Devils' Brodeur Surpasses Sawchuk As NHL Career Shutout Leader

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / DECEMBER 21, 2009

DEVILS' BRODEUR IS NHL SHUTOUT KING
Surpasses Sawchuk With No. 104; Claims Another Career Goaltending Record


NEW YORK (December 21, 2009) -- New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur became the NHL's all-time shutout leader tonight, posting the 104th of his career with a 35-save performance in a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena. The shutout sent Brodeur past the legendary Terry Sawchuk, who amassed 103 during a 21-year Hall of Fame career from 1949-50 through 1969-70.

“Terry Sawchuk set a shutout record that stood for more than 45 years and withstood the challenge of more than 500 goaltenders who have played in the National Hockey League since then," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "By surpassing that record tonight, Martin Brodeur reached yet another level of goaltending supremacy. The entire NHL family congratulates him, the Devils and every member of the organization who contributed to this marvelous accomplishment.”

The shutout milestone is the latest in a series for Brodeur, who passed Patrick Roy as the all-time leader for games by a goaltender with his 1,030th career appearance Dec. 18 against Ottawa. Brodeur eclipsed Roy's League record of 60,235 career minutes on Nov. 27 at Boston and, last season, passed Roy as the League's regular-season victories leader with his 552nd on Mar. 17 against Chicago.

The 37-year-old Montreal native's remarkable resume also includes three Stanley Cups, four Vezina Trophies as the League's outstanding goaltender, four William Jennings Trophies as goaltender on the club allowing the fewest regular-season goals, the 1994 Calder Trophy as the League's outstanding rookie and nine NHL All-Star Game appearances. He captured an Olympic gold medal in 2002 and a World Cup title in 2004 for Canada in international competition and is widely anticipated to be a Canadian selection for the 2010 Olympic competition in Vancouver this February.

Sawchuk had set the career shutout record on Jan. 18, 1964 when he passed George Hainsworth's total of 94 in the Detroit Red Wings' 2-0 win at Montreal and posted his 103rd and final shutout on Feb. 1, 1970 with the New York Rangers against Pittsburgh. He retired following the 1969-70 season with a 447-330-172 record and 2.51 goals-against average in 971 appearances with Detroit, Boston, Toronto, Los Angeles and the Rangers. His shutout record, among others, was considered unassailable for years after.

Brodeur began the long climb toward the shutout summit with a 17-save performance in a 4-0 victory over Anaheim on Oct. 20, 1993, the first of three he recorded during his Calder Trophy-winning rookie season. He has led the League in shutouts four times, including a career-high 12 in 2006-07, and has recorded at least four in each of the past 13 seasons.

Brodeur is enjoying one of the finest starts in his 16-year NHL career. Appearing in 33 of the Devils' 35 games, he leads all goaltenders in victories (23-8-1), is tied for third in shutouts (three) and boasts a 2.10 goals-against average and .921 save percentage.


MARTIN BRODEUR'S NHL-RECORD 104 CAREER SHUTOUTS - BY TH E NUMBERS
(all statistics through games of Monday, Dec. 21)

BRODEUR SHUTOUTS BY OPPONENT

Opponent Starts Shutouts

Anaheim 18 2
Atlanta 34 6
Boston 46 4
Buffalo 52 2
Calgary 14 1
Carolina/Hartford 53 7
Chicago 15 1
Colorado 27 3
Columbus 8 1
Dallas 18 3
Detroit 16 2
Edmonton 15 0
Florida 53 5
Los Angeles 13 1
Minnesota 9 1
Montreal 56 8
Nashville 10 0
NY Islanders 71 10
NY Rangers 81 7
Ottawa 56 6
Philadelphia 76 9
Phoenix/Winnipeg 17 3
Pittsburgh 66 6
St. Louis 15 1
San Jose 17 0
Tampa Bay 53 5
Toronto 42 3
Vancouver 16 1
Washington 52 6


BRODEUR SHUTOUTS BY SCORE

0-0 2 (scoreless tie)
1-0 21
2-0 25
3-0 22
4-0 22
5-0 6
6-0 4
7-0 0
8-0 0
9-0 2


BRODEUR SHUTOUTS BY SEASON

1993-94 3
1994-95 3
1995-96 6
1996-97 10 (led NHL)
1997-98 10
1998-99 4
1999-00 6
2000-01 9
2001-02 4
2002-03 9 (led NHL)
2003-04 11 (led NHL)
2005-06 5
2006-07 12 (led NHL)
2007-08 4
2008-09 5
2009-10 3


