Devils’ Brodeur gets 102nd shutout

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Updated: October 18, 2009, 6:36 am /
Published: October 18, 2009, 12:30 am

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NEWARK, N. J.—Clinging to a one-goal lead in the closing minutes against the Carolina Hurricanes, Martin Brodeur wasn’t thinking about career shutout No. 102.

Brodeur was thinking about last year and the Canes’ miraculous comeback in final 80 seconds of Game Seven of the first round of the playoffs.

Remember? Carolina scored twice and sent the New Jersey Devils packing.

“You don’t forget these things. You try to learn from it,” Brodeur said after making 26 saves to move within one shutout of tying Terry Sawchuk’s NHL career record in the Devils’ 2-0 victory on Saturday night. “We tried at one point to put it away. When that didn’t work, the last three or four minutes, we just shut it down.”

There were scary moments. Jamie Langenbrunner, who broke the scoreless duel between Brodeur and Cam Ward early in the third period with a goal off his shoulder, had a deja vu moment in the closing minutes when Hurricanes defense-man Tim Gleason had a chance.

“The tying goal actually almost happened again tonight where Gleason was in the middle and he threw it to the D on the boards,” Langenbrunner said. “As you play the game, you are going to see a lot of things. You get that feeling, but you get rid of it just as quickly and get the job done.”

Brodeur did by making four saves between Langenbrunner’s goal and Zach Parise’s empty-net clincher to secure his first shutout of the season and the Devils’ first home victory.

The NHL’s winningest goaltender stopped Chad LaRose in close early in the period and he seemed to get a piece of Eric Staal’s shot that might have hit the post with about 5 minutes to go. Brodeur also stopped a blast by Joe Corvo with about 3 minutes left and he grabbed a good wrist shot by Sergei Samsonov with 1:14 to play.

“Marty was just great,” Devils coach Jacques Lemaire said. “That’s how we know him, the type of game he can play.”

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