2019–20 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2019–20 Philadelphia Flyers season is the 53rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] This is also the first season with head coach Alain Vigneault.

2019–20 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Metropolitan
Conference	4th Eastern
2019–20 record	41–21–7
Home record	25–6–4
Road record	16–15–3
Goals for	232
Goals against	196
Team information
General Manager	Chuck Fletcher
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Claude Giroux
Alternate captains	Sean Couturier Kevin Hayes Jakub Voracek
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Travis Konecny (24)
Assists	Jakub Voracek (44)
Points	Travis Konecny (61)
Penalty minutes	Joel Farabee (39)
Plus/minus	Sean Couturier (+21)
Wins	Carter Hart (24)
Goals against average	Carter Hart (2.42)

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4] The Flyers returned to the playoffs after missing them in the 2018–19 season and played in a round-robin tournament and captured the first seed for the playoffs for the first time since the 1999–2000 season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	90
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	81
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	81
6	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	80
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	68

Source: National Hockey League[5]

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[6]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[6]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: NHL Eastern Conference Points percentage

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[7]

2019 preseason game log: 1–3–3 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 0–1–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	NY Islanders	3–1	Philadelphia		Elliott	16,570	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 17	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	Berube	—	0–1–1	Recap
3	September 19	Boston	3–1	Philadelphia		Elliott	16,826	0–2–1	Recap
4	September 21	NY Rangers	1–4	Philadelphia		Hart	17,699	1–2–1	Recap
5	September 23	Philadelphia	3–4	Boston	OT	Elliott	17,565	1–2–2	Recap
6	September 26	Philadelphia	1–2	NY Rangers	SO	Hart	16,260	1–2–3	Recap
7^[a]	September 30	Philadelphia	3–4	Lausanne HC		Hart	—	1–3–3	Recap
Notes: ^a Game will be played in Lausanne, Switzerland

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[8]

