New Jersey Devils

Who: Flyers (29-25-3) at New Jersey Devils (36-20-2) When: 7 o'clock Where: Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. TV: Comcast SportsNet Radio: WIP (610-AM)

Who: Flyers (3-0-1) at New Jersey Devils (0-0-3) When: 7 o'clock Where: Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. TV: None Radio: WIP (610-AM)

Sergei Bobrovsky will start in goal tonight in Newark, N.J., for the Flyers against the New Jersey Devils, the team announced. Ilya Bryzgalov has started the last 11 games, including posting 29 saves a 1-0 shootout win in Toronto on Saturday night. The Flyers are on a five-game winning streak. In the last four, Bryzgalov has stopped 128 of 130 shots, a .985 save percentage. He has two shutouts. Bobrovsky has not started since a Feb. 18 loss to Pittsburgh in which he allowed three goals on 17 shots.

Martin Brodeur stopped 24 shots for his 100th postseason win, and a three-goal first period was enough to help the visiting New Jersey Devils spoil the Florida Panthers' long-awaited return to the Stanley Cup playoffs in a 3-2 victory Friday night. Brodeur also picked up an assist for his 10th postseason point, and became the second goalie in NHL history to reach triple figures in playoff wins. Only Patrick Roy has more, with 151.   Coyotes howl The everyone-chips-in approach helped the Phoenix Coyotes win their first division crown and, fittingly, led to a victory in the first game of the playoffs as well.

It took only one look for voters to pick this year's class of Hockey Hall of Famers. Former New Jersey Devils great Scott Stevens was elected in his first year of eligibility, along with Mark Messier, Ron Francis and Al MacInnis. Stevens won three Stanley Cup titles with the New Jersey Devils while punishing the opposition as the game's best hitter. In addition to the championships Stevens won with the Devils, he was chosen as playoff MVP in 2000. A fearless player known as much for his leadership as his bone-crunching body checks, Stevens proves there is room in the Hall for more than just offensive players.

Playing without suspended star Claude Giroux, the Flyers were trying to stave off elimination against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night. "G's been our best player all year. We owe him one," winger Zac Rinaldo said before the game, before he sparked the Flyers with five first-period hits. "This one is for him. " Well, they'll have to pay the debt another time. The New Jersey Devils eliminated the Flyers, 3-1, and won the Eastern Conference semifinal series, four games to one. A Flyers season that had seemed so promising after they jolted the Stanley Cup favorite Pittsburgh Penguins came to a crashing end. The Flyers lost the last four games to the hungrier Devils; they had not lost four straight all season.

Leading scorer Brian Gionta and four other veterans signed with the New Jersey Devils yesterday after the NHL gave general manager Lou Lamoriello $3.5 million in salary-cap relief by placing 37-year-old forward Alexander Mogilny on the long-term injury exception list. Defensemen Paul Martin and Dave Hale, backup goalie Scott Clemmensen, and center Erik Rasmussen signed one-year deals as the Devils finalized their roster without exceeding the league's $44 million salary cap. The NHL said Mogilny qualified for the exception because the chronic hip injury that may force him to retire occurred while he was playing for New Jersey last season.

Brad Marchand had his first career hat trick and a career-high five points to help the Boston Bruins overwhelm the visiting Florida Panthers , 8-0, Friday night. Marchand scored a shorthanded goal to start things off, then added two more and a pair of assists to lead Boston to its 20th win in 23 games. After his third goal, fans showered the ice with all kinds of headwear, including a fair number of Santa hats.   Devils get by Caps in OT Ilya Kovalchuk and Patrik Elias scored in the shootout, and Martin Brodeur made an outstanding glove save on Alex Ovechkin as the New Jersey Devils , after blowing a three-goal lead in the third period, beat the visiting Washington Capitals , 4-3. The win was the Devils' fifth in six games.

While Ilya Kovalchuk refuses to take credit for the New Jersey Devils' surge since the all-star break, his teammates can see that the forward has elevated his game. Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists, and the Devils extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday. Anton Volchenkov, Dainius Zubrus, Zach Parise and David Clarkson also scored for the Devils, who remained perfect since the all-star break while equaling their season-best win streak.

