Devils 3, Flyers 0
PHILADELPHIA -- Center Adam Henrique and right wingers Cam Janssen and Jaromir Jagr scored goals, goaltender Martin Brodeur stopped 22 shots and the New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 Thursday night.
The Flyers defeated the Devils 1-0 last Saturday with goalie Ray Emery stopping all 14 shots he faced.
Emery again got the start instead of goalie Steve Mason and couldn't keep the Devils off the scoreboard for two minutes this time around.
After being shut out in consecutive games, the Devils needed just 1:57 to snap their scoreless drought. Defenseman Eric Gelinas fired a slap shot from the point that deflected off Henrique's stick, bounced off Emery's right shoulder and in.
It stayed 1-0 until the third period, the 14th time the Flyers entered the final period either up one goal or down one.
But the Devils got the next one on another deflection. Janssen redirected defenseman Adam Larsson's slap shot and the puck bounced off Flyers defenseman Andrej Meszaros' skate on its way into the net.
Janssen hadn't scored in his previous 56 games, dating to March 30, 2011. It was only his fourth goal in 313 career games.
Jagr got an empty-net tally in the finals seconds.
The 41-year-old Brodeur didn't have to make many tough saves against the struggling Flyers (4-10-1) to record his 122nd career shutout. The Devils (4-7-4) snapped a two-game losing streak.
Flyers captain Claude Giroux failed to register his first goal of the season, and the All-Star center hasn't scored in 21 games going back to last year. Right wingers Jakub Voracek and Wayne Simmonds, who were the team's top two scorers last year, have one each. Philadelphia scored two goals or fewer in 14 of its 15 games.
The Devils are 4-3-1 since starting 0-4-3.
NOTES: Flyers RW Steve Downie missed his third consecutive game since suffering a concussion in a fight with Washington LW Aaron Volpatti last Friday. ... C Kris Newbury was in the lineup for Philadelphia after being recalled from AHL Adirondack. LW Tye McGinn was loaned to Adirondack to clear a roster spot. ... Flyers D Luke Schenn was a healthy scratch for the third straight game. ... The Devils were without D Bryce Salvador (foot), D Jon Merrill (face), LW Patrik Elias (upper body) and LW Ryane Clowe (concussion). ... C Travis Zajac and D Anton Volchenkov were back in the lineup for New Jersey. Zajac recovered from an ankle injury, while Volchenkov is returned from a lower-body injury.