TORONTO, Feb. 19 (UPIr) -- Martin Brodeur made 29 saves for his sixth shutout of the season and rookies Pierre Dagenais and Jiri Bicek scored as the New Jersey Devils ended a six-game winless streak Monday night with a 2-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Brodeur, making his 500th appearance, faced 18 shots in a scoreless second period and made eight saves in the third en route to his 48th career shutout.
Dagenais opened the scoring with his second goal of the season with 8:44 to play in the first period. Sergei Nemchinov took a slap shot from the left faceoff circle that goaltender Curtis Joseph stopped with his right pad. But the rebound went to Dagenais, who flipped a shot that got past Joseph's right arm.
Bicek got his first NHL goal 22 seconds into the third.
Toronto Defenseman Danny Markov and center Nik Antropov both left the Air Canada Centre during the game. The Maple Leafs have been trying to put together a deal for Eric Lindros, a Toronto native that has battled several concussions over the past few seasons and expressed a desire to leave the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Maple Leafs had their winless streak extended to six games (0-3-3-0).
