First, Martin Brodeur denied the Washington Capitals' top scorers in a shootout. Then the New Jersey goalie deftly deflected praise for preserving the Devils' third straight victory. Zach Parise and Jamie Langenbrunner scored in the shootout, Brodeur stopped shootout attempts by Alexander Semin and Alex Ovechkin and the Devils beat the Washington Capitals, 3-2, Monday night to end a three-game road trip unbeaten. "It's nice when you go out and your first couple of guys score all the time (in the shootout).
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Goalies
Mon 10/12	Was	NJ 3 - 2	W: Brodeur L: Theodore
Wed 11/4	NJ	NJ 2 - 3	W: Brodeur L: Varlamov
Sat 11/14	NJ	NJ 2 - 5	W: Brodeur L: Theodore
Date	Home	Time (ET)
Sat 12/26	Was	7:00 pm

Game Stats

Devils (3-2-0) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM D. Clarkson 1 0 5 1 5 B. Rolston 1 0 3 -1 0 N. Bergfors 0 1 4 1 0 R. Niedermayer 0 1 0 -1 0 D. Zubrus 0 1 1 1 0 J. Langenbrunner 0 0 1 0 0 J. Pandolfo 0 0 3 -1 0 Z. Parise 0 0 6 0 0 R. Pelley 0 0 0 0 0 A. Peters 0 0 0 0 0 I. Pikkarainen 0 0 0 0 2 T. Zajac 0 0 3 0 0		Capitals (2-2-2) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM M. Knuble 1 1 4 2 2 A. Ovechkin 0 2 7 2 0 N. Backstrom 0 0 2 2 2 M. Bradley 0 0 0 0 0 C. Clark 0 0 0 0 5 E. Fehr 0 0 3 0 0 B. Gordon 0 0 0 0 2 B. Laich 0 0 1 -2 0 Q. Laing 0 0 1 0 0 B. Morrison 0 0 1 -2 2 A. Semin 0 0 1 -2 0 D. Steckel 0 0 2 0 0
DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM C. White 0 1 0 2 0 A. Greene 0 0 0 0 0 P. Martin 0 0 0 -2 0 M. Mottau 0 0 2 2 0 J. Oduya 0 0 1 -2 2 B. Salvador 0 0 0 0 2		DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM M. Green 1 0 5 0 0 J. Erskine 0 0 0 2 0 M. Jurcina 0 0 3 0 0 S. Morrisonn 0 0 1 -1 0 B. Pothier 0 0 0 0 2 T. Poti 0 0 2 -1 0
GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% M. Brodeur(W, 3-2) 33 31 2 .939		GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% J. Theodore 29 27 2 .931

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PLAYER NEWS

Devils Jamie Langenbrunner (NJ - Right Wing) News: Langenbrunner had two assists Saturday in a 5-3 loss at Dallas. [+] Impact: Langenbrunner has nine points in his last seven games. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Brian Rolston (NJ - Left Wing) News: Rolston scored twice Saturday in a 5-3 loss at Dallas. [+] Impact: Rolston snapped a five-game goal drought for the Devils. (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Yann Danis (NJ - Goaltender) News: Danis got his third start of the season in goal for the Devils, but was replaced by Brodeur at the start of the second period after Dallas scored on three of nine shots in a 5-3 loss for the Devils. [+] Impact: Danis had a 1.00 GAA in his first two starts. "I thought (Brodeur) would give us a little more energy and we would play better," Devils coach Jacques Lemaire said. "It definitely did because we came back." (STATS - Sun. Nov 22, 2009)

Capitals Semyon Varlamov (WAS - G) News: Semyon Varlamov was spectacular on Saturday night, stopping 38-of-39 shots, but not spectacular enough, as Washington lost 2-1 in a shootout to the Maple Leafs.  [+] Impact: The loss dropped him to a still-sterling 8-1-1 on the season. (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Alexander Ovechkin (WAS - LW) News: Alexander Ovechkin scored his 16th goal of the season on Saturday, but it was Washington's lone goal in a 2-1 loss to the Maple Leafs.  [+] Impact: Ovechkin appears to be completely over his shoulder injury, and should continue to run roughshod over the rest of the NHL. (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Alexander Ovechkin (WAS - Left Wing) News: Ovechkin scored his 16th goal of the season in Saturday's loss to Toronto. [+] Impact: The shot was world class. He took a sweet pass from Mike Green and beat Vesa Toskala with a quick, hard shot at full speed. (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Injury Report

Devils Player Injury Status D Zubrus Fractured right patella day-to-day R Niedermayer Upper-body injury IR J Oduya Lower-body injury IR P Martin Broken left arm IR J Pandolfo Separated right shoulder IR

Capitals Player Injury Status T Poti Upper-body injury day-to-day S Morrisonn Upper-body injury day-to-day Q Laing Broken jaw IR A Semin Right wrist injury IR B Gordon Back IR J Theodore Personal reasons day-to-day M Knuble Broken finger IR M Jurcina Pulled leg muscle IR