Devils end Penguins’ win streak
PITTSBURGH (AP) – 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.
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.