2010–11 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2010–11 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 44th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the second round of the 2011 playoffs to the Boston Bruins in a four-game sweep.

2010–11 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2010–11 record	47–23–12
Home record	22–12–7
Road record	25–11–5
Goals for	259
Goals against	223
Team information
President	Peter Luukko
General Manager	Paul Holmgren
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Mike Richards
Alternate captains	Jeff Carter Chris Pronger Kimmo Timonen
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Average attendance	19,710 (101.1%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Adirondack Phantoms Greenville Road Warriors
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Carter (36)
Assists	Claude Giroux (51)
Points	Claude Giroux (76)
Penalty minutes	Scott Hartnell (142)
Plus/minus	Matt Carle (+30) Andrej Meszaros (+30)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (28)
Goals against average	Brian Boucher (2.42)

Off-season

Coming off a close loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Flyers traded Simon Gagne to the Tampa Bay Lightning to clear up cap space, acquired Andrej Meszaros from Tampa Bay in a separate trade and signed free agent Sean O'Donnell to shore up the defense.

Regular season

The Flyers started the season with rookie goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky from the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in Russia, who recorded an opening-night win in his NHL debut against the Pittsburgh Penguins and had steady numbers throughout the season. Brian Boucher remained as the backup goaltender while Michael Leighton played one game in December after recovering from a back injury and was sent to Adirondack in the AHL. The Flyers led both the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference for the majority of the season, and challenged the Vancouver Canucks for the overall NHL lead. Kris Versteeg was brought in from the Toronto Maple Leafs to add additional offense for the stretch drive and playoffs. However, lackluster play throughout March and April, coupled with a broken hand suffered by Chris Pronger in late February that ended his regular season, cost the Flyers the top seed in the East during the last week of the regular season, although the Flyers hung on to win their first Atlantic Division title since 2003–04 and clinched the second seed in the East.

Season standings

Atlantic Division[2]

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y-Philadelphia Flyers	82	47	23	12	44	259	223	106
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	49	25	8	39	238	199	106
3	New York Rangers	82	44	33	5	35	233	198	93
4	New Jersey Devils	82	38	39	5	35	174	209	81
5	New York Islanders	82	30	39	13	26	229	264	73

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Washington Capitals	SE	82	48	23	11	43	224	197	107
2	y – Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	47	23	12	44	259	223	106
3	y – Boston Bruins	NE	82	46	25	11	44	246	195	103
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	49	25	8	39	238	199	106
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	25	11	40	247	240	103
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	44	30	8	41	216	209	96
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	43	29	10	38	245	229	96
8	New York Rangers	AT	82	44	33	5	35	233	198	93
8.5
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	31	11	35	236	239	91
10	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	34	11	32	218	251	85
11	New Jersey Devils	AT	82	38	39	5	35	174	209	81
12	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	34	36	12	29	223	269	80
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	32	40	10	30	192	250	74
14	New York Islanders	AT	82	30	39	13	26	229	264	73
15	Florida Panthers	SE	82	30	40	12	26	195	229	72

bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division)
AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

Playoffs

Main article: 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs

See also: Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

The Flyers drew the Buffalo Sabres in the first round. Sergei Bobrovsky played well in a 1–0 Game 1 loss, but was replaced in Game 2 for Brian Boucher, who held on for a 5–4 Flyers win. Boucher played well in a Game 3 win and a Game 4 loss, but was replaced himself in a favor of Michael Leighton during a poor first period in Game 5, and Buffalo won in overtime. Pronger returned to the lineup and Leighton started Game 6 but was replaced by Boucher after a sub-par first period, but the Flyers went on to win in overtime and forced a Game 7, which Boucher started. The Flyers dominated Buffalo, winning 5–2, and became the first team to win a playoff series starting three different goaltenders since 1988.

