articleNew Jersey scored four times in the second period and Jake Allen made 24 saves as the Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-0 on Wednesday. Ondrej Palat, Luke Hughes, Nathan Bastian and Dawson Mercer scored for New Jersey in a 13-minute span as the Devils won for the third time in four games. Jack Hughes scored early in the third, his 20th goal of the season. Palat beat Flyers goaltender Samuel Ersson on the power play 54 seconds into the middle period. Devils captain Nico Hischier missed his second contest after being cross-checked in the midsection by Montreal’s Nick Suzuki last Saturday.