2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season

2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers
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
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 affiliations	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Wayne Simmonds (32)
Assists	Claude Giroux (45)
Points	Claude Giroux (67)
Penalties in minutes	Wayne Simmonds (147)
Plus/minus	(+): Andrew MacDonald (+10) (–): Ryan White (–9)
Wins	Steve Mason (23)
Goals against average	Michal Neuvirth (2.27)
<2014–15

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]

Off-season

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 7th overall pick, whilst 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 picking up the contract of Chris Pronger, while the Flyers acquired 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 3rd round pick on June 29, whilst 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]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Florida Panthers	82	47	26	9	40	239	203	+36	103
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	31	5	43	227	201	+26	97
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	30	11	39	211	224	−13	93

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–2)[3]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 21	NY Islanders	3–5	Philadelphia^[B]		Neuvirth	––	1–0–0	Recap
2^[A]	September 21	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders		Stolarz	5,366	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 22	NY Rangers	3–5	Philadelphia		Mason	16,985	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	NY Islanders	2–5	Philadelphia		Mason	17,369	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 28	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Rangers	OT	Mason	18,006	3–1–1	Recap
6	September 30	New Jersey	4–2	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	17,732	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 2	Philadelphia	2–3	New Jersey	SO	Mason	9,235	3–2–2	Recap
^A – Indicates split-squad game. ^B – Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[3]
October: 4–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Philadelphia 2–3 Tampa Bay OT Mason 19,092 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 10 Philadelphia 1–7 Florida Mason 19,434 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 12 Florida 0–1 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,769 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 14 Chicago 0–3 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,779 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 20 Dallas 2–1 Philadelphia Mason 19,077 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 21 Philadelphia 5–4 Boston OT Mason 17,565 3–2–1 7 Recap 7 October 24 NY Rangers 2–3 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,805 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 27 Buffalo 4–3 Philadelphia OT Mason 19,432 4–2–2 10 Recap 9 October 29 New Jersey 4–1 Philadelphia Mason 19,241 4–3–2 10 Recap 10 October 30 Philadelphia 1–3 Buffalo Neuvirth 15,962 4–4–2 10 Recap
November: 5–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Philadelphia 1–4 Vancouver Mason 18,264 4–5–2 10 Recap 12 November 3 Philadelphia 2–4 Edmonton Neuvirth 16,839 4–6–2 10 Recap 13 November 5 Philadelphia 1–2 Calgary OT Neuvirth 19,289 4–6–3 11 Recap 14 November 7 Philadelphia 3–0 Winnipeg Neuvirth 15,294 5–6–3 13 Recap 15 November 10 Colorado 4–0 Philadelphia Neuvirth 18,587 5–7–3 13 Recap 16 November 12 Washington 5–2 Philadelphia Mason 19,414 5–8–3 13 Recap 17 November 14 Philadelphia 3–2 Carolina OT Mason 13,758 6–8–3 15 Recap 18 November 17 Los Angeles 3–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 18,846 6–8–4 16 Recap 19 November 19 San Jose 1–0 Philadelphia OT Mason 18,229 6–8–5 17 Recap 20 November 21 Philadelphia 0–4 Ottawa Mason 18,578 6–9–5 17 Recap 21 November 23 Carolina 2–3 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 18,636 7–9–5 19 Recap 22 November 25 Philadelphia 1–3 NY Islanders Mason 13,027 7–10–5 19 Recap 23 November 27 Nashville 2–3 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 19,818 8–10–5 21 Recap 24 November 28 Philadelphia 3–0 NY Rangers Mason 18,006 9–10–5 23 Recap
December: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Philadelphia 4–2 Ottawa Mason 17,010 10–10–5 25 Recap 26 December 4 Philadelphia 4–3 New Jersey OT Neuvirth 14,825 11–10–5 27 Recap 27 December 5 Columbus 4–1 Philadelphia Mason 18,202 11–11–5 27 Recap 28 December 8 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia SO Neuvirth 18,108 11–11–6 28 Recap 29 December 10 Philadelphia 4–2 St. Louis Neuvirth 14,428 12–11–6 30 Recap 30 December 11 Philadelphia 1–3 Dallas Neuvirth 18,532 12–12–6 30 Recap 31 December 15 Carolina 3–4 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 18,205 13–12–6 32 Recap 32 December 17 Vancouver 0–2 Philadelphia Mason 17,943 14–12–6 34 Recap 33 December 19 Philadelphia 2–3 Columbus SO Mason 14,030 14–12–7 35 Recap 34 December 21 St. Louis 3–4 Philadelphia Mason 19,676 15–12–7 37 Recap 35 December 27 Philadelphia 2–4 Anaheim Mason 17,322 15–13–7 37 Recap 36 December 30 Philadelphia 2–4 San Jose Mason 17,562 15–14–7 37 Recap
