2016–17 Philadelphia Flyers season

2016–17 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	5th Metropolitan
Conference	9th Eastern
2016–17 record	13–10–3
Home record	8–5–2
Road record	5–5–1
Goals for	83
Goals against	83
Team information
General manager	Ron Hextall
Coach	Dave Hakstol
Captain	Claude Giroux
Alternate captains	Wayne Simmonds Mark Streit
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Wayne Simmonds (11)
Assists	Claude Giroux (15)
Points	Claude Giroux Wayne Simmonds Jakub Voracek (22)
Penalty minutes	Travis Konecny (33)
Plus/minus	Michael Raffl (+6)
Wins	Steve Mason (8)
Goals against average	Steve Mason (2.80)

The 2016–17 Philadelphia Flyers season is the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.

Off-season

The Flyers had a relatively quiet off-season, with their main actions being to re-sign Radko Gudas and Brayden Schenn to 4-year extensions. Nick Cousins and Brandon Manning who both saw significant time the previous season were also retained. With the Flyers electing not to re-sign Ryan White and Sam Gagner, they moved to sign free agent Dale Weise on July 1 to a 4-year $9.4 million deal, also adding Boyd Gordon on a 1-year deal the same day.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	55	19	8	53	263	182	+81	118
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	50	21	11	46	282	234	+48	111
3	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	50	24	8	47	249	195	+54	108
4	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
5	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
7	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
8	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70