2019–20 game log
October: 5–5–1 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1^[a] October 4 Chicago 3–4 Philadelphia Hart 17,463 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 9 New Jersey 0–4 Philadelphia Hart 19,658 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 12 Philadelphia 2–3 Vancouver SO Hart 18,652 2–0–1 5 Recap 4 October 15 Philadelphia 1–3 Calgary Elliott 17,771 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 16 Philadelphia 3–6 Edmonton Hart 17,107 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 19 Dallas 4–1 Philadelphia Hart 18,003 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 October 21 Vegas 2–6 Philadelphia Elliott 16,780 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 24 Philadelphia 4–1 Chicago Elliott 21,315 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 26 Columbus 4–7 Philadelphia Elliott 17,840 5–3–1 11 Recap 10 October 27 Philadelphia 3–5 NY Islanders Hart 12,055 5–4–1 11 Recap 11 October 29 Philadelphia 1–7 Pittsburgh Elliott 18,560 5–5–1 11 Recap
November: 10–2–4 (Home: 4–0–4 ; Road: 6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Philadelphia 4–3 New Jersey SO Hart 14,624 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 November 2 Toronto 4–3 Philadelphia SO Elliott 18,441 6–5–2 14 Recap 14 November 5 Carolina 1–4 Philadelphia Hart 16,172 7–5–2 16 Recap 15 November 7 Montreal 2–3 Philadelphia OT Hart 16,788 8–5–2 18 Recap 16 November 9 Philadelphia 3–2 Toronto SO Elliott 19,279 9–5–2 20 Recap 17 November 10 Philadelphia 3–2 Boston SO Hart 17,193 10–5–2 22 Recap 18 November 13 Washington 2–1 Philadelphia SO Hart 18,159 10–5–3 23 Recap 19 November 15 Philadelphia 1–2 Ottawa Hart 10,664 10–6–3 23 Recap 20 November 16 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia SO Elliott 19,023 10–6–4 24 Recap 21 November 19 Philadelphia 2–5 Florida Hart 11,515 10–7–4 24 Recap 22 November 21 Philadelphia 5–3 Carolina Elliott 14,734 11–7–4 26 Recap 23 November 23 Calgary 3–2 Philadelphia SO Hart 17,198 11–7–5 27 Recap 24 November 25 Vancouver 1–2 Philadelphia Hart 17,083 12–7–5 29 Recap 25 November 27 Philadelphia 3–2 Columbus Elliott 14,975 13–7–5 31 Recap 26 November 29 Detroit 1–6 Philadelphia Hart 18,566 14–7–5 33 Recap 27 November 30 Philadelphia 4–3 Montreal OT Elliott 21,213 15–7–5 35 Recap
December: 7–6–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Toronto 1–6 Philadelphia Hart 15,811 16–7–5 37 Recap 29 December 5 Arizona 3–1 Philadelphia Elliott 17,440 16–8–5 37 Recap 30 December 7 Ottawa 3–4 Philadelphia Hart 18,031 17–8–5 39 Recap 31 December 11 Philadelphia 1–3 Colorado Hart 17,905 17–9–5 39 Recap 32 December 14 Philadelphia 1–4 Minnesota Hart 17,140 17–10–5 39 Recap 33 December 15 Philadelphia 3–7 Winnipeg Elliott 15,325 17–11–5 39 Recap 34 December 17 Anaheim 1–4 Philadelphia Hart 18,449 18–11–5 41 Recap 35 December 19 Buffalo 1–6 Philadelphia Hart 18,124 19–11–5 43 Recap 36 December 21 Philadelphia 5–4 Ottawa SO Elliott 11,203 20–11–5 45 Recap 37 December 23 NY Rangers 1–5 Philadelphia Hart 19,776 21–11–5 47 Recap 38 December 28 Philadelphia 1–6 San Jose Hart 16,819 21–12–5 47 Recap 39 December 29 Philadelphia 2–1 Anaheim OT Elliott 16,238 22–12–5 49 Recap 40 December 31 Philadelphia 3–5 Los Angeles Elliott 17,982 22–13–5 49 Recap
January: 5–4–2 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Philadelphia 4–5 Vegas Hart 18,415 22–14–5 49 Recap 42 January 4 Philadelphia 2–6 Arizona Hart 17,125 22–15–5 49 Recap 43 January 7 Philadelphia 4–5 Carolina OT Elliott 15,072 22–15–6 50 Recap 44 January 8 Washington 2–3 Philadelphia Hart 18,595 23–15–6 52 Recap 45 January 11 Tampa Bay 1–0 Philadelphia Hart 19,866 23–16–6 52 Recap 46 January 13 Boston 5–6 Philadelphia SO Hart 19,246 24–16–6 54 Recap 47 January 15 Philadelphia 4–3 St. Louis OT Elliott 18,096 25–16–6 56 Recap 48 January 16 Montreal 4–1 Philadelphia Lyon 17,377 25–17–6 56 Recap 49 January 18 Los Angeles 1–4 Philadelphia Elliott 19,602 26–17–6 58 Recap 50 January 21 Pittsburgh 0–3 Philadelphia Elliott 19,120 27–17–6 60 Recap 51 January 31 Philadelphia 3–4 Pittsburgh OT Elliott 18,647 27–17–7 61 Recap
February: 10–3–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Colorado 3–6 Philadelphia Lyon 19,745 28–17–7 63 Recap 53 February 3 Philadelphia 3–0 Detroit Elliott 17,526 29–17–7 65 Recap 54 February 6 New Jersey 5–0 Philadelphia Elliott 19,070 29–18–7 65 Recap 55 February 8 Philadelphia 7–2 Washington Elliott 18,573 30–18–7 67 Recap 56 February 10 Florida 1–4 Philadelphia Hart 17,867 31–18–7 69 Recap 57 February 11 Philadelphia 3–5 NY Islanders Elliott 12,228 31–19–7 69 Recap 58 February 13 Philadelphia 6–2 Florida Hart 15,556 32–19–7 71 Recap 59 February 15 Philadelphia 3–5 Tampa Bay Hart 19,092 32–20–7 71 Recap 60 February 18 Columbus 1–5 Philadelphia Hart 18,273 33–20–7 73 Recap 61 February 20 Philadelphia 4–3 Columbus OT Elliott 18,365 34–20–7 75 Recap 62 February 22 Winnipeg 2–4 Philadelphia Hart 19,870 35–20–7 77 Recap 63 February 25 San Jose 2–4 Philadelphia Hart 18,290 36–20–7 79 Recap 64 February 28 NY Rangers 2–5 Philadelphia Hart 19,581 37–20–7 81 Recap
March: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 Philadelphia 5–3 NY Rangers Hart 18,006 38–20–7 83 Recap 66 March 4 Philadelphia 5–2 Washington Elliott 18,573 39–20–7 85 Recap 67 March 5 Carolina 1–4 Philadelphia Hart 18,900 40–20–7 87 Recap 68 March 7 Buffalo 1–3 Philadelphia Hart 19,781 41–20–7 89 Recap 69 March 10 Boston 2–0 Philadelphia Hart 19,689 41–21–7 89 Recap
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 70 March 12 Philadelphia Tampa Bay 71 March 14 Minnesota Philadelphia 72 March 15 Edmonton Philadelphia 73 March 17 St. Louis Philadelphia 74 March 20 Philadelphia Dallas 75 March 21 Philadelphia Nashville 76 March 24 NY Islanders Philadelphia 77 March 26 Philadelphia Detroit 78 March 28 Philadelphia New Jersey 79 March 29 Pittsburgh Philadelphia 80 April 1 Philadelphia NY Rangers 81 April 2 Nashville Philadelphia 82 April 4 Philadelphia Buffalo
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Notes: ^a Game was played at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Flyers played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Philadelphia finished with a 3−0−0 record and clinched the first seed for the playoffs.[9]