January: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Philadelphia 1–2 Los Angeles Neuvirth 18,230 15–15–7 37 Recap 38 January 5 Montreal 3–4 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,163 16–15–7 39 Recap 39 January 7 Philadelphia 4–3 Minnesota OT Mason 19,125 17–15–7 41 Recap 40 January 9 NY Islanders 0–4 Philadelphia Mason 19,874 18–15–7 43 Recap 41 January 13 Boston 2–3 Philadelphia Mason 19,704 19–15–7 45 Recap 42 January 16 NY Rangers 3–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,843 19–15–8 46 Recap 43 January 17 Philadelphia 2–1 Detroit SO Neuvirth 20,027 20–15–8 48 Recap 44 January 19 Toronto 3–2 Philadelphia Mason 19,319 20–16–8 48 Recap 45 January 21 Philadelphia 3–4 Pittsburgh Mason 18,652 20–17–8 48 Recap – January 23 Philadelphia NY Islanders Game rescheduled to April 10 due to hazardous weather. 46 January 25 Boston 3–2 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,738 20–18–8 48 Recap 47 January 27 Philadelphia 4–3 Washington OT Neuvirth 18,506 21–18–8 50 Recap
February: 8–4–3 (Home: 5–1–2 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 2 Montreal 2–4 Philadelphia Mason 19,031 22–18–8 52 Recap 49 February 4 Philadelphia 6–3 Nashville Mason 17,113 23–18–8 54 Recap 50 February 6 NY Rangers 3–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,819 23–18–9 55 Recap 51 February 7 Philadelphia 2–3 Washington Mason 18,506 23–19–9 55 Recap 52 February 9 Anaheim 4–1 Philadelphia Mason 18,717 23–20–9 55 Recap 53 February 11 Buffalo 1–5 Philadelphia Mason 19,019 24–20–9 57 Recap 54 February 13 New Jersey 2–1 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 19,775 24–20–10 58 Recap 55 February 14 Philadelphia 1–3 NY Rangers Mason 18,006 24–21–10 58 Recap 56 February 16 Philadelphia 6–3 New Jersey Neuvirth 15,482 25–21–10 60 Recap 57 February 19 Philadelphia 2–3 Montreal SO Neuvirth 21,288 25–21–11 61 Recap 58 February 20 Philadelphia 5–4 Toronto OT Neuvirth 19,060 26–21–11 63 Recap 59 February 23 Philadelphia 1–3 Carolina Neuvirth 10,896 26–22–11 63 Recap 60 February 25 Minnesota 2–3 Philadelphia Neuvirth 18,631 27–22–11 65 Recap 61 February 27 Arizona 2–4 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,773 28–22–11 67 Recap 62 February 29 Calgary 3–5 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,065 29–22–11 69 Recap
March: 9–3–2 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 3 Edmonton 4–0 Philadelphia Neuvirth 18,636 29–23–11 69 Recap 64 March 5 Columbus 0–6 Philadelphia Mason 19,645 30–23–11 71 Recap 65 March 7 Tampa Bay 2–4 Philadelphia Mason 17,906 31–23–11 73 Recap 66 March 11 Philadelphia 3–1 Tampa Bay Mason 19,092 32–23–11 75 Recap 67 March 12 Philadelphia 4–5 Florida SO Mason 19,404 32–23–12 76 Recap 68 March 15 Detroit 3–4 Philadelphia Mason 19,806 33–23–12 78 Recap 69 March 16 Philadelphia 3–2 Chicago Neuvirth 22,113 34–23–12 80 Recap 70 March 19 Pittsburgh 4–1 Philadelphia Mason 19,967 34–24–12 80 Recap 71 March 21 Philadelphia 4–1 NY Islanders Mason 14,329 35–24–12 82 Recap 72 March 22 Philadelphia 2–3 Columbus SO Mason 16,230 35–24–13 83 Recap 73 March 24 Philadelphia 4–2 Colorado Mason 18,087 36–24–13 85 Recap 74 March 26 Philadelphia 1–2 Arizona Mason 16,002 36–25–13 85 Recap 75 March 28 Winnipeg 2–3 Philadelphia OT Mason 19,100 37–25–13 87 Recap 76 March 30 Washington 1–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,850 38–25–13 89 Recap
April: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Ottawa 2–3 Philadelphia Mason 19,578 39–25–13 91 Recap 78 April 3 Philadelphia 2–6 Pittsburgh Mason 18,673 39–26–13 91 Recap 79 April 6 Philadelphia 0–3 Detroit Mason 20,027 39–27–13 91 Recap 80 April 7 Toronto 4–3 Philadelphia OT Mason 19,674 39–27–14 92 Recap 81 April 9 Pittsburgh 1–3 Philadelphia Mason 19,919 40–27–14 94 Recap 82 April 10 Philadelphia 5–2 NY Islanders Neuvirth 14,244 41–27–14 96 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 Philadelphia 0–2 Washington Mason 18,506 0–1 Recap 2 April 16 Philadelphia 1–4 Washington Mason 18,506 0–2 Recap 3 April 18 Washington 6–1 Philadelphia Mason 19,678 0–3 Recap 4 April 20 Washington 1–2 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,692 1–3 Recap 5 April 22 Philadelphia 2–0 Washington Neuvirth 18,506 2–3 Recap 6 April 24 Washington 1–0 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,925 4–2 Recap Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[15] Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 78 22 45 67 -8 53 Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 81 32 28 60 -7 147 Schenn, BraydenBrayden Schenn 80 26 33 59 3 33 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek 73 11 44 55 -5 38 Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere 64 17 29 46 8 24 Couturier, SeanSean Couturier 63 11 28 39 8 30 Raffl, MichaelMichael Raffl 82 13 18 31 9 30 Read, MattMatt Read 79 11 15 26 -5 27 Streit, MarkMark Streit 62 6 17 23 -1 18 Laughton, ScottScott Laughton 71 7 14 21 -2 34 White, RyanRyan White 73 11 5 16 -9 101 Gagner, SamSam Gagner 53 8 8 16 4 25 Bellemare, Pierre-EdouardPierre-Edouard Bellemare 74 7 7 14 -8 27 Gudas, RadkoRadko Gudas 76 5 9 14 -3 116 VandeVelde, ChrisChris VandeVelde 79 2 12 14 -7 27 Del Zotto, MichaelMichael Del Zotto 52 4 9 13 -8 16 Medvedev, EvgenyEvgeny Medvedev 45 4 9 13 5 34 Umberger, R. J.R. J. Umberger 39 2 9 11 1 15 Cousins, NickNick Cousins 37 6 4 10 5 4 Schultz, NickNick Schultz 81 1 9 10 -1 42 MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald 28 1 7 8 10 6 Manning, BrandonBrandon Manning 56 1 6 7 2 66 Schenn, LukeLuke Schenn ‡ 29 2 3 5 -7 30 McDonald, ColinColin McDonald 5 1 0 1 0 7 Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth (G) 32 0 1 1 N/A 2 Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier ‡ 7 0 1 1 -1 2 Mason, SteveSteve Mason (G) 54 0 0 0 N/A 2 Leier, TaylorTaylor Leier 6 0 0 0 0 0 Weal, JordanJordan Weal † 4 0 0 0 1 0

