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BACK

* Ducks are 11-15-6 (28 points)

* Third in Pacific Division

* Seventh in Western Conference

* F Teemu Selanne has two-point (goal, assist) week.

FOREWARD

* Capitals, 7:30 tonight: Waiver pick-up Jeff Toms is using his speed and scoring touch to carve out a regular spot on the wing since coming over from Tampa Bay, the Washington Post reports. “He’s gotten better each night and I like that,” Coach Ron Wilson said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/capitals.htm

* Maple Leafs, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Defenseman Per Gustafsson has a bruised ankle from blocking a puck during practice and might miss up to a week, ESPN SportsZone reports.

https://espn.sportszone.com/nhl/news/971210/00490334.html

OPEN

* Through Dec. 1, the original six teams had earned the following number of points: Montreal (6,022), Boston (5,345), Toronto (4,999), Detroit (4,838), N.Y. Rangers (4,798) and Chicago (4,686). With this in mind, the Rangers and Blackhawks would not make the original six playoffs to end all playoffs if the league called it quits today.

https://espn.sportszone.com/nhl/programming/digging/971201/html

QUOTE

* “[Mike Keenan] had to do it his way. It wasn’t set up to do it his way here. And he ruined the whole team trying.” --St. Louis fan Bob Hamilton sounds off on the Blues’ former coac h to CBS Sportsline.

https://cbs.sportsline.com/u/page/covers/hockey/dec97/gordon12997.htm

Mark.Pargas@latimes.com