The Flyers then drew a rematch with the Boston Bruins in the second round. Boston dominated the Flyers in Game 1, where Boucher was again replaced, this time by Bobrovsky. Pronger again left the lineup with an undisclosed injury, while Boston won Game 2 in overtime and again dominated the Flyers in Game 3 to take a 3–0 series lead. Bobrovsky started Game 4, but there would be no such comeback like their previous meeting as Boston completed the sweep of the Flyers. The Flyers tied an NHL record with seven playoff in-game goalie changes, and were the only NHL team not to record a shutout in either the regular season or playoffs.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2010 pre-season[3]
Pre-season: 5–2–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 1 September 21 New Jersey Devils 4 – 3 (SO) Wells Fargo Center (19,288) 1–0–0 2 September 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 – 3 (SO) John Labatt Centre (8,765) 1–0–1 3 September 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4 – 3 (SO) Air Canada Centre (18,375) 2–0–1 4 September 25 @ Minnesota Wild 3 – 2 (SO) Xcel Energy Center (16,742) 3–0–1 5 September 28 @ New Jersey Devils 2 – 3 Prudential Center (10,124) 3–1–1 6 September 29 New York Islanders 3 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (17,978) 4–1–1 7 October 1 Buffalo Sabres 1 – 3 Wells Fargo Center (18,848) 4–2–1 8 October 3 @ Buffalo Sabres 3 – 9 HSBC Arena (18,690) 4–3–1
Legend:   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2010–11 regular season
October: 6–4–1, 13 Points (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 2–1–1) Game October Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 1 7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3 – 2 Consol Energy Center (18,289) 1–0–0 2 2 9 @ St. Louis Blues 1 – 2 (OT) Scottrade Center (19,150) 1–0–1 3 3 11 Colorado Avalanche 4 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,652) 2–0–1 5 4 14 Tampa Bay Lightning 2 – 3 Wells Fargo Center (19,592) 2–1–1 5 5 16 Pittsburgh Penguins 1 – 5 Wells Fargo Center (19,684) 2–2–1 5 6 21 Anaheim Ducks 2 – 3 Wells Fargo Center (19,012) 2–3–1 5 7 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 5 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,382) 3–3–1 7 8 25 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 1 – 2 Nationwide Arena (11,727) 3–4–1 7 9 26 Buffalo Sabres 6 – 3 Wells Fargo Center (19,361) 4–4–1 9 10 29 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3 – 2 Consol Energy Center (18,275) 5–4–1 11 11 30 New York Islanders 6 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,613) 6–4–1 13
November: 9–2–3, 21 Points (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 4–1–2) Game November Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 12 1 Carolina Hurricanes 3 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,038) 7–4–1 15 13 4 New York Rangers 4 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,652) 8–4–1 17 14 6 @ New York Islanders 2 – 1 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (13,078) 9–4–1 19 15 7 @ Washington Capitals 2 – 3 (OT) Verizon Center (18,398) 9–4–2 20 16 11 @ Carolina Hurricanes 8 – 1 RBC Center (14,719) 10–4–2 22 17 13 Florida Panthers 5 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,616) 11–4–2 24 18 15 Ottawa Senators 5 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,246) 12–4–2 26 19 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 0 – 3 Bell Centre (21,273) 12–5–2 26 20 18 Tampa Bay Lightning 7 – 8 Wells Fargo Center (19,672) 12–6–2 26 21 20 @ Washington Capitals 5 – 4 (SO) Verizon Center (18,398) 13–6–2 28 22 22 Montreal Canadiens 3 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,753) 14–6–2 30 23 24 @ Minnesota Wild 6 – 1 Xcel Energy Center (16,516) 15–6–2 32 24 26 Calgary Flames 2 – 3 (SO) Wells Fargo Center (19,872) 15–6–3 33 25 27 @ New Jersey Devils 1 – 2 (SO) Prudential Center (17,625) 15–6–4 34
