They lost Game 5 in Washington but won the last two games behind shutouts by Lundqvist.
For a group with so much firepower, this team shone on defense, recording 17 shutouts.
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His 55 shutouts move him ahead Bernie Parent and Ed Giacomin to 18th all-time.
He also has a 29-21 mark in the postseason with a 2.07 GAA and six shutouts.
But Lundqvist posted consecutive shutouts in Games 6 and 7 against the Capitals when the Rangers faced elimination.
Holtby and Lundqvist were both on top of their games Saturday and pitched regulation shutouts at each other.
Nabokov went 23-11-7 with a 2.50 goals-against average, a .910 save percentage and three shutouts in 41 regular-season games.
Pettitte never struck out more than 180 batters in a season and only threw four shutouts over 16 years.
Led by Vokoun, Pittsburgh came in riding a club record three consecutive shutouts.
They have hit as many as five home runs in a single game, yet their first three losses were all shutouts.
They lost three of the first five games to the Washington Capitals, then goalie Henrik Lundqvist posted consecutive shutouts, 1-0 and 5-0.
He used it to win 287 games on mostly bad teams and to rank fifth all-time in strikeouts and ninth in shutouts.
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The right-hander is the first Cleveland pitcher to pitch two shutouts in the same season since Bud Black and Greg Swindell in 1989.
Frances Les Bleus won the '98 World Cup and then the Euro two years later, but Spain has been superior in possession time and shutouts.
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He tied Tom Barrasso's franchise record for career playoff shutouts and received a boost from a group that blocked 17 shots before they got to the net.
The Rangers dug out of an 0-2 deficit in the first round against Washington and staved off elimination in Games 6 and 7 when Lundqvist posted back-to-back shutouts.
Lundqvist, last year's Vezina Trophy winner and finalist for that award this season, enters the series with consecutive shutouts in Games 6 and 7 against the Washington Capitals.
Coach Dan Bylsma stressed the importance of personal responsibility and during a 15-game winning streak in March the Penguins looked like they'd finally learned their lesson, posting three consecutive shutouts at one point.
"When I got drafted, I just wanted to play one game in the NHL, " said Brodeur, who has won three Stanley Cups and is the NHL's all-time leader in wins (656) and shutouts (119).
The Senators' backup goaltender behind Craig Anderson, possessing just 26 games worth of NHL experience, he took particular satisfaction in outdueling Brodeur, the league's career leader in games played (1, 203), victories (663) and shutouts (120).
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Only three others have posted shutouts in Games 6 and 7, and Lundqvist is the first to do it since Detroit's Dominik Hasek in the 2002 Western Conference finals against Colorado, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
While Pettitte had more wins and a higher winning percentage than Hentgen, the former ace of the Blue Jays had bested Pettitte in key categories such as earned run average, innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games and shutouts.
The Rangers are just over one week removed from back-to-back shutouts by Henrik Lundqvist in Games 6 and 7 against the Washington Capitals in the first round, but those good times feel a whole lot longer ago now.
New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist, last year's Vezina Trophy winner, had his second straight tough game after posting consecutive shutouts in Games 6 and 7 of the first round against the Washington Capitals when the Rangers faced elimination.
Vokoun was acquired in a trade with Washington last summer just in case Fleury faltered, and he has better career statistics against the Islanders, by far: a 17-7-1 record, .937 save percentage, 1.95 goals-against average and five shutouts.
The Rangers had a much easier time in their decisive game against Washington, winning 5-0 with Henrik Lundqvist becoming the first NHL goaltender to have shutouts in Games 6 and 7 since Detroit's Dominik Hasek did it in 2002.
After consecutive shutouts in the last two games against the Washington Capitals in the opening round, last year's Vezina Trophy winner and this year's finalist for the award allowed two soft goals then admitted he made a mistake on Marchand's.
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