PHILADELPHIA –The Flyers’ Scott Laughton picked up a goal and two points in his return from personal issues to lead Philadelphia to a 4-2 win over the visiting New Jersey Devils.

Owen Tippett #74 of the Philadelphia Flyers raises his stick in celebration of the Goa by teammate Bobby Brink #10 of the Philadelphia Flyers

“He’s the guy that kind of keeps everyone together around here,” Flyers forward Joel Farabee said of Laughton. “So, having him is great. When he’s at the rink I think most guys are smiling, usually laughing at him. He keeps it light, and he’s a really good leader for this team. We love having him. Obviously he went through a tough week, but it’s our job as teammates to grab his back and he was great.”

Samuel Ersson made 31 saves for the win.

After letting a four-minute power play fizzle, the Devils surrendered two goals to the Flyers in a span of 28 seconds.

Bobby Brink (power play) and Farabee scored to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead just past the midway point of the first period.

“For us to weather the storm, per se, and play well on a kill that I think we’re striving for better right now, it was a big confidence boost, and I think led into the power-play goal and just kind of building our game off of that,” the Flyers’ Garnet Hathaway said. “They’re a really offensive team. They can hurt you on the rush so quickly.

“For us to not be chasing the game, forcing plays, and get the lead like we did, it helped us I think find our game a little more and just be a little simpler with the puck. We weren’t stretching ourselves out to make plays. We were controlling the play.”

Hathaway made it 3-0 early in the middle frame.

Late in the second period Dougie New Jersey’s Hamilton made it 3-1 headed to the third period.

“Thought our details weren’t good,” Devils forward Jesper Bratt said. “We knew going into this game what kind of game it would be. It’s a hard-fought game for space out there. Playing against Philly in the beginning of the game, we didn’t embrace that. We wanted to be too cute with the puck and we didn’t really create any momentum and we were feeding their offense a lot and we were spending a lot of time in our [defensive] zone.

“In the second we were able to play more like we need to play. We stopped being so cute in the neutral zone and took advantage when we had the chance.”

Timo Meier trimmed the deficit to 3-2 with less than two minutes left on the clock.

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“Power play killed us,” Devils coach Sheldon Keefe said. “The four-minute power play was our worst of the season. And it sucked the life out of our game.”

Laughton hit an empty net for the 4-2 final.

Jake Allen made 22 saves in the loss.

Scott Laughton #21 of the Philadelphia Flyers

Goalie Jake Allen #34 of the New Jersey Devils makes a pad save on Scott Laughton #21 of the Philadelphia Flyers

Goalie Jake Allen #34 of the New Jersey Devils stops a shot by Garnet Hathaway #19 of the Philadelphia Flyers

Brenden Dillon #5 of the New Jersey Devils

Bobby Brink #10 of the Philadelphia Flyers receives congratulation from teammate for his goal in the first period against the New Jersey Devils.

A shot by Joel Farabee #86 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores against the New Jersey Devils.

Joel Farabee #86 of the Philadelphia Flyers is congratulated for his goal against the New Jersey Devils

Jonas Siegenthaler #71 of the New Jersey Devils

Joel Farabee #86 of the Philadelphia Flyers

Samuel Ersson #33 of the Philadelphia Flyers

Garnet Hathaway #19 of the Philadelphia Flyers receives congratulations from Cam York #8 for his goal against the New Jersey Devils.

Dougie Hamilton #7 of the New Jersey Devils cross checks Nick Seeler #24 of the Philadelphia Flyers after Seeler’s check on Nathan Bastian #14 of the New Jersey Devils