2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers season

2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd Metropolitan
Conference	6th Eastern
2017–18 record	42–26–14
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	20–13–8
Goals for	251
Goals against	243
Team information
President	Paul Holmgren
General manager	Ron Hextall
Coach	Dave Hakstol
Captain	Claude Giroux
Alternate captains	Valtteri Filppula Andrew MacDonald Wayne Simmonds
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Average attendance	19,517 (99.9%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Claude Giroux (34)
Assists	Claude Giroux (68)
Points	Claude Giroux (102)
Penalty minutes	Radko Gudas (83)
Plus/minus	Sean Couturier (+34)
Wins	Brian Elliott (23)
Goals against average	Michal Neuvirth (2.60)

The 2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. They would improve from their record from last year and make the playoffs for the first time since the 2015–16 season.

Off-season

The first major event of the off-season was the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft with General Manager Ron Hextall having to submit his list of protected players for the draft. The Vegas Golden Knights selected Pierre-Edouard Bellemare at number 12 from the Flyers.

Having been awarded the second overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in the draft lottery, Hextall made several trades in the lead-up to draft day. The most significant of them being to trade Brayden Schenn to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for the 27th overall pick in the draft, a conditional first round pick in 2018, and Jori Lehtera. The Flyers selected forward Nolan Patrick with the second overall pick, and went on to add Morgan Frost with the pick acquired from St. Louis and Isaac Ratcliffe with their second round selection, to add to their forward prospects.

The Flyers remained fairly quiet players in free agency, as had been the case the previous year. The main issue for Hextall being to decide how to fill the vacancy left in net by Steve Mason. On July 1, 2017 the Flyers announced the signing of free agent Brian Elliott who would join the recently extended Michal Neuvirth to make up the goalie tandem. The Flyers also re-signed several players including Scott Laughton, Taylor Leier, Jordan Weal and Shayne Gostisbehere.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	49	26	7	46	259	239	+20	105
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	29	6	45	272	250	+22	100
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	26	14	40	251	243	+8	98
4	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
5	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
7	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
8	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	49	26	7	46	259	239	+20	105
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	29	6	45	272	250	+22	100
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	26	14	40	251	243	+8	98

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	54	23	5	48	296	236	+60	113
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	50	20	12	47	270	214	+56	112
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	49	26	7	42	277	232	+45	105

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
2	ME	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97
3	AT	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
5	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77
7	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
8	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
9	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2017.

2017 preseason game log: 3–2–3 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1[a]	September 17	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	Lyon	—	0–0–1	Recap
2[A] [b]	September 20	NY Islanders	2–3	Philadelphia	OT	Irving	—	1–0–1	Recap
3[A]	September 20	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders		Lyon	5,042	1–1–1	Recap
4	September 21	Philadelphia	1–2	Boston	OT	Lyon	16,781	1–1–2	Recap
5	September 25	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Rangers	OT	Neuvirth	14,037	1–1–3	Recap
6	September 26	NY Rangers	3–4	Philadelphia	OT	Elliott	18,266	2–1–3	Recap
7	September 28	Boston	1–5	Philadelphia		Lyon	18,572	3–1–3	Recap
8	October 1	NY Islanders	5–2	Philadelphia		Elliott	18,575	3–2–3	Recap
Notes: A  Indicates split-squad game. a  Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. b  Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.

