Justin Williams knows from missing the playoffs twice with defending Stanley Cup champions just how difficult it is to make it to the postseason, which is why the Metropolitan Division standings have his full attention. C.J. Mosley Jersey .I see our division, I see everyone winning, the Washington Capitals right winger said. The top eight in the East is going to be tough to get in this year. We plan to be at the top.Even for the Capitals, who ran away with the Presidents Trophy last season, thats easier said than done. They are on pace for 112 points, which would leave them in third place because the Metropolitan is home to five of the top eight teams in the NHL.Since Dec. 3, Metro teams are an astounding 29-7-3, led by the Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, red-hot Philadelphia Flyers and Columbus Blue Jackets, and streaking Capitals. The Flyers have won a league-best nine in a row and the Blue Jackets and Penguins six, so the Capitals four-game winning streak doesnt have them moving up the standings.Win them all if you can, coach Barry Trotz said. You have a bad day, you could fall like three or four spots. You could go from being a wild-card team to not being in the playoffs to being second in your division if you win.The competition is so hot that the New York Islanders are still in last place despite winning six of their last 10, and the New Jersey Devils and Carolina Hurricanes are five and seven points out of the last playoff spot in the East. At the top of the division, the Penguins, Rangers, Flyers, Blue Jackets and Capitals have combined to win their last 28 games.Everyones playing at a high level, Rangers center Derek Stepan said. Theres no room. Were in our playoff push.No team has pushed toward the playoffs harder than the Flyers, who were 13th in the East before their run began Nov. 27. Philadelphia has risen to fifth in the East behind Jakub Voracek, goaltender Steve Mason and strong special teams.Coach Dave Hakstol said the Flyers are finding different ways to win games, as evidenced by them beating the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 and then a few days later the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 in overtime.I think were playing better defensively as a team, said Voracek, who has 32 points and trails only Edmontons Connor McDavid in the NHL scoring race. When were making mistakes, Mason is playing unreal ... I think as an overall game we got better not only over the winning streak but in the games before. We lost the games when we shouldve won earlier in the year and now were winning them. Its a good sign.The Penguins have avoided the dreaded Stanley Cup hangover thanks to Sidney Crosbys league-leading 21 goals in his first 23 games. As Henrik Lundqvist sits, Rangers backup goalie Antti Raanta has won three consecutive starts with a 0.33 goals-against average and .984 save percentage.After losing four of its first six games, Columbus is rolling under coach John Tortorella. Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is among the league leaders with a .932 save percentage and 1.98 GAA this season, and forward Cam Atkinson has 27 points in 26 games.Everybodys bought in, said Columbus center Brandon Dubinsky, who also played for Tortorella in New York. I would venture to say hes probably the most fair coach as far as time off and days off and treating the players with respect and giving them their space and just allowing them to focus on one thing and one thing only, which is the 60 minutes ahead of them and the game. Its a two-way street with him, and I think its allowed us to excel.Meanwhile, the Capitals shrugged off some early malaise, and Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Braden Holtby said, Were realizing a little bit more who we are. Three-time Hart Trophy winner Alex Ovechkin snapped a seven-game goal drought Sunday, but Nicklas Backstrom and others are picking up the slack.Defenseman Karl Alzner isnt surprised by the Metropolitan might.We all knew that when the divisions got made that ours was going to be really hard and it wasnt as hard as it couldve been, I think, the last few years, Alzner said. I think were finally getting to see what the Metropolitan is all about.Asked if Washington getting tested by a tougher division could help come playoff time after running away with it last year, Williams simply shrugged and said, Maybe. His coach definitely thinks so, or at least that the Metropolitan being this good isnt a bad thing for any team that makes the postseason.I think competition makes you better, Trotz said. I think the quality in the Metro this year is terrific. Thatll make all the teams better, not only ours. Its a good challenge, and I think it prepares you just to have some consistency in your game. If you dont, then youll fall out.---AP Sports Writers Vin A. Cherwoo in New York and Dan Gelston in Philadelphia contributed.---Follow Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/SWhyno . Eric Weddle Jersey . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. Joe Flacco Womens Jersey . Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the April 15 race in an area packed with fans cheering the passing runners. 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Obviously, hes frustrated with how their seasons going, but theyll bounce back.Parsons is on a minutes restriction, just as he was a year ago with the Mavericks. He was 3 of 5 from 3-point range and added a couple of rebounds in 23 minutes.I wish I would have played more, honestly, if it wouldnt have been a little out of hand there, Parsons said. I feel like every game Im getting better, Im getting more legs.Dallas was without Dirk Nowitzki (strained Achilles tendon) and its top three options at point guard in Deron Williams (left calf strain), J.J. Barea (torn left leg muscle) and Devin Harris (right toe sprain).The Mavericks avoided the franchise low of 62 points from 1997 when Argentine rookie Nicolas Brussino made a 3-pointer with 24 seconds remaining. Dallas (2-9) matched its worst start since going 2-9 during Nowitzkis rookie season in 1998-99.If youre looking for me to make some kind of a crazy statement about how bad things are, thats not how I do business, coach Rick Carlisle said. Im going to keep stressing the positives, and were going to keep working to get them better.Harrison Barnes led the Mavericks with 15 points on 5-of-17 shooting. Seth Curry, the starting point guard because of all the injuries, scored 11 while shooting 4 of 14 from the field.Marc Gasol scored 11 for Memphis, as did Tony Alleen after missing four games with a right groin injury. Justin Tucker Womens Jersey. FLIRTING WITH DISASTERThe Mavericks were shooting 25.4 percent through three quarters -- the franchise low is 27.4 percent from the expansion season of 1980-81 -- after going 8 1/2 minutes without a field goal in the second quarter and adding a 6 1/2-minute drought in the third.Dallas, which matched a franchise low for the second quarter with 10 points, shot 43 percent in a 23-point fourth to finish at 28.8 percent.A FRIENDLY REMINDERThe Mavericks led 27-23 in the second quarter before a 17-minute stretch in which they scored just six points. The Grizzlies, who have another former Dallas player in Vince Carter, led 51-33 at that point. They were sluggish early two nights after handing the Los Angeles Clippers just their second loss, and in the finale of a four-game road trip.We stopped being friendly, Memphis coach David Fizdale said. If you watched the first quarter, everybody was having conversations with the other team like they were all pals. And we dont have the luxury to be buddies.TIP-INSGrizzlies: Zach Randolph scored 10 points, and JaMychal Green had a game-high 12 rebounds. ... Point guard Mike Conley had a season-low eight points but led the Grizzlies with two blocks.Mavericks: Jonathan Gibson, a training-camp cut who re-signed Friday because of the injuries at point guard, had 11 points and a team-high three assists. ... Barea told a Spanish-language newspaper that he expected to miss four to six weeks with a muscle tear. He said he feared he had a more serious Achilles injury.UP NEXTBoth teams are in a stretch of playing six out of seven games on the road. The Mavericks just had their only home game and are headed to Orlando for the second night of a back-to-back before visiting San Antonio on Monday. The Grizzlies get their only home game in the stretch against Minnesota on Saturday night before a trip to Charlotte and Philadelphia. 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