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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Martin Brodeur wasn't taking credit
for his unlikely game-winning goal. In fact, he wasn't even sure it
belonged to him.
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GOALIE GOALS
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Billy Smith, N.Y. Islanders, vs. Colorado Rockies, Nov. 28, 1979.
Ron Hextall, Philadelphia, vs. Boston, Dec. 8, 1987.
x-Ron Hextall, Philadelphia, vs. Washington, April 11, 1989.
Chris Osgood, Detroit, vs. Hartford, March 6, 1996.
x-Martin Brodeur, New Jersey, vs. Montreal, April 17, 1997.
Damian Rhodes, Ottawa, vs. New Jersey, Jan. 2, 1999.
Martin Brodeur, New Jersey, vs. Philadelphia, Feb. 15, 2000.
x-playoff game
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The New Jersey goalie scored his second career goal and also
stopped 19 Philadelphia shots Tuesday night in the Devils' 4-2
victory over the Flyers.
Brodeur was credited with a goal at 9:43 of the third period
after Flyers goalie Brian Boucher vacated the net during a
delayed-penalty call against Devils defenseman Scott Stevens.
As the Flyers tried to set up for a rush, Sergei Brylin of the
Devils forced the puck loose from Daymond Langkow and it rolled
into the empty net. Brodeur, the last Devils player to touch the
puck, got credit for the goal.
"I was kind of surprised," Brodeur said. "I was trying to get
ready for the power play. The next thing you know they announce
your name scoring the goal.
"I didn't really remember what I did for me to be the last one
to touch that puck. I've really got to take a look at the tape. I
really don't remember anything about it."
Brodeur scored his first goal by actually shooting the puck the
length of the ice on April 17, 1997, in a playoff game against Montreal.
While a happy Brodeur wasn't sure exactly what happened, Langkow
still felt the goal deep in his gut.
"You get that sick feeling in your stomach," Langkow said.
"There's nothing you can do about it now. I've just got to try and
forget about it.
"I was trying to go to my right. There was a defenseman
swinging there. I didn't have control of the puck. I only had one
hand on the stick. It's a bad play by me."
|  | | New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur gets help from John Madden, left, in turning aside Philadelphia's Valeri Zelepukin, center. |
Devils coach Robbie Ftorek gave Brylin all the credit for the goal.
"He went in, and he pressured the guy," Ftorek said. "The guy
coughed it up and it ended up going into his own net, which is
nice."
Sergei Nemchinov, Patrik Elias and Scott Niedermayer also scored
for the Devils, who extended their unbeaten streak to six at 5-0-1.
Langkow and Mark Recchi scored for the Flyers, winless in their
last eight visits to the Meadowlands (0-7-1).
After a scoreless first period, the Devils got goals from
Nemchinov and Elias to take a 2-1 lead after two.
Nemchinov opened the scoring at 3:52 as he knocked in the
rebound of Randy McKay's shot.
Scott Gomez put the puck through the legs of Flyers defenseman Dan McGillis and right on Elias' stick after they hit the
Flyers' zone on a two-on-one break. Elias drilled a shot past Boucher
for a power-play goal, his club-leading 25th marker, at 12:13.
Langkow made it 2-1 at 15:33 of the second. McGillis fired a
slap shot that Langkow deflected into the air and the puck floated
over Brodeur's left shoulder.
After Brodeur's goal made it 3-1, Recchi got the Flyers within
one at 11:59. Niedermayer closed out the scoring 3:32 later.
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