The consensus among the Philadelphia Flyers was that they were beaten by a quicker team that had more resolve than they did, for whatever reason. Meanwhile, Jaromir Jagr hasn't made a decision on his playing future.

Bryce Salvador, David Clarkson and Ilya Kovalchuk scored goals to lift New Jersey to a 3-1 Game 5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, sending the Devils into the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2003.

The New Jersey Devils took advantage of every mistake the favoured Philadelphia Flyers committed to advance to the Eastern Conference final on Tuesday night.

The Philadelphia Flyers were dealt a big blow on Monday after they received news that Claude Giroux was given a one-game suspension for his hit on New Jersey Devils forward Dainius Zubrus during Sunday night's Game 4 contest.

Dainius Zubrus scored a go-ahead goal late in the second period which held up as the winner, and he added an empty-net marker as the New Jersey Devils took a 3-1 Eastern Conference semifinal series lead over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.

Alexei Ponikarovsky potted his own rebound at 17:21 of overtime on Thursday night to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 home victory over the Phiadelphia Flyers.

The New Jersey Devils won 4-1 on Tuesday, pasting the Philadelphia Flyers into their own end with Gorilla glue and not allowing them to see the neutral zone, much less within 50 feet of Devils goalie Marty Brodeur for most of three periods.

Adam Larsson and David Clarkson scored their first goals of the post-season, and the New Jersey Devils posted a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, evening this Eastern Conference semifinals series at 1-1.

Danny Briere scored the winning goal 4:36 into overtime to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday to open the Eastern Conference semifinals.