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2020–21 Philadelphia Flyers
Division6th East
2020–21 record25–23–8
Home record12–12–4
Road record13–11–4
Goals for163
Goals against201
Team information
General managerChuck Fletcher
CoachAlain Vigneault
CaptainClaude Giroux
Alternate captainsSean Couturier
Kevin Hayes
Ivan Provorov
Jakub Voracek
ArenaWells Fargo Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)
Reading Royals (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsJoel Farabee (20)
AssistsJakub Voracek (34)
PointsClaude Giroux (43)
James van Riemsdyk (43)
Jakub Voracek (43)
Penalty minutesNicolas Aube-Kubel (44)
Plus/minusScott Laughton (+13)
WinsBrian Elliott (15)
Goals against averageBrian Elliott (3.06)

The 2020–21 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 54th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] This was also the second season with head coach Alain Vigneault. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Flyers played this season in the East Division and played against only the other teams in their new division during the regular season.

On April 29, 2021, the Flyers were eliminated from playoff contention, with a 5–3 loss to the New Jersey Devils.[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

East Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 56 37 16 3 29 196 156 +40 77
2 x – Washington Capitals 56 36 15 5 29 191 163 +28 77
3 x – Boston Bruins 56 33 16 7 25 168 136 +32 73
4 x – New York Islanders 56 32 17 7 24 156 128 +28 71
5 e – New York Rangers 56 27 23 6 24 177 157 +20 60
6 e – Philadelphia Flyers 56 25 23 8 17 163 201 −38 58
7 e – New Jersey Devils 56 19 30 7 15 145 194 −49 45
8 e – Buffalo Sabres 56 15 34 7 11 138 199 −61 37
Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[4]

2020–21 game log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[66]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
James van Riemsdyk 56 17 26 43 2 14
Claude Giroux 54 16 27 43 −4 12
Jakub Voracek 53 9 34 43 −12 18
Sean Couturier 45 18 23 41 −4 8
Joel Farabee 55 20 18 38 0 28
Travis Konecny 50 11 23 34 −5 26
Kevin Hayes 55 12 19 31 −2 22
Ivan Provorov 56 7 19 26 4 28
Scott Laughton 53 9 11 20 13 39
Shayne Gostisbehere 41 9 11 20 −2 6
Travis Sanheim 55 3 12 15 −22 23
Oskar Lindblom 50 8 6 14 −9 9
Nicolas Aube-Kubel 50 3 9 12 −3 44
Philippe Myers 44 1 10 11 −10 22
Erik Gustafsson‡ 24 1 9 10 −2 0
Nolan Patrick 52 4 5 9 −30 20
Michael Raffl‡ 34 3 5 8 −5 26
Wade Allison 14 4 3 7 1 4
Justin Braun 53 1 5 6 0 18
Robert Hagg 34 2 3 5 −3 18
Nate Prosser 6 1 1 2 −7 0
Samuel Morin 20 1 0 1 −7 37
Connor Bunnaman 18 0 1 1 −6 2
Jackson Cates 4 0 1 1 −3 0
Andy Andreoff 6 0 0 0 −6 9
Mark Friedman‡ 4 0 0 0 −2 4
David Kase 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carsen Twarynski 7 0 0 0 −3 2
Tanner Laczynski 5 0 0 0 1 0
Morgan Frost 2 0 0 0 0 0
Maxim Sushko 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Egor Zamula 2 0 0 0 1 0
Cameron York 3 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[67]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Brian Elliott 30 26 1,607:43 15 9 2 82 3.06 738 .889 2 0 1 0
Carter Hart 27 25 1,456:19 9 11 5 89 3.67 721 .877 1 0 0 2
Alex Lyon 6 5 324:09 1 3 1 18 3.33 169 .893 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
(annual) 		Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Oskar Lindblom [68]
League
(in-season) 		NHL East Star of the Month James van Riemsdyk (January) [69]
NHL Second Star of the Week Travis Konecny (January 18) [70]
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Ivan Provorov [71]
Bobby Clarke Trophy Sean Couturier [71]
Gene Hart Memorial Award Sean Couturier [71]
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy Joel Farabee [71]
Toyota Cup Claude Giroux [71]
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award James van Riemsdyk [71]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

Among the team records set during the 2020–21 season was the Flyers giving up seven goals during the second period against the New York Rangers on March 17.

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To Tampa Bay Lightning
4th-round pick in 2020 (#116 overall)
5th-round pick in 2020 (#147 overall) 		To Philadelphia Flyers
DET 4th-round pick in 2020 (#94 overall) 		[72]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To Nashville Predators
MTL 7th-round pick in 2020 (#202 overall)
7th-round pick in 2020 (#209 overall) 		To Philadelphia Flyers
5th-round pick in 2020 (#135 overall) 		[73]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) To Montreal Canadiens
Erik Gustafsson[a] 		To Philadelphia Flyers
STL 7th-round pick in 2022 		[74]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) To Washington Capitals
Michael Raffl[b] 		To Philadelphia Flyers
VGK 5th-round pick in 2021 		[75]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) Derrick Pouliot St. Louis Blues 1-year Free agency [76]
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12) Erik Gustafsson Calgary Flames 1-year Free agency [77]
March 24, 2021 (2021-03-24) Max Willman Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) 2-year Free agency [78]
April 13, 2021 (2021-04-13) Jackson Cates University of Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC) 2-year Free agency [79]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Derek Grant Anaheim Ducks 3-year Free agency [80]
Nathan Noel[c] Contract expiration [82]
Tyler Pitlick Arizona Coyotes 2-year Free agency [83]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) Nate Thompson Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency [84]
Andy Welinski Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency [85]
November 2, 2020 (2020-11-02) Kurtis Gabriel San Jose Sharks 1-year Free agency [86]
January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05) Reece Willcox Florida Everblades (ECHL) 1-year Free agency [87]
February 24, 2021 (2021-02-24) Mark Friedman Pittsburgh Penguins Waivers [88]
May 25, 2021 (2021-05-25) David Kase HC Sparta Praha (ELH) 2-year Free agency [89]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12) Zayde Wisdom 3-year Entry-level [90]
October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14) Tyson Foerster 3-year Entry-level [91]
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) Nolan Patrick 1-year Re-signing [92]
December 8, 2020 (2020-12-08) Philippe Myers 3-year Extension [93]
December 18, 2020 (2020-12-18) Mason Millman 3-year Entry-level [94]
March 31, 2021 (2021-03-31) Cameron York 3-year Entry-level [95]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) Scott Laughton 5-year Extension [96]
May 5, 2021 (2021-05-05) Elliot Desnoyers 3-year Entry-level [97]
Olle Lycksell 2-year Entry-level [97]
June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03) Samuel Ersson 3-year Entry-level [98]
June 8, 2021 (2021-06-08) Felix Sandstrom 1-year Extension [99]
June 14, 2021 (2021-06-14) German Rubtsov 1-year Extension [100]
Linus Sandin 1-year Extension [100]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 23 Tyson Foerster RW Canada Canada Barrie Colts (OHL)
2 54 Emil Andrae D Sweden Sweden HV71 J20 (J20 SuperElit)
4 94 Zayde Wisdom RW Canada Canada Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
5 135 Elliot Desnoyers LW Canada Canada Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
6 178 Connor McClennon RW Canada Canada Winnipeg Ice (WHL)

Notes

  1. ^ The Flyers retained 50% of Gustafsson's remaining salary.
  2. ^ The Flyers retained 25% of Raffl's remaining salary.
  3. ^ Noel was inactive during the 2020–21 season.[81]

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