2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[2] The Flyers opened the regular season on October 8, 2015 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.[3] This was the first season under new head coach Dave Hakstol. The Flyers finished fifth in the Metropolitan Division and seventh in the Eastern Conference, qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the second Wild Card team in the Eastern Conference, where they would lose in the first round in six games to the Washington Capitals.

2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	5th Metropolitan
Conference	7th Eastern
2015–16 record	41–27–14
Home record	23–10–8
Road record	18–17–6
Goals for	214
Goals against	218
Team information
President	Paul Holmgren
General manager	Ron Hextall
Coach	Dave Hakstol
Captain	Claude Giroux
Alternate captains	Wayne Simmonds Mark Streit
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Average attendance	19,277 (98.4%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lehigh Valley Phantoms Reading Royals
Team leaders
Goals	Wayne Simmonds (32)
Assists	Claude Giroux (45)
Points	Claude Giroux (67)
Penalty minutes	Wayne Simmonds (147)
Plus/minus	Andrew MacDonald (+10)
Wins	Steve Mason (23)
Goals against average	Michal Neuvirth (2.27)

Off-season

After the Flyers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons in 2014–15, head coach Craig Berube was fired.[4] On May 18, 2015, the Flyers hired Dave Hakstol to replace Berube. Hakstol had been the University of North Dakota's head coach for the past 11 seasons, during which he had a 289–143–43 record and led the school to the NCAA tournament in each season and advanced to the Frozen Four seven times.[5] The Flyers retained assistant coaches Ian Laperriere, Joe Mullen and Gord Murphy.[6] Kim Dillabaugh was named goaltending coach on July 3, 2015, replacing Jeff Reese.[7]

The Flyers signed Kontinental Hockey League defenseman Evgeny Medvedev to a one-year, $3 million contract on May 20.[8] June 27, the first day of the draft, was a busy one for the Flyers, as they selected defenseman Ivan Provorov with the seventh overall pick while also trading the 29th and 61st overall selection for the 24th in order to select forward Travis Konecny.[9] The next day, the Flyers made a trade to create some cap space, with the Arizona Coyotes receiving Nicklas Grossmann and acquiring the contract of Chris Pronger, while the Flyers received Sam Gagner and a conditional 2016 or 2017 draft pick.[10] The Flyers then traded Zac Rinaldo to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a 2017 third-round pick on June 29, while re-signing Chris VandeVelde to a two-year deal.[11][12] The next day, the Flyers re-signed Ryan White to a one-year deal.[13] On July 1, the Flyers signed free-agent goaltender Michal Neuvirth to a two-year, $3.25 million contract.[14]

Standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Washington Capitals	82	56	18	8	52	252	193	+59	120
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	48	26	8	44	245	203	+42	104
3	x – New York Rangers	82	46	27	9	43	236	217	+19	101
4	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
5	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
7	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
8	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76

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

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Islanders	82	45	27	10	40	232	216	+16	100
2	ME	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	27	14	38	214	218	−4	96
3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	42	31	9	38	240	230	+10	93
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	31	16	33	198	226	−28	86
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	38	35	9	32	236	247	−11	85
6	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	38	36	8	36	184	208	−24	84
7	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	38	38	6	33	221	236	−15	82
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	36	11	33	201	222	−21	81
9	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	40	8	28	219	252	−33	76
10	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	42	11	23	198	246	−48	69

