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11/28 20:46 CST Johnsson, Bratt goals put Devils over Flyers, 5-2
Johnsson, Bratt goals put Devils over Flyers, 5-2
By PAT PICKENS
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) --- Andreas Johnsson had two goals and two assists, Jesper
Bratt had a goal and two assists and the New Jersey Devils beat the
Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 Sunday night.
Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist, and Nathan Bastian also scored for
New Jersey. Mackenzie Blackwood made 22 saves for New Jersey, which snapped a
two-game losing streak and won at home for the first time since Nov. 11.
For the Flyers, Joel Farabee scored in his third straight game and Scott
Laughton had a goal and an assist. Martin Jones made 30 saves, and Philadelphia
dropped its sixth game in a row.
Bratt broke a 2-all tie with eight minutes left in the third period. Johnsson
stole the puck in the Flyers zone and fed Bratt, who beat Martin Jones on a
backhand shot. Bratt extended his point streak to four games and now has 14
points (three goals, 10 assists) in 12 games in November.
Bastian sealed the win with his second goal of the season --- and first for the
Devils. The 2016 Devils draft pick was chosen by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021
expansion draft, but claimed by New Jersey off waivers Thursday.
Hamilton broke the ice for New Jersey at 5:07 of the first. It was his sixth
goal of the season, which leads all Devils defensemen and is tied with
Florida's Aaron Ekblad for third-most among NHL blueliners.
Laughton knotted the score with three minutes to go in the first with his first
short-handed goal of the season. After the Flyers won a puck battle at the
Devils blue line, Provorov hit Laughton with a breakout pass, and he outmuscled
Devils defenseman P.K. Subban then flipped a backhand shot past Blackwood.
Johnsson snapped a 1-all tie with his eighth goal of the season at 1:47 of the
second. Then, the Flyers tied the game at 3:04 in the third when Laughton took
an errant pass behind the Devils net, then fed Farabee for his seventh goal of
the season, pulling him into a tie with Cam Atkinson and Claude Giroux for the
team lead.
DEVILS FIGHT CANCER
New Jersey held its annual Hockey Fights Cancer game on Sunday. Lucas Files, a
12-year-old Devils fan from Manahawkin, New Jersey, who completed treatment
from acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2018, dropped the puck for a ceremonial
faceoff between New Jersey captain Nico Hischier and Flyers forward and cancer
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 missing the past two
games as a healthy scratch. He played 15:24 and was plus-1.
INJURY UPDATE
Flyers center Nate Thompson is sidelined indefinitely with an upper-body
injury. Thompson was hurt in the third period Philadelphia's 6-3 loss to the
Hurricanes on Friday.
UP NEXT
Philadelphia: Tuesday's scheduled game against the Islanders was postponed due
to a COVID-19 outbreak for New York, so the next game is at New York Rangers on
Wednesday night.
New Jersey: Closes two-game homestand by taking on San Jose on Tuesday night.
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