On Monday night, a split-squad New Jersey Devils team was stronger on paper and on the ice against a split-squad Philadelphia Flyers team. They won 2-0. Tonight, a not-split but mostly-Albany Devils squad took on a not-split but mostly Lehigh Valley Phantoms squad. The Devils did not prevail. After a decent-to-good start, their play decayed as time went on. The Flyers got their acts together and earned a 2-0 win of their own.
The start was actually not bad. The Devils were able to apply more pressure, establish a forecheck, and make goaltender Anthony Stolarz sweat for the first ten to fifteen minutes of the game.