OTTAWA - Ray Emery stopped 25 shots for his second playoff shutout and Tom Preissing scored 4:46 into the third period, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 2-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of their playoff series Monday night.

New Jersey Devils' Brian Rafalski, right, is checked into the boards by Ottawa Senators/ Mike Fisher during the first period of Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinals hockey game, Monday, April 30, 2007, in Ottawa. (AP Photo/Paul Chiasson, CP)

Emery, who clinched Ottawa's first round win with a shutout over Pittsburgh, outdueled Martin Brodeur as the Senators took a 2-1 lead in the second-round series.

Preissing beat Brodeur with a high shot from a tight angle in front of the right boards for the game's first goal. Jason Spezza scored into an empty net at 19:04.

Brodeur, who stopped 43 shots to record his 94th playoff win Sunday, made 32 saves.

Game 4 is here Wednesday.

The Senators ended five-game point streaks by both Brian Gionta, who had also scored in five straight games, and playoffs scoring leader Scott Gomez.

The game remained scoreless through the first two periods, with Ottawa mounting the more sustained attack while New Jersey sought to be opportunistic. And there were plenty of chances between the two teams as both Brodeur and Emery stepped up with big saves.

The Senators actually put the puck in the net twice in the first period, though play had already been whistled down in both cases.

Spezza appeared to have opened the scoring when Brodeur had stopped a shot and Spezza drove to the crease and jammed a loose puck into the net. Referee Kelly Sutherland quickly interrupted the celebration as he waved off the goal from his position directly behind the net.

The Senators came close in the dying seconds of the first period in an echo of Sergei Brylin's controversial goal in New Jersey's 3-2 win in double overtime on Saturday. Ottawa coach Bryan Murray complained the off-ice official at the Meadowlands was slow to start the clock when Brylin scored with 0.2 seconds left in the first period of that game off a faceoff with 2.7 seconds remaining.

The Senators were on the power play with 3.1 seconds remaining in the first period Monday and Ottawa's Antoine Vermette got the puck off a scramble and put a shot past Brodeur, but time had clearly expired.

Notes: Brodeur has 22 playoff shutouts, one less than all-time leader Patrick Roy. He is 7-9 overall against Ottawa in the playoffs. ... Heatley ended three-game goals and points streaks. He had three goals and three assists in his previous three games. ... A crowd of 19,636 attended the game.