December: 8–4–1, 17 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 5–2–0) Game December Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 26 1 Boston Bruins 0 – 3 Wells Fargo Center (19,684) 15–7–4 34 27 4 New Jersey Devils 5 – 3 Wells Fargo Center (19,657) 16–7–4 36 28 5 @ New York Islanders 3 – 2 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (7,773) 17–7–4 38 29 8 San Jose Sharks 4 – 5 (SO) Wells Fargo Center (19,801) 17–7–5 39 30 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4 – 1 Air Canada Centre (19,365) 18–7–5 41 31 11 @ Boston Bruins 2 – 1 (OT) TD Garden (17,565) 19–7–5 43 32 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,824) 20–7–5 45 33 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 5 – 3 Bell Centre (21,273) 21–7–5 47 34 18 New York Rangers 4 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,898) 22–7–5 49 35 20 Florida Panthers 0 – 5 Wells Fargo Center (19,864) 22–8–5 49 36 28 @ Vancouver Canucks 2 – 6 Rogers Arena (18,860) 22–9–5 49 37 30 @ Los Angeles Kings 7 – 4 Staples Center (18,118) 23–9–5 51 38 31 @ Anaheim Ducks 2 – 5 Honda Center (17,103) 23–10–5 51
January: 10–2–0, 20 Points (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 6–1–0) Game January Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 39 2 @ Detroit Red Wings 3 – 2 Joe Louis Arena (20,066) 24–10–5 53 40 6 @ New Jersey Devils 4 – 2 Prudential Center (15,098) 25–10–5 55 41 8 New Jersey Devils 2 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,859) 26–10–5 57 42 11 @ Buffalo Sabres 5 – 2 HSBC Arena (18,155) 27–10–5 59 43 13 @ Boston Bruins 5 – 7 TD Garden (17,565) 27–11–5 59 44 14 @ Atlanta Thrashers 5 – 2 Philips Arena (15,081) 28–11–5 61 45 16 @ New York Rangers 3 – 2 Madison Square Garden (18,200) 29–11–5 63 46 18 Washington Capitals 3 – 2 (OT) Wells Fargo Center (19,824) 30–11–5 65 47 20 Ottawa Senators 6 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,721) 31–11–5 67 48 22 New Jersey Devils 1 – 3 Wells Fargo Center (19,847) 31–12–5 67 49 23 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4 – 1 United Center (21,660) 32–12–5 69 50 25 Montreal Canadiens 5 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,878) 33–12–5 71
February: 7–4–1, 15 Points (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 3–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 51 1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 0 – 4 St. Pete Times Forum (16,635) 33–13–5 71 52 3 Nashville Predators 3 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,702) 34–13–5 73 53 5 Dallas Stars 3 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,881) 35–13–5 75 54 10 Carolina Hurricanes 2 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,726) 36–13–5 77 55 13 Los Angeles Kings 0 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,724) 36–14–5 77 56 15 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 4 – 3 (SO) St. Pete Times Forum (16,950) 37–14–5 79 57 16 @ Florida Panthers 4 – 2 BankAtlantic Center (17,077) 38–14–5 81 58 18 @ Carolina Hurricanes 2 – 3 RBC Center (18,726) 38–15–5 81 59 20 @ New York Rangers 4 – 2 Madison Square Garden (18,200) 39–15–5 83 60 22 Phoenix Coyotes 2 – 3 (OT) Wells Fargo Center (19,875) 39–15–6 84 61 24 New York Islanders 4 – 3 (OT) Wells Fargo Center (19,776) 40–15–6 86 62 26 @ Ottawa Senators 1 – 4 Scotiabank Place (19,934) 40–16–6 86
March: 6–5–4, 16 Points (Home: 1–4–3; Road: 5–1–1) Game March Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 63 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 – 3 Wells Fargo Center (19,811) 40–17–6 86 64 5 Buffalo Sabres 3 – 5 Wells Fargo Center (19,901) 40–18–6 86 65 6 @ New York Rangers 0 – 7 Madison Square Garden (18,200) 40–19–6 86 66 8 Edmonton Oilers 4 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,730) 41–19–6 88 67 10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – 2 Air Canada Centre (19,475) 42–19–6 90 68 12 Atlanta Thrashers 4 – 5 (OT) Wells Fargo Center (19,892) 42–19–7 91 69 15 @ Florida Panthers 3 – 2 BankAtlantic Center (17,377) 43–19–7 93 70 17 @ Atlanta Thrashers 3 – 4 (SO) Philips Arena (16,502) 43–19–8 94 71 19 @ Dallas Stars 3 – 2 (SO) American Airlines Center (17,652) 44–19–8 96 72 22 Washington Capitals 4 – 5 (SO) Wells Fargo Center (19,893) 44–19–9 97 73 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 1 – 2 (SO) Wells Fargo Center (19,902) 44–19–10 98 74 26 @ New York Islanders 4 – 1 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (15,458) 45–19–10 100 75 27 Boston Bruins 1 – 2 Wells Fargo Center (19,927) 45–20–10 100 76 29 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5 – 2 Consol Energy Center (18,335) 46–20–10 102 77 31 Atlanta Thrashers 0 – 1 Wells Fargo Center (19,879) 46–21–10 102