Playoffs[16] Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Bellemare, Pierre-EdouardPierre-Edouard Bellemare 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cousins, NickNick Cousins 1 0 0 0 0 0 Couturier, SeanSean Couturier 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gagner, SamSam Gagner 1 0 0 0 0 4 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 1 0 0 0 -1 0 Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere 1 0 0 0 0 2 Gudas, RadkoRadko Gudas 1 0 0 0 -1 0 MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald 1 0 0 0 0 0 Manning, BrandonBrandon Manning 1 0 0 0 -1 2 Mason, SteveSteve Mason (G) 1 0 0 0 N/A 0 Raffl, MichaelMichael Raffl 1 0 0 0 -1 0 Read, MattMatt Read 1 0 0 0 0 0 Schenn, BraydenBrayden Schenn 1 0 0 0 0 0 Schultz, NickNick Schultz 1 0 0 0 0 0 Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 1 0 0 0 0 7 Streit, MarkMark Streit 1 0 0 0 0 2 VandeVelde, ChrisChris VandeVelde 1 0 0 0 0 0 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek 1 0 0 0 -1 2 White, RyanRyan White 1 0 0 0 0 14

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[15]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Mason, SteveSteve Mason	54	53	3150	23	19	10	132	2.51	1602	.918	4
Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth	32	29	1825	18	8	4	69	2.27	908	.924	3