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

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1[A]	September 26	Philadelphia	0–2	New Jersey		Lyon	7,415	0–1–0	Recap
2[A]	September 26	Philadelphia	0–3	NY Islanders		Stolarz	––	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 27	NY Islanders	0–4	Philadelphia		Mason	17,721	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 28	New Jersey	0–2	Philadelphia[B]		—	—	2–2–0	Recap
5	October 1	Boston	4–3	Philadelphia	SO	Neuvirth	17,920	2–2–1	Recap
6	October 3	NY Rangers	3–4	Philadelphia	OT	Mason	18,636	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 6	Philadelphia	4–2	NY Rangers		Neuvirth	18,200	4–2–1	Recap
8	October 8	Philadelphia	0–1	Boston	OT	Mason	17,202	4–2–2	Recap
A – Indicates split-squad game. B – Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log
October: 4–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Philadelphia 4–2 Los Angeles Neuvirth 18,453 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 15 Philadelphia 3–4 Arizona OT Mason 17,125 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 18 Philadelphia 4–7 Chicago Mason 21,263 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 20 Anaheim 3–2 Philadelphia Mason 19,982 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 October 22 Carolina 3–6 Philadelphia Mason 19,668 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 24 Philadelphia 1–3 Montreal Mason 21,288 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 October 25 Buffalo 3–4 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,209 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 27 Arizona 5–4 Philadelphia Mason 19,432 3–4–1 7 Recap 9 October 29 Pittsburgh 5–4 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,927 3–5–1 7 Recap 10 October 30 Philadelphia 4–3 Carolina Neuvirth 10,353 4–5–1 9 Recap
November: 7–5–2 (Home: 5–2–2 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Detroit 3–4 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 19,309 5–5–1 11 Recap 12 November 3 Philadelphia 3–2 NY Islanders SO Neuvirth 11,119 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 November 5 Philadelphia 4–5 Montreal Neuvirth 21,288 6–6–1 13 Recap 14 November 8 Detroit 3–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,598 6–6–2 14 Recap 15 November 11 Philadelphia 3–6 Toronto Mason 19,189 6–7–2 14 Recap 16 November 12 Minnesota 2–3 Philadelphia Mason 19,591 7–7–2 16 Recap 17 November 15 Ottawa 3–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,358 7–7–3 17 Recap 18 November 17 Winnipeg 2–5 Philadelphia Mason 19,432 8–7–3 19 Recap 19 November 19 Tampa Bay 3–0 Philadelphia Mason 19,732 8–8–3 19 Recap 20 November 22 Philadelphia 3–1 Florida Mason 15,515 9–8–3 21 Recap 21 November 23 Philadelphia 2–4 Tampa Bay Mason 19,092 9–9–3 21 Recap 22 November 25 NY Rangers 3–2 Philadelphia Mason 19,981 9–10–3 21 Recap 23 November 27 Calgary 3–5 Philadelphia Stolarz 19,408 10–10–3 23 Recap 24 November 29 Boston 2–3 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,558 11–10–3 25 Recap
December: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Philadelphia 3–2 Ottawa OT Mason 14,334 12–10–3 27 Recap 26 December 3 Chicago 1–3 Philadelphia Mason 19,487 13–10–3 29 Recap 27 December 4 Philadelphia Nashville 28 December 6 Florida Philadelphia 29 December 8 Edmonton Philadelphia 30 December 10 Dallas Philadelphia 31 December 11 Philadelphia Detroit 32 December 14 Philadelphia Colorado 33 December 17 Philadelphia Dallas 34 December 19 Nashville Philadelphia 35 December 21 Washington Philadelphia 36 December 22 Philadelphia New Jersey 37 December 28 Philadelphia St. Louis 38 December 30 Philadelphia San Jose
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 1 Philadelphia Anaheim 40 January 4 NY Rangers Philadelphia 41 January 7 Tampa Bay Philadelphia 42 January 8 Philadelphia Columbus 43 January 10 Philadelphia Buffalo 44 January 12 Vancouver Philadelphia 45 January 14 Philadelphia Boston 46 January 15 Philadelphia Washington 47 January 21 New Jersey Philadelphia 48 January 22 Philadelphia NY Islanders 49 January 25 Philadelphia NY Rangers 50 January 26 Toronto Philadelphia 51 January 31 Philadelphia Carolina
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 2 Montreal Philadelphia 53 February 4 Los Angeles Philadelphia 54 February 6 St. Louis Philadelphia 55 February 9 NY Islanders Philadelphia 56 February 11 San Jose Philadelphia 57 February 15 Philadelphia Calgary 58 February 16 Philadelphia Edmonton 59 February 19 Philadelphia Vancouver 60 February 22 Washington Philadelphia 61 February 25 Philadelphia Pittsburgh 62 February 28 Colorado Philadelphia
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 2 Florida Philadelphia 64 March 4 Philadelphia Washington 65 March 7 Philadelphia Buffalo 66 March 9 Philadelphia Toronto 67 March 11 Philadelphia Boston 68 March 13 Columbus Philadelphia 69 March 15 Pittsburgh Philadelphia 70 March 16 Philadelphia New Jersey 71 March 19 Carolina Philadelphia 72 March 21 Philadelphia Winnipeg 73 March 23 Philadelphia Minnesota 74 March 25 Philadelphia Columbus 75 March 26 Philadelphia Pittsburgh 76 March 28 Ottawa Philadelphia 77 March 30 NY Islanders Philadelphia
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 New Jersey Philadelphia 79 April 2 Philadelphia NY Rangers 80 April 4 Philadelphia New Jersey 81 April 8 Columbus Philadelphia 82 April 9 Carolina Philadelphia
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Wayne Simmonds	26	11	11	22	-6	23
Jakub Voracek	26	8	14	22	-5	32
Claude Giroux	26	7	15	22	-5	12
Brayden Schenn	23	4	11	15	-5	15
Travis Konecny	26	4	10	14	-3	33
Mark Streit	26	4	9	13	-5	14
Shayne Gostisbehere	25	4	8	12	-3	12
Ivan Provorov	26	3	8	11	-6	8
Matt Read	26	6	4	10	-2	2
Brandon Manning	22	3	6	9	2	18
Sean Couturier	20	5	3	8	-4	12
Chris VandeVelde	26	4	4	8	-4	6
Nick Cousins	22	3	5	8	0	10
Michael Del Zotto	11	3	4	7	-2	4
Radko Gudas	19	1	6	7	1	21
Michael Raffl	17	4	2	6	6	2
Andrew MacDonald	18	1	5	6	-1	4
Dale Weise	22	2	2	4	0	8
Roman Lyubimov	16	2	1	3	-1	0
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	26	0	3	3	3	2
Nick Schultz	9	0	3	3	0	2
Boyd Gordon	8	1	0	1	-1	2
Steve Mason (G)	20	0	1	1	N/A	0
Michal Neuvirth (G)	9	0	0	0	N/A	0
Scott Laughton	2	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Stolarz (G)	1	0	0	0	N/A	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Steve Mason	20	17	1093	8	8	3	51	2.80	520	.902	0
Michal Neuvirth	9	8	424	4	2	0	25	3.54	177	.859	0
Anthony Stolarz	1	1	60	1	0	0	3	3.00	32	.906	0

