GAME NOTES
QUICK STATS
Season Series: 3-1-0
All-Time Record (as NJD): 218gp (92-92-15-19)
Leading Scorer:
PHI - 39 pts: James van Riemsdyk (16g-23a)
NJD - 26 pts: Pavel Zacha (11g-15a) & Jesper Bratt (5g-21a)
1. ME AGAIN
The Flyers play the second of four straight against the Devils after earning a 4-3 comeback win in a shootout on Sunday night... The Flyers had eight of their first 11 wins this season decided by more than one goal, but their last 11 victories have all been one-goal games, with six of those wins coming in either overtime or shootout... The Flyers will now look for back-to-back wins for the first time since Mar. 27-29, while the Devils come in looking to snap a nine-game winless skid that dates back to Apr. 9... The Devils also have just one victory in their last 15 games, posting a 1-11-3 record since Mar. 30, which is the worst record in the NHL since that date.
2. IN GAME 1
The first meeting saw the Flyers score twice in a span of 22 seconds with the goaltender pulled for a 6-on-5 situation in the final two minutes of the game to force a tie... It was just the second shootout win in team history against the Devils and the longest shootout between the two clubs, lasting six rounds... Five Flyers recorded over 20 minutes of ice time led by Ivan Provorov with over 29 minutes (29:01) while six Devils logged over 20 minutes of TOI led by Damon Severson (26:18)... The Flyers outshot the Devils 36-32 and had a total of 15 shots come from defensemen, compared to seven shots from Devils d-men.
3. IN THE SERIES
The Flyers have now won three of the four games in the series with each of the last two meetings decided by a 4-3 score... With two late third-period goals on Sunday, the Flyers have now outscored the Devils by a 9-2 margin in the third frame... Claude Giroux has six points (3g-3a) and is a +5 in the series, while Ivan Provorov at 27:23 has averaged over five and a half more minutes of ice time than the next closest Flyer (Sanheim: 21:52) and leads all players with a +8 rating in the series... Michael McLeod has eight goals this season for the Devils, three of which have come against the Flyers, including his first NHL goal on Jan. 26.
4. THIS, THAT & THE OTHER
THIS: Sean Couturier (1g-2a) and Jake Voracek (1g-3a) each have three-game point streaks entering tonight's game... THAT: The Devils are unbeaten in regulation with a 3-0-1 record in games after a shootout loss, and have outscored their opponent 11-8 in those four games... THE OTHER: The Flyers and Devils are both T-2nd in the NHL for most games decided by one goal (25) with the Dallas Stars (26) leading the NHL, while the Flyers are T-2nd for most wins by one-goal (14).
5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
FLYERS (LW: #25 - James van Riemsdyk)
James van Riemsdyk has the most points per-game against the Devils than any other team this season (1.75) with seven points (2g-5a) in four games, recording at least a point in all four games... He has eight points (3g-5a) in his last nine overall games.
DEVILS (LW: #44 - Miles Wood)
The 100th overall pick in 2013 has five points (2g-3a) in his last four games, including a goal and assist in Sunday's loss to the Flyers... He leads the Devils with 16 goals on the year, which is three shy of his career high of 19 in 2017-18... He also has the most career goals (7) against the Flyers than any other players the Devils lineup.