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–2 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–2)[3]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 21	NY Islanders	3–5	Philadelphia^[B]		Neuvirth	––	1–0–0	Recap
2^[A]	September 21	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Islanders		Stolarz	5,366	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 22	NY Rangers	3–5	Philadelphia		Mason	16,985	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 25	NY Islanders	2–5	Philadelphia		Mason	17,369	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 28	Philadelphia	2–3	NY Rangers	OT	Mason	18,006	3–1–1	Recap
6	September 30	New Jersey	4–2	Philadelphia		Neuvirth	17,732	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 2	Philadelphia	2–3	New Jersey	SO	Mason	9,235	3–2–2	Recap
^A – Indicates split-squad game. ^B – Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[3]
October: 4–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Philadelphia 2–3 Tampa Bay OT Mason 19,092 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 10 Philadelphia 1–7 Florida Mason 19,434 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 12 Florida 0–1 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,769 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 14 Chicago 0–3 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,779 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 20 Dallas 2–1 Philadelphia Mason 19,077 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 21 Philadelphia 5–4 Boston OT Mason 17,565 3–2–1 7 Recap 7 October 24 NY Rangers 2–3 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,805 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 October 27 Buffalo 4–3 Philadelphia OT Mason 19,432 4–2–2 10 Recap 9 October 29 New Jersey 4–1 Philadelphia Mason 19,241 4–3–2 10 Recap 10 October 30 Philadelphia 1–3 Buffalo Neuvirth 15,962 4–4–2 10 Recap
November: 5–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Philadelphia 1–4 Vancouver Mason 18,264 4–5–2 10 Recap 12 November 3 Philadelphia 2–4 Edmonton Neuvirth 16,839 4–6–2 10 Recap 13 November 5 Philadelphia 1–2 Calgary OT Neuvirth 19,289 4–6–3 11 Recap 14 November 7 Philadelphia 3–0 Winnipeg Neuvirth 15,294 5–6–3 13 Recap 15 November 10 Colorado 4–0 Philadelphia Neuvirth 18,587 5–7–3 13 Recap 16 November 12 Washington 5–2 Philadelphia Mason 19,414 5–8–3 13 Recap 17 November 14 Philadelphia 3–2 Carolina OT Mason 13,758 6–8–3 15 Recap 18 November 17 Los Angeles 3–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 18,846 6–8–4 16 Recap 19 November 19 San Jose 1–0 Philadelphia OT Mason 18,229 6–8–5 17 Recap 20 November 21 Philadelphia 0–4 Ottawa Mason 18,578 6–9–5 17 Recap 21 November 23 Carolina 2–3 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 18,636 7–9–5 19 Recap 22 November 25 Philadelphia 1–3 NY Islanders Mason 13,027 7–10–5 19 Recap 23 November 27 Nashville 2–3 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 19,818 8–10–5 21 Recap 24 November 28 Philadelphia 3–0 NY Rangers Mason 18,006 9–10–5 23 Recap
December: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Philadelphia 4–2 Ottawa Mason 17,010 10–10–5 25 Recap 26 December 4 Philadelphia 4–3 New Jersey OT Neuvirth 14,825 11–10–5 27 Recap 27 December 5 Columbus 4–1 Philadelphia Mason 18,202 11–11–5 27 Recap 28 December 8 NY Islanders 4–3 Philadelphia SO Neuvirth 18,108 11–11–6 28 Recap 29 December 10 Philadelphia 4–2 St. Louis Neuvirth 14,428 12–11–6 30 Recap 30 December 11 Philadelphia 1–3 Dallas Neuvirth 18,532 12–12–6 30 Recap 31 December 15 Carolina 3–4 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 18,205 13–12–6 32 Recap 32 December 17 Vancouver 0–2 Philadelphia Mason 17,943 14–12–6 34 Recap 33 December 19 Philadelphia 2–3 Columbus SO Mason 14,030 14–12–7 35 Recap 34 December 21 St. Louis 3–4 Philadelphia Mason 19,676 15–12–7 37 Recap 35 December 27 Philadelphia 2–4 Anaheim Mason 17,322 15–13–7 37 Recap 36 December 30 Philadelphia 2–4 San Jose Mason 17,562 15–14–7 37 Recap
January: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Philadelphia 1–2 Los Angeles Neuvirth 18,230 15–15–7 37 Recap 38 January 5 Montreal 3–4 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,163 16–15–7 39 Recap 39 January 7 Philadelphia 4–3 Minnesota OT Mason 19,125 17–15–7 41 Recap 40 January 9 NY Islanders 0–4 Philadelphia Mason 19,874 18–15–7 43 Recap 41 January 13 Boston 2–3 Philadelphia Mason 19,704 19–15–7 45 Recap 42 January 16 NY Rangers 3–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,843 19–15–8 46 Recap 43 January 17 Philadelphia 2–1 Detroit SO Neuvirth 20,027 20–15–8 48 Recap 44 January 19 Toronto 3–2 Philadelphia Mason 19,319 20–16–8 48 Recap 45 January 21 Philadelphia 3–4 Pittsburgh Mason 18,652 20–17–8 48 Recap – January 23 Philadelphia NY Islanders Game rescheduled to April 10 due to hazardous weather. 46 January 25 Boston 3–2 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,738 20–18–8 48 Recap 47 January 27 Philadelphia 4–3 Washington OT Neuvirth 18,506 21–18–8 50 Recap
