Martin Brodeur gets 650th career victory as NJ Devils score 4-1 victory over Philadelphia Flyers

To Martin Brodeur, 25 is greater than 650. The Devils’ future Hall of Fame goaltender turned away 18 shots Sunday night and led the Devils to anike factory outlet orlando
4-1 win over Atlantic Division rival Flyers at the Rock in Newark.

It was Brodeur’s 650th nike id football cleats
career win. The NHL’s leader in wins by a goaltender, Brodeur is now 99 ahead of Canadiens and Avalanche great Patrick Roy.

Sunday night, however, Brodeur seemed happier that it was his 25th win in a season in which he has struggled with injuries and inconsistentnike shox nz sl si
play.

“To me, that is more important,” Brodeur said of getting to the 25-win mark. “Once I got to 552 (surpassing Patrick Roy for all-time wins), I didn’t have a number in mind, I just wanted to get to 25 and then 30 in the season.

“So now, my goal is five more, to get to 30.”

Sunday night’s win pulled the Devils (40-24-5) even with the fifth-place Flyers (39-21-7) with 85 points as they jockey for playoff position in the Eastern Conference.

The Flyers have played one less game and host the finale of the teams’ regular-season series Tuesday night.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 30th of the season, the ninth time in 10 NHL seasons he has reached that plateau. Patrik Elias, Anton Volchenkov — off a feed from Kovalchuk — and Zach Parise also scored for the Devils. Volchenkov’s goal 2:45 into the third period broke a 1-1 tie forged by Philly’s Claude Giroux’s goal 16 seconds into the third.

It was the sixth straight game that the Devils had allowed one goal or less. The tightened defense has been a key to their post-All-Star break run in which they have gone 14-5-2 and moved from eighth-place in the tie for fifth with the Flyers.
After injuries in the first half cut his playing time, Brodeur has rebounded with a solid second half.

“Those type of guys sense the important time of the games and find another level at critical times of the year,” Devils coach Peter DeBoer said. “From the All-Star break on, when we were fighting for a eighth in the conference and a playoff spot, he’s raised his level.”

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