Playoffs^[16]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Mason, SteveSteve Mason	3	3	58	0	3	12	4.09	31	.852	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
^‡Traded mid-season

Awards and honors

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Claude Giroux	[17]

Team awards^[18]

Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Shayne Gostisbehere
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Claude Giroux
Gene Hart Memorial Award	Shayne Gostisbehere
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Brayden Schenn
Toyota Cup	Claude Giroux
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Wayne Simmonds

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Medvedev, EvgenyEvgeny Medvedev 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career Point 1st Career Assist October 8, 2015 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 500th Career NHL Game October 14, 2015 Mason, SteveSteve Mason 20,000 Career Minutes October 20, 2015 Schenn, LukeLuke Schenn 500th Career NHL Game October 31, 2015 Leier, TaylorTaylor Leier 1st Career NHL Game November 14, 2015 Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere 1st Career Point 1st Career Assist November 14, 2015 Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere 1st Career Goal November 16, 2015 Del Zotto, MichaelMichael Del Zotto 400th Career NHL Game November 19, 2015 Couturier, SeanSean Couturier 300th Career NHL Game November 19, 2015 Read, MattMatt Read 300th Career NHL Game November 28, 2015 Medvedev, EvgenyEvgeny Medvedev 1st Career Goal December 1, 2015 Bellemare, Pierre-EdouardPierre-Edouard Bellemare 100th Career NHL Game December 5, 2015 Schenn, BraydenBrayden Schenn 300th Career NHL Game December 8, 2015 Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 300th Career Point December 10, 2015 Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth 10,000 Career Minutes December 10, 2015 White, RyanRyan White 200th Career NHL Game December 21, 2015 Schultz, NickNick Schultz 1000th Career NHL Game January 13, 2016 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek 400th Career Point January 13, 2016 Cousins, NickNick Cousins 1st Career Point 1st Career Assist February 7, 2016 Cousins, NickNick Cousins 1st Career Goal February 11, 2016 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 500th Career Point February 27, 2016 Streit, MarkMark Streit 400th Career Point February 27, 2016 Mason, SteveSteve Mason 30th Career Shutout March 5, 2016 Streit, MarkMark Streit 700th Career NHL Game March 7, 2016 Raffl, MichaelMichael Raffl 200th Career NHL Game March 7, 2016 Gagner, SamSam Gagner 600th Career NHL Game March 12, 2016 Laughton, ScottScott Laughton 100th Career NHL Game March 12, 2016 Schenn, BraydenBrayden Schenn 100th Career Assist March 15, 2016 Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 600th Career NHL Game March 30, 2016 Mason, SteveSteve Mason 400th Career NHL Game March 30, 2016 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek 600th Career NHL Game April 3, 2016 Couturier, SeanSean Couturier 100th Career Assist April 3, 2016 Gudas, RadkoRadko Gudas 200th Career NHL Game April 7, 2016 MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald 400th Career NHL Game April 10, 2016 Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth 200th Career NHL Game April 10, 2016

Suspensions and fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
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[19]
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[20]
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[21]
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		April 26, 2016[22]

Transactions

The Flyers have been involved in the following transactions since June 16, 2015, the day after the deciding game of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals.^[23]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
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	[24]
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	[25]
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]	[26]
June 29, 2015	To Boston Bruins Zac Rinaldo	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2017	[27]
January 6, 2016	To Los Angeles Kings Vincent Lecavalier^[c] Luke Schenn^[c]	To Philadelphia Flyers Jordan Weal 3rd-round pick in 2016	[28]

Trade notes

• ^a The Flyers retained $500,000 of Grossmann's salary.^[29]

• ^b The draft pick the Flyers receive will be Arizona's choice of either a 4th-round pick in 2016 (Arizona traded their 2016 4th-rounder to the New York Rangers on March 1, 2015)^[30] or their 3rd-round pick in 2017.^[29]

• ^c The Flyers retained half of Lecavalier and Schenn's salaries.^[31]

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 Michal Neuvirth New York Islanders 2 years, $3.25 million [32] July 1, 2015 Tim Brent Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) 1 year, $600,000* [33] July 1, 2015 Chris Conner Washington Capitals 2 years, $1.15 million* [33] July 1, 2015 Davis Drewiske Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $575,000* [33] July 1, 2015 Jason LaBarbera Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $600,000* [34] July 3, 2015 Colin McDonald New York Islanders 1 year, $625,000* [35] August 8, 2015 Chris Porter St. Louis Blues 1 year, $600,000* [36] April 1, 2016 Ray Emery Adler Mannheim (DEL) 1 year, $600,000^[a] [37] Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*). ^a Signed for the remainder of the regular season.

