2018–19 Philadelphia Flyers season

Philadelphia Flyers
2018–19 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	6th Metropolitan
Conference	11th Eastern
2018–19 record	37–37–8
Home record	19–18–4
Road record	18–19–4
Goals for	244
Goals against	281
	Team information
General Manager	Ron Hextall (Oct. 4 – Nov. 26); Chuck Fletcher (Dec. 3 – present)
Coach	Dave Hakstol (Oct. 4 – Dec. 17); Scott Gordon (interim) (Dec. 17 – Apr. 6)
Captain	Claude Giroux
Alternate captains	Sean Couturier; Andrew MacDonald; Wayne Simmonds (Oct. 4 – Feb. 25)
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Minor league affiliations	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL); Reading Royals (ECHL)
	Team leaders
Goals	Sean Couturier (33)
Assists	Claude Giroux (63)
Points	Claude Giroux (85)
Penalties in minutes	Wayne Simmonds (90)
Plus/minus	Claude Giroux (+9)
Wins	Carter Hart (16)
Goals against average	Carter Hart (2.83)
<2017–18	2019–20>

The 2018–19 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.^[2] The Flyers were eliminated from playoff contention on March 30, 2019, after a 5–2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.^[3]

Off-season

Standings

Divisional standings

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Conference standings

Template:2018–19 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.^[4]

2018 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 16	Philadelphia	0–3	NY Islanders		Stolarz	—	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 17	NY Islanders	1–3	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	17,725	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 18	Philadelphia	5–1	NY Islanders		Lyon	4,744	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 19	Philadelphia	6–4	NY Rangers		Elliott	12,159	3–1–0	Recap
5^[b]	September 21	NY Islanders	3–2	Philadelphia	OT	Stolarz	—	3–1–1	Recap
6	September 24	Boston	4–3	Philadelphia		Elliott	18,955	3–2–1	Recap
7	September 27	NY Rangers	4–2	Philadelphia		Hart	18,900	3–3–1	Recap
8	September 29	Philadelphia	4–1	Boston		Elliott	17,565	4–3–1	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. ^b Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 21, 2018.^[5]

2018–19 game log

October: 5–7–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 4	Philadelphia	5–2	Vegas		Elliott	18,555	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 6	Philadelphia	2–5	Colorado		Elliott	16,768	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 9	San Jose	8–2	Philadelphia		Elliott	19,133	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 10	Philadelphia	7–4	Ottawa		Pickard	13,215	2–2–0	4	Recap
5	October 13	Vegas	1–0	Philadelphia		Elliott	19,067	2–3–0	4	Recap
6	October 16	Florida	5–6	Philadelphia	SO	Pickard	19,038	3–3–0	6	Recap
7	October 18	Philadelphia	3–6	Columbus		Pickard	13,492	3–4–0	6	Recap
8	October 20	New Jersey	2–5	Philadelphia		Elliott	19,105	4–4–0	8	Recap
9	October 22	Colorado	4–1	Philadelphia		Elliott	19,326	4–5–0	8	Recap
10	October 25	Philadelphia	0–3	Boston		Elliott	17,565	4–6–0	8	Recap
11	October 27	NY Islanders	6–1	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	19,247	4–7–0	8	Recap
12	October 30	Philadelphia	3–2	Anaheim		Elliott	16,450	5–7–0	10	Recap

November: 5–5–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Philadelphia	5–2	Los Angeles		Elliott	18,230	6–7–0	12	Recap
14	November 3	Philadelphia	3–4	San Jose	OT	Pickard	17,562	6–7–1	13	Recap
15	November 5	Philadelphia	5–2	Arizona		Pickard	13,719	7–7–1	15	Recap
16	November 8	Arizona	4–5	Philadelphia	OT	Elliott	18,884	8–7–1	17	Recap
17	November 10	Chicago	0–4	Philadelphia		Elliott	19,355	9–7–1	19	Recap
18	November 13	Florida	2–1	Philadelphia		Elliott	19,147	9–8–1	19	Recap
19	November 15	New Jersey	3–0	Philadelphia		Elliott	18,806	9–9–1	19	Recap
20	November 17	Tampa Bay	6–5	Philadelphia	OT	Pickard	19,060	9–9–2	20	Recap
21	November 21	Philadelphia	2–5	Buffalo		Lyon	19,070	9–10–2	20	Recap
22	November 23	NY Rangers	0–4	Philadelphia		Pickard	19,523	10–10–2	22	Recap
23	November 24	Philadelphia	0–6	Toronto		Pickard	19,373	10–11–2	22	Recap
24	November 27	Ottawa	4–3	Philadelphia		Stolarz	19,083	10–12–2	22	Recap

