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The 2021–22 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 55th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[2] On March 29, 2022, the Flyers were eliminated from playoff contention, with a 4–1 loss to the Minnesota Wild.[3] The Flyers missed the playoffs for the second year in a row, marking the first time since 1993–94 that the Flyers missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons.[4] This was also their first losing season since 2006-07.
2021–22 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 8th Metropolitan |
Conference | 15th Eastern |
2021–22 record | 25–46–11 |
Home record | 14–21–6 |
Road record | 11–25–5 |
Goals for | 211 |
Goals against | 298 |
Team information | |
General manager | Chuck Fletcher |
Coach | Alain Vigneault (Oct.–Dec.) Mike Yeo (Dec.–Apr.) |
Captain | Claude Giroux (Oct.–Mar.) Vacant (Mar.–Apr.) |
Alternate captains | Sean Couturier Kevin Hayes Ivan Provorov |
Arena | Wells Fargo Center |
Average attendance | 16,540[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | James van Riemsdyk (24) |
Assists | Travis Konecny (36) |
Points | Travis Konecny (52) |
Penalty minutes | Zack MacEwen (110) |
Plus/minus | Travis Sanheim (+9) |
Wins | Carter Hart (13) |
Goals against average | Carter Hart (3.16) |
After losing 7–1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning for their seventh straight loss, head coach Alain Vigneault and assistant coach Michel Therrien were fired on December 6. Assistant coach Mike Yeo was named interim head coach.[5]
Two days after playing in his 1,000th NHL game, captain Claude Giroux was traded to the Florida Panthers on March 19.[6][7]
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | y – Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 54 | 20 | 8 | 47 | 278 | 202 | +76 | 116 |
2 | x – New York Rangers | 82 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 44 | 254 | 207 | +47 | 110 |
3 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 37 | 272 | 229 | +43 | 103 |
4 | x – Washington Capitals | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 35 | 275 | 245 | +30 | 100 |
5 | e – New York Islanders | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 34 | 231 | 237 | −6 | 84 |
6 | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 26 | 262 | 300 | −38 | 81 |
7 | e – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 27 | 46 | 9 | 19 | 248 | 307 | −59 | 63 |
8 | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 25 | 46 | 11 | 20 | 211 | 298 | −87 | 61 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | AT | x – Boston Bruins | 82 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 40 | 255 | 220 | +35 | 107 |
2 | ME | x – Washington Capitals | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 35 | 275 | 245 | +30 | 100 |
3 | ME | e – New York Islanders | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 34 | 231 | 237 | −6 | 84 |
4 | ME | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 26 | 262 | 300 | −38 | 81 |
5 | AT | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 25 | 232 | 290 | −58 | 75 |
6 | AT | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 21 | 230 | 312 | −82 | 74 |
7 | AT | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 26 | 227 | 266 | −39 | 73 |
8 | ME | e – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 27 | 46 | 9 | 19 | 248 | 307 | −59 | 63 |
9 | ME | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 25 | 46 | 11 | 20 | 211 | 298 | −87 | 61 |
10 | AT | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 22 | 49 | 11 | 16 | 221 | 319 | −98 | 55 |
The Flyers' regular season schedule was released on July 22, 2021.[10]
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October: 4–2–1 (home: 2–1–1 ; road: 2–1–0)
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November: 4–6–3 (home: 2–3–1 ; road: 2–3–2)
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December: 5–4–2 (home: 2–2–0 ; road: 3–2–2)
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January: 1–10–2 (home: 1–4–2 ; road: 0–6–0)
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February: 2–4–2 (home: 2–3–1 ; road: 0–1–1)
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March: 5–9–1 (home: 4–2–1 ; road: 1–7–0)
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April: 4–11–0 (home: 1–6–0 ; road: 3–5–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Postponement |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Travis Konecny | 79 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −23 | 77 |
Cam Atkinson | 73 | 23 | 27 | 50 | −2 | 10 |
Claude Giroux‡ | 57 | 18 | 24 | 42 | −12 | 20 |
James van Riemsdyk | 82 | 24 | 14 | 38 | −33 | 25 |
Joel Farabee | 63 | 17 | 17 | 34 | −11 | 50 |
Kevin Hayes | 48 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −20 | 26 |