There were lots of empty seats at the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday night, and few good scoring chances for the Flyers or New Jersey Devils. Welcome to late-season hockey for two teams on the verge of being eliminated from the Eastern Conference playoff picture. The Flyers continued a recent trend: Another team ended a long losing streak against them. New Jersey snapped a 10-game skid as Martin Brodeur notched his 121st career shutout to defeat the Flyers, 3-0. Brodeur, who has more shutouts than any goalie in NHL history, had gone 10 straight games (0-6-4)

James Reimer made 31 saves, and Phil Kessel snapped a scoreless tie late in the third period to lift host Toronto to a 2-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night, even though the Maple Leafs recorded only 12 shots. Kessel broke the deadlock at 13 minutes, 28 seconds of the third, and Jay McClement scored into an empty net with 36.6 seconds remaining to back the stellar goaltending of Reimer, who earned his third shutout of the season. Toronto (24-14-5), aiming for its first postseason berth since 2004, is 9-1-4 in its last 14 games.

Jaromir Jagr scored off his skate in his Bruins debut and Tuukka Rask stopped 40 shots to lead host Boston to a 1-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Acquired from Dallas at the trade deadline on Wednesday, Jagr quickly endeared himself to the Boston fans. Brad Marchand's centering pass went off Jagr's left skate and past Martin Brodeur to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead with 80 seconds gone in the second period.   Capitals top Islanders Mike Green scored his fifth goal in four games, Braden Holtby made 35 saves and then was perfect in the shootout, and the Washington Capitals' long, slow comeback toward a playoff spot took another big step with a 2-1 shootout win over the visiting New York Islanders.

FRANS NIELSEN set up two early goals and Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves and the New York Islanders continued their playoff push with a 3-1 victory over the host New Jersey Devils on Monday night. Josh Bailey and Travis Hamonic were the beneficiaries of Nielsen's passes and John Tavares added his 22nd goal of the season as the Islanders won for the fourth time in five games. New York's only loss was a 2-0 setback to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the winners of 15 straight. Alexei Ponikarovsky scored for the Devils, who are 0-1-3 since forward Ilya Kovalchuk was sidelined with a shoulder injury more than a week ago. Martin Brodeur finished with 18 saves.

In his first game in a month, Martin Brodeur was credited with his third career goal and made 17 saves Thursday to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-1 road victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. Peter Harrold, Adam Henrique, and Andrei Loktionov also scored to help the Devils snap a three-game losing streak. Brodeur, who had been out since Feb. 21 with a pinched nerve in his neck, got credit for the game's first goal when Carolina's Jordan Staal passed the puck back to the point from behind the net with a delayed penalty call pending against Marek Zidlicky.

Playing their first game since general manager Paul Holmgren roasted them in a meeting and in the media, the Flyers responded Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Ilya Bryzgalov played one of his best games in several weeks - making four outstanding saves in overtime alone - as the Flyers defeated the New Jersey Devils in a shootout, 2-1. The Flyers are now 24-42 in career shootouts, and they improved to 1-5 this year in games that are tied heading into the third period. Matt Read and Claude Giroux (winner)

Playing their first game since general manager Paul Holmgren roasted them in a meeting and in the media, the Flyers responded Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Ilya Bryzgalov played one of his best games in several weeks - making four outstanding saves in overtime alone - as the Flyers defeated the New Jersey Devils in a shootout, 2-1. The Flyers are now 24-42 in career shootouts, and they improved to 1-5 this year in games that are tied heading into the third period. Matt Read and Claude Giroux (winner)

Tomas Plekanec and Max Pacioretty scored 18 seconds apart in the third period to seal the Montreal Canadiens' fourth straight win, a 3-0 victory over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes. Pacioretty added an assist and Brandon Prust also scored for Montreal in the third. Peter Budaj made 19 saves for his second win of the season and his first shutout in a Canadiens uniform. Senators beat Devils in shootout Jakob Silfverberg beat Martin Brodeur to his stick side in the shootout and goalie Ben Bishop turned aside 30 shots for his first victory of the season, giving the Ottawa Senators a 2-1 win over the host New Jersey Devils on Monday afternoon.

NEWARK, N.J. - The Flyers briskly exited the dressing room Friday night into a corridor and then to a waiting bus at the Prudential Center, a walk that included a familiar feeling in this venue. Their 5-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils was the Flyers' sixth consecutive to the Devils, a skid that includes the 2012 postseason. Four of those defeats came in New Jersey, and the Flyers have not won on the Devils' ice in their last five attempts. Friday offered a chance to halt the drought, especially when the Flyers jumped to a 3-1 lead at the end of the first period.