April: 1–2–2, 4 Points (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–2–1) Game October Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 78 1 @ New Jersey Devils 2 – 4 Prudential Center (17,625) 46–22–10 102 79 3 New York Rangers 2 – 3 (SO) Wells Fargo Center (19,788) 46–22–11 103 80 5 @ Ottawa Senators 2 – 5 Scotiabank Place (18,397) 46–23–11 103 81 8 @ Buffalo Sabres 3 – 4 (OT) HSBC Arena (18,690) 46–23–12 104 82 9 New York Islanders 7 – 4 Wells Fargo Center (19,909) 47–23–12 106
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2011 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Flyers win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 14 Buffalo 1 – 0 Philadelphia Bobrovsky 19,929 Sabres lead 1–0 2 April 16 Buffalo 4 – 5 Philadelphia Boucher 19,942 Series tied 1–1 3 April 18 Philadelphia 4 – 2 Buffalo Boucher 18,690 Flyers lead 2–1 4 April 20 Philadelphia 0 – 1 Buffalo Boucher 18,690 Series tied 2–2 5 April 22 Buffalo 4 – 3 Philadelphia OT Leighton 19,959 Sabres lead 3–2 6 April 24 Philadelphia 5 – 4 Buffalo OT Boucher 18,690 Series tied 3–3 7 April 26 Buffalo 2 – 5 Philadelphia Boucher 19,966 Flyers win 4–3
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 30 Boston 7 – 3 Philadelphia Boucher 19,641 Bruins lead 1–0 2 May 2 Boston 3 – 2 Philadelphia OT Boucher 19,962 Bruins lead 2–0 3 May 4 Philadelphia 1 – 5 Boston Boucher 17,565 Bruins lead 3–0 4 May 6 Philadelphia 1 – 5 Boston Bobrovsky 17,565 Bruins win 4–0
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
• = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
28	Claude Giroux	23	RW	82	25	51	76	20	47	11	1	11	12	2	8
48	Danny Briere	33	C	77	34	34	68	20	87	11	7	2	9	−7	14
17	Jeff Carter	26	C	80	36	30	66	27	39	6	1	1	2	−3	2
18	Mike Richards	25	C	81	23	43	66	11	62	11	1	6	7	−1	15
22	Ville Leino	27	RW	81	19	34	53	14	22	11	3	2	5	−1	0
19	Scott Hartnell	28	LW	82	24	25	49	14	142	11	1	3	4	−5	23
21	James van Riemsdyk	21	LW	75	21	19	40	15	35	11	7	0	7	−3	4
25	Matt Carle	26	D	82	1	39	40	30	23	11	0	4	4	−8	2
44	Kimmo Timonen	35	D	82	6	31	37	11	36	11	1	5	6	3	14
41	Andrej Meszaros	25	D	81	8	24	32	30	42	11	2	4	6	−3	8
20	Chris Pronger	36	D	50	4	21	25	7	44	3	0	1	1	−3	4
93	Nikolay Zherdev	26	RW	56	16	6	22	5	22	8	1	2	3	−1	2
15	Andreas Nodl	23	RW	67	11	11	22	14	16	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	Sean O'Donnell	39	D	81	1	17	18	8	87	11	0	2	2	−2	5
36	Darroll Powe	25	C	81	7	10	17	−6	41	11	0	1	1	−3	4
5	Braydon Coburn	25	D	82	2	14	16	15	53	11	1	2	3	0	6
11	Blair Betts	30	C	75	5	7	12	−3	8	11	0	0	0	−2	0
10	Kris Versteeg	24	RW	27	7	4	11	4	24	11	1	5	6	1	12
13	Daniel Carcillo	26	LW	57	4	2	6	−14	127	11	2	1	3	2	30
45	Jody Shelley	34	LW	58	2	2	4	0	127	2	0	0	0	0	2
35	Sergei Bobrovsky	22	G	54	0	2	2	N/A	2	6	0	0	0	N/A	0
47	Eric Wellwood	20	LW	3	0	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Brian Boucher	34	G	34	0	0	0	N/A	0	9	0	0	0	N/A	2
3	Oskars Bartulis	24	D	13	0	0	0	−4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Nick Boynton	32	D	10	0	0	0	−3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Danny Syvret	25	D	4	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	−3	0
8	Matt Walker	30	D	4	0	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Erik Gustafsson	22	D	3	0	0	0	−3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Ben Holmstrom	23	C	2	0	0	0	−1	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	Michael Leighton	29	G	1	0	0	0	N/A	0	2	0	0	0	N/A	0
51	Zac Rinaldo	20	C	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	0	0	−1	12

