Martin Brodeur did not look like he took three months off. In fact, as highlights of the Devils’ playoff run last spring played on the big screen over the ice of the Prudential Center Tuesday night, the goaltender looked as sharp as he did in the team’s run to the Stanley Cup Finals piumin moncler uomo.
Brodeur blanked the Flyers for the 10th time in his career, leading the Devils to a 3-0 win in their home opener and picking up his 120th career shutout in front of a sellout crowd of 17,625.
“He kept us in the first period,” Devils coach Peter DeBoer said. “They were the better team in the first period. We got a couple breaks around the net, but they were the much better team early in the game. We knew they would come out desperate and they did moncler outlet 2013.
“He gave us a chance to find our legs and find our game.”
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Brodeur, 40, turned away 24 shots and Travis Zajac and David Clarkson each picked up their second goals of the season for the Devils (2-0). Ilya Kovalchuk scored on a penalty shot in the second period for his first goal of the season Piumini Moncler Uomo Marque Arancione.
Kovalchuk, tripped by Kimmo Timonen on a shorthanded breakaway, skated in straight at Ilya Bryzgalov and faked pumping a forehand shot before roofing a backhand past the fallen Flyer netminder for a 3-0 lead early in the second period.
“It was all Marty tonight,” Zajac conceded. “We had a lot of penalties tonight and he is our best penalty killer. He gives us confidence back there.”
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The Flyers went 0-for-2 on the power play in the first period, outshooting the Devils in the stanza, 9-3. That sparked a strong night from the Devils’ penalty killing, shutting out the Flyers on six man advantages.
The parade to the penalty box was reminiscent to games out of the ’70s and ’80s with a host of roughing penalties and stick infractions. Brodeur even got into the act when he jostled with big Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds Moncler Bambino, who cross-checked the goaltender midway through the second before Steve Bernier came to the rescue.