The Flyers will face the Montreal Canadiens in the first round.[10]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Seeding Round-robin # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 2 Philadelphia 4–1 Boston Hart 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 August 6 Washington 1–3 Philadelphia Elliott 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 August 8 Philadelphia 4–1 Tampa Bay Hart 3–0–0 6 Recap
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens: Series tied 1–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Montreal 1–2 Philadelphia Hart 1–0 Recap 2 August 14 Montreal 5–0 Philadelphia Hart 1–1 Recap 3 August 16 Philadelphia – Montreal 4 August 18 Philadelphia – Montreal 5 August 19 Montreal – Philadelphia 6 August 21 Philadelphia – Montreal (if necessary) 7 August 23 Montreal – Philadelphia (if necessary)
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of August 8, 2020

Skaters

Regular season[11] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Travis Konecny 66 24 37 61 −1 28 Sean Couturier 69 22 37 59 21 30 Jakub Voracek 69 12 44 56 14 31 Claude Giroux 69 21 32 53 7 28 Kevin Hayes 69 23 18 41 −6 34 James van Riemsdyk 66 19 21 40 5 8 Ivan Provorov 69 13 23 36 11 24 Matt Niskanen 68 8 25 33 15 29 Scott Laughton 49 13 14 27 13 26 Travis Sanheim 69 8 17 25 4 32 Joel Farabee 52 8 13 21 6 39 Michael Raffl 58 8 12 20 −2 14 Tyler Pitlick 63 8 12 20 11 12 Justin Braun 62 3 16 19 −2 18 Oskar Lindblom 30 11 7 18 4 4 Philippe Myers 50 4 12 16 17 30 Nicolas Aube-Kubel 36 7 8 15 1 19 Robert Hagg 49 3 10 13 14 30 Shayne Gostisbehere 42 5 7 12 −4 20 Morgan Frost 20 2 5 7 −3 4 Derek Grant^† 7 1 4 5 2 2 Mikhail Vorobyev 20 1 2 3 −5 6 Connor Bunnaman 21 1 1 2 7 2 David Kase 6 1 0 1 1 0 Carsen Twarynski 15 1 0 1 −2 4 Andy Andreoff 14 0 1 1 −3 2 Mark Friedman 6 0 1 1 0 2 Chris Stewart 16 0 1 1 −7 21 Nate Thompson^† 7 0 1 1 1 9 Samuel Morin 1 0 0 0 −1 0 German Rubtsov 4 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs[12] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Scott Laughton 3 3 2 5 4 12 Kevin Hayes 3 0 4 4 4 0 Nicolas Aube-Kubel 3 2 0 2 1 2 Joel Farabee 2 1 1 2 1 0 Travis Sanheim 3 1 1 2 5 2 Michael Raffl 1 1 1 2 2 2 Sean Couturier 3 0 2 2 3 2 Shayne Gostisbehere 1 0 2 2 2 0 Travis Konecny 3 0 2 2 3 2 Tyler Pitlick 3 1 0 1 2 0 Nate Thompson 3 1 0 1 1 0 Philippe Myers 3 1 0 1 6 0 Derek Grant 3 0 1 1 1 0 Jakub Voracek 2 0 1 1 1 2 Ivan Provorov 3 0 1 1 3 4 Claude Giroux 3 0 0 0 2 0 Justin Braun 3 0 0 0 0 0 James van Riemsdyk 2 0 0 0 1 2 Matt Niskanen 3 0 0 0 4 2 Robert Hagg 2 0 0 0 −2 2 Connor Bunnaman 2 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular season[13]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carter Hart	43	40	2,355:50	24	13	3	95	2.42	1,100	.914	1	0	0	0
Brian Elliott	31	27	1,673:54	16	7	4	80	2.87	796	.899	2	0	1	2
Alex Lyon	3	2	135:19	1	1	0	8	3.55	73	.890	0	0	0	0

