Tiny crowd sees Devils win
Jamie Langenbrunner scored 2 goals to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night in a game played in front of about only 1,500 people due to a major snowstorm.
Brian Gionta also scored and Martin Brodeur stopped 19 shots for the Devils.
Marc Savard had a power-play goal for Boston.
New Jersey jumped ahead 1-0 on Gionta's goal 10:57 into the second period when he snapped a shot that slipped between the pads of goalie Alex Auld.
With Andrew Alberts off for a double-minor for high sticking and Zdeno Chara whistled for slashing, the Devils cashed in on the two-man advantage when Langenbrunner one-timed a shot inside the left post at 14:34 to make it 2-0.
Savard's power play score cut to 2-1 just 1:31 into the third.
The Bruins didn't generate many scoring chances after Savard's goal, and Langenbrunner sealed it with an empty-netter in the final minute.
During pregame introductions, the building was darkened and snow flakes were shown falling on the Jumbotron and along the message boards that ring the arena, reminding many of the fans what was going on outside in the area's first major snowfall of the season that was expected to dump about 10 inches.