Friday, March 25, 2011
PITTSBURGH (AP) — James Neal scored in the third round of a shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0 on Friday night in a game dominated by goalies Marc-Andre Fleury and Martin Brodeur.
Fleury made 21 saves for his third shutout of the season and 19th of his career. He also stopped Brian Rolston, Ilya Kovalchuk and Patrik Elias in the shootout.
Brodeur extended his NHL shutout record to 116 with his sixth of the season. He made 26 saves and stopped Alexei Kovalev in the shootout. Kris Letang missed the net leading off the tiebreaker.
It was the Penguins’ third straight win by shootout. The Penguins moved within two points of idle Philadelphia in the race for both the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference leads.
Full story appears in Saturday’s edition of The Vindicator.