Martin Brodeur posted his 552nd win and passed childhood idol and Hall of Famer Patrick Roy for the most career victories in league history when he made 30 saves in the New Jersey Devils' 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. The victory came in Brodeur's 987th game of a 15-year career played entirely with the Devils. During that tenure, the likable Brodeur has led the Devils to three Stanley Cup titles and won the Vezina Trophy four times as the league's top goalie. Brodeur is within four shutouts of passing Terry Sawchuk (103) for the league record, and at 36 he has a chance to push his win total well beyond 600. Capitals 3, Panthers 0: At Sunrise, Florida, Jose Theodore made 19 saves in his second shutout of the season as Washington blanked Florida. Brooks Laich and Viktor Kozlov scored for Washington, which earned its fourth win in five games. Mike Green added an empty-net goal with 1:27 left, and John Erskine had two assists. Florida dropped a fourth straight game for the first time since late December. The Panthers hadn't lost two consecutive home games since January. Red Wings 3, Flyers 2: At Detroit, Johan Franzen and Henrik Zetterberg scored 1:32 apart in the third period to wipe out a one-goal deficit and give Detroit a win over Philadelphia. Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an assist, and Franzen also had an assist for Detroit, which hasn't lost to Philad elphia at home since Nov. 4, 1988 (14-0-2). Chris Osgood made 24 saves. Scott Hartnell had a goal and an assist, and Joffrey Lupul also scored for Philadelphia. Martin Biron stopped 45 shots. Penguins 6, Thrashers 2: At Pittsburgh, NHL scoring-leader Evgeni Malkin tied a career-high with five points to surpass 100 for the second consecutive season as Pittsburgh downed Atlanta. Malkin had two goals and three assists to give him 102 points this season. Sergei Gonchar had a goal and three assists and Kris Letang and Crosby had two assists each for Pittsburgh. Rangers 4, Canadiens 3, SO: At Montreal, Chris Drury scored the deciding goal in the shootout after Markus Naslund and Nik Antropov beat Carey Price on New York's first two attempts. Henrik Lundqvist, who made his 60th start of the season, stopped Andrei Kostitsyn on Montreal's first attempt after making 26 traditional saves. New York moved one point ahead of Montreal in a tightly contested race for the final playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. Elsewhere it was: Wild 3, Avalanche 2, SO; Maple Leafs 4, Lightning 3, SO; Senators 4, Sabres 2; Coyotes 4, Sharks 3; Canucks 4, Stars 2.
