Brodeur, Devils Snap Two-Game Skid
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Alexander Mogilny had the game-winning goal and two assists to make up for a defensive lapse earlier in the game and the New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 last night.
Martin Brodeur stopped 21 shots for the Devils, who snapped a two-game losing streak in which they were outscored 10-2.
The Panthers dropped their second straight game.
Three of New Jersey’s four goals came on the power play. The Devils had scored five power-play goals in 31 chances over their first five games.
Mogilny broke a 3-3 tie at 13:54 of the third period when he stuffed a pass from Jamie Langenbrunner past Roberto Luongo. He assisted on a goal by Zach Parise earlier in the period, and on a goal by Viktor Kozlov in the second period. Parise’s goal at 4:03 tied the score after Juraj Kolnik had given Florida a 3-2 lead at 3:20.
Mogilny’s goal made up for a miscue in the Devils’ zone that led to the Panthers’ first goal in the opening period. He failed to clear the puck and Nathan Horton of the Panthers took it right off his stick and wristed a shot past Brodeur from between the circles.
Just over a minute later, Sergei Brylin tied it when he knocked in a rebound.
The Devils took a 2-1 lead at 13:38 of the second on a one-timer by Kozlov on a pass from Mogilny.
Less than three minutes later,a lapse by Brodeur allowed the Panthers to tie it. Florida’s Serge Payer took a pass from Joel Kwiatkowski and appeared headed behind the net to Brodeur’s left. Instead, he flicked a wrist shot from the side that somehow squeezed through the gap between Brodeur’s leg pad and the near post.
The win was coach Larry Robinson’s 107th with the Devils, passing Pat Burns for second place on the club’s all-time list. Jacques Lemaire leads with 233.