There always is a darkness before dawn, and it’s getting pretty dark now for the Flyers. On Sunday the Orange and Black lost 3-1 to the New Jersey Devils. It is their fourth straight loss, in which they have been outscored,

PHILADELPHIA, PA - The newest Devils acquistions made an impact on Sunday afternoon against the Flyers. Cody Glass picked up a goal and was +2. Daniel Sprong had a +1 rating with three shots on goal as New Jersey held on for a 3-1 win. Erik Haula and Dawson Mercer scored the other Devils goals.

Gosh, it only seems like a week or so ago that the Flyers’ locker room was buoyantly brimming with optimism. Fresh off a win over the NHL front-running Winnipeg Jets, the Flyers had gone 4-0-1 coming off the two-week break for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament,