HAWKS DROP FIRST HOME SHOOTOUT

Patrik Elias and Viktor Kozlov scored for New Jersey in a shootout and the Devils beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 Sunday night for their season-high sixth straight win.

New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur stopped 29 shots and tied former Blackhawks goalie Tony Esposito for fifth on the NHL's all-time wins list with 423. Brodeur entered the game coming off back-to-back shutouts of Philadelphia and Vancouver.

Tyler Arnason had a goal and an assist for Chicago, and Radim Vrbata scored in his fourth straight game. Mikael Holmqvist scored the lone goal in the shootout for the Blackhawks.

Chicago rookie Adam Munro started his second straight game and third in the last four, and stopped 24 shots. Top Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin missed his ninth game with a groin pull.

Brian Gionta opened the scoring with a power-play goal 4:34 in to give the Devils a 1-0 lead. Following a faceoff in the Chicago zone and scramble in the crease, he scored from a few feet out.

Brodeur lost his bid for a third straight shutout when Arnason was left open and beat him from between the circles with about 12 minutes left in the first. The goal snapped Brodeur's scoreless streak at 130 minutes and 3 seconds.

Vrbata completed a 2-on-1 with Arnason and scored 4:59 into the second to give Chicago a 2-1 lead. Vrbata and Arnason worked a give-and-go on the rush to create the 2-on-1 against Devils defenseman Brian Rafalski.

Colin White tied it at 2 with a power-play goal about two minutes later. His low shot from the left point fooled Munro and slid into the net.

Following a scoreless third period, the Blackhawks and Devils managed only one shot each in overtime.

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