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

Roster

Updated November 23, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
36		Emil Andrae	D	L	22	2023	Västervik, Sweden
10		Bobby Brink	RW	R	23	2019	Minnetonka, Minnesota
27		Noah Cates	LW	L	25	2017	Stillwater, Minnesota
14		Sean Couturier (C)	C	L	31	2011	Phoenix, Arizona
44		Nicolas Deslauriers	LW	L	33	2022	LaSalle, Quebec
9		Jamie Drysdale	D	R	22	2024	Toronto, Ontario
94		Ryan Ellis	D	R	33	2021	Hamilton, Ontario
33		Samuel Ersson	G	L	25	2018	Falun, Sweden
86		Joel Farabee	LW	L	24	2018	Cicero, New York
82		Ivan Fedotov	G	L	27	2015	Lappeenranta, Finland
71		Tyson Foerster	RW	R	22	2020	Alliston, Ontario
48		Morgan Frost	C	L	25	2017	Aurora, Ontario
3		Helge Grans	D	R	22	2023	Ljungby, Sweden
19		Garnet Hathaway	RW	R	33	2023	Naples, Florida
77		Erik Johnson	D	R	36	2024	Bloomington, Minnesota
35		Alexei Kolosov	G	L	22	2021	Minsk, Belarus
11		Travis Konecny (A)	RW	R	27	2015	London, Ontario
21		Scott Laughton (A)	C	L	30	2012	Oakville, Ontario
39		Matvei Michkov	RW	L	19	2023	Perm, Russia
25		Ryan Poehling	C	L	25	2023	Lakeville, Minnesota
55		Rasmus Ristolainen	D	R	30	2021	Turku, Finland
6		Travis Sanheim	D	L	28	2014	Elkhorn, Manitoba
24		Nick Seeler	D	L	31	2021	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
74		Owen Tippett	RW	R	25	2022	Peterborough, Ontario
8		Cameron York	D	L	23	2019	Anaheim Hills, California
5		Egor Zamula	D	L	24	2018	Chelyabinsk, Russia

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Travis Konecny	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career Point 1st Career Assist	October 14, 2016
Ivan Provorov	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career Point 1st Career Assist	October 14, 2016
Roman Lyubimov	1st Career NHL Game	October 18, 2016
Chris VandeVelde	200th Career NHL Game	October 18, 2016
Boyd Gordon	700th Career NHL Game	October 25, 2016
Travis Konecny	1st Career Goal	October 25, 2016
Brayden Schenn	200th Career Point	November 2, 2016
Roman Lyubimov	1st Career Point 1st Career Goal	November 2, 2016
Jakub Voracek	300th Career Assist	November 8, 2016
Ivan Provorov	1st Career Goal	November 23, 2016
Roman Lyubimov	1st Career Assist	November 27, 2016
Anthony Stolarz	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career Win	November 27, 2016
Claude Giroux	600th Career NHL Game	December 3, 2016

