Devils 2, Penguins 0



Devils 2, Penguins 0
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Corey Schwab made 21 saves and Jay Pandolfo and Jeff Friesen scored power-play goals to help the New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-0 on Saturday night.
Schwab made just his second start of the season Saturday while star Martin Brodeur was rested. The shutout was the sixth of Schwab's career and first since Jan. 3. It was his first victory since he beat Pittsburgh 3-1 on March 21.
Schwab, who played 11 games last season, made his only previous start this season Nov. 7 in a 1-1 tie against Toronto.
Pandolfo's eighth goal of the season and first on the power play came at 9:36 of the first period. He beat Patrick Boileau to a rebound and fired a wrist shot past goalie Jean-Sebastien Aubin. It was Pandolfo's second power-play goal in 440 career games.
Friesen scored his eighth goal of the season and second in three games came, beating Aubin from the bottom of the right circle at 9:48 of the third period.
That was plenty of offense for New Jersey, which has allowed a league-low 56 goals and has given up just three goals in its last four games against Pittsburgh. It was the Devils' ninth shutout of the season.
Aubin, making his first start since Jan. 25, stopped 26 shots for the Penguins, 0-3-1-1 in their last five games. Sebastien Caron had started the previous seven games after No. 1 draft pick Marc-Andre Fleury was loaned to Canada for the world junior championships.
Notes: New Jersey's Igor Larionov played his 900th NHL game ... Pittsburgh defenseman Drake Berehowsky did not play after injuring a finger Friday night in Ottawa. ... New Jersey has won six of its last seven and 15 of its last 20 games in Pittsburgh ... Pittsburgh's Aleksey Morozov has gone 19 games without a goal ... The Devils have lost only two road games this season, fewest in the NHL. The game was the first of a four-game road trip for New Jersey.