Flyers grounded in Devils’ shutout win

The Devils were angry, and they took out their frustration on a longtime nemesis.

A little more than 24 hours after general manager Ray Shero publicly challenged his team, Cory Schneider made 16 saves in his first shutout of the season as the Devils beat the Flyers 4-0 Thursday night in Newark to stop a seven-game losing streak.

P.A. Parenteau, Miles Wood, Adam Henrique and Kyle Palmieri scored for New Jersey, which won for the first time since defeating Vancouver 3-2 on Dec. 6.

“It was a character win,” Devils defenseman Seth Helgeson said. “Throughout the entire game, everyone was sticking up for each other. It wasn’t one guy. It was the whole team.”

The shutout was the 22nd of Schneider’s career, and first in 45 games. His previ- ous one with came last Jan. 16 in a 2-0 win over the Coyotes.

Schneider’s 16 saves were the second-fewest he has made in a shutout. He had 15 in the Devils’ 1-0 win over Buffalo on Nov. 30, 2013. “[The] shutout is nice, but the only reason a shutout is good is because it probably means you won the game,” Schneider said. “So that’s what’s important, especially with the slide we — and I, personally — [have] been on.”

Entering the game, New Jersey (13-13-7) and Philadelphia (20-12-4) were on significantly different trajectories. The Devils had dropped 12-of-15, while the Flyers had won 11 of their last 13.

Following a 10-game winning streak, Philadelphia has lost three of four.

“Look at our last two or three,” Flyers defenseman Brandon Manning said. “We want to be better.”