A win in Boston means New York moves into first overall, though with little capital. While their home efforts haven’t been stellar lately, they have the superb goaltending needed to cover up occasional lapses.

Six straight wins is six straight wins, but four came in shootouts, one in overtime. And the opposition was suspect – they faced Phoenix twice, then Columbus, Dallas and Buffalo in addition to a tough Chicago team.

The team is 6-2 in its last eight road games and its 16 road wins are tied for the league lead. Alex Edler has been one of the league’s most creative defensemen.

Referee Dan O’Rourke accused Erik Karlsson of being a diver in a 2-1 loss in Anaheim on Saturday. Whatever. Ottawa has followed each of its three previous losses with winning streaks.

Did HBO's 24/7 get in their heads? The Flyers have won just eight of 17 games since mid-December.

Evgeni Malkin has goals in five straight games and 10 in his last eight despite playing with the entire Penguins team on his back.

Peter Mueller has three goals and an assist in his last two games shortly after a return from a year-and-a-half absence. If he provides an additional scoring option, Colorado will have some serious upside in the second half.

The Caps have shown some resiliency after having lost Nicklas Backstrom (concussion) and Mike Green (abdominal surgery). They’ll need production from their best players (Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin) when Boston visits Tuesday.

Phil Kessel has two points and a minus-six rating in his last six games as the streaky Leafs have lost four out of five.

The Ducks are only 11 points out of a playoff spot after an 8-0-1 stretch and have games in hand on most of the teams ahead of them. Recently re-upped Francois Beauchemin has been among the league’s best defensemen in January.

The Isles have won eight of 12 and find themselves in the playoff hunt backed by a stellar Evgeny Nabokov, who has won four straight while stopping 152 of his last 156 shots faced. John Tavares has an NHL season-best 12-game point streak.

Only the Kings have scored fewer goals than the bottomed-out Wild, losers of 15 of 18.

Diminutive playmaker David Desharnais has averaged a point per game over his last 11 with a plus-7 rating. Rene Borque scored his first Montreal goal in Saturday’s 3-1 win at Toronto.

Buffalo enters the week with 12 straight road losses and is 9-19-5 since Ryan Miller was bowled over by Milan Lucic.

Jeff Skinner scored for the first time since missing 16 games with a concussion in a 2-1 overtime loss at Nassau Coliseum on Sunday.