On course to secure another nod as the NHL's top goaltender, Hellebuyck is firmly in the league's MVP conversation with less than two weeks remaining in the regular season.
Wayne Gretzky is expected to be in attendance Friday night in Washington with Alex Ovechkin two goals from tying and three from breaking the hockey legend's NHL record.
With his wife due to give birth any day now, Comrie turned aside all 26 shots he faced including 14 in the third as Winnipeg maintained their four-point lead atop the Central.