{"id":427580,"date":"2023-02-25T22:27:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T03:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=427580"},"modified":"2023-02-25T22:27:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T03:27:51","slug":"devils-rout-flyers-schmid-with-first-nhl-career-shutout","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/devils-rout-flyers-schmid-with-first-nhl-career-shutout\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils rout Flyers, Schmid with first NHL career shutout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-286 p Component-p-0-2-276\">Dawson Mercer scored in his sixth straight and the New Jersey Devils crush the Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 at Prudential Center on Saturday night with visiting goaltender Samuel Ersson recording his first loss.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh what a night! <\/p>\n<p>Game Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SqffiYjWS6\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/SqffiYjWS6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SIg8QVOEOB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/SIg8QVOEOB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJDevils\/status\/1629677490498338816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-286 p Component-p-0-2-276\">Jonas Siegenthaler, Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier, Dougie Hamilton, Jesper Bratt and Nathan Bastian also scored as the Devils improved to 15-3-2 in their last 20 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-286 p Component-p-0-2-276\">The seven-goal winning margin was New Jersey\u2019s largest of the season, and the output matched their season high.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-286 p Component-p-0-2-276\">Ersson, who was the 12th NHL goaltender to win each of his first six decision, was outstanding making 29 saves as Philadelphia fell to 1-6-1 in its last eight games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-286 p Component-p-0-2-276\">Two of the Devils\u2019 goals were deflected by Flyers players, another one came when a defenseman was pushed into Ersson and opened the crease and four were on his doorstep by open players.<\/p>\n<p>Devils goalie Akira Schmid stopped 25 Flyers shots to earn the first shutout of his NHL career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BEAST MODE. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GhUV931Ggj\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GhUV931Ggj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJDevils\/status\/1629679497359261696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Flyers have now lost 11 of their last 14 games and sit nine points out of a playoff spot with about a month and a half remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The Devils visit the Colorado Avalanche to start a three-game road trip The Flyers will be off for the next three days before returning to action against the New York Rangers at Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  id=\"_ytid_17708\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZJTkWyq4K9c?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=1&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZJTkWyq4K9c\/maxresdefault.jpg\" title=\"\"><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dawson Mercer scored in his sixth straight and the New Jersey Devils crush the Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 at Prudential Center on Saturday night [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":427581,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17553,17062,16717],"news_category":[16709,14084],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"Philadelphia lost 11 of their last 14 games","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/427580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/427580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427580"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=427580"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=427580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}