December: 5–6–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 3–5–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 1	Philadelphia	4–2	Pittsburgh		Stolarz	18,653	11–12–2	24	Recap
26	December 6	Columbus	4–3	Philadelphia	OT	Stolarz	19,428	11–12–3	25	Recap
27	December 8	Philadelphia	6–2	Buffalo		Stolarz	18,283	12–12–3	27	Recap
28	December 9	Philadelphia	1–7	Winnipeg		Neuvirth	15,321	12–13–3	27	Recap
29	December 12	Philadelphia	5–6	Calgary	OT	Stolarz	17,763	12–13–4	28	Recap
30	December 14	Philadelphia	1–4	Edmonton		Stolarz	18,347	12–14–4	28	Recap
31	December 15	Philadelphia	1–5	Vancouver		Stolarz	17,328	12–15–4	28	Recap
32	December 18	Detroit	2–3	Philadelphia		Hart	19,255	13–15–4	30	Recap
33	December 20	Nashville	1–2	Philadelphia		Hart	19,142	14–15–4	32	Recap
34	December 22	Columbus	4–3	Philadelphia		Hart	19,311	14–16–4	32	Recap
35	December 23	Philadelphia	3–2	NY Rangers	SO	Neuvirth	17,515	15–16–4	34	Recap
36	December 27	Philadelphia	5–6	Tampa Bay	OT	Neuvirth	19,092	15–16–5	35	Recap
37	December 29	Philadelphia	1–2	Florida		Hart	15,737	15–17–5	35	Recap
38	December 31	Philadelphia	1–3	Carolina		Hart	16,644	15–18–5	35	Recap

January: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 1	Philadelphia	0–4	Nashville		Neuvirth	17,481	15–19–5	35	Recap
40	January 3	Carolina	5–3	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	18,718	15–20–5	35	Recap
41	January 5	Calgary	3–2	Philadelphia	OT	Hart	19,236	15–20–6	36	Recap
42	January 7	St. Louis	3–0	Philadelphia		Hart	19,021	15–21–6	36	Recap
43	January 8	Philadelphia	3–5	Washington		McKenna	18,506	15–22–6	36	Recap
44	January 10	Dallas	1–2	Philadelphia		Hart	19,448	16–22–6	38	Recap
45	January 12	Philadelphia	2–3	New Jersey		Hart	16,514	16–23–6	38	Recap
46	January 14	Minnesota	4–7	Philadelphia		Hart	19,123	17–23–6	40	Recap
47	January 16	Boston	3–4	Philadelphia		Hart	19,297	18–23–6	42	Recap
48	January 19	Philadelphia	5–2	Montreal		Hart	21,302	19–23–6	44	Recap
49	January 28	Winnipeg	1–3	Philadelphia		Hart	19,087	20–23–6	46	Recap
50	January 29	Philadelphia	1–0	NY Rangers		Stolarz	17,163	21–23–6	48	Recap
51	January 31	Philadelphia	3–2	Boston	OT	Hart	17,565	22–23–6	50	Recap

February: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–2–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 2	Edmonton	4–5	Philadelphia	OT	Hart	19,526	23–23–6	52	Recap
53	February 4	Vancouver	1–2	Philadelphia		Hart	18,671	24–23–6	54	Recap
54	February 7	Los Angeles	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Stolarz	18,982	24–23–7	55	Recap
55	February 9	Anaheim	2–6	Philadelphia		Hart	19,072	25–23–7	57	Recap
56	February 11	Pittsburgh	4–1	Philadelphia		Hart	19,103	25–24–7	57	Recap
57	February 12	Philadelphia	5–4	Minnesota		Stolarz	18,607	26–24–7	59	Recap
58	February 16	Detroit	5–6	Philadelphia	OT	Hart	19,342	27–24–7	61	Recap
59	February 17	Philadelphia	3–1	Detroit		Hart	19,515	28–24–7	63	Recap
60	February 19	Tampa Bay	5–2	Philadelphia		Hart	18,932	28–25–7	63	Recap
61	February 21	Philadelphia	1–5	Montreal		Hart	21,302	28–26–7	63	Recap
62	February 23	Pittsburgh	3–4	Philadelphia	OT	Elliott	69,620 (outdoors)	29–26–7	65	Recap
63	February 26	Buffalo	2–5	Philadelphia		Elliott	18,466	30–26–7	67	Recap
64	February 28	Philadelphia	3–4	Columbus	OT	Elliott	17,169	30–26–8	68	Recap

