Bryzgalov, who starred in Phoenix before being acquired in June, made 20 saves and ended the Flyers' 85-game, regular-season shutout drought. It was his 24th career shutout and 16th in the last two-plus seasons.
"I can't say enough about the whole team's work ethic," said Bryzgalov, whose teammates limited the Devils' good scoring chances. "The team just played unbelievable. They worked extremely hard in the offense zone and back-checked on defense."
With a sellout crowd watching at the Prudential Center, the Flyers spoiled Pete DeBoer's first game as the Devils coach.
The Flyers took the lead with just under eight minutes left in the first period. Defenseman Matt Carle kept the puck in the zone at the blue line and rapped a pass behind the net to James van Riemsdyk, who slid a no-look pass to Giroux. The fourth-year center, skating in the left side of the right circle, rifled a shot past Martin Brodeur.
Read, who excelled on the penalty-killing unit, said his goal "lowers the shoulders a little bit, and you don't have to worry about it for now on."
After the game, he was handed the goal puck by Zack Hill, the Flyers' publicity director.
"I'll probably give it to my parents," he said. "You have to thank them as much as you can. Without them, I wouldn't be here."
Scoring against a future Hall of Famer, he added, made the goal more special.
"Before the game, a couple guys were saying, 'This is the guy you want to score your first one on,' " said Read, smiling. "The whole game, I had a feeling that something special was going to happen, and when I got that puck I almost closed my eyes - I knew it was going in."
He paused.
"I'm joking," he said.
In Thursday's season-opening, 2-1 win, the Flyers waited in their locker room for 35 minutes as the game was delayed because of the Bruins' Stanley Cup championship ceremony. The Flyers came out flat before gradually taking control after Giroux's goal.