2017–18 game log
October: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Philadelphia 5–3 San Jose Elliott 17,562 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 5 Philadelphia 0–2 Los Angeles Neuvirth 18,230 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 7 Philadelphia 3–2 Anaheim OT Elliott 16,032 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 10 Philadelphia 5–6 Nashville Elliott 17,194 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 14 Washington 2–8 Philadelphia Elliott 19,817 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 17 Florida 1–5 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,145 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 19 Nashville 1–0 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,396 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 October 21 Edmonton 1–2 Philadelphia Elliott 19,510 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 October 24 Anaheim 6–2 Philadelphia Elliott 18,895 5–4–0 10 Recap 10 October 26 Philadelphia 4–5 Ottawa Neuvirth 14,926 5–5–0 10 Recap 11 October 28 Philadelphia 4–2 Toronto Elliott 19,317 6–5–0 12 Recap 12 October 30 Arizona 4–3 Philadelphia OT Elliott 18,731 6–5–1 13 Recap
November: 2–5–6 (Home: 1–3–3 ; Road: 1–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Philadelphia 0–3 Chicago Elliott 21,524 6–6–1 13 Recap 14 November 2 Philadelphia 2–0 St. Louis Neuvirth 17,162 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 November 4 Colorado 5–4 Philadelphia SO Neuvirth 19,616 7–6–2 16 Recap 16 November 9 Chicago 1–3 Philadelphia Elliott 19,738 8–6–2 18 Recap 17 November 11 Minnesota 1–0 Philadelphia Elliott 19,309 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 November 14 Philadelphia 0–3 Minnesota Elliott 18,768 8–8–2 18 Recap 19 November 16 Philadelphia 2–3 Winnipeg SO Elliott 15,321 8–8–3 19 Recap 20 November 18 Calgary 5–4 Philadelphia OT Elliott 19,210 8–8–4 20 Recap 21 November 21 Vancouver 5–2 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,278 8–9–4 20 Recap 22 November 22 Philadelphia 3–4 NY Islanders OT Elliott 12,462 8–9–5 21 Recap 23 November 24 NY Islanders 5–4 Philadelphia OT Elliott 19,643 8–9–6 22 Recap 24 November 27 Philadelphia 4–5 Pittsburgh OT Elliott 18,505 8–9–7 23 Recap 25 November 28 San Jose 3–1 Philadelphia Neuvirth 18,935 8–10–7 23 Recap
December: 8–4–1 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Boston 3–0 Philadelphia Elliott 19,274 8–11–7 23 Recap 27 December 4 Philadelphia 5–2 Calgary Elliott 18,590 9–11–7 25 Recap 28 December 6 Philadelphia 4–2 Edmonton Elliott 18,347 10–11–7 27 Recap 29 December 7 Philadelphia 4–1 Vancouver Elliott 16,515 11–11–7 29 Recap 30 December 12 Toronto 2–4 Philadelphia Elliott 19,077 12–11–7 31 Recap 31 December 14 Buffalo 1–2 Philadelphia Elliott 19,508 13–11–7 33 Recap 32 December 16 Dallas 1–2 Philadelphia OT Elliott 19,477 14–11–7 35 Recap 33 December 18 Los Angeles 4–1 Philadelphia Elliott 19,617 14–12–7 35 Recap 34 December 20 Detroit 3–4 Philadelphia Elliott 19,674 15–12–7 37 Recap 35 December 22 Philadelphia 2–4 Buffalo Elliott 18,222 15–13–7 37 Recap 36 December 23 Philadelphia 1–2 Columbus SO Elliott 17,812 15–13–8 38 Recap 37 December 28 Philadelphia 2–3 Florida Elliott 17,083 15–14–8 38 Recap 38 December 29 Philadelphia 5–3 Tampa Bay Elliott 19,092 16–14–8 40 Recap