March: 7–8–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 5–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 1	Philadelphia	6–3	New Jersey		Talbot	15,247	31–26–8	70	Recap
66	March 3	Philadelphia	4–1	NY Islanders		Elliott	13,917	32–26–8	72	Recap
67	March 6	Washington	5–3	Philadelphia		Elliott	19,232	32–27–8	72	Recap
68	March 9	Philadelphia	5–2	NY Islanders		Elliott	13,917	33–27–8	74	Recap
69	March 11	Ottawa	2–3	Philadelphia		Elliott	18,193	34–27–8	76	Recap
70	March 14	Washington	5–2	Philadelphia		Hart	19,475	34–28–8	76	Recap
71	March 15	Philadelphia	6–7	Toronto		Elliott	19,290	34–29–8	76	Recap
72	March 17	Philadelphia	2–1	Pittsburgh	OT	Hart	18,636	35–29–8	78	Recap
73	March 19	Montreal	3–1	Philadelphia		Hart	19,045	35–30–8	78	Recap
74	March 21	Philadelphia	3–1	Chicago		Hart	21,484	36–30–8	80	Recap
75	March 23	NY Islanders	4–2	Philadelphia		Hart	19,668	36–31–8	80	Recap
76	March 24	Philadelphia	1–3	Washington		Elliott	18,506	36–32–8	80	Recap
77	March 27	Toronto	4–5	Philadelphia	SO	Hart	19,205	37–32–8	82	Recap
78	March 30	Philadelphia	2–5	Carolina		Talbot	17,833	37–33–8	82	Recap
79	March 31	NY Rangers	3–0	Philadelphia		Hart	19,437	37–34–8	82	Recap

April: 0–3–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 2	Philadelphia	2–6	Dallas		Talbot	18,532	37–35–8	82	Recap
81	April 4	Philadelphia	3–7	St. Louis		Elliott	18,203	37–36–8	82	Recap
82	April 6	Carolina	4–3	Philadelphia		Hart	19,433	37–37–8	82	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[6]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Claude Giroux	82	22	63	85	9	24
Sean Couturier	80	33	43	76	2	34
Jakub Voracek	78	20	46	66	−16	25
Travis Konecny	82	24	25	49	−4	40
James van Riemsdyk	66	27	21	48	−10	18
Shayne Gostisbehere	78	9	28	37	−20	22
Travis Sanheim	82	9	26	35	−4	22
Oskar Lindblom	81	17	16	33	−9	20
Scott Laughton	82	12	20	32	−11	53
Nolan Patrick	72	13	18	31	−8	27
Wayne Simmonds^‡	62	16	11	27	−20	90
Ivan Provorov	82	7	19	26	−16	32
Robert Hagg	82	5	15	20	–3	63
Radko Gudas	77	4	16	20	6	63
Michael Raffl	67	6	12	18	–1	32
Dale Weise^‡	42	5	6	11	−6	15
Jordan Weal^‡	28	3	6	9	−5	16
Andrew MacDonald	47	0	9	9	−5	18
Phil Varone	47	3	4	7	–2	8
Ryan Hartman^†	19	2	4	6	−6	30
Jori Lehtera	27	1	2	3	−7	33
Corban Knight	23	1	3	4	–5	0
Philippe Myers	21	1	1	2	–5	2
Mikhail Vorobyev	15	1	1	2	0	2
Christian Folin^‡	26	0	2	2	5	16
Justin Bailey	11	0	1	1	0	2
Nicolas Aube-Kubel	9	0	0	0	1	0
Samuel Morin	5	0	0	0	–3	4
Tyrell Goulbourne	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Friedman	1	0	0	0	–1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[6]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Carter Hart	31	30	1,717	16	13	1	81	2.83	976	.917	0	0	0
Brian Elliott	26	23	1,397	11	11	1	69	2.96	741	.907	1	1	2
Anthony Stolarz^‡	12	10	630	4	3	3	35	3.33	358	.902	1	0	0
Calvin Pickard^‡	11	8	465	4	2	2	31	4.01	227	.863	1	0	2
Michal Neuvirth	7	6	366	1	4	1	26	4.26	184	.859	0	0	0
Cam Talbot^†	4	3	211	1	2	0	13	3.70	109	.881	0	0	0
Alex Lyon	2	1	20	0	1	0	6	5.08	31	.806	0	0	0
Mike McKenna^†	1	1	57	0	1	0	4	4.22	24	.833	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Claude Giroux	^[7]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Carter Hart (January)	^[8]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Carter Hart (February 4)	^[9]
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Claude Giroux (November 12)	^[10]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Radko Gudas	^[11]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Sean Couturier	^[11]
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Sean Couturier	^[11]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Travis Sanheim	^[11]
	Toyota Cup	Carter Hart	^[11]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Andrew MacDonald	^[11]

