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Devils' Adam Henrique (right) celebrates his second goal against the Hurricanes with captain Bryce Salvador.

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NEWARK— With two more goals Saturday night, Adam Henrique now has nine goals and two assists (11 points) in six games since the Olympic break.

By scoring goals in six straight games, Henrique has tied the Devils' record accomplished six previous times. The last was by Zach Parise Nov. 7-19 in 2009. The franchise record is eight straight games by Paul Gagne in 1979 for the Colorado Rockies.



Henrique had 14 goals in his first 59 games this season, so what's been the difference?



"I don't know. I haven't changed anything. I'm trying to shoot when I get a chance," Henrique explained. "Pucks are going in. Down the stretch these games are so big. I'm just trying to come to the rink every night prepared to play and trying to be a difference-maker.



"Down the stretch, you have to get up for these games. The standings are so tight."



He leads the team in goals, most of the coming at this crucial stage of the season.



"He's always been a clutch player. He's always been a guy that has the ability to raise his level," coach Pete DeBoer noted. "You would think all athletes at this level should have that, but that's not the case.



"I think there are guys who have the ability to do that over and over again and his history in the different leagues he's played in has been that this time of year he finds another level. I definitely think it's a mindset. That's something obviously everyone would have if you could work at it. Some guys want to be out there when the pressure is on and the game is on the line and that's hard to teach other guys."

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Martin Brodeur said he wasn't shooting for the empty net when he lifted the puck out of his zone with 11 seconds to go.



"No. I thought about it for half a second," Brodeur admitted. "A couple guys on the bench I heard them yell to do it. But these points are too important for me to try to score a goal there. I was trying to flip it out there."



Defenseman Eric Gelinas played one shift in the third period. DeBoer said it was a coaching decision, not an injury.



Tuomo Ruutu after getting the winning goal in his second game with the Devils: "I feel like I've been here a long time."

