{"id":545716,"date":"2026-04-07T15:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545716\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:17:14","slug":"devils-game-78-vs-flyers-lines-notes-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545716\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils Game 78 vs. Flyers; Lines, Notes &#038; How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Jersey Devils (40-34-3, 83 points) will try to bolster their slim Stanley Cup Playoff hopes when they host the Philadelphia Flyers (39-26-12, 90 points) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Devils are 8-3-1 in their past 12 games and are 4-0-1 at home in their past five games at Prudential Center. They are within seven points of the Flyers for the final playoff spot with just four games left.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers have been red hot, moving into third place in the Metropolitan Division. They are 14-6-1 since the Olympic break and are 9-1 in their past 10 road games.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what to expect from the huge game at the Rock on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>What to Know vs. Flyers<\/p>\n<p>The Devils are 0-2 against the Flyers and have been outscored 11-6 against them this season.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Nico Hischier has 12 points in the Devils\u2019 past 10 games and has four points (2 goals, 2 assists) against the Flyers this year<\/p>\n<p>Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom has a .930 save%, 2.17 GAA and one shutout in 14 career games against the Flyers<\/p>\n<p>Jack Hughes has 36 points (13 goals, 23 assists) in the Devils\u2019 past 20 games and has 17 points in 11 home games since the Olympic break.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers have 10 players with at least 10 goals this season, led by Owen Tippett\u2019s 28.<\/p>\n<p>Porter Martone scored his first NHL goal in overtime in Philadelphia\u2019s 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Goalie Dan Vladar is 2-0-0 with a 3.00 GAA and .910 save% against the Devils this season<\/p>\n<p>Matvei Michkov has four goals in six games against the Devils and has 11 goals and 27 points in 38 road games this year<\/p>\n<p>2025-26 vs. Flyers<\/p>\n<p>11\/22\/25: L 6-3 XFinity Mobile Arena<\/p>\n<p>11\/29\/25: L 5-3 Prudential Center<\/p>\n<p>4\/7\/26: 7:30 P.M. ET Prudential Center<\/p>\n<p>Devils vs. Flyers<\/p>\n<p>All-time Record: 126-121-18-9<\/p>\n<p>All-time Home Record: 77-47-8-5<\/p>\n<p>All-time Road Record: 49-74-10-4<\/p>\n<p>Projected Devils Lineup*<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<\/p>\n<p>Timo Meier \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/tag\/nico-hischier\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nico Hischier<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dawson Mercer<\/p>\n<p>Jesper Bratt \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/tag\/jack-hughes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Jack Hughes<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Connor Brown<\/p>\n<p>Lenni Hameenaho \u2013 Cody Glass \u2013 Nick Bjugstad<\/p>\n<p>Evgenii Dadonov \u2013 Marc McLaughlin \u2013 Brian Halonen<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen<\/p>\n<p>Jonas Siegenthaler \u2013 Dougie Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>Luke Hughes \u2013 Jonathan Kovacevic<\/p>\n<p>Brenden Dillon \u2013 Simon Nemec<\/p>\n<p>Goalies<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/tag\/jacob-markstrom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Markstrom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jake Allen<\/p>\n<p>Projected Flyers Lineup*<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<\/p>\n<p>Tyson Foerster\u2013 Trevor Zegras \u2013 Owen Tippett<\/p>\n<p>Travis Konecny \u2013 Christian Dvorak \u2013 Porter Martone<\/p>\n<p>Alex Bump \u2013 Noah Cates \u2013 Matvei Michkov<\/p>\n<p>Sean Couturier \u2013 Luke Glendening \u2013 Carl Grundstrom<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen<\/p>\n<p>Travis Sanheim\u2013 Rasmus Ristolainen<\/p>\n<p>Cam York \u2013 Jamie Drysdale<\/p>\n<p>Nick Seeler \u2013 Emil Andrae<\/p>\n<p>Goalies<\/p>\n<p>Dan Vladar<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Ersson<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch the Devils Game \u2014 (7:30 P.M. ET)<\/p>\n<p>Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/Hulu<\/p>\n<p>Radio:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\/devils-game-66-kings-lines-notes-starting-goaltender-how-to-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DEVILS HOCKEY NET<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next Up<\/p>\n<p>Thu., April 9 vs PIT 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n<p>Sat., April 11 at DET 5:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n<p>Sun., April 12 vs OTT 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n<p>Tue., April 14 at BOS 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774746866_983_Pat-PickensBio.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tPat  Pickens  is  an  award-winning  sports  writer  and  author  who  has  covered  the  NHL  since  2013.  He  has  covered  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/pat-pickens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Pickens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Jersey Devils (40-34-3, 83 points) will try to bolster their slim Stanley Cup Playoff hopes when&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5112],"tags":[1468,5,4,1467,56,5205],"class_list":{"0":"post-545716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-flyers","8":"tag-flyers","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","13":"tag-philadelphiaflyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116364094379698608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}