Records

Team

Franchise team records set during the 2018–19 season
Record	Type	Total	Refs
Fewest shootouts	Season	4	^[12]
Fewest shootout losses	Season	1	^[12]

Suspensions and fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
James van Riemsdyk	High-sticking against Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez during NHL Game No. 826 in Philadelphia on Thursday, February 7, 2019, at 1:04 of the first period.	—	$5,000.00	February 8, 2019^[13]
Radko Gudas	High-sticking against Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov during NHL Game No. 918 in Philadelphia on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at 15:52 of the third period.	2 games	$81,707.32	February 20, 2019^[14]
Robert Hagg	Interference against Tampa Bay Lightning forward Cedric Paquette during NHL Game No. 918 in Philadelphia on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at 0:37 of the third period.	—	$3,091.40	February 20, 2019^[15]
Jakub Voracek	Interference against New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk during NHL Game No. 1052 on Long Island on Saturday March 9, 2019, at 5:41 of the third period.	2 games	$88,709.68	March 10, 2019^[16]

Transactions

The Flyers have been involved in the following transactions since June 8, 2018, the day after the deciding game of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.^[17]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Montreal Canadiens MTL's 7th-round pick in 2018	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2019	^[18]
January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11)	To Arizona Coyotes Jordan Weal	To Philadelphia Flyers Jacob Graves 6th-round pick in 2019	^[19]
January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)	To Buffalo Sabres Taylor Leier	To Philadelphia Flyers Justin Bailey	^[20]
February 9, 2019 (2019-02-09)	To Montreal Canadiens Christian Folin^{[lower-alpha 2]} Dale Weise	To Philadelphia Flyers Byron Froese David Schlemko	^[22]
February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)	To Edmonton Oilers Anthony Stolarz	To Philadelphia Flyers Cam Talbot	^[23]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Nashville Predators Wayne Simmonds	To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Hartman Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020^{[lower-alpha 3]}	^[25]

Free agents

The following players joined or left the Flyers during free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19)	Colin McDonald	to Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1-year	^[26]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Valtteri Filppula	to New York Islanders	1-year	^[27]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Brandon Manning	to Chicago Blackhawks	2-year	^[28]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Petr Mrazek	to Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	^[29]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	John Muse	to Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year*	^[30]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	James van Riemsdyk	from Toronto Maple Leafs	5-year	^[31]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Christian Folin	from Los Angeles Kings	1-year	^[32]
July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)	Will O'Neill	to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year	^[33]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)	Matt Read	to Minnesota Wild	1-year*	^[34]
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20)	Dustin Tokarski	to New York Rangers	1-year*	^[35]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
September 22, 2018 (2018-09-22)	Danick Martel	to Tampa Bay Lightning	^[36]
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)	Calvin Pickard	from Toronto Maple Leafs	^[37]
November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29)	Calvin Pickard	to Arizona Coyotes	^[38]
January 4, 2019 (2019-01-04)	Mike McKenna	from Vancouver Canucks	^[39]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
December 20, 2018 (2018-12-20)	Radel Fazleev	Mutual termination	^[40]

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Signings

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26)	Samuel Morin	3-year	^[41]
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07)	Alex Lyon	2-year*^{[lower-alpha 4]}	^[43]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	Reece Willcox	2-year*	^[44]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)	Tyrell Goulbourne	1-year*	^[45]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)	Taylor Leier	1-year	^[45]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15)	Danick Martel	1-year*	^[45]
July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)	Anthony Stolarz	1-year*	^[46]
August 1, 2018 (2018-08-01)	Robert Hagg	2-year	^[47]
March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26)	Michael Raffl	2-year	^[48]

Entry-level contracts

The following players – Flyers' draft picks, undrafted free agents, and the unsigned draft picks of other teams – were signed by the Flyers to entry level contracts.

Date	Player	Contract terms	Ref
September 20, 2018 (2018-09-20)	Yegor Zamula	3-year	^[49]
March 25, 2019 (2019-03-25)	Joel Farabee	3-year	^[50]

Draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	14	Joel Farabee	Left Wing	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)	^{[lower-alpha 5]}
1	19	Jay O'Brien	Center	United States	Thayer Academy (USHS)
2	50	Adam Ginning	Defense	Sweden	Linkopings HC (SHL)
4	112	Jack St. Ivany	Defense	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
5	127	Wyatte Wylie	Defense	United States	Everett Silvertips (WHL)	^{[lower-alpha 6]}
5	143	Samuel Ersson	Goaltender	Sweden	Brynas IF (SHL)
6	174	Gavin Hain	Center	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7	205	Marcus Westfalt	Center	Sweden	Brynas IF (SHL)

Notes

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References

General

hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results

Specific