The New Jersey Devils have lost seven in a row (0-6-1) and have been outscored 29-9 during that stretch. The last time the Devils were without a win in seven straight was 2013-14 (0-4-3). General manager Ray Shero told NorthJersey.com on Wednesday that coach John Hynes remains the right man to coach the Devils and that the players need to play harder. Hynes responded to that following New Jerssey's morning skate: "We're trying to become a very competitive team in the League and a team that's relevant and in order to do that the work and compete has to come first," he said. "In the times where we haven't played harder enough, there hasn't been consistent puck battles, we're not skating, and we're easy to play against in the sense of just general compete. When a puck comes up the wall on a breakout and it's a wing against a defender, we can't get easily pushed off the puck. Those are things [Shero] talked about." The Devils recalled defenseman Seth Helgeson from Albany of the American Hockey League and he will make his NHL season debut. In four games against the Flyers, Helgeson has two assists and is plus-1.
