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Missed it by that much Roy falls short of Stanley Cup finals shutout record
Updated: Wednesday May 30, 2001 7:46 AM
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy fell 1 minute, 41 seconds short of the record for consecutive shutout minutes in the Stanley Cup finals when Bob Corkum scored for the New Jersey Devils in the first period of Game 2 Tuesday night. Roy had gone 227:41 since last allowing a goal in the finals, dating to June, 8, 1996, when Florida's Rob Niedermayer scored in the first period of Game 3. The streak ended just one second after a Colorado power play expired. Clint Benedict set the shutout record of 229:22 from March 29, 1923-April 3, 1926, while playing for Ottawa and Montreal.
Corkum, inserted in the Devils lineup because Randy McKay broke his left hand in Game 1, scored his first goal of the playoffs by converting a breakaway to tie it 1-1 at 14:29. New Jersey didn't need long to beat Roy again, as Turner Stevenson also scored for the first time in the playoffs just 2:51 later. The Devils carried a 2-1 lead into the second period. Roy, 35, shut out Florida for 104:31 of Game 4 in 1996 as the Avalanche won in triple overtime to sweep that series and win their only Stanley Cup. Roy continued the run by beating New Jersey 5-0 in Game 1 on Saturday. Roy, a three-time Stanley Cup champion, entered play Tuesday on a nine-game winning streak in the finals, dating to a loss in Game 1 of the 1993 series against Los Angeles.
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