2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 5th Metropolitan |
Conference | 7th Eastern |
2015–16 record | 41–27–14 |
Home record | 23–10–8 |
Road record | 18–17–6 |
Goals for | 214 |
Goals against | 218 |
Team information | |
President | Paul Holmgren |
General manager | Ron Hextall |
Coach | Dave Hakstol |
Captain | Claude Giroux |
Alternate captains |
Wayne Simmonds Mark Streit |
Arena | Wells Fargo Center |
Average attendance | 19,277 (98.4%) [1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Lehigh Valley Phantoms Reading Royals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Wayne Simmonds (32) |
Assists | Claude Giroux (45) |
Points | Claude Giroux (67) |
Penalty minutes | Wayne Simmonds (147) |
Plus/minus | Andrew MacDonald (+10) |
Wins | Steve Mason (23) |
Goals against average | Michal Neuvirth (2.27) |
The 2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. [2] The Flyers opened the regular season on October 8, 2015 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. [3] This was the first season under new head coach Dave Hakstol. The Flyers finished fifth in the Metropolitan Division and seventh in the Eastern Conference, qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the second Wild Card team in the Eastern Conference, where they would lose in the first round in six games to the Washington Capitals.
After the Flyers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons in 2014–15, head coach Craig Berube was fired. [4] On May 18, 2015, the Flyers hired Dave Hakstol to replace Berube. Hakstol had been the University of North Dakota's head coach for the past 11 seasons, during which he had a 289–143–43 record and led the school to the NCAA tournament in each season and advanced to the Frozen Four seven times. [5] The Flyers retained assistant coaches Ian Laperriere, Joe Mullen and Gord Murphy. [6] Kim Dillabaugh was named goaltending coach on July 3, 2015, replacing Jeff Reese. [7]
The Flyers signed Kontinental Hockey League defenseman Evgeny Medvedev to a one-year, $3 million contract on May 20. [8] June 27, the first day of the draft, was a busy one for the Flyers, as they selected defenseman Ivan Provorov with the seventh overall pick while also trading the 29th and 61st overall selection for the 24th in order to select forward Travis Konecny. [9] The next day, the Flyers made a trade to create some cap space, with the Arizona Coyotes receiving Nicklas Grossmann and acquiring the contract of Chris Pronger, while the Flyers received Sam Gagner and a conditional 2016 or 2017 draft pick. [10] The Flyers then traded Zac Rinaldo to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a 2017 third-round pick on June 29, while re-signing Chris VandeVelde to a two-year deal. [11] [12] The next day, the Flyers re-signed Ryan White to a one-year deal. [13] On July 1, the Flyers signed free-agent goaltender Michal Neuvirth to a two-year, $3.25 million contract. [14]
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | p – Washington Capitals | 82 | 56 | 18 | 8 | 52 | 252 | 193 | +59 | 120 |
2 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 44 | 245 | 203 | +42 | 104 |
3 | x – New York Rangers | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 43 | 236 | 217 | +19 | 101 |
4 | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 232 | 216 | +16 | 100 |
5 | x – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 38 | 214 | 218 | −4 | 96 |
6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 33 | 198 | 226 | −28 | 86 |
7 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 36 | 184 | 208 | −24 | 84 |
8 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 34 | 40 | 8 | 28 | 219 | 252 | −33 | 76 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ME | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 232 | 216 | +16 | 100 |
2 | ME | x – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 38 | 214 | 218 | −4 | 96 |
3 | AT | Boston Bruins | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 38 | 240 | 230 | +10 | 93 |
4 | ME | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 33 | 198 | 226 | −28 | 86 |
5 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 38 | 35 | 9 | 32 | 236 | 247 | −11 | 85 |
6 | ME | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 36 | 184 | 208 | −24 | 84 |
7 | AT | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 33 | 221 | 236 | −15 | 82 |
8 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 33 | 201 | 222 | −21 | 81 |
9 | ME | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 34 | 40 | 8 | 28 | 219 | 252 | −33 | 76 |
10 | AT | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 29 | 42 | 11 | 23 | 198 | 246 | −48 | 69 |
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Preseason: 3–2–2 (home: 3–1–0 ; road: 0–1–2)
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October: 4–4–2 (home: 3–2–1 ; road: 1–2–1)
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November: 5–6–3 (home: 2–2–2 ; road: 3–4–1)
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December: 6–4–2 (home: 3–1–1 ; road: 3–3–1)
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January: 6–4–1 (home: 3–2–1 ; road: 3–2–0)
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February: 8–4–3 (home: 5–1–2 ; road: 3–3–1)