Goaltending

			Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Sergei Bobrovsky	22	54	52	28	13	8	1527	130	2.58	.915	0	3,017:24	6	3	0	2	81	10	3.23	.877	0	185:37
33	Brian Boucher	34	34	29	18	10	4	902	76	2.42	.916	0	1,884:34	9	7	4	4	229	22	3.13	.904	0	422:22
49	Michael Leighton	29	1	1	1	0	0	36	4	4.01	.889	0	59:47	2	1	0	1	29	4	3.44	.862	0	69:43

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Ian Laperriere	[4]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Danny Briere	[5]
		Claude Giroux
		Peter Laviolette (Coach)
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Sergei Bobrovsky (November)	[6]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Andrej Meszaros	[7]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Claude Giroux	[7]
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Claude Giroux	[7]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Andreas Nodl	[7]
	Toyota Cup	Danny Briere	[7]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Brian Boucher	[7]

Records

Team

Franchise team records set during the 2010–11 season

Record	Type	Total	Refs
Most road wins	Season	25[lower-alpha 1]	[8]
Fewest shutouts	Season	0[lower-alpha 2]	[9]

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Sergei Bobrovsky	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Win	October 7, 2010
Braydon Coburn	300th Career NHL Game	October 11, 2010
Nikolay Zherdev	100th Career NHL Goal	October 14, 2010
Matt Carle	100th Career NHL Assist	October 21, 2010
Sean O'Donnell	1,100th Career NHL Game	October 25, 2010
Scott Hartnell	200th Career NHL Assist	October 26, 2010
Eric Wellwood	1st Career NHL Game	November 1, 2010
Eric Wellwood	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	November 6, 2010
Danny Briere	300th Career NHL Assist	November 11, 2010
Mike Richards	300th Career NHL Point	November 15, 2010
Jeff Carter	400th Career NHL Game	November 16, 2010
Braydon Coburn	100th Career NHL Point	November 18, 2010
Scott Hartnell	700th Career NHL Game	November 20, 2010
Andrej Meszaros	400th Career NHL Game	November 22, 2010
James van Riemsdyk	100th Career NHL Game	December 1, 2010
Mike Richards	400th Career NHL Game	December 5, 2010
Jeff Carter	300th Career NHL Point	December 8, 2010
Claude Giroux	100th Career NHL Point	December 8, 2010
Ville Leino	100th Career NHL Game	December 14, 2010
Danny Briere	700th Career NHL Game	December 30, 2010
Nikolay Zherdev	400th Career NHL Game	December 31, 2010
Mike Richards	200th Career NHL Assist	January 20, 2011
Brian Boucher	300th Career NHL Game	January 22, 2011
Andreas Nodl	100th Career NHL Game	February 24, 2011
Erik Gustafsson	1st Career NHL Game	February 26, 2011
Ben Holmstrom	1st Career NHL Game	March 3, 2011
Kimmo Timonen	100th Career NHL Goal	March 5, 2011
Scott Hartnell	400th Career NHL Point	March 12, 2011
Nick Boynton	600th Career NHL Game	March 24, 2011
Claude Giroux	200th Career NHL Game	March 26, 2011
Darroll Powe	200th Career NHL Game	April 1, 2011
Claude Giroux	100th Career NHL Assist	April 8, 2011

