2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers season

Philadelphia Flyers
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
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%)
Minor league affiliations	Lehigh Valley Phantoms; Reading Royals
	Team leaders
Goals	Wayne Simmonds (32)
Assists	Claude Giroux (45)
Points	Claude Giroux (67)
Penalties in minutes	Wayne Simmonds (147)
Plus/minus	Andrew MacDonald (+10)
Wins	Steve Mason (23)
Goals against average	Michal Neuvirth (2.27)
<2014–15	2016–17>

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.

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

Divisional standings

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Conference standings

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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
Michal Neuvirth (G)	32	0	1	1	N/A	2
Vincent Lecavalier ‡	7	0	1	1	-1	2
Steve Mason (G)	54	0	0	0	N/A	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
Steve Mason (G)	3	0	0	0	N/A	0
Colin McDonald	3	0	0	0	0	0
Michal Neuvirth (G)	3	0	0	0	N/A	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 honors

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Claude Giroux	^[17]

Team awards^[18]
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Shayne Gostisbehere
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Claude Giroux
Gene Hart Memorial Award	Shayne Gostisbehere
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Brayden Schenn
Toyota Cup	Claude Giroux
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Wayne Simmonds

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	^[19]
Powerplay goals scored by a defenseman	Season	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Shayne Gostisbehere	—	^[20]
Goals scored by a rookie defenseman	Season	17	Shayne Gostisbehere	—	^[21]
Overtime goals scored	Season	4	Shayne Gostisbehere	—	^[22]

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^[23]
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^[24]
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^[25]
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		April 26, 2016^[26]

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.^[27]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	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	^[28]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Los Angeles Kings Columbus' 4th-round pick in 2015	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2015 6th-round pick in 2016	^[29]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	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]}	^[32]
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	To Boston Bruins Zac Rinaldo	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2017	^[33]
January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06)	To Los Angeles Kings Vincent Lecavalier^{[lower-alpha 4]} Luke Schenn^{[lower-alpha 4]}	To Philadelphia Flyers Jordan Weal 3rd-round pick in 2016	^[35]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Michal Neuvirth	New York Islanders	2 years, $3.25 million	^[36]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Tim Brent	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)	1 year, $600,000*	^[37]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Chris Conner	Washington Capitals	2 years, $1.15 million*	^[37]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Davis Drewiske	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $575,000*	^[37]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Jason LaBarbera	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $600,000*	^[38]
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Colin McDonald	New York Islanders	1 year, $625,000*	^[39]
August 8, 2015 (2015-08-08)	Chris Porter	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $600,000*	^[40]
April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)	Ray Emery	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	1 year, $600,000^{[lower-alpha 5]}	^[41]

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

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Zack Stortini	Ottawa Senators	2 years, $1.2 million	^[42]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Jason Akeson	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $575,000	^[43]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Blair Jones	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $575,000	^[44]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Carlo Colaiacovo	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $900,000	^[45]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Oliver Lauridsen	Frolunda HC (SHL)	Unknown	^[46]
August 31, 2015 (2015-08-31)	Jay Rosehill	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1 year	^[47]
September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)	Andrew Johnston	Missouri Mavericks (ECHL)	1 year	^[48]
October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)	Matt Konan	Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)	Unknown	^[49]
October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)	Ray Emery	Ontario Reign (AHL)	PTO	^[50]

Lost via retirement

Player	Notes	Ref
Rob Zepp	Contract expired following 2014–15 season	^[51]
Tim Brent	Announced retirement following season on May 25, 2016	^[52]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
October 1, 2015	Chris Porter	Minnesota Wild	Philadelphia Flyers	^[53]

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)	Ref
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	Chris VandeVelde	2 years, $1.425 million	^[54]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	Ryan White	1 year, $800,000	^[55]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)	Michael Del Zotto	2 years, $7.75 million	^[56]
July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28)	Sean Couturier	6 years, $25.98 million extension	^[57]^[58]
July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30)	Jakub Voracek	8 years, $66 million extension	^[59]^[60]
February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27)	Colin McDonald	2 years, $1.275 million extension*	^[61]^[62]
February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28)	Michael Raffl	3 years, $7.05 million extension	^[63]^[64]

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 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Ivan Provorov	3 years, $2.775 million	^[65]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)	Travis Konecny	3 years, $2.775 million	^[66]
September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)	Philippe Myers	3 years, $1.908 million	^[67]^[68]
March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)	Reece Willcox	3 years, $2.088 million	^[69]^[70]
April 5, 2016 (2016-04-05)	Alex Lyon	2 years, $1.85 million	^[71]

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.^[72]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2015 and their NHL career regular season statistics (complete through the end of the 2017–18 season)
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	OT	GAA	Notes
1	7	Ivan Provorov	Defense	Russia	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	164	23	48	71	54	& —	& —	& —	& —
1	24	Travis Konecny	Right Wing	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)	151	35	40	75	95	& —	& —	& —	& —	^{[lower-alpha 6]}
3	70	Felix Sandstrom	Goaltender	Sweden	Brynäs 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	Piráti Chomutov (Czech 2)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	158	Cooper Marody	Center	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	188	Ivan Fedotov	Goaltender	Russia	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

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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

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