New leaders in the Eastern conference.

The New-Jersey Devils have won two games this weekend and have taken the first place of the Eastern conference, one point ahead of the Ottawa Senators who led the standings for the major part of the season.

The race for the 8th position promises to be interesting with under 20 games to go. The Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres are chased by the Philadelphia Flyers, the New-York Islanders, the Washington Capitals and the Florida Panthers.

Here is the NHL Eastern conference standings this morning:
(*) division leaders

1	New Jersey Devils*	63	37	21		5	79	170	148
2	Ottawa Senators*	62	36	20		6	78	210	183
3	Carolina Hurricanes*	65	32	28		5	69	194	207
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	63	35	21		7	77	186	171
5	Montréal Canadiens	63	33	21		9	75	196	180
6	New York Rangers	64	32	24		8	72	166	158
7	Boston Bruins	61	32	23		6	70	165	167
8	Buffalo Sabres	62	30	24		8	68	185	174
9	Philadelphia Flyers	62	30	25		7	67	188	179
10	New York Islanders	63	30	26		7	67	156	180
11	Washington Capitals	63	28	27		8	64	177	196
12	Florida Panthers	65	28	30		7	63	175	189
13	Atlanta Thrashers	63	29	30		4	62	169	203
14	Toronto Maple Leafs	63	26	28		9	61	172	200
15	Tampa Bay Lightning	62	25	30		7	57	177	203