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
Sergei Bobrovsky	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 14, 2011
Danny Syvret	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 14, 2011
Nikolay Zherdev	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 18, 2011
Zac Rinaldo	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 22, 2011
Nikolay Zherdev	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	April 24, 2011
Sean O'Donnell	100th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 26, 2011

Suspensions and fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Danny Briere	Stick-swinging incident with New York Islanders forward Frans Nielsen late in the third period during game played on October 30, 2010.	3 games	$237,804.87	November 1, 2010[10]
Jody Shelley	Illegal hit from behind on Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid at 5:08 of the second period during game played on December 11, 2010.	2 games	$12,000	December 13, 2010[11]
Jody Shelley	Punching Vancouver Canucks defenseman Andrew Alberts at 12:29 of the third period of game played on December 28, 2010.	2 games	$26,829.27	December 29, 2010[12]
Danny Briere	Punching New York Rangers forward Brandon Prust in the head while sitting on the bench at the end of game played on January 16, 2011.	—	$1,000	January 19, 2011[13]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2010, the day after the deciding game of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 15, 2011, the day of the deciding game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.[14]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 19, 2010	To Nashville Predators Ryan Parent	To Philadelphia Flyers Dan Hamhuis Conditional 7th-round pick in 2011[lower-alpha 3]	[15]
June 25, 2010	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dan Hamhuis	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2011	[16]
June 26, 2010	To Carolina Hurricanes Jon Matsumoto	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2010	[17]
July 1, 2010	To Tampa Bay Lightning 2nd-round pick in 2012	To Philadelphia Flyers Andrej Meszaros	[18]
July 19, 2010	To Tampa Bay Lightning Simon Gagne	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Walker 4th-round pick in 2011	[19]
November 21, 2010	To Anaheim Ducks David Laliberte Patrick Maroon	To Philadelphia Flyers Rob Bordson Danny Syvret	[20]
February 14, 2011	To Toronto Maple Leafs 1st-round pick in 2011 3rd-round pick in 2011	To Philadelphia Flyers Kris Versteeg	[21]
February 28, 2011	To Columbus Blue Jackets Greg Moore Michael Chaput	To Philadelphia Flyers Tom Sestito	[22]
June 7, 2011	To Phoenix Coyotes Matt Clackson 3rd-round pick in 2012 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2011[lower-alpha 4]	To Philadelphia Flyers Ilya Bryzgalov	[24]

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Term	Ref
July 1, 2010	Sean O'Donnell	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	[25]
July 1, 2010	Jody Shelley	New York Rangers	3-year	[26]
July 9, 2010	Nikolay Zherdev	Atlant Moscow Oblast (KHL)	1-year	[27]
July 9, 2010	Greg Moore	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year*	[28]
July 15, 2010	Dan Jancevski	Dallas Stars	2-year*	[29]
August 29, 2010	Brandon Manning (ELC)	Chilliwack Bruins (WHL)	3-year*	[30]
November 23, 2010	Michael Ryan	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year*	[31]
March 2, 2011	Jason Akeson (ELC)	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)	3-year*	[32]
March 2, 2011	Tyler Brown (ELC)	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)	3-year*	[32]
March 7, 2011	Harry Zolnierczyk (ELC)	Brown University (ECAC)	1-year*	[33]
March 24, 2011	Matt Read (ELC)	Bemidji State University (WCHA)	3-year*	[34]
May 17, 2011	Niko Hovinen (ELC)	Pelicans (SM-liiga)	2-year*	[35]

