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Friday, 21 January 2011 12:31

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

First off, let us apologize for titling a blog post with the name of a Cyndi Lauper song. We were out of ideas.

Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur  (above)  recorded his eighth career shutout against the Penguins last night. Only Hall-of-Famer Bernie Parent had more against the Penguins with 10.

Brodeur's success isn't exactly surprising. He is arguably the greatest goaltender in NHL history. But the numbers are.

The bulk of his shutouts against the Penguins have come in the "Crosby/Malkin Era." Five of the eight have come since 2006-07, the first season in which Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were both in the NHL.

To put it in perspective, Brodeur never recorded a regular season shutout anytime either Mario Lemieux or Rico Fata were in the lineup.

Here is a breakdown of the 83 Penguins players who have been involved in a Brodeur goose egg and how many times they were blanked.

Five games

Brooks Orpik (right), D
Jordan Staal, C
Maxime Talbot, C

Four games

Sergei Gonchar, D
Evgeni Malkin, C
Josef Melichar, D
Sidney Crosby, C

Three games

Craig Adams, RW
Matt Cooke, LW
Pascal Dupuis, RW
Marc-Andre Fleury, G
Alex Goligoski, D
Brent Johnson, G
Darius Kasparaitis, D
Tyler Kennedy, C
Chris Kunitz, LW
Robert Lang, C
Kris Letang, D
Aleksey Morozov, RW
Mike Rupp, C

Two games

Colby Armstrong, RW
Jean-Sebastien Aubin, G
Mark Eaton, D
Ruslan Fedotenko, LW
Bill Guerin, RW
Jan Hrdina, C
Jaromir Jagr (right), RW
Hans Jonsson, D
Alex Kovalev, RW
Milan Kraft, C
Janne Laukkanen, D
Ryan Malone, LW
Alain Nasreddine, D
Michel Ouellet, RW
Mark Recchi, RW
Jarkko Ruutu, LW
Rob Scuderi, D
Martin Skoula, D
Jiri Slegr, D
Martin Straka, C
Chris Thorburn, RW
Ryan Whitney, D

One game

Arron Asham, RW
Matthew Barnaby, LW
Stu Barnes, C
Tom Barrasso (right), G
Kris Beech, C
Josef Beranek, LW
Bob Boughner, D
Rob Brown, RW
Erik Christensen, C
Rene Corbet, LW
Chris Conner, LW
Nils Ekman, LW
Chris Ferraro, C
Peter Ferraro, LW
Ron Francis, C
Kevin Hatcher, D
Johan Hedberg, G
John Jakopin, D
Dustin Jeffrey, C
Andreas Johansson, C
Dan LaCouture, LW
Mark Letestu, C
Ben Lovejoy, D
Paul Martin, D
Jay McKee, D
Zybnek Michalek, D
Kip Miller, C
Dominic Moore, C
Fredrik Olausson, D
Krzysztof Oliwa, LW
Stephane Richer, RW
Michal Rozsival, D
Toby Petersen, C
Wayne Primeau, C
Roman Simicek, C
Garth Snow, G
Chris Tamer, D
Billy Tibbetts (right), RW
Gary Valk, RW
Brad Werenka, D
Tyler Wright, C

In terms of coaches, here's the breakdown:

Dan Bylsma - 3 games
Michel Therrien - 2 games
Kevin Constantine - 1 game
Ivan Hlinka - 1 game
Rick Kehoe - 1 game

(Photos: Brodeur-Paul Bereswill/Getty Images; Orpik-Jamie Sabau/Getty Images; Jagr-Keith Srakocic/Associated Press; Barrasso-Andy Starnes/Post-Gazette; Tibbetts-Matt Freed/Post-Gazette)

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written by DigitalGypsy66, January 21, 2011 - 11:55 AM

The Pens should've tried to sneak Aleksey Morozov through waivers for the game last night. Letestu needs a scoring winger...

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written by fueledbyjake, January 21, 2011 - 12:08 PM

What is really concerning is that Bylsma has been shut out the most in the least amount of games. This is why I worry about "trapping" teams.

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written by Bones, January 21, 2011 - 02:13 PM

Could probably get Morozov and Kraft back as a package deal. Somebody should e-mail Dave Molinari and ask him if the Pens still own their rights...

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written by KRC, January 21, 2011 - 03:02 PM

The trap seems to just kill us.. I can't believe they haven't addressed it yet. Bylsma better get on the ball if we're going to have a chance to make it through the playoffs.

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written by espo33, January 21, 2011 - 03:25 PM

With our guys out Bylsma needs to change the game plan a little bit.

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written by Bones, January 21, 2011 - 03:31 PM

Yeah, the trap is a problem for this team. But let's not forget that the Pens are not playing with a full deck at the moment. But they need to come up with a game plan to counter their opponent clogging up the neutral zone. It is brutal hockey to watch and I wish it would just go away...

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