PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Martin Havlat notched his 3rd goal this season as the Devils come within a 2-1 deficit to the Flyers after two periods Thursday night.
The goal came when the Devils took the man advantage after Philadelphia's Nick Schultz was booked for tripping Scott Gomez.
Gomez would assist on the score, taking a pass from Damon Severson from the blue line into the circle, flicking a wrist pass onto Jaromir Jagr's stick that bounced off Havlat and past Ray Emery's left pad.
Until then, the Devils were outshot 9-6 in the period, a slow moving twenty minutes that ended with the visitors behind in shots 22-11.
Ray Emery stopped 10-of-11 for Philadelphia, who returns home from a forgetful 1-3-1 road trip, tonight's game beginning a four-game homestand.
Devils right-winger Mike Sisso sat at 10:05 for holding Niklas Grossman, giving the Flyers their third chance on the night in 5-on-4 action.
Wayne Simmonds tried Cory Schneider from close range early with the advantage from inside the crease, but was batted away by the goalie's right pad.
Brayden Schenn tried again after the Flyers regained possession from between the circles, stopped easily by his glove.
Philly brought out their second unit with a minute left in the power-play, though they would prove little better.
Andrew Macdonald tried two shots, from close in a scrum near the goal line and a slap shot from outside the circle, both stuffed by the Jersey net-minder.
That would end the Flyers' 4th-best power-play opportunity as the team fell to an 0-for-4 mark with the extra man.
Cory Schneider faced 22 shots, stopping 20 in forty minutes for Jersey.
New Jersey (11-13-5) came out quickly, but shortly, against Ray Emery to start the second.
Jaromir Jagr tried Emery at 2:30 after skating brilliantly through traffic, but was deflected wide.
Steve Bernier took a long pass and ventured a backhander against Emery that only found the goalie's chest.
Flyers captain Claude Giroux responded, taking a pass from Braydon Coburn, then breaking away for a chance on Schneider that ended up in his glove.
Ray Emery stood against a game 3-on-1 chance from the Devils, batting away two chances in succession in his crease seven minutes into the middle frame.
R.J. Umberger nearly snuck one past Schneider a minute later in the Jersey crease when he took a pass from behind the net, but the net-minder was a step quicker for the visitors.
The period began with 23 seconds remaining on New Jersey's Martin Havlat's tripping penalty against Mark Streit.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read both scored and assisted in the first period, including the Flyers' first shorthanded goal this season for a 2-0 lead after twenty.
Thursday night's game is the second of four in which the Flyers and Devils will meet. New Jersey took the first a, 6-4 decision Oct. 9th, and lead the Flyers by four points in the Metropolitan Division standing.
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