PENGUINS KEEP ROLLING AT HOME
Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made 37 saves for his League-leading 18th win of the season as the Penguins defeated the Devils 3-2. Fleury is 26-3 in his last 29 decisions at home. Pittsburgh improved their home winning streak to a season-high seven games, the longest current streak in the League. They have allowed two or fewer goals in six of their last seven contests (6-1-0).

*According to the Elias Sports Bureau Fleury is now 8-1-0 with a 1.33 goals-against average in nine home games against the Devils since the Penguins moved to CONSOL Energy Center in October 2010.

*Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby earned an assist to extend his League scoring lead to 16-28—44. He now has points in his last 11 home games (5-10—15), and a point in 15 of 16 games at CONSOL Energy Center this season (8-17—25). Crosby has eight points (3-5—8) over a five-game point streak.

UNDEFEATED IN DECEMBER
The Vancouver Canucks improved to 6-0-0 in December with a 4-0 victory over the Oilers. The six-game winning streak is the team’s longest of the season. The Canucks have given up only six goals over that span.

*Roberto Luongo earned his third shutout of the season, 65th of his career, and has allowed just four goals over his last four starts (4-0-0). Backup goaltender Eddie Lack posted a shutout against the Hurricanes on Dec. 10. According to the Elias Sports Bureau the Canucks are the second team this season to post back-to-back shutouts using different goaltenders (Columbus – Bobrovsky Dec. 3, McElhinney Dec.6).

*Canucks defenseman Jason Garrison had three points (0-3-3) for the first time in his career. His 18 assists (4-18—22) this season are a career high.

PANTHERS OUTLAST CAPITALS
Florida forward Tomas Kopecky scored in the 10th round of the shootout to help the Panthers edge the Capitals 3-2. After both teams started the shootout 3-for-4, Kopecky was the only one of the last 12 shooters to score. The shootout tied for the second-longest in Panthers history -- the longest also came against Washington, a 2-1 victory that ended in the 11th round on Nov. 28, 2007.

*Brad Boyes’ shootout goal was the 36th of his career, most among active skaters. Boyes is 36 for 76 (47.4%) in shootout attempts.

*Panthers defenseman Dylan Olsen opened the scoring in the second period. Since netting his first career goal on Dec. 5, Olsen has points in five consecutive games (3-3—6). According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Olsen's five-game point streak matches the high for a Panthers defenseman over the last five seasons. The other Florida defensemen to accomplish the feat since 2009-10 are: Bryan McCabe (2009-10 and 2010-11), Dennis Wideman (2010-11) and Dmitry Kulikov (2011-12).

LOOSE PUCKS
Devils forward Steve Bernier recorded his 100th career assist…Patrik Elias scored to extend his point streak to five games (2-4—6)… Vancouver forward Chris Higgins scored to extend his point streak to four games (2-4—6)…Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom tallied 1-1—2 and now has 2-5—7 in his last two games.