January: 8–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Pittsburgh 5–1 Philadelphia Elliott 19,558 16–15–8 40 Recap 40 January 4 NY Islanders 4–6 Philadelphia Elliott 19,358 17–15–8 42 Recap 41 January 6 St. Louis 3–6 Philadelphia Elliott 19,665 18–15–8 44 Recap 42 January 7 Buffalo 1–4 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,662 19–15–8 46 Recap 43 January 13 Philadelphia 5–3 New Jersey Elliott 16,514 20–15–8 48 Recap 44 January 16 Philadelphia 1–5 NY Rangers Elliott 18,006 20–16–8 48 Recap 45 January 18 Toronto 2–3 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 19,860 21–16–8 50 Recap 46 January 20 New Jersey 1–3 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,934 22–16–8 52 Recap 47 January 21 Philadelphia 2–1 Washington OT Elliott 18,506 23–16–8 54 Recap 48 January 23 Philadelphia 3–2 Detroit OT Elliott 19,515 24–16–8 56 Recap 49 January 25 Tampa Bay 5–1 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,489 24–17–8 56 Recap 50 January 31 Philadelphia 3–5 Washington Neuvirth 18,506 24–18–8 56 Recap
February: 10–1–2 (Home: 3–0–2 ; Road: 7–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Philadelphia 3–4 New Jersey Lyon 13,906 24–19–8 56 Recap 52 February 3 Ottawa 4–3 Philadelphia SO Neuvirth 19,729 24–19–9 57 Recap 53 February 6 Philadelphia 2–1 Carolina OT Elliott 11,585 25–19–9 59 Recap 54 February 8 Montreal 3–5 Philadelphia Elliott 19,655 26–19–9 61 Recap 55 February 10 Philadelphia 4–3 Arizona SO Neuvirth 13,004 27–19–9 63 Recap 56 February 11 Philadelphia 4–1 Vegas Neuvirth 18,220 28–19–9 65 Recap 57 February 13 New Jersey 5–4 Philadelphia SO Neuvirth 19,312 28–19–10 66 Recap 58 February 16 Philadelphia 2–1 Columbus OT Neuvirth 17,364 29–19–10 68 Recap 59 February 18 Philadelphia 7–4 NY Rangers Lyon 18,006 30–19–10 70 Recap 60 February 20 Montreal 2–3 Philadelphia OT Lyon 19,336 31–19–10 72 Recap 61 February 22 Columbus 1–2 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,727 32–19–10 74 Recap 62 February 24 Philadelphia 5–3 Ottawa Mrazek 16,128 33–19–10 76 Recap 63 February 26 Philadelphia 1–0 Montreal SO Mrazek 21,302 34–19–10 78 Recap
March: 5–6–4 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–4) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Carolina 4–1 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,245 34–20–10 78 Recap 65 March 3 Philadelphia 6–7 Tampa Bay SO Mrazek 19,092 34–20–11 79 Recap 66 March 4 Philadelphia 1–4 Florida Mrazek 14,428 34–21–11 79 Recap 67 March 7 Pittsburgh 5–2 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,624 34–22–11 79 Recap 68 March 8 Philadelphia 2–3 Boston Lyon 17,565 34–23–11 79 Recap 69 March 10 Winnipeg 1–2 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,929 35–23–11 81 Recap 70 March 12 Vegas 3–2 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,723 35–24–11 81 Recap 71 March 15 Columbus 5–3 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,354 35–25–11 81 Recap 72 March 17 Philadelphia 4–2 Carolina Lyon 14,805 36–25–11 83 Recap 73 March 18 Washington 3–6 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,687 37–25–11 85 Recap 74 March 20 Philadelphia 4–5 Detroit SO Lyon 19,515 37–25–12 86 Recap 75 March 22 NY Rangers 3–4 Philadelphia Lyon 19,584 38–25–12 88 Recap 76 March 25 Philadelphia 4–5 Pittsburgh OT Mrazek 18,655 38–25–13 89 Recap 77 March 27 Philadelphia 2–3 Dallas OT Mrazek 17,247 38–25–14 90 Recap 78 March 28 Philadelphia 2–1 Colorado Neuvirth 16,320 39–25–14 92 Recap
April: 3–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Boston 3–4 Philadelphia OT Mrazek 19,904 40–25–14 94 Recap 80 April 3 Philadelphia 4–5 NY Islanders Mrazek 11,951 40–26–14 94 Recap 81 April 5 Carolina 3–4 Philadelphia Elliott 20,001 41–26–14 96 Recap 82 April 7 NY Rangers 0–5 Philadelphia Elliott 20,028 42–26–14 98 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 11 Philadelphia 0–7 Pittsburgh Elliott 18,556 0–1 Recap 2 April 13 Philadelphia 5–1 Pittsburgh Elliott 18,648 1–1 Recap 3 April 15 Pittsburgh 5–1 Philadelphia Elliott 19,955 1–2 Recap 4 April 18 Pittsburgh 5–0 Philadelphia Elliott 19,644 1–3 Recap 5 April 20 Philadelphia 4–2 Pittsburgh Neuvirth 18,632 2–3 Recap 6 April 22 Pittsburgh 8–5 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,861 2–4 Recap
Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 82 34 68 102 28 20 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek 82 20 65 85 10 50 Couturier, SeanSean Couturier 82 31 45 76 34 31 Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere 78 13 52 65 10 25 Konecny, TravisTravis Konecny 81 24 23 47 17 46 Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 75 24 22 46 −16 57 Provorov, IvanIvan Provorov 82 17 24 41 17 20 Filppula, ValtteriValtteri Filppula 81 11 22 33 −7 20 Patrick, NolanNolan Patrick 73 13 17 30 1 30 Raffl, MichaelMichael Raffl 76 13 9 22 9 28 Weal, JordanJordan Weal 69 8 13 21 −10 12 MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald 66 6 15 21 8 30 Laughton, ScottScott Laughton 81 10 10 20 −10 42 Manning, BrandonBrandon Manning 65 7 12 19 0 56 Gudas, RadkoRadko Gudas 70 2 14 16 0 83 Sanheim, TravisTravis Sanheim 49 2 8 10 −6 20 Hagg, RobertRobert Hagg 70 3 6 9 5 32 Weise, DaleDale Weise 46 4 4 8 −7 21 Lehtera, JoriJori Lehtera 62 3 5 8 −8 14 Lindblom, OskarOskar Lindblom 23 2 4 6 4 4 Leier, TaylorTaylor Leier 39 1 4 5 −7 6 Read, MattMatt Read 19 1 0 1 −2 2 Goulbourne, TyrellTyrell Goulbourne 9 0 0 0 −2 2 Alt, MarkMark Alt ‡ || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 Martel, DanickDanick Martel 4 0 0 0 −1 0 Morin, SamuelSamuel Morin 2 0 0 0 1 4 Oduya, JohnnyJohnny Oduya † || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −1 || 0 O'Neill, WillWill O'Neill 1 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Couturier, SeanSean Couturier 5 5 4 9 1 2 Filppula, ValtteriValtteri Filppula 6 1 2 3 −3 2 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 6 1 2 3 −10 2 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek 6 0 3 3 −3 6 Provorov, IvanIvan Provorov 6 0 3 3 −6 0 MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald 6 2 0 2 0 6 Read, MattMatt Read 6 1 1 2 1 4 Patrick, NolanNolan Patrick 6 1 1 2 −5 0 Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 6 0 2 2 0 6 Lehtera, JoriJori Lehtera 6 0 2 2 0 0 Laughton, ScottScott Laughton 6 1 0 1 1 6 Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere 6 1 0 1 −8 4 Konecny, TravisTravis Konecny 6 1 0 1 −3 10 Sanheim, TravisTravis Sanheim 4 1 0 1 −1 2 Raffl, MichaelMichael Raffl 6 0 1 1 −5 2 Manning, BrandonBrandon Manning 6 0 0 0 −5 14 Gudas, RadkoRadko Gudas 6 0 0 0 −1 9 Lindblom, OskarOskar Lindblom 4 0 0 0 0 0 Weise, DaleDale Weise 2 0 0 0 −3 0 Hagg, RobertRobert Hagg 2 0 0 0 1 0 Weal, JordanJordan Weal 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott	43	42	2,522	23	11	7	112	2.66	1,116	.909	1	0	0	2
Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth	22	18	1,039	9	7	3	45	2.60	530	.915	1	0	1	0
Mrazek, PetrPetr Mrazek † || 17 || 15 || 914 || 6 || 6 || 3 || 49 || 3.22 || 401 || .891 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
Lyon, AlexAlex Lyon	11	7	480	4	2	1	22	2.75	232	.905	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott	4	4	178	1	3	14	4.75	97	.856	0	0	0	0
Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth	3	2	150	1	1	11	4.40	72	.847	0	0	0	0
Mrazek, PetrPetr Mrazek † || 1 || 0 || 31 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3.87 || 14 || .857 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

