The Joker
December 21st, 2009, 10:22 PM
New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur now has every record possible.
Brodeur stopped all 35 shots faced on Monday night to become the NHL's all-time shutout leader as he passed Terry Sawchuk with the 104th of his career in a 4-0 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena.
Brodeur, who broke Patrick Roy's all-time wins record last season against Chicago and Roy's minutes played record last month in Boston, tied Sawchuk's mark on Dec. 7 in a 3-0 win at Buffalo.
Sawchuk recorded his 103 shutouts in 971 career games for the Red Wings, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Kings and Rangers.
Brodeur had a busy first period, as the Devils were outshot 10-5, yet headed to the first intermission with a 1-0 lead on a goal by Bryce Salvador.
New Jersey then erupted for three more tallies in the second period, as Niclas Bergfors, Patrik Elias and Mark Fraser all beat Marc-Andre Fleury and ended the Pens' goalie's night prematurely. The Devils outshot Pittsburgh 16-11 in the second.
The Pens did everything they could in the third to make sure that Monday wouldn't be the night, but Brodeur made 14 saves in the final 20 minutes to secure the record. He made two big saves on Sidney Crosby before snatching Evgeni Malkin's chance out of the air with his glove in the final minute.
Brodeur has spent every NHL game with the Devils since being drafted by the club in the first round of the 1990 Entry Draft. Monday's win was the 580th of his career.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2009020537
This is the last record Marty needed to break. Now he has every record a goalie can have!
Brodeur stopped all 35 shots faced on Monday night to become the NHL's all-time shutout leader as he passed Terry Sawchuk with the 104th of his career in a 4-0 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena.
Brodeur, who broke Patrick Roy's all-time wins record last season against Chicago and Roy's minutes played record last month in Boston, tied Sawchuk's mark on Dec. 7 in a 3-0 win at Buffalo.
Sawchuk recorded his 103 shutouts in 971 career games for the Red Wings, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Kings and Rangers.
Brodeur had a busy first period, as the Devils were outshot 10-5, yet headed to the first intermission with a 1-0 lead on a goal by Bryce Salvador.
New Jersey then erupted for three more tallies in the second period, as Niclas Bergfors, Patrik Elias and Mark Fraser all beat Marc-Andre Fleury and ended the Pens' goalie's night prematurely. The Devils outshot Pittsburgh 16-11 in the second.
The Pens did everything they could in the third to make sure that Monday wouldn't be the night, but Brodeur made 14 saves in the final 20 minutes to secure the record. He made two big saves on Sidney Crosby before snatching Evgeni Malkin's chance out of the air with his glove in the final minute.
Brodeur has spent every NHL game with the Devils since being drafted by the club in the first round of the 1990 Entry Draft. Monday's win was the 580th of his career.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2009020537
This is the last record Marty needed to break. Now he has every record a goalie can have!