Playoffs[14]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carter Hart	2	2	120:00	2	0	0	2	1.00	59	.966	0	0	0	0
Brian Elliott	1	1	59:56	1	0	0	1	1.00	17	.941	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
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Travis Konecny	[15]
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Brian Elliott (October 28)	[16]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Ivan Provorov	[17]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Sean Couturier	[18]
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Kevin Hayes	[19]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Scott Laughton	[20]
	Toyota Cup	Travis Konecny	[21]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Scott Laughton	[22]

Roster

Updated July 13, 2020[23][24]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10		Andy Andreoff	LW	L	29	2019	Pickering, Ontario
62		Nicolas Aube-Kubel	RW	R	24	2014	Sorel, Quebec
61		Justin Braun	D	R	33	2019	St. Paul, Minnesota
82		Connor Bunnaman	C	L	22	2016	Guelph, Ontario
14		Sean Couturier (A)	C	L	27	2011	Phoenix, Arizona
37		Brian Elliott	G	L	35	2017	Newmarket, Ontario
49		Joel Farabee	LW	L	20	2018	Cicero, New York
59		Mark Friedman	D	R	24	2014	Toronto, Ontario
48		Morgan Frost	C	L	21	2017	Aurora, Ontario
28		Claude Giroux (C)	LW	R	32	2006	Hearst, Ontario
53		Shayne Gostisbehere	D	L	27	2012	Pembroke Pines, Florida
38		Derek Grant	C	L	30	2020	Abbotsford, British Columbia
8		Robert Hagg	D	L	25	2013	Uppsala, Sweden
79		Carter Hart	G	L	22	2016	Sherwood Park, Alberta
13		Kevin Hayes (A)	C	L	28	2019	Boston, Massachusetts
11		Travis Konecny	RW	R	23	2015	London, Ontario
21		Scott Laughton	C	L	26	2012	Oakville, Ontario
23		Oskar Lindblom	LW	L	23	2014	Gävle, Sweden
34		Alex Lyon	G	L	27	2016	Baudette, Minnesota
55		Samuel Morin	D	L	25	2013	Lac-Beauport, Quebec
5		Philippe Myers	D	R	23	2015	Moncton, New Brunswick
15		Matt Niskanen	D	R	33	2019	Virginia, Minnesota
19		Nolan Patrick	C	R	21	2017	Winnipeg, Manitoba
18		Tyler Pitlick	RW	R	28	2019	Minneapolis, Minnesota
39		Nate Prosser	D	R	34	2019	Elk River, Minnesota
9		Ivan Provorov	D	L	23	2015	Yaroslavl, Russia
12		Michael Raffl	LW	L	31	2013	Villach, Austria
50		German Rubtsov	C	L	22	2016	Chekhov, Russia
6		Travis Sanheim	D	L	24	2014	Elkhorn, Manitoba
44		Nate Thompson	C	L	35	2020	Anchorage, Alaska
81		Carsen Twarynski	LW	L	22	2016	Calgary, Alberta
67		Kirill Ustimenko	G	L	21	2017	Gomel, Belarus
25		James van Riemsdyk	LW	L	31	2018	Middletown Township, New Jersey
93		Jakub Voracek (A)	RW	L	30	2011	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
3		Andy Welinski	D	R	27	2019	Duluth, Minnesota
26		Tyler Wotherspoon	D	L	27	2019	Surrey, British Columbia
54		Egor Zamula	D	L	20	2018	Chelyabinsk, Russia

Suspensions and fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Joel Farabee	Interference against Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault during NHL Game No. 515 in Winnipeg on Sunday, December 15, 2019, at 9:03 of the second period.	3 games	$14,919.36	December 16, 2019[25]
Matt Niskanen	Slashing against Columbus Blue Jackets forward Gustav Nyquist during NHL Game No. 936 in Columbus on Thursday, February 20, 2020, at 19:38 of the second period.	–	$5,000	February 21, 2020[26]