BRODEUR SHUTOUTS BY MONTH

December 24
March 18
January 17
February 15
October 12
November 10
April 8


BRODEUR SHUTOUTS BY ARENA

Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, N.J. 49
Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. 7
Bell Centre, Montreal, Que. 4
Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. 4
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y. 4
Philips Arena, Atlanta, Ga. 4
Scotiabank Place, Kanata, Ont. 4
Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 4
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ont. 2
America West Arena, Phoenix, Ariz. 2
McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colo. 2
TD Garden, Boston, Mass. 2
USAir Arena, Landover, Md. 2
American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas 1
BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla. 1
Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. 1
HSBC Arena, Buffalo, N.Y. 1
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich. 1
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ont. 1
Ottawa Civic Centre, Ottawa, Ont. 1
Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alta. 1
RBC Center, Raleigh, N.C. 1
St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Fla. 1
STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, Calif. 1
United Center, Chicago, Ill. 1
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. 1
Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg, Man. 1


BRODEUR'S NUMBERS AT ANOTHER LEVEL

The 524 goaltenders who have played in the NHL since Terry Sawchuk set the all-time
shutout record in 1964 have posted a total of 3,798 shutouts. Of those 524 goaltenders, 88%
have recorded fewer than 20 shutouts and 98% have recorded fewer than 50.

Shutouts Goaltenders Reaching Since 1964

100+ 1 (Martin Brodeur)
90-99 0
80-89 1 (Dominik Hasek)
70-79 2 (Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito)
60-69 1 (Patrick Roy)
50-59 5 (Ed Giacomin, Curtis Joseph, Chris Osgood, Bernie Parent and Rogie Vachon)
40-49 5 (Ken Dryden, Nikolai Khabibulin, Roberto Luongo, Evgeni Nabokov and
John Vanbiesbrouck)
30-39 13
20-29 31
10-19 73
1-9 178
None 214


HIGHS/LOWS/AVERAGES

Fewest shots faced: 9 (Dec. 4, 2003 vs. Washington)
Most shots faced: 40 (Jan. 28, 1999 at Boston)
Total shots faced: 2,558
Avg. shots faced: 24.6
Avg. goal support: 2.9
First shutout: Oct. 20, 1993 vs. Anaheim (17 shots)
H/R breakdown: Home 56, Road 48
Longest shutout drought: 44 starts (Jan. 8, 2008 through Oct. 13, 2008)

MOST SHUTOUTS AMONG ACTIVE GOALTENDERS

Brodeur has more than double the total of the #2 ranked active goaltender, Chris
Osgood of the Detroit Red Wings (50).

1. Martin Brodeur, New Jersey 104
2. Chris Osgood, Detroit 50
3. Roberto Luongo, Vancouver 49
Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose
5. Nikolai Khabibulin, Edmonton 41

MOST SHUTOUTS SINCE 2005-06

1. Martin Brodeur, New Jersey 29
2. Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary 26
Roberto Luongo, Vancouver
4. Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose 23
5. Tomas Vokoun, Florida 22

MORE...
* Brodeur has had seven games in which he was working on a shutout but gave up his first
goal in the last minute of the third period (five) or in overtime (two).
* On Nov. 9, 1996, Mike Dunham replaced Brodeur for 41 seconds of a 4-0 shutout of the
New York Islanders. Brodeur therefore did not get credit for a shutout.

BRODEUR'S 104 SHUTOUTS IN ORDER
# Date Score Shots
1 10/20/1993 N.J. 4 vs. ANA 0 17
2 01/19/1994 N.J. 4 at WPG 0 32
3 03/13/1994 N.J. 4 vs. DAL 0 28
4 02/20/1995 N.J. 2 at WSH 0 27
5 04/05/1995 N.J. 2 at OTT 0 21
6 04/09/1995 N.J. 2 vs. NYR 0 32
7 10/07/1995 N.J. 4 vs. FLA 0 17
8 11/14/1995 N.J. 1 vs. HFD 0 16
9 01/03/1996 N.J. 1 at COL 0 30
10 02/10/1996 N.J. 3 vs. NYR 0 24
11 02/18/1996 N.J. 3 vs. WSH 0 21
12 03/15/1996 N.J. 5 vs. T.B. 0 32
13 11/06/1996 N.J. 2 at DET 0 36
14 12/03/1996 N.J. 2 vs. FLA 0 28
15 12/23/1996 N.J. 0 vs. BUF 0 (OT) 37
16 01/03/1997 N.J. 1 at OTT 0 19
17 02/13/1997 N.J. 4 vs. HFD 0 20
18 03/13/1997 N.J. 6 vs. HFD 0 35
19 03/27/1997 N.J. 4 vs. NYR 0 26
20 04/01/1997 N.J. 1 at WSH 0 25
21 04/04/1997 N.J. 3 vs. T.B. 0 26
22 04/11/1997 N.J. 2 vs. BOS 0 26
23 10/27/1997 N.J. 5 at PHI 0 20
24 11/08/1997 N.J. 2 vs. BOS 0 17
25 12/04/1997 N.J. 4 at PIT 0 28
26 12/13/1997 N.J. 3 at TOR 0 25
27 02/02/1998 N.J. 1 at OTT 0 21
28 02/04/1998 N.J. 2 vs. OTT 0 19
29 03/12/1998 N.J. 2 at CAR 0 21
30 03/18/1998 N.J. 3 vs. ANA 0 25
31 03/26/1998 N.J. 2 at COL 0 23
32 03/28/1998 N.J. 3 at PHX 0 26
33 11/11/1998 N.J. 3 vs. MTL 0 24
34 12/01/1998 N.J. 4 at WSH 0 22
35 01/28/1999 N.J. 2 at BOS 0 40
36 04/08/1999 N.J. 1 vs. WSH 0 15
37 10/09/1999 N.J. 1 vs. T.B. 0 14
38 12/09/1999 N.J. 4 at CHI 0 23
39 01/21/2000 N.J. 4 vs. NYI 0 31
40 02/27/2000 N.J. 3 vs. MTL 0 30
41 03/10/2000 N.J. 9 at ATL 0 19
42 03/31/2000 N.J. 6 vs. ATL 0 22
43 10/28/2000 N.J. 9 at PIT 0 21
44 12/01/2000 N.J. 0 vs. NYI 0 (OT) 24
45 12/11/2000 N.J. 4 vs. ATL 0 19
46 12/22/2000 N.J. 2 at FLA 0 22
47 02/06/2001 N.J. 4 at MTL 0 27
48 02/19/2001 N.J. 2 at TOR 0 29
49 03/04/2001 N.J. 6 vs. T.B. 0 15
50 03/21/2001 N.J. 4 vs. NYR 0 11
51 04/07/2001 N.J. 2 at MTL 0 21
52 12/15/2001 N.J. 2 at OTT 0 39

