Devils' Akira Schmid: Starting Thursday

Schmid will protect the road goal Thursday versus the Flyers, Amanda Stein of the Devils' official site reports.

Schmid earned the win in a relief outing Tuesday versus the Islanders after a poor start from Vitek Vanecek, and head coach Lindy Ruff will reward Schmid with the next start. The 23-year-old goalie is 1-4-0 in November, but he's registered a solid 2.40 GAA and .917 save percentage across those five games.