Transactions

The Flyers have been involved in the following transactions since June 13, 2016, the day after the deciding game of the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	To Winnipeg Jets 1st-round pick in 2016 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Philadelphia Flyers Chicago's 1st-round pick in 2016 2nd-round pick in 2016
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To New York Islanders San Jose's 4th-round pick in 2016	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2017
November 12, 2016 (2016-11-12)	To New Jersey Devils Petr Straka	To Philadelphia Flyers conditional 7th-round pick in 2017 or 2018

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016	Dale Weise	Chicago Blackhawks	4 years, $9.4 million
July 1, 2016	Boyd Gordon	Arizona Coyotes	1 year, $950,000
July 1, 2016	Greg Carey	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	1 year, $575,000*
July 1, 2016	Andy Miele	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016	Will O'Neill	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 years, $1.225 million*
July 5, 2016	T. J. Brennan	Toronto Maple Leafs	2 years, $1.25 million*

Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 14, 2016	Christian Marti	ZSC Lions (NLA)	3 years
June 17, 2016	Maxim Lamarche	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1 year
July 1, 2016	Ryan White	Arizona Coyotes	1 year, $1 million
July 9, 2016	Evgeny Medvedev	Avangard Omsk (KHL)	2 years
July 29, 2016	Derek Mathers	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1 year
August 1, 2016	Sam Gagner	Columbus Blue Jackets	1 year, $650,000
August 25, 2016	Brandon Alderson	Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL)	1 year
September 30, 2016	Aaron Palushaj	Cleveland Monsters (AHL)	1 year

Lost via retirement

Player	Notes	Ref
Jason LaBarbera	Contract expired following 2015–16 season
Davis Drewiske	Contract expired following 2015–16 season

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)	Refs
June 23, 2016	Radko Gudas	4 years, $13.4 million
June 25, 2016	Mark Alt	1 year, $625,000*
July 11, 2016	Jordan Weal	1 year, $650,000*
July 14, 2016	Nick Cousins	1 year, $937,125*
July 15, 2016	Petr Straka	1 year, $650,000*
July 25, 2016	Brayden Schenn	4 years, $20.5 million
July 26, 2016	Brandon Manning	2 years, $1.95 million

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 11, 2016	Roman Lyubimov	1 year, $925,000
July 14, 2016	Pascal Laberge	3 years, $2.775 million
October 2, 2016	Carter Hart	3 years, $2.775 million

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2016 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	22	German Rubtsov	Center	Russia	Team Russia U18 (MHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[a]
2	36	Pascal Laberge	Center	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[a]
2	48	Carter Hart	Goaltender	Canada	Everett Silvertips (WHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	52	Wade Allison	Right Wing	Canada	Tri-City Storm (USHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[b]
3	82	Carsen Twarynski	Left Wing	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[c]
4	109	Connor Bunnaman	Center	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	139	Linus Hogberg	Defense	Sweden	Vaxjo Lakers (SWE Jr.)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	169	Tanner Laczynski	Center	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	172	Anthony Salinitri	Center	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[d]
7	199	David Bernhardt	Defense	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (SWE Jr.)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Draft notes

• ^a The Philadelphia Flyers traded their first and third-round picks on June 24, 2016, to the Winnipeg Jets for Chicago's first-round pick and Winnipeg's second-round pick.
• ^b The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on February 27, 2015 that sent Kimmo Timonen to Chicago in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Philadelphia will receive a second-round pick in 2016 if Chicago advances to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals with Timonen playing in at least 50% of the Blackhawks' playoff games – was converted on May 30, 2015.
• ^c The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on January 6, 2016 that sent Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to Los Angeles in exchange for Jordan Weal and this pick.
• ^d The Los Angeles Kings' sixth-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Columbus' fourth-round pick in 2015 to Los Angeles in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2015 and this pick.

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results

Specific