2018–19 Philadelphia Flyers season
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 – Apr. 6) |
Coach | Dave Hakstol (Oct. 4 – Dec. 17) Scott Gordon (interim, Dec. 17 – Apr. 6) |
Captain | Claude Giroux |
Alternate captains | Sean Couturier[a] Andrew MacDonald[a] Wayne Simmonds (Oct. 4 – Feb. 25) |
Arena | Wells Fargo Center |
Average attendance | 20,371[2] |
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) |
The 2018–19 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[3] The Flyers were eliminated from playoff contention on March 30, 2019, after a 5–2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.[4]
Standings[edit]
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[edit]
Preseason[edit]
The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2018.[7]
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Preseason: 4–3–1 (home: 1–2–1 ; road: 3–1–0)
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Legend:
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Regular season[edit]
The regular season schedule was published on June 21, 2018.[8]
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October: 5–7–0 (home: 2–4–0 ; road: 3–3–0)
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November: 5–5–2 (home: 3–3–1 ; road: 2–2–1)
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December: 5–6–3 (home: 2–1–1 ; road: 3–5–2)
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January: 7–5–1 (home: 4–2–1 ; road: 3–3–0)
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February: 8–3–2 (home: 6–2–1 ; road: 2–1–1)
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March: 7–8–0 (home: 2–5–0 ; road: 5–3–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics[edit]
Skaters[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Awards[edit]
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Claude Giroux | [11] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Carter Hart (January) | [12] | |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Carter Hart (February 4) | [13] | |
NHL Third Star of the Week | Claude Giroux (November 12) | [14] | |
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Radko Gudas | [15] |
Bobby Clarke Trophy | Sean Couturier | [15] | |
Gene Hart Memorial Award | Sean Couturier | [15] | |
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy | Travis Sanheim | [15] | |
Toyota Cup | Carter Hart | [15] | |
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award | Andrew MacDonald | [15] |
Records[edit]
Among the team records set during the 2018–19 season was for the most shots on goal during a single period (28) on February 11.[16] The Flyers' one-shootout loss is tied for the fewest in team history.[17]
Suspensions and fines[edit]
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[18] |
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[19] |
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[20] |
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[21] |
Transactions[edit]
The Flyers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.[22]
Trades[edit]
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 |
[23] |
January 11, 2019 | To Arizona Coyotes Jordan Weal |
To Philadelphia Flyers Jacob Graves 6th-round pick in 2019 |
[24] |
January 17, 2019 | To Buffalo Sabres Taylor Leier |
To Philadelphia Flyers Justin Bailey |
[25] |
February 9, 2019 | To Montreal Canadiens Christian Folin[b] Dale Weise |
To Philadelphia Flyers Byron Froese David Schlemko |
[27] |
February 15, 2019 | To Edmonton Oilers Anthony Stolarz |
To Philadelphia Flyers Cam Talbot |
[28] |
February 25, 2019 | To Nashville Predators Wayne Simmonds |
To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Hartman Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020[c] |
[30] |
June 3, 2019 | To Winnipeg Jets 5th-round pick in 2019 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Hayes |
[31] |
June 14, 2019 | To Washington Capitals Radko Gudas[d] |
To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Niskanen |
[32] |
June 18, 2019 | To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2020 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Justin Braun |
[33] |
Players acquired[edit]
Players lost[edit]
Signings[edit]
Draft picks[edit]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.
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
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