Time after time - 01-21-11
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)