Until then, it seemed as if Doughty's spectacular goal was going to be the game winner. The defenseman picked up the puck between the circles, skated past David Clarkson at the Kings' blue line and sped through the neutral zone. He avoided a stick check by Carter entering the Devils' zone and fired a shot between defenseman Bryce Salvador's legs that beat Brodeur to the corner of the net.

Doughty let out a scream as the puck went in and then skated back to his bench to accept congratulations for his third goal of the postseason.

The Devils had the better of the play in the first period, thanks in part to better forechecking and two power plays. But Doughty's end-to-end rush and Quick's goaltending had Los Angeles ahead 1-0.

Quick's best saves came on a tip in front by Dainius Zubrus with just under eight minutes left in the period and a follow-up rebound by Parise.

The goaltender also seemed to make a skate save on a blast from the left circle by Kovalchuk on a power play, but the Russian was not given a shot in the box score.

Playing in his 200th postseason game, Brodeur faced six shots in the opening period but several were quality chances. The 40-year-old stoned Mike Richards on his doorstep with 6:45 left in the period and got him again late in the second after Penner set up the former Flyer in the left circle.

Brodeur also had snapping glove saves on Justin Williams and Colin Fraser in keep the Devils in the game.

Notes: Brodeur is the 20th NHL player to appear in 200 postseason games and just the second goaltender. Patrick Roy played in 247 contests. ... The Kings have scored first in six of their 10 road games in the postseason. ... Kings D Willie Mitchell hit Clarkson in the face with his stick after fanning on a shot. Clarkson was stunned, but didn't seem to bleed. ...This was the 49th one-goal game of the playoffs, two shy of the NHL record set in 2007.

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