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Johnsson, Bratt targets put Devils over Flyers, 5-2

Andreas Johnsson had two targets and two assists, Jesper Bratt had a goal and two assists and the Contemporary Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 Sunday night.

Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an lend a hand, and Nathan Bastian also scored for Contemporary Jersey. Mackenzie Blackwood made 22 saves for Contemporary Jersey, which snapped a two-sport dropping traipse and won at dwelling for the first time since Nov. 11.

For the Flyers, Joel Farabee scored in his third straight sport and Scott Laughton had a goal and an lend a hand. Martin Jones made 30 saves, and Philadelphia dropped its sixth sport in a row.

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Bratt broke a 2-all tie with eight minutes left in the third length. Johnsson stole the puck in the Flyers zone and fed Bratt, who beat Martin Jones on a backhand shot. Bratt extended his level traipse to four games and now has 14 aspects (three targets, 10 assists) in 12 games in November.

Bastian sealed the defend with his 2d goal of the season — and first for the Devils. The 2016 Devils draft defend cease used to be chosen by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 growth draft, nonetheless claimed by Contemporary Jersey off waivers Thursday.

Hamilton broke the ice for Contemporary Jersey at 5: 07 of the first. It used to be his sixth goal of the season, which leads all Devils defensemen and is tied with Florida’s Aaron Ekblad for third-most amongst NHL blueliners.

Laughton knotted the ranking with three minutes to lag in the first with his first quick-handed goal of the season. After the Flyers won a puck fight at the Devils blue line, Provorov hit Laughton with a breakout pass, and he outmuscled Devils defenseman P.Good enough. Subban then flipped a backhand shot previous Blackwood.

Johnsson snapped a 1-all tie with his eighth goal of the season at 1: 47 of the 2d. Then, the Flyers tied the sport at 3: 04 in the third when Laughton took an errant pass in the wait on of the Devils fetch, then fed Farabee for his seventh goal of the season, pulling him right into a tie with Cam Atkinson and Claude Giroux for the group of workers lead.

DEVILS FIGHT CANCER

Contemporary Jersey held its annual Hockey Fights Cancer sport on Sunday. Lucas Recordsdata, a 12-year-outmoded Devils fan from Manahawkin, Contemporary Jersey, who accomplished medication from acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2018, dropped the puck for a ceremonial faceoff between Contemporary Jersey captain Nico Hischier and Flyers forward and most cancers survivor Oskar Lindblom.

STILL SLIDING

The Flyers haven’t won in regulation since defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Nov. 12. They’ve fallen to 1-5-2 and been outscored 31-15 in that span.

WELCOME BACK

Devils defenseman Ty Smith returned to the lineup after lacking the previous two games as a healthy scratch. He performed 15: 24 and used to be plus-1.

INJURY UPDATE

Flyers heart Nate Thompson is sidelined indefinitely with an upper-physique shatter. Thompson used to be danger in the third length Philadelphia’s 6-3 loss to the Hurricanes on Friday.

UP NEXT

Philadelphia: Tuesday’s scheduled sport against the Islanders used to be postponed as a end result of a COVID-19 outbreak for Contemporary York, so the next sport is at Contemporary York Rangers on Wednesday night.

Contemporary Jersey: Closes two-sport homestand by taking on San Jose on Tuesday night.

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