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decision vs. chicago (30 saves)…Tied roy at 551 in previous match mar. 14 in 3-1 decision over canadiens in
hometown of montreal, Que…Honored by devils/nHL for record apr. 3 vs. Tampa Bay; replaced K. Weekes
due to injury (W, 39:03, 7 saves, 3 ga) that evening…relief appearance was his first since mar. 20, 1998 at
Washington (m. dunham) and 12th of nHL career…matched career high with 48 shots (since surpassed)/set
career high with 46 saves mar. 28 vs. carolina (since surpassed)…Picked up 100th career regular-season Sho
mar. 1 vs. Philadelphia (27 saves)…recorded two season-high 5-game winning streaks: mar. 10-20 (1 Sho,
.955 save % & 1.40 gaa) and nov. 1-mar. 3 (2 Sho, .962 save % & 0.89 gaa)…returned to lineup/posted 4-0
win Feb. 26 vs. colorado (24 saves); was 9-1-0, with 3 Sho, .940 save % and 1.75 gaa in first 10 games
following return from injury…removed from injured reserve Feb. 25; missed 50 games nov. 3-Feb. 21 due to
elbow injury and subsequent surgery after missing just 12 games due to injury/illness over his previous 14
seasons…Suffered injury nov. 1 vs. atlanta (W, 26:38, 5 saves, 0 ga); was replaced by Weekes…Took So loss
oct. 29 vs. Toronto; 48 shots faced were a career high (since surpassed)…recorded 2-1 victory in season
opener oct. 10 vs. ny islanders; stopped K. okposo’s PS shot attempt…Started first 10 games of season
through nov. 1 to extend consecutive games-started streak to career-high 51…made 14th straight openingnight
start, passing T. Esposito’s nHL record (chi.,’69-70 through ’81-82) for most consecutive openers with the
same team…named nHL’s First Star of the Week for period ending mar. 1; posted 3-0-0 record with 2 Sho,
.971 save % and 0.67 gaa…also First Star of the Week for period ending mar. 15 (3-0-0, .943 save % & 1.67
gaa)…Passed daneyko into first place on new Jersey’s all-time post-season games-played list (176) in game
7 of EcQF vs. carolina…2007-08: Won fourth vezina Trophy as the nHL’s top goaltender; received all over a
five-season span (’03, ’04 & ’07)…named to league’s Second all-Star Team for fourth time (’97, ’98 & ’06),
while finishing fifth in voting for the Hart memorial Trophy as league mvP…received team’s mvP award, as
voted by his teammates, for tenth time…Started season-high 41 straight games Jan. 8 through end of regularseason
schedule…completed campaign with So win apr. 6 vs. ny rangers; passed Sawchuk (57,194) for the
second-most minutes in nHL history at 57,208…also passed Belfour (55,695) Feb. 13 vs. ottawa and g. Hall
(53,484) nov. 16 vs. ny islanders…With win mar. 15 at colorado, extended his own nHL record with third
straight/seventh overall 40-win season…notched So win mar. 13 at minnesota; appearance marked his
957th game played as a devil, surpassing Stevens for second all-time (daneyko, 1,283)…named nHL’s
Second Star of the Week for the period from mar. 3-9; was 3-0-0, with a .972 save % and 0.98 gaa during
stretch…also named league’s Third Star of the Week for Feb. 18-24 (4-0-0, .947 save % & 1.48 gaa)…With
victory Feb. 13 vs. ottawa, improved record to 30-19-3 overall…Twelfth straight 30-win season extended his
own nHL record; nobody else has more than eight straight (roy)…voted by fans to start 2008 all-Star game
in atlanta, but was unable to participate…Posted 3rd Sho of season/95th career with 1-0 oT win dec. 23 at
calgary (30 saves); passed g. Hainsworth into sole possession of second place on league’s all-time regularseason
Sho list…Posted 4-2 win dec. 16 vs. Philadelphia; stopped d. Briere on fifth career PS faced…Posted
4-0 victory nov. 30 vs. montreal (27 saves) to tie Hainsworth for second in career Sho…Just the second
goaltender (roy, 551) in history with 500 wins; posted no. 500 with 6-2 victory nov. 17 at Philadelphia…Posted
win in his 900th nHL game oct. 31 vs. Tampa Bay; joined roy (1,029), Sawchuk (971), Belfour (963), c. Joseph
(922) and Hall (906) as netminders with 900 appearances…made 13th straight opening-night start oct. 4 at
Tampa Bay, tying Esposito’s nHL record for consecutive openers with the same team…2006-07: recipient of
vezina Trophy for third time; finished third in the voting for Hart Trophy…named to nHL’s First all-Star Team for
third time (‘03 & ‘04)…Seventy-eight games played was a career high and the second most in nHL history (g.
