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Back to News JOEY MACDONALD GETS FIRST NHL SHUTOUT DETROIT, MI, March 27, 2008 - Pictou, Nova Scotia native Joey MacDonald made 42 saves for his first NHL shutout Friday night  in the New York Islanders' 2-0 victory over the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings The former Detroit goalie made himself right at home at Joe Louis Arena. MacDonald, making his 62nd appearance in an NHL career that began with Detroit in 2006-07, made 14 saves in the second period and 19 in the third. He became the first Islanders goalie to shut out Detroit since Billy Smith did it almost 30 years ago. Frans Nielsen and Josh Bailey scored the Islanders goals as New York broke a three-game losing streak, The Islanders have the worst record in the NHL, while Detroit is tied with San Jose for the league lead.  "It's pretty exciting," said MacDonald, making his first appearance since March 10. "No better thing than to get your first shutout in the building of the team you used to play for." New York scored both of its goals in the second period. Nielsen opened the scoring with a short-handed goal 8:41 into the period. After taking a pass from Kyle Okposo, Nielsen cut in off the right wing, made a move and beat Chris Osgood for his seventh goal of the season. Bailey scored his sixth goal with 4:51 left in the period, putting a rebound into an open net after beating Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg out of the corner. Bailey praised MacDonald. "That was one of the best games by a goalie I've ever seen," he said. "He won the game for us." In addition to several posts and crossbars, MacDonald foiled Mikael Samuelsson when he reached back for a glove save at the goal line when Samuelsson appeared to have an open net from the bottom of the right circle during a Red Wing power play 6:37 into the second period. "Sammy missed the empty net," MacDonald said. "I just stuck my glove out and caught it." Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said his team had its chances. "Time and time again we had great opportunities, I thought our execution was really good, but I thought they were desperate," Babcock said. "The goalies were good, they blocked shots, they competed really hard." Osgood finished with 28 saves.