NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Devils are looking as good with a 40-year-old Martin Brodeur in goal as they did when he was a kid. Dainius Zubrus scored two goals and the Devils helped Brodeur celebrate a major birthday, overcoming a two-goal deficit and pushing the Philadelphia Flyers to the brink of elimination with a 4-2 victory Sunday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal. "You kind of shake your head a little bit that youre at a level that youre having fun and be able to compete in the league that you always wanted to play and still be able to keep going," Brodeur said after the Devils moved within a win of their first conference final since 2003. "I know I dont take anything for granted," the three-time Stanley Cup winner said. "I really appreciate every moment. Especially this year has been awesome for me. Getting older, seeing other kids grow up and do their thing and become superstars." The Devils have made the Flyers look ordinary, and Philadelphia has more to worry about than just its 3-1 series deficit. Leading scorer Claude Giroux put a questionable hit on Zubrus minutes after the New Jersey forward scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period. Girouxs status for Game 5 on Tuesday night in Philadelphia might be in question. "For me, it looks like the textbook hit that theyre trying to take out of the game," Devils coach Peter DeBoer said. Zubrus, who lay on the ice for a couple of seconds while Giroux went to the penalty box for 2 minutes, said its up to the NHL to look at the play. Giroux seemingly wasnt worried. "It was quick play. And hockey is a quick game. I think I should be fine," Giroux said. Whether the Flyers will be remains to be seen. New Jersey is simply outplaying them, something few expected after Philadelphia knocked out Pittsburgh in the first round. Devils captain Zach Parise says this team wont be too cocky. "There is still a long way to go," he said. "Its a very good team over there and weve got to get that fourth one." The Devils showed a lot of poise rallying from an early 2-0 deficit. "It was a great effort from the guys," Brodeur said. "We started not the way we wanted to start the game. We get bang-bang -- a power-play goal and a short-handed goal -- but we beared down afterward and we dominated the game." Petr Sykora and Marek Zidlicky also scored for the Devils, who have never lost a playoff series after taking a 3-1 lead. In winning their third straight, the Devils outshot Philadelphia 43-22, and Brodeur even picked up an assist on Zubrus final goal on a night as he became the first goaltender to appear in an NHL playoff game as a teenager and a 40-year-old. Scott Hartnell and Giroux scored first-period goals for the Flyers, who once again were a step slow. "Our skating is not there, and thats the biggest key for us," Philadelphia defenceman Kimmo Timonen said. "Its been three games now that were not skating. And to me, everything starts with skating. When were not skating, everything goes out the window for us." The Flyers seemed to come apart at the end of the game. Timonen took a foolish penalty in the closing minutes and Philadelphia never got off a good shot after pulling goalie Ilya Bryzgalov in the final minute. In fact, Zubrus was about to score into an empty net when he was hooked. Still, the puck went off his stick and into the net. Thats how dominant the Devils were. "We didnt expect to be here," Flyers centre Danny Briere said. "I dont know what else to tell you. We are just not making plays." New Jersey outshot Philadelphia 32-12 in the first two periods, but the shots advantage only translated into a 3-2 lead, with the Devils scoring three in a row to wipe out a 2-0 deficit. Zubrus gave New Jersey its first lead with 2:13 left in the second period. The Flyers actually broke up a 3-on-1 break into their zone, but they lost sight of Zubrus, and Adam Henrique found him all alone in front for a shot that went in off Bryzgalov. Moments before the goal, Brodeur stopped a shot from the point by Timonen, and Hartnell couldnt get off a good shot on the rebound with Brodeur down and the net open. Sykora, who might have gotten a piece of Hartnells rebound attempt, quickly led the 3-on-1 counterattack and the Devils pulled ahead. The Devils forced Flyers coach Peter Laviolette to use his timeout less than 5 minutes after the opening faceoff, and for a couple of minutes it appeared to be a magical move. Getting a lift from its special teams, Philadelphia jumped to a 2-0 lead. Hartnell gave the Flyers the lead, deflecting Girouxs shot past Brodeur seconds after Travis Zajac was tripped and took a retaliatory interference penalty. Giroux, who had been invisible in the Devils wins in Games 2 and 3, doubled the margin at 13:40 by beating the birthday boy on a 2-on-1 short-handed tally after taking a great break-in-pass from Maxime Talbot. The goal came 13 seconds after Philadelphia defenceman Andreas Lilja was called for tripping, but the Devils didnt let the man advantage go to waste. Sykora cut the Devils deficit in half late in the power play, redirecting a nice cross-ice pass by Zidlicky past Bryzgalov, who was a little slow covering the corner of the net after the defenceman made the pass from the right point to the left edge of the crease. Zidlicky tied it with 1:51 left in the period after the Flyers seemed to lose sight of the defenceman after he pinched down from the right point. The puck ended up on the left point and fellow defenceman Bryce Salvador found Zidlicky between the circles for a redirection. 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On Saturday, though, the rookie was happy to give the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen a bit of a break. Miller worked seven innings of three-hit ball and Matt Carpenter and Carlos Beltran each homered as the Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves for the third straight time, 6-2. "I thought thats probably about as good as weve seen him in a long time," manager Mike Matheny said. "His stuff was electric and he was in the lower part of the zone. "He was really locked in, hopefully thats something he can maintain," Matheny said. Freddie Freeman homered for the NL East-leading Braves, who totalled five runs while dropping three in a row for the first time since July 3-5. Julio Teheran (10-7) allowed a season-worst five walks and was charged with four runs. "I didnt have my best stuff but I was fighting the whole game," Teheran said. "I knew it from the first inning, from when I was warming up that it was going to be a hard day for me." Miller (12-8) worked more than six innings for the first time in 13 starts since June 1. He struck out six without walking a batter while pitching with no more than a one-run cushion against a fellow 22-year-old right-hander. Center fielder Jon Jay made a leaping catch at the wall to rob Brian McCann of at least extra bases in the seventh. "My main goal was to keep my focus the entire game and just attack the zone," Miller said. "Thats kind of what Ive been lacking a little bit. "I felt like we got in front on the counts and after that we didnt slow down," he added. The Cardinals, who began the night a game back in the NL Central, go for a four-game sweep Sunday with Lance Lynn (13-7) opposing Mike Minor (12-5). "Theyre as good a ballclub as youre going to face in the National League," Carpenter said. "For us to take these three games is huge." St. Louis totalled three runs while getting swept in a three-game series in Atlanta in late July. 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Carpenter answered with his second career leadoff homer and 10th overall, also on a 1-2 count, in the bottom of the first. Beltrans team-leading 23rd put the Cardinals ahead 2-1 in the third and he finished with three hits, two RBIs and his second base-running gaffe of the series. Beltran settled for a single in the fifth after standing at the plate for several seconds and belatedly jogging to first on a liner down the third base line that caromed off the jut in the stands in shallow left. Two days earlier he missed third base and had to double back before scoring. "I got jammed and I didnt know where the ball went," Beltran said. "I heard the fans just clapping and I didnt know what happened, then I saw the ball in left field and said Ive got to run. Wouldnt it be ugly to be thrown out at first base from left field?" NOTES: Miller walked nine in 16 1-3 innings his first four starts this month, one of them lasting just two pitches when he took a liner off the elbow. 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