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Brodeur, Devils aim to shut down Panthers

Jan 27, 2007 - 3:52 PM New Jersey (30-14-5) at Florida (18-22-10) 7:30 pm EST

SUNRISE, Florida (Ticker) -- Goaltender Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils look for a shutout sweep of the Sunshine State when they face the Florida Panthers on Saturday.

Brodeur steered aside 28 shots in leading the Devils to a 2-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. The shutout was the 89th of Brodeur's career and extended his record of 30-win seasons to 11.

The Devils are 5-0-1 in their last six games and have surrendered just seven goals.

Brian Gionta scored the game-winner in Friday's triumph.

The Panthers have an uphill battle to make the playoffs. They have 46 points and are 18 points behind the first-place Atlanta Thrashers in the Southeast Division.

Florida went into the break with a 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals last Saturday. Martin Gelinas led Florida with two goals while Ville Peltonen had a goal and an assist.

Gelinas' two goals snapped a slump in which he had only one assist in his previous four games.








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    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    NEW JERSEY 1 1 0 2
    FLORIDA 1 2 1 4 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NJD - BRIAN GIONTA 23 (JAY PANDOLFO, SCOTT GOMEZ) 4:34
    FLA - (PP) ROSTISLAV OLESZ 9 (RUSLAN SALEI, JOZEF STUMPEL)
    9:28
    2ND PRD: NJD - JOHNNY ODUYA 2 (PAUL MARTIN, MIKE RUPP) 2:25
    FLA - ROSTISLAV OLESZ 10 (JOZEF STUMP

    Jan 27 9:59 PM


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    NEW JERSEY 2
    FLORIDA 4
    3RD PRD: FLA - (EN) JOZEF STUMPEL 13 (CHRIS GRATTON) 19:39

    Devils vs. PanthersJan 27 9:58 PM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    NEW JERSEY 1 1 2
    FLORIDA 1 2 3 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NJD - BRIAN GIONTA 23 (JAY PANDOLFO, SCOTT GOMEZ) 4:34
    FLA - (PP) ROSTISLAV OLESZ 9 (RUSLAN SALEI, JOZEF STUMPEL)
    9:28
    2ND PRD: NJD - JIM DOWD 2 (JOHNNY ODUYA, PAUL MARTIN) 2:25
    FLA - ROSTISLAV OLESZ 10

    Jan 27 9:06 PM


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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    NEW JERSEY 1 1 2
    FLORIDA 1 2 3 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NJD - BRIAN GIONTA 23 (JAY PANDOLFO, SCOTT GOMEZ) 4:34
    FLA - (PP) ROSTISLAV OLESZ 9 (RUSLAN SALEI, JOZEF STUMPEL)
    9:28
    2ND PRD: NJD - JIM DOWD 2 (JOHNNY ODUYA, PAUL MARTIN) 2:25
    FLA - ROSTISLAV OLESZ 10

    Devils vs. PanthersJan 27 9:06 PM


  • NHL
    NEW JERSEY 2
    FLORIDA 2
    2ND PRD: FLA - ROSTISLAV OLESZ 10 (JOZEF STUMPEL, MARTIN GELINAS) 3:51

    Devils vs. PanthersJan 27 8:40 PM


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    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    NEW JERSEY 1 1
    FLORIDA 1 1 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: NJD - BRIAN GIONTA 23 (JAY PANDOLFO, SCOTT GOMEZ) 4:34
    FLA - (PP) ROSTISLAV OLESZ 9 (RUSLAN SALEI, JOZEF STUMPEL)
    9:28
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    NJD 10

    Jan 27 8:13 PM


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    NEW JERSEY 1
    FLORIDA 1 7:50 LEFT, 1ST PRD

    Devils vs. PanthersJan 27 7:58 PM


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    NEW JERSEY 1
    FLORIDA 0
    1ST PRD: NJD - BRIAN GIONTA 23 (SCOTT GOMEZ) 4:34

    Devils vs. PanthersJan 27 7:47 PM