February: 8–4–3 (Home: 5–1–2 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 2 Montreal 2–4 Philadelphia Mason 19,031 22–18–8 52 Recap 49 February 4 Philadelphia 6–3 Nashville Mason 17,113 23–18–8 54 Recap 50 February 6 NY Rangers 3–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,819 23–18–9 55 Recap 51 February 7 Philadelphia 2–3 Washington Mason 18,506 23–19–9 55 Recap 52 February 9 Anaheim 4–1 Philadelphia Mason 18,717 23–20–9 55 Recap 53 February 11 Buffalo 1–5 Philadelphia Mason 19,019 24–20–9 57 Recap 54 February 13 New Jersey 2–1 Philadelphia OT Neuvirth 19,775 24–20–10 58 Recap 55 February 14 Philadelphia 1–3 NY Rangers Mason 18,006 24–21–10 58 Recap 56 February 16 Philadelphia 6–3 New Jersey Neuvirth 15,482 25–21–10 60 Recap 57 February 19 Philadelphia 2–3 Montreal SO Neuvirth 21,288 25–21–11 61 Recap 58 February 20 Philadelphia 5–4 Toronto OT Neuvirth 19,060 26–21–11 63 Recap 59 February 23 Philadelphia 1–3 Carolina Neuvirth 10,896 26–22–11 63 Recap 60 February 25 Minnesota 2–3 Philadelphia Neuvirth 18,631 27–22–11 65 Recap 61 February 27 Arizona 2–4 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,773 28–22–11 67 Recap 62 February 29 Calgary 3–5 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,065 29–22–11 69 Recap
March: 9–3–2 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 3 Edmonton 4–0 Philadelphia Neuvirth 18,636 29–23–11 69 Recap 64 March 5 Columbus 0–6 Philadelphia Mason 19,645 30–23–11 71 Recap 65 March 7 Tampa Bay 2–4 Philadelphia Mason 17,906 31–23–11 73 Recap 66 March 11 Philadelphia 3–1 Tampa Bay Mason 19,092 32–23–11 75 Recap 67 March 12 Philadelphia 4–5 Florida SO Mason 19,404 32–23–12 76 Recap 68 March 15 Detroit 3–4 Philadelphia Mason 19,806 33–23–12 78 Recap 69 March 16 Philadelphia 3–2 Chicago Neuvirth 22,113 34–23–12 80 Recap 70 March 19 Pittsburgh 4–1 Philadelphia Mason 19,967 34–24–12 80 Recap 71 March 21 Philadelphia 4–1 NY Islanders Mason 14,329 35–24–12 82 Recap 72 March 22 Philadelphia 2–3 Columbus SO Mason 16,230 35–24–13 83 Recap 73 March 24 Philadelphia 4–2 Colorado Mason 18,087 36–24–13 85 Recap 74 March 26 Philadelphia 1–2 Arizona Mason 16,002 36–25–13 85 Recap 75 March 28 Winnipeg 2–3 Philadelphia OT Mason 19,100 37–25–13 87 Recap 76 March 30 Washington 1–2 Philadelphia SO Mason 19,850 38–25–13 89 Recap
April: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Ottawa 2–3 Philadelphia Mason 19,578 39–25–13 91 Recap 78 April 3 Philadelphia 2–6 Pittsburgh Mason 18,673 39–26–13 91 Recap 79 April 6 Philadelphia 0–3 Detroit Mason 20,027 39–27–13 91 Recap 80 April 7 Toronto 4–3 Philadelphia OT Mason 19,674 39–27–14 92 Recap 81 April 9 Pittsburgh 1–3 Philadelphia Mason 19,919 40–27–14 94 Recap 82 April 10 Philadelphia 5–2 NY Islanders Neuvirth 14,244 41–27–14 96 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Washington Capitals: Washington wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 Philadelphia 0–2 Washington Mason 18,506 0–1 Recap 2 April 16 Philadelphia 1–4 Washington Mason 18,506 0–2 Recap 3 April 18 Washington 6–1 Philadelphia Mason 19,678 0–3 Recap 4 April 20 Washington 1–2 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,692 1–3 Recap 5 April 22 Philadelphia 2–0 Washington Neuvirth 18,506 2–3 Recap 6 April 24 Washington 1–0 Philadelphia Neuvirth 19,925 2–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[15] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Claude Giroux 78 22 45 67 −8 53 Wayne Simmonds 81 32 28 60 −7 147 Brayden Schenn 80 26 33 59 3 33 Jakub Voracek 73 11 44 55 −5 38 Shayne Gostisbehere 64 17 29 46 8 24 Sean Couturier 63 11 28 39 8 30 Michael Raffl 82 13 18 31 9 30 Matt Read 79 11 15 26 −5 27 Mark Streit 62 6 17 23 −1 18 Scott Laughton 71 7 14 21 −2 34 Ryan White 73 11 5 16 −9 101 Sam Gagner 53 8 8 16 4 25 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 74 7 7 14 −8 27 Radko Gudas 76 5 9 14 −3 116 Chris VandeVelde 79 2 12 14 −7 27 Michael Del Zotto 52 4 9 13 −8 16 Evgeny Medvedev 45 4 9 13 5 34 R. J. Umberger 39 2 9 11 1 15 Nick Cousins 37 6 4 10 5 4 Nick Schultz 81 1 9 10 −1 42 Andrew MacDonald 28 1 7 8 10 6 Brandon Manning 56 1 6 7 2 66 Luke Schenn ‡ 29 2 3 5 −7 30 Colin McDonald 5 1 0 1 0 7 Vincent Lecavalier ‡ 7 0 1 1 −1 2 Taylor Leier 6 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Weal † 4 0 0 0 1 0

