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— Time to start looking at the Pittsburgh Penguins (24-24-11, 59 pts) as a legitimate playoff level team? Stuart Skinner stopped 18 shots and the Penguins put on a flawless defensive display in a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday Night. Pittsburgh improves to 9-2-2 since returning from Christmas Break —

• Evgeni Malkin – Goal (11), Assist
• Tommy Novak – Goal (9), Assist
• Egor Chinakhov – Goal (7)
• Bryan Rust – Goal (18)

(22-15-8, 52 pts) @ (21-14-10, 52 pts)

Pittsburgh and Philadelphia enter tonight’s matchup tied for 7th in the Eastern Conference via Points Percentage with both clubs sitting at 45 games and playing at a 95-point pace:

1. TBL – .678P%
2. CAR – .638P%
3. MTL – .628P%
4. DET – .625P%
5. BUF – .600P%
6. NYI – .598P%
7. PIT – .578P% |
8. PHI – .578P%
9. TOR – .576P%
10. WSH – .574P%
11. BOS -.574P%
12. FLA – .567P%
13. OTT – .533P%
14. NJD – .532P%
15. CBJ – .511P%
16. NYR – 479P%