Ivan Provorov | 79 | 9 | 22 | 31 | −20 | 34 |
Travis Sanheim | 80 | 7 | 24 | 31 | +9 | 34 |
Scott Laughton | 67 | 11 | 19 | 30 | −9 | 35 |
Oskar Lindblom | 79 | 12 | 14 | 26 | −11 | 22 |
Keith Yandle | 77 | 1 | 18 | 19 | −47 | 14 |
Sean Couturier | 29 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 14 |
Derick Brassard‡ | 31 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +6 | 10 |
Justin Braun‡ | 61 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +3 | 36 |
Morgan Frost | 55 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −11 | 14 |
Rasmus Ristolainen | 66 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −9 | 38 |
Cameron York | 30 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −14 | 6 |
Noah Cates | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +4 | 4 |
Patrick Brown | 44 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −16 | 11 |
Zack MacEwen | 75 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −15 | 110 |
Owen Tippett† | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
Gerald Mayhew‡ | 25 | 6 | 0 | 6 | −5 | 10 |
Max Willman | 41 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −13 | 16 |
Ryan Ellis | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 0 |
Ronnie Attard | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 8 |
Isaac Ratcliffe | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 10 |
Bobby Brink | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −5 | 0 |
Nate Thompson | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −15 | 31 |
Kevin Connauton† | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 2 |
Nick Seeler | 43 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 29 |
Hayden Hodgson | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 11 |
Linus Hogberg | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Jackson Cates | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
Nicolas Aube-Kubel‡ | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
Wade Allison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Connor Bunnaman‡ | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 4 |
Tanner Laczynski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Egor Zamula | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 4 |
Linus Sandin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Carter Hart | 45 | 44 | 2,603:04 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 137 | 3.16 | 1,441 | .905 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Martin Jones | 35 | 33 | 1,997:08 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 114 | 3.42 | 1,027 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Felix Sandstrom | 5 | 5 | 297:15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 3.23 | 177 | .910 | 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.
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Claude Giroux[a] | [20] |
NHL First Star of the Week | Claude Giroux (February 7) | [21] | |
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Travis Sanheim | [22] |
Bobby Clarke Trophy | Cam Atkinson | [22] | |
Gene Hart Memorial Award | Zack MacEwen | [22] | |
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy | Travis Sanheim | [22] | |
Toyota Cup | Carter Hart | [22] | |
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award | Cam Atkinson | [22] |
The Flyers 4–3 loss to the New York Islanders on January 25 featured two records being broken. It was the final loss in a team record 13-game winless streak, breaking the previous record (12) set in 1999.[23] The game also featured defenseman Keith Yandle breaking Doug Jarvis’ 36-year-old NHL record consecutive games played streak.[24] Yandle’s streak continued until he was a healthy scratch on April 2, ending it at 989 games.[25] Yandle’s –47 plus/minus rating on the season is the worst in team history.[26] The team also set a franchise record for fewest powerplay goals scored (30) and tied the mark for fewest shootouts wins (1).[27][28]
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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600th assist | Claude Giroux | December 29, 2021 | [29] |
1,000th game played | Claude Giroux | March 17, 2022 | [6] |
The Flyers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 17, 2021 | To Nashville Predators Philippe Myers Nolan Patrick |
To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Ellis |
[30] |
July 22, 2021 | To Arizona Coyotes Shayne Gostisbehere 2nd-round pick in 2022 STL 7th-round pick in 2022 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations |
[31] |
July 23, 2021 | To Buffalo Sabres Robert Hagg 1st-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2023 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Rasmus Ristolainen |
[32] |
July 24, 2021 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Jakub Voracek |
