NEWARK, NJ - The Philadelphia Flyers swept the season series against the Devils following a 5-1 victory at Prudential Center on Tuesday night.

The Flyers won all three meetings between the two clubs this season.

Trevor Zegras and Tyson Foerester each scored two goals in the win for Philly while Nick Seeler added an empty-netter. Goalie Dan Vladar stopped 23 of 24 shots for the W.

Cody Glass had the lone goal for New Jersey.

With the loss to the Flyers and Ottawa's win against Tampa Bay, 6-2, New Jersey is now officially eliminated from the playoffs. 

"It's difficult, it's embarrassing. I don't like it," head coach Sheldon Keefe said. "I've coached for 20 years and this is the first time I won't be participating in the playoffs in any level. It's not fun. I've never been in a situation like this, but we earned this. It is what it is. We'll focus on the game's that are head and try to get the vibes of our team up.

"The overall results of not participating in the playoffs is going to sting for a long time."

Here are some observations from the game:

• The Devils trailed 2-1 after the opening 20 minutes of play, but the score was somewhat deceiving. The Devils carried play and overwhelmed the Flyers for most of that first period, leading in shots 10-7. However, two early strikes by Philadelphia – both Flyers’ goals came 3:38 into the period – gave the Flyers the edge.

The same could not be said for the second period, which absolutely belonged to Philly. They scored two more goals, both in the opening five minutes. And the Flyers owned the middle frame to build a 4-1 lead after 40 on their way to the victory. 

Hischier: “In the second the game got away from us. We couldn't get the momentum back. They packed it up pretty good back there. We had a tough time finding solutions.”

• Giveth and taketh away. That’s what Jonas Siegenthaler did in the opening period. He was down on his knees with his stick on the ice in an attempt to break up a cross-ice pass from Travis Sanheim to Zegras. The pass however went behind him and connected perfectly to Zegras for the finish to give the Flyers the game’s opening goal.

Later in the period, Siegenthaler collected a puck in the high slot. He ripped a shot that went off the body of Cody Glass and rainbowed into the net. So, Siegenthaler misplayed the pass on a goal against and answered by creating a goal for.

• Glass' goal was his 18th of the season. He continues to build on his career high in goals scored for a single season.