2018–19 Philadelphia Flyers season
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]
2018–19 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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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 | |
President | Paul Holmgren |
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[lower-alpha 1] Andrew MacDonald[lower-alpha 1] Wayne Simmonds (Oct. 4 – Feb. 25) |
Arena | Wells Fargo Center |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Sean Couturier (33) |
Assists | Claude Giroux (63) |
Points | Claude Giroux (85) |
Penalty minutes | Wayne Simmonds (90) |
Plus/minus | Claude Giroux (+9) |
Wins | Carter Hart (16) |
Goals against average | Carter Hart (2.83) |
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | y – Washington Capitals | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 44 | 278 | 249 | +29 | 104 |
2 | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 48 | 27 | 7 | 43 | 228 | 196 | +32 | 103 |
3 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 42 | 273 | 241 | +32 | 100 |
4 | x – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 245 | 223 | +22 | 99 |
5 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 47 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 258 | 232 | +26 | 98 |
6 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 244 | 281 | −37 | 82 |
7 | New York Rangers | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 227 | 272 | −45 | 78 |
8 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 222 | 275 | −53 | 72 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ME | x – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 245 | 223 | +22 | 99 |
2 | ME | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 47 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 258 | 232 | +26 | 98 |
3 | AT | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 249 | 236 | +13 | 96 |
4 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 33 | 267 | 280 | −13 | 86 |
5 | ME | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 34 | 244 | 281 | −37 | 82 |
6 | ME | New York Rangers | 82 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 227 | 272 | −45 | 78 |
7 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 28 | 226 | 271 | −45 | 76 |
8 | AT | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 227 | 277 | −50 | 74 |
9 | ME | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 222 | 275 | −53 | 72 |
10 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 29 | 47 | 6 | 29 | 242 | 302 | −60 | 64 |
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.[4]
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# | 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 | |
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Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 21, 2018.[5]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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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 |
Corban Knight | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 0 |
Jori Lehtera | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 33 |
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
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Carter Hart | 31 | 30 | 1,717 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 81 | 2.83 | 976 | .917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Elliott | 26 | 23 | 1,397 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 69 | 2.96 | 741 | .907 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Anthony Stolarz‡ | 12 | 10 | 630 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 3.33 | 358 | .902 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Calvin Pickard‡ | 11 | 8 | 465 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 4.01 | 227 | .863 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Cam Talbot† | 4 | 3 | 211 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3.70 | 109 | .881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michal Neuvirth | 7 | 6 | 366 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 4.26 | 184 | .859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Lyon | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5.08 | 31 | .806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike McKenna† | 1 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.22 | 24 | .833 | 0 | 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 |
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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
Suspensions and fines
Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued |
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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 during the 2018–19 season.[17]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 23, 2018 | To Montreal Canadiens MTL's 7th-round pick in 2018 |
To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2019 |
[18] |
January 11, 2019 | To Arizona Coyotes Jordan Weal |
To Philadelphia Flyers Jacob Graves 6th-round pick in 2019 |
[19] |
January 17, 2019 | To Buffalo Sabres Taylor Leier |
To Philadelphia Flyers Justin Bailey |
[20] |
February 9, 2019 | To Montreal Canadiens Christian Folin[lower-alpha 2] Dale Weise |
To Philadelphia Flyers Byron Froese David Schlemko |
[22] |
February 15, 2019 | To Edmonton Oilers Anthony Stolarz |
To Philadelphia Flyers Cam Talbot |
[23] |
February 25, 2019 | To Nashville Predators Wayne Simmonds |
To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Hartman Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020[lower-alpha 3] |
[25] |
June 3, 2019 | To Winnipeg Jets 5th-round pick in 2019 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Hayes |
[26] |
June 14, 2019 | To Washington Capitals Radko Gudas[Note 1] |
To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Niskanen |
[27] |
June 18, 2019 | To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2020 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Justin Braun |
[28] |
Notes:
- Note 1 Philadelphia to retain 30% ($1.005 million) of salary as part of trade.
Free agentsThe following players joined or left the Flyers during free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).
Waivers
SigningsThe following players were re-signed by the Flyers. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).
Entry-level contractsThe 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.
Draft picksBelow 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.
Notes
References
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