Martin Brodeur made 29 saves for his 112th NHL shutout and Jason Arnott had a goal and an assist to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.
Brodeur stuck out his left pad to stop Mike Cammalleri early in the third, protecting a 2-0 lead on his way to his second shutout of the season and 604th career win. The league's career leader in wins and shutouts stopped 24 shots in a 1-0 win in New Jersey's only other win in Buffalo on Oct. 13.
Arnott, who scored in the second, assisted on Matt Taormina's goal 3:38 into the third. Zach Parise also scored for New Jersey (2-4-1).
Carey Price made 17 saves in his sixth straight start for Montreal (3-2-1).
Canadiens captain Brian Gionta misfired on a promising power-play chance in the third. The former Devils forward was penalized twice in the second for interfering with Brodeur.
Montreal held a 10-3 advantage in shots in the first period, which had no shots on goal in the final 9 minutes.
Parise gave New Jersey the lead 4:20 into the game. He took Travis Zajac's pass from behind the net and slipped the puck past Price from the goalmouth for his second of the season.
Ilya Kovalchuk shot wide on a breakaway later in the first after intercepting Jaroslav Spacek's cross-ice pass at the Canadiens' blue line.
Arnott made it 2-0 with his third goal 14:59 into the second. His shot from the right side struck Montreal's Dustin Boyd on its way past Price.
Taormina beat Price with a slap shot from the point off a faceoff in the Canadiens' zone 3:38 into the third.
NOTES: Brodeur is 39-16-5 overall against Montreal with nine shutouts, the most he has against an opponent outside the Atlantic Division. He has 10 shutouts against Philadelphia and nine against the New York Islanders. ... Devils D Olivier Magnan made his NHL debut. ... D Ryan O'Byrne and LW Mathieu Darche did not dress for Montreal.
