Gaps and Cushions

What a nice win last night...even though once again they started a little slow they were able to get it together and pull out a very important win....and win that puts them 1 point away from the division lead and gives them a 5 point cushion from the 8th spot in conference (which by the way is a tie between Boston and the Rangers...just wanted to make that point clear..lol)...I did see one very good stat last night about the defense and their contributions on offense over the last 17 games...the defense has about 13 goals in that stretch...like I stated in the last post this could help the Devils move deep in the playoffs if the defense continues to contribute like this.