Fuhr, StL., 79, ‘95-96)…Surpassed his own single-season nHL record with 4,697 minutes played (4,555, ‘03-04),
as well as B. Parent’s (47, ’73-74) mark with 48 victories…Posted 48th victory apr. 5 with 3-2 decision at
Philadelphia; tied Parent apr. 3 with 2-1 So win vs. ottawa…Surpassed minutes mark apr. 1 with 3-1 win vs.
Boston…Established franchise record with his 44th win of season mar. 27 at ny islanders (3-2); matched
previous career high with 4-3 So decision mar. 24 at Florida…completed campaign with 494 career victories;
passed Sawchuk (447) and Belfour (484) earlier in season…moved past Sawchuk in home opener oct. 12 with
7-6 So victory vs. Toronto…Posted 462nd victory to surpass Belfour dec. 8 with 2-0 decision vs. Philadelphia (28
saves)…Posted his 40th victory of season with 4-3 So win mar. 8 at Pittsburgh…completed season third on the
league’s all-time Sho list at 92; passed Hall dec. 26 with 3-0 win vs. Pittsburgh (26 saves)…named nHL’s Third
Star of the Month for Feb. (9-3-0, 3 Sho, .919 save % & 2.22 gaa)…Picked up his career-high 12th Sho of
season/92nd career with 1-0 decision Feb. 27 at Pittsburgh (31 saves)…matched career high with 11th Sho of
season in 2-0 decision Feb. 17 at ny islanders (26 saves)…recorded his 10th Sho of season/90th career with 2-
0 win Feb. 8 vs. ny islanders (25 saves); tied Sawchuk’s nHL record of four 10-plus Sho seasons…Picked up his
nHL-record 45th career oT win Feb. 1 in 6-5 decision at Philadelphia; tied roy at 44 Jan. 13 in 2-1 victory at
ny islanders…Became just the ninth netminder to reach the 50,000-minute mark dec. 30 with 2-0 win at ny
islanders (29 saves)…Posted season-high 5-game winning streak dec. 1-9 (1 Sho, .940 save % & 1.35
gaa)…With 1-0 decision oct. 28 vs. columbus (22 saves) and 2-0 victory two nights earlier vs. Florida (29
saves), recorded back-to-back Sho during the regular-season for the sixth time in his nHL career…games
marked his 82nd/83rd career Sho to equal/surpass Plante on the league’s all-time list…Picked up 4-0 win in
season opener oct. 6 at carolina (29 saves); tied T. Thompson and a. connell for fifth with 81 career Sho,
while tying Sawchuk for third with 447th lifetime win…decision also marked his second season-opening Sho
(oct. 7, ‘95, vs. Fla.)…along with Buffalo’s r. miller, established nHL record with 10 So wins (since tied, m.
garon, Edm., ’07-08 & J. Quick, La, ’10-11); stopped 40 of 60 shots (.667) overall…Shots faced in So were
most in the league, as well as an nHL record (since surpassed, i. Bryzgalov, Phx., 62, ’09- 10)…named mvP by
his teammates for ninth time; represented Eastern conference at 2007 nHL all-Star game…Posted 3-2
double-oT win in game 2 of EcSF vs. ottawa (43 saves) for his tenth career playoff extra-session
victory…Picked up 3-2 win in series-clinching game of EcQF apr. 22 at Tampa Bay to pass Fuhr for second alltime
with 93 post-season victories…recorded 3-0 win (31 saves) in game 5…2005-06: named to nHL Second
all-Star Team, while finishing second in voting (Kiprusoff, cgy.) for vezina Trophy…appeared in 70-plus games
for the ninth time; played/started season-high 31 straight contests dec. 31-mar. 23…Forty-three victories
matched his career high (since surpassed)…moved into fourth place on league’s all-time wins’ list (438) apr. 1
at Philadelphia; tied Plante at 437 mar. 30 with 3-1 win vs. Buffalo…Picked up his 5th Sho of season/80th
career with 3-0 decision Feb. 3 vs. carolina (28 saves)…Shutout was the 100th overall (80 reg.-seas. & 20
playoffs) of his nHL career; was just the third netminder in history to reach the 100-mark, joining Sawchuk (103
& 12) and Hainsworth (94 & 8)…named nHL Defensive Player of the Month for Jan. with a 10-2-1 record,
including 3 So wins, 4 Sho, .938 save % and 1.73 gaa…Passed Esposito (424) into sole possession of fifth place
on nHL’s all-time wins’ list Jan. 17 at St. Louis (5-3); tied Esposito at 423 Jan. 15 in 3-2 So win at
chicago…Earned back-to-back Sho in regular-season for fifth time following 3-0 decision Jan. 13 vs.
vancouver (26 saves) and 3-0 win Jan. 9 vs. Philadelphia (22 saves)…Jan. 9 contest marked his 77th career
Sho, moving him ahead of Esposito into sole possession of seventh place on the league’s all-time list…Picked
up 3-0 victory Jan. 3 vs. Florida (16 saves) for 1st Sho of season/76th career to tie Esposito…Stopped m.
