{"id":547225,"date":"2026-04-08T11:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/547225\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:06:20","slug":"devils-eliminated-by-flyers-in-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/547225\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils Eliminated by Flyers in Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

An ominous day in Newark following the firing of general manager Tom Fitzgerald<\/a> turned worse when the New Jersey Devils<\/a> were officially eliminated from the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Philly had a ton on the line coming into the Prudential Center on Tuesday as a win would improve their hopes for the Stanley Cup Playoffs to 70.3%, whereas a loss would cut their hopes in half at 36.6%. <\/p>\n

Well, the Devils have officially been eliminated from the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n

New Jersey got off to a poor start on Tuesday night, letting the Flyers control the pace of play early.<\/p>\n

As a result, the Devils\u2019 defensive zone coverage was caught sleeping, and Travis Sanheim found Trevor Zegras wide open on Jacob Markstrom<\/a>\u2018s back door to give Philly an early 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Just about 30 seconds later, Jack Hughes<\/a> was whistled for tripping Owen Power, giving the Flyers their first power play of the game.<\/p>\n

One minute into the Flyers man advantage, Porter Martone handling the puck along the far wall fed a streaking Zegras at the top of Markstrom\u2019s crease, redirecting the puck past Markstrom to quickly give the Flyers a 2-0 lead. <\/p>\n

The Devils began to tilt the ice back in their direction halfway through the opening frame. Hughes and Co. finally pressured Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar with several chances.<\/p>\n

Cody Glass eventually cut the Flyers lead in half to 2-1 after Jonas Siegenthaler found open ice, rifled a shot on net, which deflected off the Devils forward and past Vladar.<\/p>\n

The Devils went to an early power play in the second period after the Flyers were caught with too many men on the ice.<\/p>\n

As the penalty expired, Tyson Foerester gained control of the puck at the Philly blueline, led a 2-on-1 opportunity toward the Devils zone, and opted to shoot, beating Markstrom to extend the Flyer lead to 3-1.<\/p>\n

Jesper Bratt had the opportunity to claw back against the Flyers when he found himself alone on a breakaway against Vladar. Yet, his backhand chance went over the net, and started a Flyers odd-man rush the other way.<\/p>\n

A tic-tac-toe play saw Foerester deposit his second goal of the night on a feed from Zegras, increasing the Flyers lead to 4-1.<\/p>\n

A low-event third period made no difference for the Devils. <\/p>\n

Nick Seeler deposited the empty net goal, a dagger on the game and the2025-26 season, solidifying a 5-1 loss, the Devils\u2019 35th of the season.<\/p>\n

Markstrom made 13 saves on 17 shots, taking his 19th loss of the season.<\/p>\n

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