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

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL Second All-Star Team	Claude Giroux (Left Wing)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Claude Giroux
	NHL First Star of the Week	Claude Giroux (February 12)
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Brian Elliott (December 18)
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Wayne Simmonds (October 9)
		Brian Elliott (December 11)
		Claude Giroux (April 9)
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Shayne Gostisbehere
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Claude Giroux
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Sean Couturier
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Sean Couturier
	Toyota Cup	Claude Giroux
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Sean Couturier

Records

Individual

Franchise player records set during the 2017–18 season

Record	Type	Total	Player	Ref
Lowest plus-minus, playoffs	Season	–10	Claude Giroux

Team

Franchise team records set during the 2017–18 season

Record	Type	Total	Refs
Fewest penalties in minutes	Season	679

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 400th career NHL point October 4, 2017 Patrick, NolanNolan Patrick 1st career NHL game October 4, 2017 Sanheim, TravisTravis Sanheim 1st career NHL game October 5, 2017 Patrick, NolanNolan Patrick 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist October 7, 2017 Patrick, NolanNolan Patrick 1st career NHL goal October 10, 2017 Filppula, ValtteriValtteri Filppula 800th career NHL game October 14, 2017 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 400th career NHL assist October 17, 2017 Hagg, RobertRobert Hagg 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist October 17, 2017 Weise, DaleDale Weise 400th career NHL game October 19, 2017 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek 500th career NHL point October 24, 2017 Couturier, SeanSean Couturier 200th career NHL point October 24, 2017 Sanheim, TravisTravis Sanheim 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist October 24, 2017 Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 700th career NHL game November 1, 2017 Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek 700th career NHL game November 2, 2017 O'Neill, WillWill O'Neill 1st career NHL game November 2, 2017 Simmonds, WayneWayne Simmonds 200th career NHL assist November 2, 2017 Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere 100th career NHL point November 9, 2017 Provorov, IvanIvan Provorov 100th career NHL game November 14, 2017 Martel, DanickDanick Martel 1st career NHL game November 22, 2017 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 600th career NHL point November 24, 2017 Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott 200th career NHL win December 8, 2017 Konecny, TravisTravis Konecny 100th career NHL game December 12, 2017 Raffl, MichaelMichael Raffl 100th career NHL point December 12, 2017 Raffl, MichaelMichael Raffl 300th career NHL game December 14, 2017 Sanheim, TravisTravis Sanheim 1st career NHL goal December 14, 2017 Hagg, RobertRobert Hagg 1st career NHL goal December 20, 2017 Elliott, BrianBrian Elliott 400th career NHL game December 22, 2017 MacDonald, AndrewAndrew MacDonald 500th career NHL game January 7, 2018 Gudas, RadkoRadko Gudas 300th career NHL game January 13, 2018 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 700th career NHL game January 16, 2018 Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth 100th career NHL win January 20, 2018 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 200th career NHL goal February 18, 2018 Lyon, AlexAlex Lyon 1st career NHL win February 18, 2018 Lindblom, OskarOskar Lindblom 1st career NHL game February 20, 2018 Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere 100th career NHL assist February 22, 2018 Gostisbehere, ShayneShayne Gostisbehere 200th career NHL game February 24, 2018 Lindblom, OskarOskar Lindblom 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist March 17, 2018 Lindblom, OskarOskar Lindblom 1st career NHL goal March 18, 2018 Weal, JordanJordan Weal 100th career NHL game March 20, 2018 Couturier, SeanSean Couturier 100th career NHL goal March 20, 2018 Manning, BrandonBrandon Manning 200th career NHL game March 22, 2018 Patrick, NolanNolan Patrick 1st career NHL playoff goal 1st career NHL playoff point April 13, 2018 Sanheim, TravisTravis Sanheim 1st career NHL playoff goal 1st career NHL playoff point April 15, 2018

Suspensions and fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Radko Gudas	Slashing against Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault during NHL Game No. 284 in Winnipeg on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at 9:50 of the first period.	10 games	$408,536.60	November 19, 2017

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 12, 2017, the day after the deciding game of the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2018, the day of the deciding game of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 16, 2017	To Arizona Coyotes Nick Cousins Rights to Merrick Madsen	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Brendan Warren 5th-round pick in 2018
June 23, 2017	To St. Louis Blues Brayden Schenn	To Philadelphia Flyers Jori Lehtera Capitals' 1st-round pick in 2017 Conditional 1st-round pick in 2018
June 24, 2017	To Arizona Coyotes 2nd-round pick in 2017 3rd-round pick in 2017 Islanders' 4th-round pick in 2017	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2017
June 24, 2017	To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 2017	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2018
October 9, 2017	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	To Philadelphia Flyers Dustin Tokarski
February 19, 2018	To Detroit Red Wings Conditional 4th-round pick in 2018 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019	To Philadelphia Flyers Petr Mrazek
March 21, 2018	To Edmonton Oilers Rights to Cooper Marody	To Philadelphia Flyers Devils' 3rd-round pick in 2019

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Term	Ref
July 1, 2017	Brian Elliott	Calgary Flames	2-year
July 1, 2017	Corban Knight	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	2-year*
July 1, 2017	Phil Varone	Ottawa Senators	2-year*
February 26, 2018	John Muse	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1-year*