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 Zack Stortini Ottawa Senators 2 years, $1.2 million [38] July 1, 2015 Jason Akeson Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $575,000 [39] July 1, 2015 Blair Jones Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $575,000 [40] July 1, 2015 Carlo Colaiacovo Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $900,000 [41] July 13, 2015 Oliver Lauridsen Frolunda HC (SHL) Unknown [42] August 31, 2015 Jay Rosehill Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) 1 year [43] September 1, 2015 Andrew Johnston Missouri Mavericks (ECHL) 1 year [44] October 5, 2015 Matt Konan Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) Unknown [45] October 10, 2015 Ray Emery Ontario Reign (AHL) PTO [46]

Lost via retirement Player Notes Ref Rob Zepp Contract expired following 2014–15 season [47] Waivers The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. Date Player Claimed by Claimed from Ref October 1, 2015 Chris Porter Minnesota Wild Philadelphia Flyers [48] Player signings The following players were re-signed by the Flyers. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*). Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 29, 2015 Chris VandeVelde 2 years, $1.425 million [49] June 30, 2015 Ryan White 1 year, $800,000 [50] July 16, 2015 Michael Del Zotto 2 years, $7.75 million [51] July 28, 2015 Sean Couturier 6 years, $25.98 million extension [52][53] July 30, 2015 Jakub Voracek 8 years, $66 million extension [54][55] February 27, 2016 Colin McDonald 2 years, $1.275 million extension* [56][57] February 28, 2016 Michael Raffl 3 years, $7.05 million extension [58][59] 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 (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 3, 2015 Ivan Provorov 3 years, $2.775 million [60] July 16, 2015 Travis Konecny 3 years, $2.775 million [61] September 21, 2015 Philippe Myers 3 years, $1.908 million [62][63] March 21, 2016 Reece Willcox 3 years, $2.088 million [64][65] April 5, 2016 Alex Lyon 2 years, $1.85 million [66] Draft picks 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. Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2015 and their NHL career regular season statistics Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) GP G A Pts PIM W L OT GAA Notes 1 7 Provorov, IvanIvan Provorov Defense  Russia Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — 1 24 Konecny, TravisTravis Konecny Right Wing  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL) & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — ^[a] 3 70 Sandstrom, FelixFelix Sandstrom Goaltender  Sweden Brynäs IF (SHL) & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — ^[b] 3 90 Matej, TomekTomek Matej Goaltender  Slovakia Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL) & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — ^[c] 4 98 Dove-Mcfalls, SamuelSamuel Dove-Mcfalls Left Wing  Canada Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — 4 104 Vorobyov, MikhailMikhail Vorobyov Center  Russia Tolpar Ufa (MHL) & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — ^[d] 5 128 Kase, DavidDavid Kase Right Wing  Czech Republic Piráti Chomutov (Czech 2) & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — 6 158 Marody, CooperCooper Marody Center  United States Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — 7 188 Fedotov, IvanIvan Fedotov Goaltender  Russia HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL) & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — & — Draft notes[67] ^a The Nashville Predators' first-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Tampa Bay’s first-round pick in 2015 (29th overall) and Chicago’s second-round pick in 2015 (61st overall) to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for this pick.[24] The Flyers originally acquired Tampa Bay's first-round pick in a trade which sent Braydon Coburn to Tampa Bay on March 2, 2015.[68] They originally acquired Chicago's second-round pick in a trade which sent Kimmo Timonen to Chicago on February 27, 2015.[69] The Philadelphia Flyers' second-round pick will go to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on October 4, 2014 that sent Johnny Boychuk to New York in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016, a conditional third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[70]The Islanders previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade March 4, 2014 that sent Andrew MacDonald to Philadelphia in exchange for Matt Mangene, a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[71] The Philadelphia Flyers’ third-round pick will go the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013 that sent Steve Mason to Philadelphia in exchange for Michael Leighton and this pick.[72] ^b The San Jose Sharks’ third-round pick will go the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on July 2, 2014 that sent Tye McGinn to San Jose in exchange for this pick.[73] ^c The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Braydon Coburn to Tampa Bay in exchange for Radko Gudas, a conditional first-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[68] ^d The Los Angeles Kings's fourth-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent the Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick to Los Angeles for Los Angeles' sixth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.[25] The Flyers originally acquired Columbus' fourth-round pick in a trade which sent Scott Hartnell to Columbus for R. 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