Zach Parise LW FA Fri 3/2/12 10:00 PM
Zach Parise
LW FA
Devils star Zach Parise turned in a three-goal hat trick before a crunching hit from two players sent him to the locker room in the second period of a 5-0 New Jersey shutout over the Capitals in Washington Friday night.
Parise increased his team-high goal-scoring total to 27 but left the game at 9:40 of the second period when Washington's Matt Hendricks and Brooks Laich sandwiched the left winger near the boards. Parise had to be helped off the ice. Also contributing goals for the Devils in this one-sided game were Dainius Zubrus (16) and Patrik Elias (21). Zubrus collected his 22nd assist on the Elias goal.