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March: 9–3–2 (home: 5–2–0 ; road: 4–1–2)
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April: 3–2–1 (home: 2–0–1 ; road: 1–2–0)
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1)
Washington Capitals: Washington wins 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
28 | Claude Giroux | C | 78 | 22 | 45 | 67 | −8 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
17 | Wayne Simmonds | RW | 81 | 32 | 28 | 60 | −7 | 147 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 13 |
10 | Brayden Schenn | C | 80 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
93 | Jakub Voracek | RW | 73 | 11 | 44 | 55 | −5 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
53 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 64 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
14 | Sean Couturier | C | 63 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Michael Raffl | LW | 82 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
24 | Matt Read | RW | 79 | 11 | 15 | 26 | −5 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
32 | Mark Streit | D | 62 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
21 | Scott Laughton | C | 71 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −2 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
25 | Ryan White | C | 73 | 11 | 5 | 16 | −9 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
89 | Sam Gagner | C | 53 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
78 | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | LW | 74 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −8 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 15 |
3 | Radko Gudas | D | 76 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −3 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 18 |
76 | Chris VandeVelde | C | 79 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
15 | Michael Del Zotto | D | 52 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
82 | Evgeny Medvedev | D | 45 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | R. J. Umberger | C | 39 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
52 | Nick Cousins | C | 37 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
55 | Nick Schultz | D | 81 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
47 | Andrew MacDonald | D | 28 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
23 | Brandon Manning | D | 56 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
22 | Luke Schenn‡ | D | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −7 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Colin McDonald | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Michal Neuvirth | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
40 | Vincent Lecavalier‡ | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Steve Mason | G | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
58 | Taylor Leier | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Jordan Weal† | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Steve Mason | 54 | 53 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 1602 | 132 | 2.51 | .918 | 4 | 3150 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 12 | 4.09 | .852 | 0 | 176 |
30 | Michal Neuvirth | 32 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 908 | 69 | 2.27 | .924 | 3 | 1825 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 105 | 2 | 0.67 | .981 | 1 | 178 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Shayne Gostisbehere ( Defense) | [18] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Claude Giroux | [19] |
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Shayne Gostisbehere | [20] |
Bobby Clarke Trophy | Claude Giroux | [20] | |
Gene Hart Memorial Award | Shayne Gostisbehere | [20] | |
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy | Brayden Schenn | [20] | |
Toyota Cup | Claude Giroux | [20] | |
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award | Wayne Simmonds | [20] |
Shayne Gostisbehere set a number of team records during the 2015–16 season. Gostisbehere‘s 15-game point streak from January 19 to February 20 is the team record for a rookie and the NHL record for a rookie defenseman, and his nine-game assist streak from January 21 to February 11 tied the team record for a rookie. [21] [22] [23] He set franchise single season highs for goals by a rookie defenseman (17) and overtime goals (4), and tied the team record for powerplay goals by a defenseman (8). [24] [25] [26]
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Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued |
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Radko Gudas | Illegal check to the head of Ottawa Senators forward Mika Zibanejad during NHL Game No. 361 in Ottawa on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at 2:07 of the third period. | 3 games | $15,994.62 | December 2, 2015 [27] |
Chris VandeVelde | Elbowing Chicago Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews during NHL Game No. 1048 in Chicago on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at 19:30 of the first period. | 2 games | $7,661.30 | March 18, 2016 [28] |
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | Illegal check from behind on Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov during Game 3 in Philadelphia on Monday, April 18, 2016, at 12:17 of the third period. | 1 game | – | April 19, 2016 [29] |
