EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Martin Brodeur made 26 saves to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers, becoming the first goalie to win 30 games for 10 straight seasons.

Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta scored for the Devils, who snapped the Rangers’ seven-game winning streak

Martin Rucinsky scored the only goal for New York, which had won six straight on the road.

The Devils took a 1-0 lead on a play started and finished by Gomez. He picked up the puck in the Devils end and carried it into the Rangers zone where he passed to Gionta. Kevin Weekes stopped Gionta’s shot but Gomez put in the rebound at 17:19 of the first period.

The teams exchanged second-period goals.

Rucinsky tied it at 1:17, taking a perfect pass from Petr Sykora and racing in on a breakaway. Brodeur dived out to tried to break up the play, but Rucinsky got a backhander past the sprawled goaltender.

Gomez and Gionta combined again to give the Devils a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 10:27. Gomez fed a hard pass across the crease to Gionta, who slammed it into the net for his team-leading 34th goal.

In the third, Brodeur was lucky and good in preserving the victory. He made 12 saves in the period and was helped when Darius Kasparaitis hit the post, and when Petr Sykora’s deflected shot struck the crossbar.

Brodeur is the only goalie to have more than eight straight 30-win seasons.

Notes: Weekes made his third straight start out of the Olympic break. Henrik Lundqvist, the gold-medal winning goalie for Sweden, is expected to be back in the net on Monday for New York’s home game against Carolina. … Zach Parise moved up to the Devils top line because Patrik Elias is sidelined with a rib injury. The rookie skated on the left wing alongside Gomez and Gionta. … Devils D Richard Matvichuk missed a second straight game with a stomach virus. … Devils winger Grant Marshall got an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty at 15:50 of the second period after he tried to goad Kasparaitis into a fight. When the Rangers defenseman refused, Marshall responded by flapping his arms chicken-style. … The game drew 19,040 for the Devils’ second sellout.

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