# Date Score Shots
53 12/26/2001 N.J. 4 vs. PIT 0 20
54 03/10/2002 N.J. 3 at DAL 0 22
55 04/10/2002 N.J. 1 vs. PHI 0 22
56 11/07/2002 N.J. 1 at PHI 0 23
57 12/02/2002 N.J. 1 at PHI 0 (OT) 26
58 12/10/2002 N.J. 2 vs. STL 0 28
59 12/30/2002 N.J. 1 at BOS 0 33
60 01/15/2003 N.J. 5 vs. NYI 0 27
61 01/28/2003 N.J. 1 vs. DET 0 16
62 02/12/2003 N.J. 3 at PHX 0 18
63 03/18/2003 N.J. 1 at MTL 0 25
64 03/30/2003 N.J. 6 vs. NYI 0 19
65 10/28/2003 N.J. 4 at NYI 0 25
66 11/08/2003 N.J. 1 at OTT 0 26
67 11/15/2003 N.J. 5 vs. NYR 0 18
68 11/25/2003 N.J. 4 at L.A. 0 25
69 12/04/2003 N.J. 3 vs. WSH 0 9
70 12/10/2003 N.J. 1 vs. NYI 0 (OT) 18
71 12/13/2003 N.J. 2 at PHI 0 32
72 12/18/2003 N.J. 3 at ATL 0 15
73 01/10/2004 N.J. 1 at TOR 0 25
74 01/23/2004 N.J. 2 vs. MTL 0 21
75 03/30/2004 N.J. 5 vs. NYR 0 24
76 01/03/2006 N.J. 3 vs. FLA 0 16
77 01/09/2006 N.J. 3 vs. PHI 0 22
78 01/13/2006 N.J. 3 vs. VAN 0 26
79 01/24/2006 N.J. 4 at NYI 0 24
80 02/03/2006 N.J. 3 vs. CAR 0 28
81 10/06/2006 N.J. 4 at CAR 0 29
82 10/26/2006 N.J. 2 vs. FLA 0 29
83 10/28/2006 N.J. 1 vs. CBJ 0 22
84 12/08/2006 N.J. 2 vs. PHI 0 28
85 12/26/2006 N.J. 3 vs. PIT 0 26
86 12/30/2006 N.J. 2 at NYI 0 29
87 01/07/2007 N.J. 3 at MTL 0 28
88 01/16/2007 N.J. 1 vs. NYR 0 26
89 01/26/2007 N.J. 2 at T.B. 0 28
90 02/08/2007 N.J. 2 vs. NYI 0 25
91 02/17/2007 N.J. 2 at NYI 0 26
92 02/27/2007 N.J. 1 at PIT 0 31
93 11/23/2007 N.J. 3 at ATL 0 22
94 11/30/2007 N.J. 4 vs. MTL 0 27
95 12/23/2007 N.J. 1 at CGY 0 (OT) 30
96 01/04/2008 N.J. 3 vs. PHI 0 36
97 10/16/2008 N.J. 1 at ATL 0 25
98 10/22/2008 N.J. 5 vs. DAL 0 21
99 02/26/2009 N.J. 4 vs. COL 0 24
100 03/01/2009 N.J. 3 vs. PHI 0 27
101 03/20/2009 N.J. 4 vs. MIN 0 35
102 10/17/2009 N.J. 2 vs. CAR 0 26
103 12/07/2009 N.J. 3 at BUF 0 22
104 12/21/2009 N.J. 4 at PIT 0 35

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