Blackhawks Undone By Devils' Brodeur

" Sadly, there are times when even an aging legend can show you how he got there. Greg Maddux could still throw a shutout in his late 30s. Brett Favre could still throw four touchdowns in a game even as his game got more and more erratic. Didn't Jordan drop 40 on someone with the Wizards? Sadly, that's what the Hawks had to deal with Tuesday night.

The Devils' Martin Brodeur has the record in the NHL for wins and shutouts. His game has seriously slipped over the years, and he's only got a .905 save-percentage. There are nights, and there are more and more like this now, when he looks like he's totally lost it. And then nights like tonight happen, when he finds that level he used to live at.

The Hawks could have done more. There was the one bad change that led to the Devils' only goal. After that, the Hawks took the game over and controlled the play. They could have created more on their power plays, or lifted the puck when they had open looks, or maybe gotten more traffic in front of Brodeur. "

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