I don’t know nor care when the Olympics actually start (the men’s hockey games start in six days), but for our NHL-centric purposes they start tomorrow. Or rather, today is the last day before a long, cold break in the schedule, when we’ll just hope Bo Horvat and Ondrej Palat stay healthy while we hear inside stories trickle out about just how bad the ice arena in Italy is.
Tonight, the Isles have one more chance to add points to the ledger before the break, after which 24 games will remain in their playoff push. They visit the Devils, who are 11 points south of the wild card and just acquired Nick Bjugstad for some reason. (Watch, he’ll score tonight. You know he will.)
First Islanders Goal Picks go here.