relief with the power play getting that goal," Bylsma said.

The most encouraging sign for the Penguins is that their penalty kill unit is starting to rebound after struggling during the first 4 or 5 games of Matt Cooke's suspension.