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 15, 2010	Johan Backlund	2-year*[lower-alpha 5]	[36]
June 30, 2010	Michael Leighton	2-year	[37]
July 1, 2010	Braydon Coburn	2-year	[18]
July 13, 2010	Daniel Carcillo	1-year	[38]
July 14, 2010	David Laliberte	1-year*	[29]
July 21, 2010	Matt Clackson	1-year*	[29]
July 22, 2010	Darroll Powe	1-year	[29]
November 8, 2010	Claude Giroux	3-year extension	[39]
November 13, 2010	Jeff Carter	11-year extension	[40]
March 15, 2012	Oliver Lauridsen (ELC)	2-year*	[41]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Team	Ref
February 26, 2011	Nick Boynton	from Chicago Blackhawks	[42]

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Ref
N/A	Mike Rathje	—	Retirement[lower-alpha 6]	[43]
July 7, 2010	Jared Ross	Atlanta Thrashers	Free agency	[44]
July 21, 2010	Danny Syvret	Anaheim Ducks	Free agency	[45]
July 29, 2010	Mika Pyorala	Frolunda HC (Elitserien)	Free agency	[46]
August 9, 2010	Riley Cote	—	Retirement	[47]
August 20, 2010	Arron Asham	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency	[48]
August 22, 2010	Sebastien Caron	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)	Free agency	[49]
September 1, 2010	Joey Mormina	Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL)	Free agency	[50]
September 10, 2010	Jeremy Duchesne	Saint-Georges CRS Express (LNAH)	Free agency	[51]
September 16, 2010	Lukas Krajicek	Ocelari Trinec (Czech Extraliga)	Free agency	[52]
September 27, 2010	Rob Bellamy	Elmira Jackals (ECHL)	Free agency	[53]
September 30, 2010	Josh Beaulieu	Rapid City Rush (CHL)	Free agency	[54]
October 2, 2010	Ryan Dingle	Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL)	Free agency	[55]
N/A	Michael Teslak	—[lower-alpha 7]	Free agency	[56]
November 9, 2010	Sean Curry	Toledo Walleye (ECHL)	Free agency	[57]
November 15, 2010	Jason Ward	EHC Black Wings Linz (EBEL)	Free agency	[58]
February 7, 2011	Ray Emery	Anaheim Ducks	Free agency	[59]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on June 25–26, 2010.[60] The Flyers traded their 2009 and 2010, 29th overall, first-round picks, Joffrey Lupul, Luca Sbisa and a conditional 2010 or 2011 third-round pick to the Anaheim Ducks for Ryan Dingle and Chris Pronger on June 26, 2009.[61] They also traded their original second-round pick, 59th overall, and Denis Gauthier to the Los Angeles Kings for Patrik Hersley and Ned Lukacevic on July 1, 2008.[61]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
3	89	Michael Chaput	Center	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
4	119	Tye McGinn	Left wing	Canada	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
5	149	Michael Parks	Right wing	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
6	179	Nick Luukko	Defense	United States	The Gunnery (USHS-CT)
7	206	Ricard Blidstrand	Defense	Sweden	AIK IF Jr. (J20 SuperElit)	[lower-alpha 8]
7	209	Brendan Ranford	Left wing	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League – Adirondack Phantoms[62][63] (Standings)

ECHL – Greenville Road Warriors[64]

Notes

1. Tied during the 2011–12 season.
2. Tied mark set during the 1981–82 and 1988–89 seasons.
3. The Flyers would have received the draft pick if they did not sign Hamhuis and did not trade the rights to Hamhuis prior to July 1, 2010. They did not receive the pick due to trading Hamhuis' rights on June 25.
4. The Coyotes would receive the 2011 third-round pick if the Flyers signed Bryzgalov before the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, which they did on June 23.[23]
5. The second year of the contract is one-way.
6. No official announcement. Rathje last played during the 2006–07 season.
7. Did not play during 2010–11 season
8. The Flyers traded Jon Matsumoto to the Carolina Hurricanes for the Washington Capitals' seventh-round pick, 206th overall, on June 26, 2010.[61]

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• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
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External links

• 2010–11 Philadelphia Flyers season at ESPN
• Philadelphia Flyers Historical Salaries from CapGeek.com