Welcome to the NHL Daily Picks where hockey writers Adam Gretz and Chris Peters make their selections for certain games every day. The game of the night is Philadelphia 76ers Jersey on Long Island where the Pittsburgh Penguins will be making their final regular-season trip to the Na sau Coliseum before the Islanders move to Brooklyn next season. And it's a huge game as the two teams enter separated by just a single point in the standings. The Metropolitan Division has suddenly become an extremely tight race, and the two teams will meet just one more time (in Pittsburgh) after this game. It's the start of a huge weekend for the Penguins where they will play the Islanders on the road and then return home to play the Rangers on Sunday. The Islanders enter the game riding a three-game winning streak, while Pittsburgh has won back-to-back games and is coming off of a 7-2 win over the Minnesota Wild. Pick: Penguins 4, Islanders 3 Speaking of the Metropolitan Division, the Washington Capitals have also played their way into the race Maurice Cheeks Jersey for the top spot and are in Nashville on Friday night to take on the -le s Predators. Since a five-game losing streak earlier in the season that dropped their record to 4-4-5, the Capitals have put together a 30-game stretch where they have gone 20-7-3. Nashville enters the game with one of the best records in the but is going to be without starting goalie Pekka Rinne for the next three to five weeks. The Predators are still an extremely good team that should be able to overcome that lo s a bit better than they did last season, but it is still not an ideal situation. Pick: Capitals 4, Predators 2 Here is something I didn't expect to see in the middle of January: The Blackhawks and Jets going into a game where they are separated by just four points in the standings. And the thing is, it's not because the Blackhawks are disappointing (they're as great as they ever were). It's because the Jets are really, really good and currently holding a five-point lead for a wild-card spot in the Darryl Dawkins Jersey Western Conference, but also have a shot to earn one of the top three spots in the Central Division. They just played the night before in Dallas and were 2-0 winners, so the second half of a back-to-back is going to be a bit of a disadvantage going into Chicago. Pick: Blackhawks 3, Jets 2 (shootout) at , 7 p.m. ET at. , 7 p.m. ET at , 10 p.m. ET 1. , Pittsburgh Penguins: For all of the time he has mi sed this season, and for as big of a deal has been made about how he hasn't always looked like himself, Crosby is still only five points behind in the NHL's Markelle Fultz Jersey scoring title race and is leading the NHL with 35 a sists. He is starting to get on a bit of a roll here with 10 points in his past seven games.2. , New York Rangers: A legitimate MVP candidate this season, Nash and the New York Rangers are in Columbus on Friday night to take on his former team in his old stomping grounds. He has been held off the scoresheet in each of the past two games but has seven shots on goal over that stretch. Eventually he's going to find the back of the net again. 3. , Anaheim Ducks: As steady they come in the NHL these days, Getzlaf is currently in the middle of a stretch that has seen him record a point in Wilt Chamberlain Jersey 17 of his past 20 games (28 total points) including nine games with at least two points.