Oct 24, 2009 10:27 pm US/Eastern
Devils End Penguins' 7-Game Winning Streak
Bergfors, Zajac, Parise Each Notch Goal And Assist In 4-1 Win Over Defending Champs
PITTSBURGH (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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Nicklas Bergfors, Travis Zajac and Zach Parise each had a goal and an assist and the New Jersey Devils snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' winning streak at seven with a 4-1 victory Saturday night.
Mark Fraser added his first career goal, and Martin Brodeur made 32 saves for the Devils, 5-0 on the road for the first time in team history.
Alex Goligoski scored for the defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins (9-2-0), who lost for the first time all season when Marc-Andre Fleury started a game.
The Penguins trailed 2-0 heading into the third period at home for the second consecutive night. They came back to beat Florida 3-2 in a shootout Friday, but only 26 seconds into the third, Zajac made it 3-0 when he flipped a rebound of Parise's shot into an open net for his fifth of the season.
Brodeur was 10:22 away from his 103rd career shutout -- which would have tied Terry Sawchuk's NHL record -- until defenseman Goligoski converted a rebound of Pascal Dupuis' shot for his third of the season.
New Jersey did not have a shot on goal for almost 10 minutes to start the game, but Fraser's second shot of his eight-game career gave the Devils a 1-0 lead.
Fraser, who was on injured reserve since mid-September as the result of a head injury that occurred in a fight during a preseason game, threw an innocent-looking wrist shot on net from the left-wing circle 9:50 into the game that Fleury couldn't handle and ultimately inadvertently batted back into his own net with his glove.
Bergfors made it 2-0 with a power-play goal, his second of the season and third of his career, with 5:29 left in the second. Bergfors took the initial shot while he skated down the left wing, circled behind the net and smacked in a loose puck that had gotten behind Fleury in the crease.
Parise added a goal with 3:28 to play to make it 4-1.
Fleury began the season 8-0 and hadn't allowed more than two goals in all but two of his previous starts.
NOTES: Devils LW Jay Pandolfo left the game after being boarded by Penguins LW Mike Rupp 13 minutes into the second. Pandolfo did not return. ... New Jersey D Paul Martin also went to the locker room for an undisclosed injury with about 6 minutes to play. He also did not return. ... Goligoski has a career-high five-game points streak. ... Brodeur has 563 career wins. ... The Penguins lost for the first time this season when they had at least 30 shots.
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