Hossa’s oT PS attempt dec. 15 vs. atlanta; PS was his first faced since Feb. 27, 2001 (stopped d. Scatchard,
nyi) and team’s first at meadowlands since nov. 17, 1990 (c. Terreri stopped m. ricci, Phi.)…moved into sole
possession of sixth place on league’s all-time wins’ list (408) nov. 11 at Washington (4-3); tied Hall for sixth
oct. 20 at Pittsburgh…Pulled after first two periods oct. 15 vs. carolina, snapping a stretch in which he
completed his previous 90 starts; was last replaced mar. 13, 2003…ninety-game stretch was league’s longest
since roy completed 94 straight Jan. 28, 1989-dec. 8, 1990…Posted season-high 11-game winning streak
mar. 28-apr. 18; had .941 save % and 1.98 gaa during stretch…missed 6 games oct. 28-nov. 8 with knee
injury; nov. 8 contest marked just 20th time in 12 seasons he did not dress…Was 8-3 in So overall, stopped 29
of 38 attempts (.763)…Posted 3a for his most points since 2001-02 (4a)…With 89 wins, passed B. Smith and
Belfour into sole possession of third place on the nHL’s post-season wins’ list in game 4 of EcSF vs.
carolina…replaced after 53:07 in game 1 of series; was substituted for first time since game 6 of 2003 ScF at
anaheim and fifth time in post-season overall…Posted 3-0 victory in game 3 of EcQF at ny rangers (25
saves) for his 101st overall Sho…Was 2-2-0, with a .923 save % and 2.01 gaa for Team canada at 2006
olympic Winter games…2004-05: represented canada at World cup; was 5-0-0 with 1 Sho and 1.00 gaa
and named to all-Tournament Team…represented canada at 2005 World championships for first time since
1996…Participated in former teammate i. Larionov’s farewell game dec. 13, 2004 at moscow’s Luzhniki
arena…2003-04: received both Jennings and vezina Trophies, and named to nHL’s First all-Star Team,
marking first time in team history that two players (niedermayer) were honored in the same year…Finished
third in voting for Hart Trophy for second straight campaign…represented Eastern conference as a starter in
2004 all-Star game; game marked his eighth appearance…Led league for third time with 75 games (all
starts), third time with 11 Sho, fourth time with 4,555 minutes and sixth time with 38 wins…Became just the
eighth goaltender in history to post 75 career Sho with 5-0 decision mar. 30 vs. ny rangers (24
saves)…reached mark in his 738th career game, becoming the second-fastest goaltender (Sawchuk, 567) in
the modern era to do so…Eighth goaltender in history to record 400 wins; accomplished feat mar. 23 in 4-3
oT win at Florida in the fewest number of games (735) and at the youngest age (31 yrs. & 322 days) in
history…Picked up 10th Sho of season with 2-0 win Jan. 23 vs. montreal (21 saves); reached mark for third
time (’96-97 & ’97-98)…Served as backup Jan. 20 at Pittsburgh and Jan. 17 vs. Washington; did not play in
consecutive games for first time since dec. 30, 1997-Jan. 1, 1998…appeared in his 700th lifetime contest Jan.
3 at nashville…Earned 3-3 oT tie dec. 12 vs. Philadelphia for his 100th career tie…Posted season-high 12-
game undefeated stretch (10-0-2) oct. 28-nov. 26; recorded 4 Sho, .945 save % and 1.22 gaa…Passed m.
