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"Good teams find ways to win," Haula continued.
The Devils did what good teams do, they find ways to win, despite not necessarily playing their best. In doing so, the team set a franchise record of 11 straight victories on the road, their last loss away from Prudential Center coming in the opening game of the season, in Philadelphia.

"As a team we were flat," Lindy Ruff said post-game, "we really had nobody that you could point to that was carrying the play or playing well. Even through the first 40. We had to dig a little deep and shorten the lineup, try and create a little energy."
The major mantra for New Jersey has been not to lose two games in a row and after their loss the other night to the Nashville Predators, they avoid doing just that, back in the win column with a win in Philadelphia.
Here are some observations from the game:
- It was a new look for the Devils against the Flyers as they honored their past. The club wore their 2022 Reverse Retros jerseys and they looked sharp as all the gear was debuted in a game for the first time. - The rough and hard-checking style of the Flyers prevented the Devils from making any noise in the first period. From the press box, the sound of the Flyers finishing their checks was obvious, the period ended relatively even with 12 hits for the Flyers and 10 for the Devils.

After 20 minutes, it was clear the Devils weren't able to access their game in a way that makes them the most lethal. Although the pace of play was high and the speed between the two teams was there, New Jersey had just four shots on net, which is the lowest total for a period this season. The first period ended without a shot on goal for New Jersey in the final 10:26. - There wasn't that same flash to the start of the second period that we have been used to seeing from this group, still struggling to find a way to get shots on Hart. Despite the Flyers having the vast edge in shots on goal, it was New Jersey who created something out of nothing to score first.

Miles Wood picked up a puck behind Hart's net and centered it in front of Hart. A diving play by Fabian Zetterlund knocked the puck into the net and the Devils had a 1-0 lead, seemingly out of nowhere. The goal came 6:01 into the second period and was just the fifth shot on net of the game for New Jersey.

Zetterlund now has 21 points in his first 34 NHL games. - Zetterlund was moved to a line with Tomas Tatar and Nico Hischier after forty minutes, as one of the moves Lindy Ruff made as he tried to spark some life into his team.

"Just to be a little bit heavier," Lindy Ruff shared of the lineup decision, "we needed to be a little harder to play against on that top line. We didn't have much going on any line so we just decided to shuffle the deck and see if we could create a little bit of energy." - The lead disappeared quickly and it was back to a tie game after Brendan Smith took a penalty, sending the Flyers on the power play. With precise passing the Flyers found Konecny in the slot, whose shot when above Akira Schmid's shoulder.

The Flyers power play goal ended the Flyers man-advantage goalless streak after going 0-for-20 prior to the Konecny goal and ended a streak of eight straight games without a power play goal.

- If another team is going to make a mistake, you've got to be able to jump on it quickly and force that mistake to be costly. That's exactly what the Devils did to start the third period when Dawson Mercer, on a newly formed line with Miles Wood and Michael McLeod were able to take advantage of a miscue behind Carter Hart's net. As Hart tried to clear the puck from behind his net to his teammate, he missed the initial sweep of the puck, before his next attempt rebounded awkwardly behind him.

Lo and behold, Mercer was in the right place at the right time, corraling the loose puck and wrapping it around the net for the 2-1 goal.

Tweet from @NJDevils: Mercdawg with the go-ahead goal! #NJDevils | @Pepsi pic.twitter.com/pEAMeHCr4r - Wood had two primary assists tonight. - Jack Hughes concluded a dominant shift in the third period with his team-leading 13th goal of the season. Using his silky smooth stickhandling abilities and his agile skating, Hughes was able to create space by dancing through his opponents in the Flyers zone to get a shot off on Hart. While the first shot didn't beat him, Hughes whipped home his own rebound to give the Devils a 3-1 lead 6:56 into the third. - The Flyers certainly gave the Devils all they could handle after Hughes' goal, scoring one to get within one and then a goal bhy Joel Farabee was called off for goaltender interference on Akira Schmid, which would have been the 3-3 tying goal.

But New Jersey kept plugging away, defending their one-goal lead until the final whistle. - Jonas Siegenthaler played his 200th NHL game, 103 of which have been with the Devils while the previous 97 were with the Washington Capitals.