Playoffs[16] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Shayne Gostisbehere 6 1 1 2 0 4 Sam Gagner 6 0 2 2 1 8 Brayden Schenn 6 0 2 2 2 7 Wayne Simmonds 6 0 2 2 −1 13 Andrew MacDonald 6 1 0 1 0 2 Michael Raffl 6 1 0 1 0 2 Chris VandeVelde 6 1 0 1 −1 0 Jakub Voracek 6 1 0 1 −1 4 Ryan White 6 1 0 1 0 28 Claude Giroux 6 0 1 1 −2 2 Brandon Manning 6 0 1 1 −2 4 Mark Streit 6 0 1 1 0 6 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 5 0 1 1 −1 15 Nick Cousins 6 0 0 0 0 2 Radko Gudas 6 0 0 0 −2 18 Matt Read 6 0 0 0 1 2 Nick Schultz 6 0 0 0 1 2 Scott Laughton 3 0 0 0 −1 0 Colin McDonald 3 0 0 0 0 0 Sean Couturier 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[15]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Steve Mason	54	53	3150	23	19	10	132	2.51	1602	.918	4
Michal Neuvirth	32	29	1825	18	8	4	69	2.27	908	.924	3

Playoffs[16]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Michal Neuvirth	3	3	178	2	1	2	0.67	105	.981	1
Steve Mason	3	3	176	0	3	12	4.09	81	.852	0

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

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Shayne Gostisbehere (Defense)	[17]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Claude Giroux	[18]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Shayne Gostisbehere	[19]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Claude Giroux	[19]
	Gene Hart Memorial Award	Shayne Gostisbehere	[19]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Brayden Schenn	[19]
	Toyota Cup	Claude Giroux	[19]
	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Wayne Simmonds	[19]

Records

•    NHL record

Individual

Franchise player records set during the 2015–16 season

Record	Type	Total	Player	Date(s)	Ref
Games with a point by a rookie defenseman	Streak	15	Shayne Gostisbehere	1/19/2016 – 1/19/2016	[20]
Powerplay goals scored by a defenseman	Season	8[lower-alpha 1]	Shayne Gostisbehere	—	[21]
Goals scored by a rookie defenseman	Season	17	Shayne Gostisbehere	—	[22]
Overtime goals scored	Season	4	Shayne Gostisbehere	—	[23]