To Philadelphia Flyers Cam Atkinson |
[33] |
March 19, 2022 | To Florida Panthers Claude Giroux Connor Bunnaman German Rubtsov 5th-round pick in 2024 |
To Philadelphia Flyers Owen Tippett Conditional4 1st-round pick in 2024 3rd-round pick in 2023 |
[7] |
March 21, 2022 | To New York Rangers Justin Braun |
To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2023 |
[34] |
March 21, 2022 | To Edmonton Oilers Derick Brassard |
To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2023 |
[35] |
March 23, 2022 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Future considerations |
To Philadelphia Flyers Brennan Menell |
[36] |
Notes:
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 28, 2021 | Adam Clendening | Columbus Blue Jackets | 1-year | Free agency | [37] |
Ryan Fitzgerald | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [37] | |
Martin Jones | San Jose Sharks | 1-year | Free agency | [38] | |
Gerald Mayhew | Minnesota Wild | 1-year | Free agency | [37] | |
Nick Seeler | Chicago Blackhawks | 1-year | Free agency | [37] | |
Nate Thompson | Winnipeg Jets | 1-year | Free agency | [38] | |
Keith Yandle | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Free agency | [39] | |
Cooper Zech | Providence Bruins (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [37] | |
August 25, 2021 | Derick Brassard | Arizona Coyotes | 1-year | Free agency | [40] |
September 22, 2021 | Jon-Randall Avon | Peterborough Petes (OHL) | 3-year | Free agency | [41] |
October 11, 2021 | Patrick Brown | Vegas Golden Knights | Waivers | [42] | |
October 13, 2021 | Zack MacEwen | Vancouver Canucks | Waivers | [43] | |
December 7, 2021 | Kevin Connauton | Florida Panthers | Waivers | [44] | |
March 22, 2021 | Hayden Hodgson | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [45] |
Date | Player | New team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 21, 2021 | Carsen Twarynski | Seattle Kraken | Expansion draft | [46] | |
July 28, 2021 | Brian Elliott | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1-year | Free agency | [47] |
July 31, 2021 | Alex Lyon | Carolina Hurricanes | 1-year | Free agency | [48] |
Derrick Pouliot | Henderson Silver Knights (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [49] | |
August 12, 2021 | Chris Bigras | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [50] |
August 24, 2021 | Pascal Laberge | Maine Mariners (ECHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [51] |
September 20, 2021 | Andy Andreoff | New York Islanders | 1-year | Free agency | [52] |
October 13, 2021 | Tyler Wotherspoon | Utica Comets (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [53] |
November 13, 2021 | Nicolas Aube-Kubel | Colorado Avalanche | Waivers | [54] | |
January 11, 2022 | Nate Prosser | Retirement | [55] | ||
March 20, 2022 | Gerald Mayhew | Anaheim Ducks | Waivers | [56] | |
May 3, 2022 | Samuel Morin | Retirement | [57] | ||
May 20, 2022 | Maksim Sushko | Dynamo Moscow (KHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [58] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 26, 2021 | Samuel Morin | 1-year | Re-signing | [59] |
August 9, 2021 | Carter Hart | 3-year | Re-signing | [60] |
August 14, 2021 | Samu Tuomaala | 3-year | Entry-level | [61] |
August 20, 2021 | Connor Bunnaman | 2-year | Re-signing | [62] |
August 21, 2021 | Travis Sanheim | 2-year | Re-signing | [63] |
August 26, 2021 | Sean Couturier | 8-year | Extension | [64] |
September 2, 2021 | Joel Farabee | 6-year | Extension | [65] |
March 10, 2022 | Rasmus Ristolainen | 5-year | Extension | [66] |
March 27, 2022 | Noah Cates | 2-year | Entry-level | [67] |
March 29, 2022 | Ronnie Attard | 2-year | Entry-level | [68] |
April 10, 2022 | Bobby Brink | 3-year | Entry-level | [69] |
May 7, 2022 | Ivan Fedotov | 1-year | Entry-level | [70] |
May 17, 2022 | Adam Ginning | 2-year | Entry-level | [71] |
May 19, 2022 | Nick Seeler | 2-year | Extension | [72] |
May 23, 2022 | Linus Sandin | 1-year | Extension | [73] |
Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2021 NHL entry draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round | # | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team (League) |
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2 | 46 | Samu Tuomaala | RW | Finland | Karpat U20 (U20 SM-sarja) |
3 | 78 | Alexei Kolosov | G | Belarus | HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL) |
4 | 110 | Brian Zanetti | D | Switzerland | HC Lugano U20 (U20-Elit) |
5 | 158 | Ty Murchison | D | USA | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
6 | 174 | Ethan Samson | D | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
7 | 206 | Owen McLaughlin | C | Canada | Mount St. Charles Mounties (USHS-RI) |
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