Oct 22, 2009 11:28 pm US/Eastern
Zubrus Sparks Devils Over Rangers
Brodeur Huge As Well As N.J. Tops N.Y. 4-2 At MSG
NEW YORK (AP) ―
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The Devils' Zach Parise, No. 9, celebrates a goal with teammates against the Rangers during their game on Oct. 22, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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While many clad in red and black gasped at Martin Brodeur's blunder behind his net, the NHL's winningest goalie remained calm despite the chaos around him.
Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils were locked in a third-period tie with the New York Rangers when the puck got free behind the vacated goal and onto the stick of top scorer Marian Gaborik. Brodeur hurried back to the crease in a scramble, and the Rangers couldn't take advantage.
Moments later, Dainius Zubrus scored the decisive goal that led to the Devils' 4-2 victory Thursday night.
"When you're doing it, you're trying to recover as quickly as possible," Brodeur said. "You realize (the danger) more after it happens than when it happens.
"I knew he was there. I knew I had to react. So when that bad bounce happened, I knew I was going to be in a little trouble. I didn't try to overplay it. I didn't try to get contact with him. I just wanted to make sure I stayed loose."
He did.
While he remained one shutout behind Terry Sawchuk's NHL record of 103, Brodeur finally found a way to top Rangers counterpart Henrik Lundqvist in regulation on the road for the first time. Brodeur is 2-8-2 against Lundqvist in the regular season at Madison Square Garden.
"It's always nice to beat the Rangers and play well," said Brodeur, who made 29 saves.
Zubrus' tip-in of Zach Parise's soft, rolling shot 7:51 into the third period gave New Jersey its first 4-0 road mark since 1989. The Devils are 1-3 at home.
"I'm not sure why, but so far we've been a good road team," said Parise, who scored and right to teammate Dan Girardi.
Girardi hit Kotalik with a pass streaking up the middle and alone on Brodeur. With a snap of his wrist, Kotalik beat him gloveside at 14:25 for his fourth goal.
Parise opened the scoring with a breakaway goal, created by a quick tap pass at center ice by Langenbrunner. Parise snapped a shot over Lundqvist's glove at 6:11 for his fourth. Parise, who scored 45 times last season, has four goals in three games after netting only one in New Jersey's first five.
Bergfors pushed the lead to 2-0 with 4:50 left in the first, redirecting David Clarkson's shot past Lundqvist for his first of the season and second in the NHL.
"It hurts to lose this game," Lundqvist said. "When you lose the puck at the wrong time of the game, it is going to really hurt you."
NOTES: Rangers enforcer Donald Brashear sat out due to soreness. ... Bergfors, who has played 17 NHL games, scored his other goal on Nov. 1, 2008, against Atlanta. ... Brodeur beat Lundqvist in a shootout at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 22, 2007. ... The Rangers fell to 51-28-20-1 in 100 games vs. New Jersey at MSG.
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