Penguins 3 - Devils 4(SO): A point! A point!

One point for Crosby and one point for the Pens.

It's a start, I suppose...figures Sid gets a point and then gets stoned in the shootout :(

Sid's statline - 22:03 of ice time, 1 assist, EVEN, 4 shots on goal, and 12 for 19 on faceoffs.

From NHL.com:

During what could prove to be their final visit to Pittsburgh, the New Jersey Devils hurt the Pittsburgh Penguins' division title chances.

Patrik Elias had the deciding goal in the shootout as the Devils extended their Atlantic Division lead to eight points with a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

"We always get up for these games; they're big games, four-point games," said New Jersey center Travis Zajac, who had a third-period goal. "If we want to stay ahead of them in the standings we've got to keep winning. We always find a way. It was a good team win."

Andy Greene had his first career goal, and Sergei Brylin and also scored for the Devils, who had lost three in a row but have reached 90 points.

Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar and Michel Ouellet scored for the Penguins, who had won three of four but fell two points behind Ottawa for the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race in losing to the Devils for the second time in 10 days.

"It's always better to get two points with the win, but New Jersey has a good team," Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury said. "And the guys didn't quit, they kept playing until the end and we were able to get a good point."

The game took place while the Penguins' owners, state and local politicians and NHL officials were meeting across the state in Philadelphia in talks aimed at funding a new arena for Pittsburgh. If talks collapse, the team could end up relocating in Kansas City or another city after the season

Fans in the sellout crowd of 17,132 started a "Save Our Pens" chant less than a minute into the game, and there were a handful of banners hanging from the balcony seating ranging from being anti-Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell or anti-Kansas City to pro-Penguins and pro-Pittsburgh.

Those fans went home unhappy when the left-shooting Elias skated far to his right on Fleury as the final shooter in the shootout. He skated from Fleury's left to his right before flipping the puck past him.

"I just wait if (the five-hole) opens up," Elias said. "Or if he keeps sliding, I cut it back. I think it's pretty hard for the goalies if you have (those options)."

New Jersey's Martin Brodeur stopped Pittsburgh's Erik Christensen, Malkin and Sidney Crosby to earn his 40th win of the season. Brodeur has won 40 games for the sixth time and became the only goaltender to win 40 in consecutive seasons on multiple occasions.

"Every time you win 40 games or get to these certain plateaus, they're pretty special," Brodeur said. "There's not many guys that are able to say that."

More sad news: Pittsburgh coach Michel Therrien's father died Thursday. Michel will leave the team, for a short time, to attend the funeral.

Penguins 0 - Devils 1: Deadline Day Duds

After the Penguins made a couple of moves to improve their playoff aspirations, they come up dry against the New Jersey Devils.

The trades don't win games themselves, boys!

From Yahoo! Sports:

The 13th season of Martin Brodeur's remarkable career just might turn out to be his best.

Brodeur set a career high with his 12th shutout of the season, stopping 31 shots in the New Jersey Devils' 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

"Some games you have a feeling that there's not going to be many goals scored, just by the way the game is played," said Brodeur, who has twice as many shutouts as anyone in the league. "Tonight I think you could see right from the get-go, everybody had their opportunities but there were no goals. We got one early in the second, so we just try to keep it tight. We are used to playing games like that and I thought we played well with the lead."

Brodeur has 92 career shutouts, third on the career list behind George Hainesworth (94) and leader Terry Sawchuk (103).

It was the second time this season Brodeur blanked Pittsburgh, which lost for the third time in four outings since having a 16-game point streak snapped.

"Brodeur was again phenomenal," Penguins coach Michel Therrien said. "There were three or four times the puck went through him but he just got a little piece of it and we couldn't get that break. You need some breaks and we didn't get the breaks tonight.

"We had our chances. But Martin Brodeur is a hell of a player."

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"We can't give up hope (of catching the Devils)," Crosby said. "We've got to make sure we're just getting points no matter where that puts us in the division. We've got to put some wins together and get some points."

The teams will meet two more times this season, each coming in the next 15 days.