ATLANTA — Martin Brodeur made 22 saves in his first shutout of the season, and Rod Pelley and Paul Martin scored second-period goals for the New Jersey Devils in a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday night.

Jay Pandolfo scored an empty-net goal, his eighth, with 28 seconds left and the Devils won their season-high third straight game.

The Devils cooled off the Thrashers, who had won four in a row and seven of eight. New Jersey also moved to the .500 mark (10-10-2) for the first time since Oct. 17 when they were 3-3.

The Thrashers (11-11) fell to 11-5 under general manager Don Waddell as coach, who took over for the fired Bob Hartley when Atlanta opened the season 0-6.

Brodeur, who won the Vezina Trophy as the top goalie in the league last season, earned the 93rd shutout of his career. He made a brilliant, diving kick save of a shot by Pascal Dupuis from in close with nine minutes remaining.

Jamie Langenbrunner assisted on all three New Jersey goals. Playing only his fifth game since undergoing surgery for a sports hernia in September, it was the second straight game the wing had at least two assists. He had two in Wednesday night’s 2-1 win over Pittsburgh.

The Devils also ended Atlanta goalie Johan Hedberg’s six-game winning streak. He stopped 24 of 26 shots.

Pelley scored his second goal of the season to make it 1-0 at 8:59 of the second period when his shot from the corner managed to elude Hedberg. Dainius Zubrus and Langenbrunner assisted.

Martin, who had missed three games with an injured hip, scored his first goal of the season at the 16:24 mark on a power play. The Devils needed only 15 seconds to score after taking a 5-on-3 advantage due to a pair of Atlanta penalties to Ken Klee and Tobias Enstrom. Brian Gionta and Langenbrunner had assists.

Brodeur also ended Ilya Kovalchuk’s streak of goals in four straight games. Kovalchuk, who leads the league with 19 goals, had 11 points in those four games.

The Thrashers beat Washington 5-1 on Wednesday night.Notes: The crowd of 18,545 was Atlanta’s third sellout of the season. ... The Thrashers are 5-0 in overtime and shootouts this season. ... Atlanta’s Marian Hossa, who had six goals and seven assists in his last six games, tying a franchise record of two points in six straight games, also was shut down by Brodeur.