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Evgeny Medvedev 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career Point 1st Career Assist October 8, 2015 Claude Giroux 500th Career NHL Game October 14, 2015 Steve Mason 20,000 Career Minutes October 20, 2015 Luke Schenn 500th Career NHL Game October 31, 2015 Taylor Leier 1st Career NHL Game November 14, 2015 Shayne Gostisbehere 1st Career Point 1st Career Assist November 14, 2015 Shayne Gostisbehere 1st Career Goal November 16, 2015 Michael Del Zotto 400th Career NHL Game November 19, 2015 Sean Couturier 300th Career NHL Game November 19, 2015 Matt Read 300th Career NHL Game November 28, 2015 Evgeny Medvedev 1st Career Goal December 1, 2015 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 100th Career NHL Game December 5, 2015 Brayden Schenn 300th Career NHL Game December 8, 2015 Wayne Simmonds 300th Career Point December 10, 2015 Michal Neuvirth 10,000 Career Minutes December 10, 2015 Ryan White 200th Career NHL Game December 21, 2015 Nick Schultz 1000th Career NHL Game January 13, 2016 Jakub Voracek 400th Career Point January 13, 2016 Nick Cousins 1st Career Point 1st Career Assist February 7, 2016 Nick Cousins 1st Career Goal February 11, 2016 Claude Giroux 500th Career Point February 27, 2016 Mark Streit 400th Career Point February 27, 2016 Steve Mason 30th Career Shutout March 5, 2016 Mark Streit 700th Career NHL Game March 7, 2016 Michael Raffl 200th Career NHL Game March 7, 2016 Sam Gagner 600th Career NHL Game March 12, 2016 Scott Laughton 100th Career NHL Game March 12, 2016 Brayden Schenn 100th Career Assist March 15, 2016 Wayne Simmonds 600th Career NHL Game March 30, 2016 Steve Mason 400th Career NHL Game March 30, 2016 Jakub Voracek 600th Career NHL Game April 3, 2016 Sean Couturier 100th Career Assist April 3, 2016 Radko Gudas 200th Career NHL Game April 7, 2016 Andrew MacDonald 400th Career NHL Game April 10, 2016 Michal Neuvirth 200th Career NHL Game April 10, 2016

Suspensions and fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Radko Gudas	Illegal check to the head of Ottawa Senators forward Mika Zibanejad during NHL Game No. 361 in Ottawa on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, at 2:07 of the third period.	3 games	$15,994.62	December 2, 2015[24]
Chris VandeVelde	Elbowing Chicago Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews during NHL Game No. 1048 in Chicago on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at 19:30 of the first period.	2 games	$7,661.30	March 18, 2016[25]
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	Illegal check from behind on Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov during Game 3 in Philadelphia on Monday, April 18, 2016, at 12:17 of the third period.	1 game	–	April 19, 2016[26]
Brayden Schenn	Charging Washington Capitals forward T. J. Oshie during Game 6 in Philadelphia on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at 14:24 of the second period.	3 games	Undisclosed	April 26, 2016[27]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 16, 2015, the day after the deciding game of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 12, 2016, the day of the deciding game of the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals.[28]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2015	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay's 1st-round pick in 2015 Chicago's 2nd-round pick in 2015	To Philadelphia Flyers Nashville's 1st-round pick in 2015	[29]
June 27, 2015	To Los Angeles Kings Columbus' 4th-round pick in 2015	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2015 6th-round pick in 2016	[30]
June 27, 2015	To Arizona Coyotes Nicklas Grossmann[lower-alpha 2] contract of Chris Pronger	To Philadelphia Flyers Sam Gagner conditional draft pick in 2016 or 2017[lower-alpha 3]	[33]
June 29, 2015	To Boston Bruins Zac Rinaldo	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2017	[34]
January 6, 2016	To Los Angeles Kings Vincent Lecavalier[lower-alpha 4] Luke Schenn[lower-alpha 4]	To Philadelphia Flyers Jordan Weal 3rd-round pick in 2016	[36]

