Martin Brodeur

After allowing the first two goals of the game to put themselves in another hole, the Flyers gave up another goal in the first two minutes of the second period. The game was essentially over right then and there, because the 18 minutes that followed were not just the worst the Flyers have played this season, they were historically bad.

On Dec. 8, 1987, Ron Hextall was in the middle of his second season in the NHL and the opportunity presented itself in a game against the Boston Bruins at the Spectrum. To that point, no goaltender had actually fired a shot on an empty net and scored a goal.

In the end, the Flyers 2000 Eastern Conference Final appearance against the Devils marked the turning of a page and end of an era and another crushing defeat in the Flyers pursuit to end a Stanley Cup drought that has spanned another 20 years since this series.

If the Flyers did everything they could to eliminate chances in front of Carter Hart in the first two games of his career, they didn't do him any favors in his third game. Hart was left in difficult position, needing to recover from the shortcomings the Flyers had early in the season, in a 4-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

VOORHEES – Like many youngsters between the pipes, Steve Mason grew up idolizing New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur. There were never any goalie carousels with Brodeur, a future Hall of Famer. He was “a real strong force back there” and was always the backbone of the Devils’ playoff teams of the 1990s, Mason said...

PHILADELPHIA -- Martin Brodeur has blanked all types of Flyers teams over two decades. He never had a shutout against one this bad. Brodeur was flawless in his 12th career shutout against Philadelphia, and Adam Henriqueand Cam Janssen each scored goals to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-0 win over the Flyers on Thursday night...

Against the New Jersey Devils this season, Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov has allowed one goal on 76 shots.  Bryzgalov played exceptionally well against the Devils, with a 3-0 record, 0.29 goals-against average and .987 save percentage...