Hoping to avenge the 2009 opening loss to Flyers, the Devils did quite the opposite by showing zero offense, just like they did early last season. Claude Giroux, Matt Read and Wayne Simmonds scored the goals by beating the Devils 3-0. New Flyers ace goalie Ilya Bryzgalov made 20 saves in the shutout. Marty Brodeur was arguably the Devils best player in the losing effort making 26 saves on 29 Flyer shots.
The most depressing aspect was that the power play continued to be suspect, going 0-5 and allowing 2 short-handed breakaways, both turned away by Brodeur. Rookie defenseman Adam Larsson played well despite being a -1. The Devils play host to the Carolina Hurricanes today at 1, and will rely on Johan Hedberg in net.
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