Parise lifts Devils

TORONTO (AP) — Martin Brodeur made 40 saves, and Zach Parise scored with 48.3 seconds left to give the New Jersey Devils a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.

Parise, who also scored Friday night in New Jersey’s 2-1 overtime win against Tampa Bay, has five goals in three games — all Devils victories.

He also scored twice in New Jersey’s 4-1 win at Toronto on Tuesday that snapped the Devils’ three-game skid (0-2-1). Brodeur stopped 141 of 147 shots during four victories over the Maple Leafs this season, including both this week.

New Jersey stayed one point ahead of Montreal atop the Eastern Conference. The Pittsburgh Penguins, who play the Capitals in Washington on Sunday at 12:30 p.m., are three points behind New Jersey.

Mats Sundin scored for the Maple Leafs, who fell eight points behind eight-place Philadelphia and the playoff cutoff in the East.