Philadelphia Flyers at New Jersey Devils

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Philadelphia Flyers

14-7-3

Final
5 - 3

New Jersey Devils

16-8-1

Tippett, Michkov each score twice to lead the Flyers past the Devils 5-3

Philadelphia Flyers vs. New Jersey Devils: Game Highlights

The loss was the first at home for New Jersey this season. The Devils are now 9-1-1 at the Prudential Center.

Matvei Michkov scored twice in the second period and Trevor Zegras also scored to give the Flyers a 4-1 lead. Travis Konecny had two assists.

Tippett scored for the first time in eight games and Michkov led the Flyers with six shots on goal.

Philadelphia's defense against one of the league's top scoring teams was impressive. The Flyers blocked 23 shots in front of goalie Dan Vladar, five coming from defenseman Nick Seeler.

The Flyers have won three straight on this road trip.

Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist for the Devils and Simon Nemec and Timo Meier scored a goal apiece. Jesper Bratt contributed two assists. Nemec became the fifth defensemen in team history with six goals in a calendar month.

Nico Hischier recorded an assist for his 10th point in the Devils last five games.

Meier, who had five shots on goal, scored his ninth goal of the season and fourth in the last five games.

Vladar stopped 29 shots for the Flyers for his 10th win of the season.

Jacob Markstrom had 27 saves for New Jersey.

Up next Flyers: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday.

Devils: Host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.

Regular Season Series

PHI leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 5:18	Owen Tippett Goal (7) Backhand, assists: Christian Dvorak (10), Trevor Zegras (15)
Goal	1st Period 12:09	Simon Nemec Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: Jesper Bratt (18), Nico Hischier (14)
Goal	2nd Period 0:53	Matvei Michkov Goal (7) Backhand, assists: Travis Konecny (13), Travis Sanheim (7)
Goal	2nd Period 3:16	Matvei Michkov Goal (8) Deflected, assists: Travis Konecny (14), Cam York (11)
Goal	2nd Period 13:03	Trevor Zegras Goal (9) Slap Shot, assists: Owen Tippett (9)
Goal	2nd Period 19:33	Timo Meier Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Dawson Mercer (10), Jesper Bratt (19)
Goal	3rd Period 6:28	Dawson Mercer Goal (10) Backhand, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 19:11	Owen Tippett Goal (8) , assists: none

Statistics

PHI		NJ
23	Blocked Shots	7
20	Hits	20
5	Takeaways	3
31	Shots	32
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
28	Faceoffs Won	37
43.1	Faceoff Win Percent	56.9
12	Giveaways	16
5	Total Penalties	3
10	Penalty Minutes	6