BIG AL's NHL SLAPSHOT CLUB WINNER!

At 8:05 pm, our selection is on the Boston Bruins over the Pittsburgh Penguins.  In the bouncing ping-pong ball world that is the Eastern Conference Wild Card chase, the Penguins had a huge overtime win here at home over the Red Wings on Thursday night.  That victory has vaulted the Pens back into the final WC position with three teams -- the Caps, Red Wings, and Flyers -- all one point behind them.  Pittsburgh has only three games left but those are all against contending teams, starting tonight with the Bruins.  Going into Saturday, Boston is barely holding on to a lead in the Atlantic -- just one point ahead of the Panthers, who are playing today at home against the Sabres.  The Bruins have dominated this series, taking four of the last five meetings going back to November of 2022.  They trounced the Pens in the last meeting a little more than a month ago, 5-1, and Pittsburgh is 5-11 in its last 16 games revenging a blowout loss by more than 3 goals to an opponent.  Take the Bruins.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.