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, 2015	Michal Neuvirth	New York Islanders	2-year	[37]
July 1, 2015	Tim Brent	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)	1-year*	[38]
July 1, 2015	Chris Conner	Washington Capitals	2-year*	[38]
July 1, 2015	Davis Drewiske	Montreal Canadiens	1-year*	[38]
July 1, 2015	Jason LaBarbera	Anaheim Ducks	1-year*	[39]
July 3, 2015	Colin McDonald	New York Islanders	1-year*	[40]
August 8, 2015	Chris Porter	St. Louis Blues	1-year*	[41]
September 21, 2015	Philippe Myers (ELC)	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)	3-year*	[42][43]
April 1, 2016	Ray Emery	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	1-year[lower-alpha 5]	[44]
April 5, 2016	Alex Lyon (ELC)	Yale University (ECAC)	2-year*	[45]

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 29, 2015	Chris VandeVelde	2-year	[46]
June 30, 2015	Ryan White	1-year	[47]
July 3, 2015	Ivan Provorov (ELC)	3-year*	[48]
July 16, 2015	Michael Del Zotto	2-year	[49]
July 16, 2015	Travis Konecny (ELC)	3-year*	[50]
July 28, 2015	Sean Couturier	6-year extension	[51][52]
July 30, 2015	Jakub Voracek	8-year extension	[53][54]
February 27, 2016	Colin McDonald	2-year extension*	[55][56]
February 28, 2016	Michael Raffl	3-year extension	[57][58]
March 21, 2016	Reece Willcox (ELC)	3-year*	[59][60]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 1, 2015	Chris Porter	to Minnesota Wild	[61]

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, 2015	Zack Stortini	Ottawa Senators	Free agency	[62]
July 1, 2015	Jason Akeson	Buffalo Sabres	Free agency	[63]
July 1, 2015	Blair Jones	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency	[64]
July 1, 2015	Carlo Colaiacovo	Buffalo Sabres	Free agency	[65]
July 13, 2015	Oliver Lauridsen	Frolunda HC (SHL)	Free agency	[66]
August 31, 2015	Jay Rosehill	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	Free agency	[67]
September 1, 2015	Andrew Johnston	Missouri Mavericks (ECHL)	Free agency	[68]
October 5, 2015	Matt Konan	Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)	Free agency	[69]
N/A	Rob Zepp	—	Retirement	[70]
October 10, 2015	Ray Emery	Ontario Reign (AHL)	Free agency	[71]
May 25, 2016	Tim Brent*	—	Retirement	[72]

Draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections made at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. The Flyers original second and third-round picks were traded in two different trades.[73]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	7	Ivan Provorov	Defense	Russia	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
1	24	Travis Konecny	Right Wing	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)	[lower-alpha 6]
3	70	Felix Sandstrom	Goaltender	Sweden	Brynas IF (SHL)	[lower-alpha 7]
3	90	Matej Tomek	Goaltender	Slovakia	Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL)	[lower-alpha 6]
4	98	Samuel Dove-McFalls	Left Wing	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4	104	Mikhail Vorobyev	Center	Russia	Tolpar Ufa (MHL)	[lower-alpha 8]
5	128	David Kase	Right Wing	Czech Republic	Pirati Chomutov (Czech 2)
6	158	Cooper Marody	Center	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
7	188	Ivan Fedotov	Goaltender	Russia	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL)

Notes

1. Tied mark set by Mark Howe during the 1987–88 season and Eric Desjardins during the 1999–2000 season.
2. The Flyers retained $500,000 of Grossmann's salary.[31]
3. The draft pick the Flyers receive will be Arizona's choice of either a 4th-round pick in 2016 or their 3rd-round pick in 2017.[31] Arizona sent the Flyers San Jose's 4th-round pick on June 25, 2016, to complete the trade.[32] Arizona had previously traded their own 4th-round pick and acquired the pick from San Jose on June 20, 2016.[32]
4. The Flyers retained half of Lecavalier and Schenn's salaries.[35]
5. Signed for the remainder of the regular season.
6. The Flyers acquired 2015 first and third-round picks along with Radko Gudas from the Tampa Bay Lightning for Braydon Coburn on March 2, 2015.[73]
7. The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick will go the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on July 2, 2014 that sent Tye McGinn to San Jose in exchange for this pick.[73][74]
8. The Los Angeles Kings's fourth-round pick will go to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent the Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick to Los Angeles for Los Angeles' sixth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.[30] The Flyers originally acquired Columbus' fourth-round pick in a trade which sent Scott Hartnell to Columbus for R. J. Umberger and the pick.[73][75]

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

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