Transactions

The Flyers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.[27]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)	To Arizona Coyotes 1st-round pick in 2019	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 2019 2nd-round pick in 2019	[28]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Nashville Predators ARI's 2nd-round pick in 2019 NJD's 3rd-round pick in 2019	To Philadelphia Flyers NJD's 2nd-round pick in 2019	[29]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 2019	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2020	[29]
June 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)	To Dallas Stars Ryan Hartman	To Philadelphia Flyers Tyler Pitlick	[30]
February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19)	To New York Rangers Jean-Francois Berube	To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations	[31]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round pick in 2021	To Philadelphia Flyers Nate Thompson	[32]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Anaheim Ducks Kyle Criscuolo Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020[lower-alpha 1]	To Philadelphia Flyers Derek Grant	[33]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Chicago Blackhawks T. J. Brennan	To Philadelphia Flyers Nathan Noel	[34]

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
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Andy Andreoff	from Tampa Bay Lightning	2-year	[35]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Jean-Francois Berube	from Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year*	[35]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Chris Bigras	from New York Rangers	2-year*	[35]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Greg Carey	to Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1-year	[36]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Kyle Criscuolo	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year*	[35]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Byron Froese	to Calgary Flames	1-year*	[37]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Kurtis Gabriel	from New Jersey Devils	1-year*	[35]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tyrell Goulbourne	to Vegas Golden Knights	2-year*	[38]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Nate Prosser	from Minnesota Wild	2-year*	[35]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Cam Talbot	to Calgary Flames	1-year	[39]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Mike Vecchione	to St. Louis Blues	1-year*	[40]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Andy Welinski	from Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[35]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tyler Wotherspoon	from St. Louis Blues	2-year*	[35]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Cole Bardreau	to New York Islanders	2-year*	[41]
July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)	Phil Varone	to Montreal Canadiens	1-year*	[42]
July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)	Justin Bailey	to Vancouver Canucks	1-year*	[43]
July 22, 2019 (2019-07-22)	Michal Neuvirth	to Toronto Maple Leafs	Try-out	[44]
September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10)	Jacob Graves	to Florida Everblades (ECHL)	1-year	[45]
October 15, 2019 (2019-10-15)	Chris Stewart	from Nottingham Panthers (EIHL)	1-year	[46]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) David Schlemko Buyout [47]

Retirement Date Player Ref August 27, 2018 (2018-08-27) Mike McKenna [48]

Signings

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

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)	Travis Sanheim	2-year	[49]
June 26, 2019 (2019-06-26)	Brian Elliott	1-year	[50]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Scott Laughton	2-year	[51]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	1-year*	[52]
September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)	Ivan Provorov	6-year	[53]
September 16, 2019 (2019-09-16)	Travis Konecny	6-year	[54]

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
March 10, 2020 (2020-03-10)	Wyatte Wylie	3-year	[55]
March 23, 2020 (2020-03-23)	Tanner Laczynski	2-year	[56]
March 27, 2020 (2020-03-27)	Wade Allison	2-year	[57]
April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29)	Linus Sandin	1-year	[58]
May 30, 2020 (2020-05-30)	Linus Hogberg	2-year	[59]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	14	Cameron York	Defense	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)	[lower-alpha 2]
2	34	Bobby Brink	Right Wing	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)	[lower-alpha 3]
3	72	Ronald Attard	Defense	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
4	103	Mason Millman	Defense	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6	165	Egor Serdyuk	Right Wing	Russia	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
6	169	Roddy Ross	Goaltender	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	[lower-alpha 4]
7	196	Bryce Brodzinski	Right Wing	United States	Blaine High School (USHS)

Notes

1. The pick will be better of the two 2020 4th-round picks the Flyers possessed at the time of the trade, their own and the one they acquired from the Nashville Predators on February 25, 2019.[33]
2. The Flyers acquired this pick and a 2019 second-round pick, 45th overall, in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes for their original 2019 first-round pick, 11th overall, on June 21, 2019.[60]
3. The Flyers acquired this pick, originally belonging to the New Jersey Devils, in a trade with the Nashville Predators for Arizona's 2019 second-round pick, 45th overall, and New Jersey's 2019 third-round pick, 65th overall, on June 22, 2019.[60]
4. The Flyers acquired this pick and Jacob Graves in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes for Jordan Weal on January 11, 2019.[60]

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