Brodeur blanks Sabres, ties Sawchuk

yet another record broken by all star goalie Martin Brodeur.The New Jersey Devils goaltender, who became the all-time winningest goaltender late last season when he surpassed Patrick Roy's old mark of 552, tied the record for career shutouts Monday night when he stopped all 22 shots by the Buffalo Sabres in a 3-0 win at HSBC Arena. It was the 103rd shutout of Brodeur's career, tying him with Hall of Fame goaltender Terry Sawchuk, who accomplished the mark in 971 career games for the Red Wings, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Kings and Rangers."I think with the last few games, we had a couple going into the third with no goals," said Brodeur, who had been waiting to tie the record since his last shutout on Oct. 17 against Carolina."When it was nine minutes left I was like, well let's try to beat this, and then move on to five minutes and really think about it in the last five minutes. The guys played really well in front of me and made a big difference in why we were able to get a shutout, but especially a big win."Brian Rolston scored the only goal Brodeur would need with 2:09 left in the first period, beating Sabres goalie Ryan Miller from in close. Travis Zajac added to the lead 67 seconds later with a blast from just inside the blue line that trickled through Miller, and Niclas Bergfors struck on a power play 38 seconds into the middle period.With the victory, the Devils are 20-7-1, the best start through 28 games in franchise history.