Martin Brodeur left George Hainesworth behind and moved a step closer to Terry Sawchuk in a fitting duel between two of the NHL's top goalies.

The New Jersey star broke a tie with Hainesworth for second place on the career shutout list with 95, making 30 saves in the Devils' 1-0 overtime victory in Calgary on Sunday night. Brodeur has three shutouts this season, his 15th in the NHL, to close within eight of Sawchuk's record of 103.

"It was a weird game," Brodeur said. "We did a great job on our special teams. It was definitely nice to come through in overtime."

Patrik Elias scored the lone goal, beating Miikka Kiprusoff at 25 seconds of the extra period. Kiprusoff finished with 21 saves.

"You know that the opposing goalie isn't going to give up much, especially when he's one of the top guys, and that everybody has to work hard and I have to be sharp," said Brodeur, a 1-0 loser in overtime two weeks against the New York Rangers.

Elias ended it after Calgary mishandled a pass in the New Jersey zone.

Elias moved the puck ahead to Brian Gionta, then raced up to join Gionta on a 2-on-1. With Cory Sarich and Craig Conroy desperately trying to catch him, Elias one-timed Gionta's pass into the open side before Kiprusoff could slide across.

"That was totally my fault. I should have just shot it quick," Conroy said. "I tried to pull it and it bounced over my stick and away they went. I've got to be smarter than that."

New Jersey is 13-3-1 in its past 17 games.

"We had a tough start to the season," Brodeur said. "We can't hide it, we started 3-6-1, but we came out of it and now hopefully we'll be a little more consistent."