The New Jersey Devils make the short trip to Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon looking to snap out of a losing funk with a matchup against the Flyers.
Fresh off a win over the NHL front-running Winnipeg Jets, the Flyers had gone 4-0-1 coming off the two-week break for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, and with 22 games remaining it was clear that although there was a long way to go, one could envision a path to a playoff spot for the first time in five years for this moribund franchise.
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The Kraken are coming off a 5-3 loss to the Nashville Predators. Adam Larsson got the Kraken on the board first just 32 seconds into the game, but the Predators scored the next four goals before Jared McCann's third-period power-play goal finally broke that streak.
The Flyers traded Laughton to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Nikita Grebenkin and a first-round pick. The Flyers are retaining 50% of Laughton's contract and sending a 2025 fourth-rounder and 2027 sixth-rounder to the Leafs. Philly is getting a 2027 first-rounder with a top-10 protection from the Leafs.
Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Philadelphia: Hall writes that the Philadelphia Flyers have some players that the teams want. Under GM Daniel Briere, this is the second straight season that the Flyers are open for business with players like Scott Laughton and Rasmus Ristolainen.
The Flyers have dug themselves a hole, but the team's identity fuels optimism around the possibility of recovering down the stretch.
PHILADELPHIA -- Cody Glass scored in his New Jersey Devils debut, a 3-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Sunday. Glass was acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, two days after New Jersey placed top center Jack Hughes on long-term injured reserve following shoulder surgery.