2020–21 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2020–21 Philadelphia Flyers season is the 54th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] This is 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 will play this season in the East Division and will play games against only the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Philadelphia Flyers
2020–21 record	8–3–2
Home record	5–2–1
Road record	3–1–1
Goals for	46
Goals against	41
Team information
General manager	Chuck Fletcher
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Claude Giroux
Alternate captains	Sean Couturier Kevin Hayes Ivan Provorov Jakub Voracek
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	James van Riemsdyk (7)
Assists	James van Riemsdyk (11)
Points	James van Riemsdyk (18)
Penalty minutes	Nicolas Aube-Kubel (19)
Plus/minus	Joel Farabee Scott Laughton Ivan Provorov (+6)
Wins	Carter Hart (5)
Goals against average	Brian Elliott (2.19)

Standings

Divisional standings

East Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	11	8	1	2	4	36	24	+12	18
2	Philadelphia Flyers	12	7	3	2	5	39	37	+2	16
3	Washington Capitals	11	6	2	3	4	40	38	+2	15
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	11	5	5	1	1	33	41	−8	11
5	New Jersey Devils	9	4	3	2	3	23	26	−3	10
6	New York Islanders	10	4	4	2	4	23	27	−4	10
7	New York Rangers	10	4	4	2	3	29	28	+1	10
8	Buffalo Sabres	10	4	4	2	2	30	32	−2	10

Updated to game(s) played on February 6, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
January: 7–2–1 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 13 Pittsburgh 3–6 Philadelphia Hart 0 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 January 15 Pittsburgh 2–5 Philadelphia Hart 0 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 January 18 Buffalo 6–1 Philadelphia Hart 0 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 January 19 Buffalo 0–3 Philadelphia Elliott 0 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 January 21 Philadelphia 4–5 Boston SO Hart 0 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 January 23 Philadelphia 1–6 Boston Hart 0 3–2–1 7 Recap 7 January 26 Philadelphia 5–3 New Jersey Elliott 0 4–2–1 9 Recap 8 January 28 Philadelphia 3–1 New Jersey Hart 0 5–2–1 11 Recap 9 January 30 NY Islanders 2–3 Philadelphia OT Hart 0 6–2–1 13 Recap 10 January 31 NY Islanders 3–4 Philadelphia OT Elliott 0 7–2–1 15 Recap
February: 1–1–1 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 February 3 Boston 4–3 Philadelphia OT Hart 0 7–2–2 16 Recap 12 February 5 Boston 2–1 Philadelphia Elliott 0 7–3–2 16 Recap 13 February 7 Philadelphia 7–4 Washington Hart 0 8–3–2 18 Recap 14 February 9 Philadelphia – Washington 15 February 11 New Jersey – Philadelphia 16 February 13 New Jersey – Philadelphia 17 February 14 Philadelphia – NY Rangers 18 February 18 NY Rangers – Philadelphia 19 February 21 Philadelphia – Boston 20 February 24 NY Rangers – Philadelphia 21 February 27 Philadelphia – Buffalo 22 February 28 Philadelphia – Buffalo
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 March 2 Philadelphia – Pittsburgh 24 March 4 Philadelphia – Pittsburgh 25 March 7 Philadelphia – Boston 26 March 9 Buffalo – Philadelphia 27 March 11 Washington – Philadelphia 28 March 13 Washington – Philadelphia 29 March 15 Philadelphia – NY Rangers 30 March 17 Philadelphia – NY Rangers 31 March 18 Philadelphia – NY Islanders 32 March 20 Philadelphia – NY Islanders 33 March 23 New Jersey – Philadelphia 34 March 25 NY Rangers – Philadelphia 35 March 27 NY Rangers – Philadelphia 36 March 29 Philadelphia – Buffalo 37 March 31 Philadelphia – Buffalo
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 April 1 Philadelphia – New Jersey 39 April 3 Philadelphia – NY Islanders 40 April 5 Boston – Philadelphia 41 April 6 Boston – Philadelphia 42 April 8 Philadelphia – NY Islanders 43 April 11 Buffalo – Philadelphia 44 April 13 Philadelphia – Pittsburgh 45 April 15 Philadelphia – Pittsburgh 46 April 17 Washington – Philadelphia 47 April 18 NY Islanders – Philadelphia 48 April 23 Philadelphia – NY Rangers 49 April 25 NY Islanders – Philadelphia 50 April 27 Washington – Philadelphia 51 April 29 Philadelphia – New Jersey
May: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 May 1 New Jersey – Philadelphia 53 May 3 Pittsburgh – Philadelphia 54 May 4 Pittsburgh – Philadelphia 55 May 7 Philadelphia – Washington 56 May 8 Philadelphia – Washington
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2019 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	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	54	Emil Andrae	D	Sweden	HV71 J20 (J20 SuperElit)
6	178	Connor McClennon	RW	Canada	Winnipeg Ice (WHL)

Current roster

Updated February 4, 2021[4][5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
57		Wade Allison	RW	R	23	2016	Myrtle, Manitoba
10		Andy Andreoff	LW	L	29	2019	Pickering, Ontario
62		Nicolas Aube-Kubel	RW	R	24	2014	Sorel, Quebec
61		Justin Braun	D	R	33	2019	St. Paul, Minnesota
82		Connor Bunnaman	C	L	22	2016	Guelph, Ontario
14		Sean Couturier (A)	C	L	28	2011	Phoenix, Arizona
37		Brian Elliott	G	L	35	2017	Newmarket, Ontario
86		Joel Farabee	LW	L	20	2018	Cicero, New York
3		Mark Friedman	D	R	25	2014	Toronto, Ontario
48		Morgan Frost	C	L	21	2017	Aurora, Ontario
28		Claude Giroux (C)	LW	R	33	2006	Hearst, Ontario
53		Shayne Gostisbehere	D	L	27	2012	Pembroke Pines, Florida
56		Erik Gustafsson	D	L	28	2020	Nynäshamn, Sweden
8		Robert Hagg	D	L	25	2013	Uppsala, Sweden
79		Carter Hart	G	L	22	2016	Sherwood Park, Alberta
13		Kevin Hayes (A)	C	L	28	2019	Boston, Massachusetts
11		Travis Konecny	RW	R	23	2015	London, Ontario
21		Scott Laughton	C	L	26	2012	Oakville, Ontario
23		Oskar Lindblom	LW	L	24	2014	Gävle, Sweden
34		Alex Lyon	G	L	28	2016	Baudette, Minnesota
5		Philippe Myers	D	R	24	2015	Moncton, New Brunswick
19		Nolan Patrick	C	R	22	2017	Winnipeg, Manitoba
39		Nate Prosser	D	R	34	2019	Elk River, Minnesota
9		Ivan Provorov (A)	D	L	24	2015	Yaroslavl, Russia
12		Michael Raffl	LW	L	32	2013	Villach, Austria
76		Isaac Ratcliffe	LW	L	21	2017	London, Ontario
6		Travis Sanheim	D	L	24	2014	Elkhorn, Manitoba
81		Carsen Twarynski	LW	L	23	2016	Calgary, Alberta
67		Kirill Ustimenko	G	L	22	2017	Gomel, Belarus
25		James van Riemsdyk	LW	L	31	2018	Middletown Township, New Jersey
93		Jakub Voracek (A)	RW	L	31	2011	Kladno, Czechoslovakia

References

1. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
2. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
3. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
4. "Philadelphia Flyers Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
5. "Philadelphia Flyers Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved January 1, 2020.