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 27, 2017	Mark Alt	1-year*
June 29, 2017	Jordan Weal	2-year
July 1, 2017	Mike Vecchione	2-year
July 11, 2017	Scott Laughton	2-year
July 14, 2017	Taylor Leier	1-year*
July 15, 2017	Cole Bardreau	2-year*
July 15, 2017	Alex Lyon	1-year*
July 15, 2017	Anthony Stolarz	1-year*
July 17, 2017	Nolan Patrick (ELC)	3-year*
August 3, 2017	Morgan Frost (ELC)	3-year*
August 3, 2017	Isaac Ratcliffe (ELC)	3-year*
March 6, 2018	T. J. Brennan	2-year extension*
March 11, 2018	Carsen Twarynski (ELC)	3-year*
March 13, 2018	Maxim Sushko (ELC)	3-year*
March 15, 2018	Matthew Strome (ELC)	3-year*
March 27, 2018	Felix Sandstrom (ELC)	3-year*
May 4, 2018	David Kase (ELC)	3-year*

NHL Expansion Draft

The 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 21, 2017. It featured the expansion Vegas Golden Knights selecting players from the other NHL teams. Each NHL team was allowed to protect either 1 goaltender, 3 defensemen, and 7 forwards OR 1 goaltender and 8 skaters (defensemen and forwards together). Players with no movement clauses in effect at the time of the draft had to be protected unless the player agreed to waive it. All first and second-year players as well as any unsigned draft choices were exempt.

Philadelphia Flyers protection lists for the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft

Status	Players
Protected	Sean Couturier (F), Valtteri Filppula (F, no movement clause), Claude Giroux (F, no movement clause), Shayne Gostisbehere (D), Radko Gudas (D), Scott Laughton (F), Brandon Manning (D), Brayden Schenn (F), Wayne Simmonds (F), Anthony Stolarz (G), Jakub Voracek (F)
Unprotected	Mark Alt (D, unrestricted free agent), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (F), T. J. Brennan (D), Greg Carey (F), Chris Conner (F, unrestricted free agent), Michael Del Zotto (D, unrestricted free agent), Boyd Gordon (F, unrestricted free agent), Taylor Leier (F, restricted free agent), Andrew MacDonald (D), Steve Mason (G, unrestricted free agent), Colin McDonald (F), Andy Miele (F, unrestricted free agent), Michal Neuvirth (G), Will O'Neill (D), Jesper Pettersson (D, restricted free agent), Michael Raffl (F), Matt Read (F), Nick Schultz (D, unrestricted free agent), Chris VandeVelde (F, unrestricted free agent), Jordan Weal (F, unrestricted free agent), Dale Weise (F), Eric Wellwood (F, unrestricted free agent)
Selection	Vegas Golden Knights selected Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 12th overall

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Team	Ref
February 26, 2018	Mark Alt	to Colorado Avalanche
February 26, 2018	Johnny Oduya	from Ottawa Senators

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Ref
July 1, 2017	Michael Del Zotto	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency
July 1, 2017	Steve Mason	Winnipeg Jets	Free agency
July 3, 2017	Roman Lyubimov	CSKA Moscow (KHL)	Free agency
July 6, 2017	Chris Conner	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	Free agency
N/A	Boyd Gordon	—	Retirement
N/A	Nick Schultz	—	Retirement
November 30, 2017	Chris VandeVelde	Lukko (Liiga)	Free agency
June 19, 2018	Colin McDonald	Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL	Free agency

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 23–24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	2	Nolan Patrick	Center	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
1	27	Morgan Frost	Center	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	35	Isaac Ratcliffe	Left Wing	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
3	80	Kirill Ustimenko	Goaltender	Russia	MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg (MHL)
4	106	Matthew Strome	Left Wing	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
4	107	Maxim Sushko	Right Wing	Belarus	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
5	137	Noah Cates	Left Wing	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6	168	Olle Lycksell	Center	Sweden	Linkopings HC (J20 SuperElit)
7	196	Wyatt Kalynuk	Defense	Canada	Bloomington Thunder (USHL)

References

General

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

Specific

Philadelphia Flyers
Team	History • Players • Award Winners • Records • Seasons • Draft Picks • The Spectrum • Wachovia Center
Head Coaches	Allen • Stasiuk • Shero • McCammon • Quinn • McCammon • Keenan • Holmgren • Dineen • Simpson • Murray • Cashman • Neilson • Ramsay • Barber • Hitchcock • Stevens • Laviolette • Berube • Hakstol • Vigneault
Division titles	1967-68, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2003-04
Conference Championships	1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1996-97
Stanley Cups	1973-74, 1974-75
Affiliates	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL)

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