Devils-Flyers rivalry
| First meeting | October 13, 1974 Spectrum (Philadelphia) |
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| Latest meeting | January 21, 2017 Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia) |
| Next meeting | March 16, 2017 Prudential Center (Newark, New Jersey) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 235 |
| Regular season series | 110–107–18 (PHI) |
| Postseason results | 16–14 (PHI) |
| Largest victory |
PHI 10–0 KC December 1, 1974 November 2, 1975 |
| Longest win streak | PHI W13 |
| Current win streak | NJ W2 |
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The Devils–Flyers rivalry is a rivalry between two teams in the NHL's Metropolitan Division. This rivalry has become quite intense in New Jersey itself, sometimes referred to as the "Battle of the Jersey Turnpike", with the northern part of the state being the Devils fanbase, while the southern part of the state is overwhelmingly Flyers fans due to South Jersey's close proximity to Philadelphia. The Flyers practice in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, and since their Stanley Cup days of 1974 and 1975, many members of the Cup teams (as well as other Flyers alumni) have lived in South Jersey.
From the time the conferences were realigned and renamed prior to the 1993–94 season until the next realignment at the end of the 2013–14 season, the two teams won the two highest numbers of division titles, the Devils 9, the Flyers 6. Together, the two teams' 15 division championships account for almost all of the 19 titles from the original Atlantic Division .
The first game between the two clubs was played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1974. The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Kansas City Scouts (the forerunner of the New Jersey Devils), 3–2.
The first Stanley Cup playoffs meeting between the two franchises was in the 1977–78 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and had no geographic significance. The Devils were then known as the Colorado Rockies. The Flyers took the best-of-three Preliminary Round series 2-0. It was the only playoff series the team would play in during their six seasons in Denver, and the only one they would play in during their first 13 seasons of play, until 1987–88.
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