Red Wings Finally Feel Pain of a Shutout

It wasn’t enough for the New Jersey Devils to just defeat the Detroit Red Wings again.

This time they didn’t even allow a goal as Martin Brodeur stopped 36 shots and the Devils handed the Red Wings their first regular-season shutout in 98 games with a 2-0 victory Wednesday at Detroit.

The Devils, who swept the Red Wings in the 1995 Stanley Cup finals, have won three of four meetings since.

“It’s really built into a good rivalry,” Brodeur said after his 13th career shutout. “We all know they want to get back at us.”

John MacLean and Bobby Holik scored for the Devils, who ended a six-game home unbeaten string for the Red Wings. Detroit goalie Chris Osgood, who stopped 29 shots, had his own unbeaten streak end at six.

N.Y. Rangers 1, N.Y. Islanders 1--Wayne Gretzky had his point-scoring streak stopped at 15 games, Adam Graves scored with 2:33 left in regulation as the Rangers pulled out a tie at Uniondale, N.Y.

Gretzky had amassed seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points in the league-high streak that started in his second game of the season. Derek King picked up his seventh goal of the season as the Islanders extended their unbeaten streak to three games (2-0-1), all against division opponents.

Pittsburgh 5, Edmonton 2--Mario Lemieux scored a tie-breaking goal late in the third period to help the Penguins defeat the Oilers at Pittsburgh and win consecutive games for the first time this season.

Lemieux, who had been held to one shot and no points in the first two periods, scored a power play goal at 12:23. Ten seconds later, Glen Murray scored his third for Pittsburgh. Ron Francis scored into an empty net and shorthanded in the last minute.

Dallas 3, Phoenix 2--Mike Modano scored two goals to lead the Stars over the slumping Coyotes at Phoenix.

Benoit Hogue also scored for the Stars, and goaltender Andy Moog made 29 saves for his league-leading eighth win (8-3-0) of the season.

Colorado 4, San Jose 1--Keith Jones scored his first two goals in an Avalanche uniform and Patrick Roy came within 10:21 of his fourth shutout of the year at San Jose.

Jones, who was acquired from the Washington Capitals last Saturday for left wing Chris Simon and defenseman Curtis Leschyshyn, has four goals in six career games against San Jose. Roy lost his bid for his 34th career shutout when Al Iafrate scored at 9:39 of the third period.

Hartford 5, Boston 1--Paul Ranheim and Geoff Sanderson each scored twice and Sean Burke made 27 saves to lead the Whalers over the Bruins at Hartford.

Washington 2, Tampa Bay 1--Goalie Jim Carey won his fourth consecutive game and Craig Berube scored the winning goal with 10:13 remaining for the the Capitals at Tampa Bay.