Things were so dire after the second period Martin Brodeur, arguably the greatest goalie in the history of the game, approached his coach and told him that it might be a good idea if he started the third period on the bench. Of course, this wasn’t just any third period. In front of 51,105 outside on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, with the rival Rangers up three goals and sitting on the adjacent bench, with the snow falling, with the cameras rolling, and with the whole spectacle of the showcase Stadium Series game, Brodeur had had enough. Coach Pete DeBoer gave the nod to Cory Schneider to play the final 20 minutes in the Devils net, yet at that point Brodeur had coupled with his team’s mistake-ridden defense to make it a formality, all en route to the Rangers’ 7-3 win. “Tough break, tough game to be part of,” Brodeur said after giving up six goals on 21 shots, prompting the first mid-game goalie change of the Devils season. “You’re looking forward to these kind of events, and when you have a result like that, it’s not that fun.”