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The surging Pittsburgh Penguins will try to stretch their winning streak to eight in a row tonight when they visit Nationwide Arena, where the Columbus Blue Jackets have taken down the NHL's three top teams over the past month.

The Blue Jackets have been hot at home going 6-1-1 in their last eight to jump into sixth place in the West.

Three of those wins have been particularly impressive. Columbus posted victories over San Jose, Detroit and Boston.

Pittsburgh appeared to be in serious jeopardy of missing the playoffs as recently as two weeks ago, but seven consecutive wins have last season's Eastern Conference champion right back in the postseason mix.
The Penguins will have a hard time getting shots past Steve Mason, who's second in the league with a 2.19 goals-against average.

Marc-Andre Fleury has posted a 1.81 GAA while starting all seven games during Pittsburgh's winning streak.