richter (nyr) for most games played (667) among netminders who have spent their entire career with one
team oct. 11 in 2-1 win at carolina…2002-03: capped-off his tenth nHL season with his first-ever vezina
Trophy and First all-Star Team nomination…Joined Stevens (’93-94) and P. Elias (’00-01) as only new Jersey
players previously named to first team…co-winner of the Jennings Trophy with Philadelphia’s r. cechmanek
& r. Esche, while named mvP by his teammates…appeared in 73 games overall to match 2001-02 total;
games played were second-most (m. denis, cBJ) among goaltenders…Finished 41-23-9 overall; led league
in wins for fifth time in career…in 6-0 decision mar. 30 vs. ny islanders, stopped all 19 shots he faced for his
league-leading 9th Sho of the season/64th career…With the victory, improved to 40-22-8 for the season to
become first netminder in league history to post four 40-win seasons…allowed goal with just 1:58 remaining
Jan. 30 vs. Philadelphia to snap 265:03 personal Sho streak (272:54 team Sho streak) vs. Flyers that started
Jan. 10, 2002…named nHL Player of the Week for period ending Jan. 19; was 4-0-0, with 1 Sho, .947 save %
and 1.25 gaa during stretch…Established nHL record with seven post-season Sho (d. Hasek, 6, ’01-02)…Was
4-3, with an nHL record-tying 3 Sho (c. Benedict, mtl. maroons, ’26 & F. mccool, Tor., ’45), .925 save % and
1.73 gaa in ScF vs. anaheim…Total included back-to-back 3-0 Sho in games 1-2, may 27-29, marking the
first back-to-back Sho in the ScF since 1952 (Sawchuk, det.), and the first time since ’45 (mccool) that it had
been accomplished in first 2 games…replaced in ScF for first time in career in game 6 at anaheim; made
17 saves on 22 shots in 48:37 of action…2001-02: appeared in league-leading 73 games with 4,347 minutes;
finished second in nHL with 38 victories (Hasek, det., 41)…Picked up his 1st Sho of season/300th lifetime
victory dec. 15 in 2-0 decision at ottawa (39 saves)…in 548 appearances, became the third-fastest
netminder in history to record 300 wins (Plante, mtl., 524; a. moog, Edm., Bos., dal., 543); at 29 years, seven
months and nine days old, was youngest-ever to accomplish feat…named nHL Player of the Week mar. 25-
31; was 3-0-0 with 1.67 gaa…nineteen straight starts to open season through nov. 20 were a career
high…represented Team canada at 2002 olympic Winter games; was 4-0-1, with 1.80 gaa en-route to
gold medal…2000-01: Participated in nHL all-Star game for sixth straight year…appeared in league-leading
72 games (also o. Kolzig, Wsh.) for second straight season; led nHL with 42 victories…celebrated his nHL
milestone 500th appearance Feb. 19 with 2-0 victory at Toronto (29 saves)…Posted his 50th career Sho mar.
21 in 4-0 win vs. ny rangers (11 saves)…Went 10-0-4, with 1 Sho, .927 save % and 1.82 gaa during team
record-tying 14-game unbeaten streak dec. 20-Jan. 24…Posted 11 consecutive victories Feb. 26-mar. 23;
recorded 2 Sho, .911 save % and 2.08 gaa during stretch…Was 3-4, with a .870 save % and 2.70 gaa in ScF
vs. colorado…Broke his own nHL record (95, ’99-00) with 97 overall appearances (72 reg.-seas. & 25
postseason)…Posted his tenth career post-season Sho in game 3 of EcQF at carolina (16 saves)…recorded
back-to-back Sho on two occasions: apr. 15-17 vs. carolina and may 17-19 vs. Pittsburgh…1999-00: Posted
league-leading 43rd victory in season finale apr. 8 vs. Florida…recorded 40th Sho of nHL career with 3-0
decision Feb. 27 vs. montreal (30 saves)…Was 10-0-0 in ten starts Jan. 3-26 (1 Sho, .921 save % & 2.09 gaa)
and undefeated in 14 straight starts dec. 26-Jan. 26 (12-0-2, 1 Sho, .915 save % & 2.18 gaa)…named nHL
Player of the Week for Jan. 3-9; was 4-0-0, with .901 save % and 2.47 gaa…Stopped Philadelphia’s v.
Zelepukin oct. 30 on first ever PS faced…credited with second career goal Feb. 15 vs. Philadelphia (first reg.-
seas.); tally marked first game winner by a goalie in history…Tied Parent’s (’73-74, 47 reg.-seas. & 12 playoffs)
nHL record with 59 (43 & 16) overall wins…1998-99: appeared in 70 games for second consecutive
campaign; led league in games played and with 4,239 minutes…Was not replaced all season and did not
have any relief efforts while leading league with 39 victories…Had season-high 9-game unbeaten streak
nov. 28-dec. 23; was 6-0-3, with 1 Sho, .904 save % and 2.27 gaa during stretch…Tied nHL record with his
25th road victory of the season in apr. 17 season finale at nashville (4-1)…Posted his 200th career victory apr.
14 with 2-1 decision at Buffalo…Selected by fans to start for north american squad at nHL all-Star
game…1997-98: Earned Jennings Trophy for second straight season…Forty-three wins were first in nHL, 1.89
gaa (Belfour, dal., 1.88) and 10 Sho (Hasek, Buf., 13) were second; reached 10-Sho mark for second
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