Brayden Schenn | Charging Washington Capitals forward T. J. Oshie during Game 6 in Philadelphia on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at 14:24 of the second period. | 3 games | Undisclosed | April 26, 2016 [30] |
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 16, 2015, the day after the deciding game of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 12, 2016, the day of the deciding game of the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals. [31]
Date | Details
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Ref | |
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June 26, 2015 | To
Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay's 1st-round pick in 2015 Chicago's 2nd-round pick in 2015 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Nashville's 1st-round pick in 2015 |
[32] |
June 27, 2015 | To
Los Angeles Kings Columbus' 4th-round pick in 2015 |
To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2015 6th-round pick in 2016 |
[33] |
June 27, 2015 | To
Arizona Coyotes Nicklas Grossmann [a] Contract of Chris Pronger |
To Philadelphia Flyers Sam Gagner Conditional draft pick in 2016 or 2017 [b] |
[36] |
June 29, 2015 | To
Boston Bruins Zac Rinaldo |
To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2017 |
[37] |
January 6, 2016 | To Los Angeles Kings Vincent Lecavalier [c] Luke Schenn [c] |
To Philadelphia Flyers Jordan Weal 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
[39] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 1, 2015 | Tim Brent | Metallurg Magnitogorsk ( KHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [40] |
Chris Conner | Washington Capitals | 2-year | Free agency | [40] | |
Davis Drewiske | Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | Free agency | [40] | |
Jason LaBarbera | Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | Free agency | [41] | |
Michal Neuvirth | New York Islanders | 2-year | Free agency | [42] | |
July 3, 2015 | Colin McDonald | New York Islanders | 1-year | Free agency | [43] |
August 8, 2015 | Chris Porter | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency | [44] |
September 21, 2015 | Philippe Myers | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies ( QMJHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [45] [46] |
April 1, 2016 | Ray Emery | Adler Mannheim ( DEL) | 1-year [d] | Free agency | [47] |
April 5, 2016 | Alex Lyon | Yale University ( ECAC) | 2-year | Free agency | [48] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [e] | Ref |
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July 1, 2015 | Jason Akeson | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (VI) | [50] |
Carlo Colaiacovo | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (III) | [51] | |
Blair Jones | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (III) | [52] | |
Zack Stortini | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (III) | [53] | |
Rob Zepp [f] | Contract expiration (III) | [49] | ||
July 13, 2015 | Oliver Lauridsen | Frolunda HC ( SHL) | Free agency (VI) | [55] |
August 31, 2015 | Jay Rosehill | Lehigh Valley Phantoms ( AHL) | Free agency (III) | [56] |
September 1, 2015 | Andrew Johnston | Missouri Mavericks ( ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [57] |
October 1, 2015 | Chris Porter | Minnesota Wild | Waivers | [58] |
October 5, 2015 | Matt Konan | Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [59] |
October 10, 2015 | Ray Emery | Ontario Reign (AHL) | Free agency (III) | [60] |
May 25, 2016 | Tim Brent | Retirement | [61] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 29, 2015 | Chris VandeVelde | 2-year | Re-signing | [62] |
June 30, 2015 | Ryan White | 1-year | Re-signing | [63] |
July 3, 2015 | Ivan Provorov | 3-year | Entry-level | [64] |
July 16, 2015 | Michael Del Zotto | 2-year | Re-signing | [65] |
Travis Konecny | 3-year | Entry-level | [66] | |
July 28, 2015 | Sean Couturier | 6-year | Extension | [67] [68] |
July 30, 2015 | Jakub Voracek | 8-year | Extension | [69] [70] |
February 27, 2016 | Colin McDonald | 2-year | Extension | [71] [72] |
February 28, 2016 | Michael Raffl | 3-year | Extension | [73] [74] |
March 21, 2016 | Reece Willcox | 3-year | Entry-level | [75] [76] |
Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections made at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. The Flyers original second and third-round picks were traded in two different trades. [77]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Ivan Provorov | Defense | Russia | Brandon Wheat Kings ( WHL) | |
1 | 24 | Travis Konecny | Right wing | Canada | Ottawa 67's ( OHL) | [g] |
3 | 70 | Felix Sandstrom | Goaltender | Sweden | Brynas IF ( SHL) | [h] |
3 | 90 | Matej Tomek | Goaltender | Slovakia | Topeka RoadRunners ( NAHL) | [g] |
4 | 98 | Samuel Dove-McFalls | Left wing | Canada | Saint John Sea Dogs ( QMJHL) | |
4 | 104 | Mikhail Vorobyev | Center | Russia | Tolpar Ufa ( MHL) | [i] |
5 | 128 | David Kase | Right wing | Czech Republic | Pirati Chomutov ( Czech 2) | |
6 | 158 | Cooper Marody | Center | United States | Sioux Falls Stampede ( USHL) | |
7 | 188 | Ivan Fedotov | Goaltender | Russia | HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk ( KHL) |