# 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. The Flyers opened the regular season on October 8, 2015 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. 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. 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. The Flyers retained assistant coaches Ian Laperriere, Joe Mullen and Gord Murphy. Kim Dillabaugh was named goaltending coach on July 3, 2015, replacing Jeff Reese.
The Flyers signed Kontinental Hockey League defenseman Evgeny Medvedev to a one-year, $3 million contract on May 20. 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. 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. 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. The next day, the Flyers re-signed Ryan White to a one-year deal. On July 1, the Flyers signed free-agent goaltender Michal Neuvirth to a two-year, $3.25 million contract.

## Standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | 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 |
Eastern Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | 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 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

2015 preseason :
Preseason: 3–2–2 (home: 3–1–0; road: 0–1–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
1September 21NY Islanders3–5PhiladelphiaNeuvirth––1–0–0Recap
2September 21Philadelphia2–3NY IslandersStolarz5,3661–1–0Recap
3September 22NY Rangers3–5PhiladelphiaMason16,9852–1–0Recap
4September 25NY Islanders2–5PhiladelphiaMason17,3693–1–0Recap
5September 28Philadelphia2–3NY RangersOTMason18,0063–1–1Recap
6September 30New Jersey4–2PhiladelphiaNeuvirth17,7323–2–1Recap
7October 2Philadelphia2–3New JerseySOMason9,2353–2–2Recap
Notes:
$^a$ – Indicates split-squad game.
$^b$ – Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Regular season

2015–16 regular season :
October: 4–4–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 8Philadelphia2–3Tampa BayOTMason19,0920–0–11Recap
2October 10Philadelphia1–7FloridaMason19,4340–1–11Recap
3October 12Florida0–1PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,7691–1–13Recap
4October 14Chicago0–3PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,7792–1–15Recap
5October 20Dallas2–1PhiladelphiaMason19,0772–2–15Recap
6October 21Philadelphia5–4BostonOTMason17,5653–2–17Recap
7October 24NY Rangers2–3PhiladelphiaSOMason19,8054–2–19Recap
8October 27Buffalo4–3PhiladelphiaOTMason19,4324–2–210Recap
9October 29New Jersey4–1PhiladelphiaMason19,2414–3–210Recap
10October 30Philadelphia1–3BuffaloNeuvirth15,9624–4–210Recap :
November: 5–6–3 (home: 2–2–2; road: 3–4–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
11November 2Philadelphia1–4VancouverMason18,2644–5–210Recap
12November 3Philadelphia2–4EdmontonNeuvirth16,8394–6–210Recap
13November 5Philadelphia1–2CalgaryOTNeuvirth19,2894–6–311Recap
14November 7Philadelphia3–0WinnipegNeuvirth15,2945–6–313Recap
15November 10Colorado4–0PhiladelphiaNeuvirth18,5875–7–313Recap
16November 12Washington5–2PhiladelphiaMason19,4145–8–313Recap
17November 14Philadelphia3–2CarolinaOTMason13,7586–8–315Recap
18November 17Los Angeles3–2PhiladelphiaSOMason18,8466–8–416Recap
19November 19San Jose1–0PhiladelphiaOTMason18,2296–8–517Recap
20November 21Philadelphia0–4OttawaMason18,5786–9–517Recap
21November 23Carolina2–3PhiladelphiaOTNeuvirth18,6367–9–519Recap
22November 25Philadelphia1–3NY IslandersMason13,0277–10–519Recap
23November 27Nashville2–3PhiladelphiaOTNeuvirth19,8188–10–521Recap
24November 28Philadelphia3–0NY RangersMason18,0069–10–523Recap :
December: 6–4–2 (home: 3–1–1; road: 3–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
25December 1Philadelphia4–2OttawaMason17,01010–10–525Recap
26December 4Philadelphia4–3New JerseyOTNeuvirth14,82511–10–527Recap
27December 5Columbus4–1PhiladelphiaMason18,20211–11–527Recap
28December 8NY Islanders4–3PhiladelphiaSONeuvirth18,10811–11–628Recap
29December 10Philadelphia4–2St. LouisNeuvirth14,42812–11–630Recap
30December 11Philadelphia1–3DallasNeuvirth18,53212–12–630Recap
31December 15Carolina3–4PhiladelphiaOTNeuvirth18,20513–12–632Recap
32December 17Vancouver0–2PhiladelphiaMason17,94314–12–634Recap
33December 19Philadelphia2–3ColumbusSOMason14,03014–12–735Recap
34December 21St. Louis3–4PhiladelphiaMason19,67615–12–737Recap
35December 27Philadelphia2–4AnaheimMason17,32215–13–737Recap
36December 30Philadelphia2–4San JoseMason17,56215–14–737Recap :
January: 6–4–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
37January 2Philadelphia1–2Los AngelesNeuvirth18,23015–15–737Recap
38January 5Montreal3–4PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,16316–15–739Recap
39January 7Philadelphia4–3MinnesotaOTMason19,12517–15–741Recap
40January 9NY Islanders0–4PhiladelphiaMason19,87418–15–743Recap
41January 13Boston2–3PhiladelphiaMason19,70419–15–745Recap
42January 16NY Rangers3–2PhiladelphiaSOMason19,84319–15–846Recap
43January 17Philadelphia2–1DetroitSONeuvirth20,02720–15–848Recap
44January 19Toronto3–2PhiladelphiaMason19,31920–16–848Recap
45January 21Philadelphia3–4PittsburghMason18,65220–17–848Recap
–January 23PhiladelphiaNY IslandersGame rescheduled to April 10 due to hazardous weather.
46January 25Boston3–2PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,73820–18–848Recap
47January 27Philadelphia4–3WashingtonOTNeuvirth18,50621–18–850Recap :
February: 8–4–3 (home: 5–1–2; road: 3–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
48February 2Montreal2–4PhiladelphiaMason19,03122–18–852Recap
49February 4Philadelphia6–3NashvilleMason17,11323–18–854Recap
50February 6NY Rangers3–2PhiladelphiaSOMason19,81923–18–955Recap
51February 7Philadelphia2–3WashingtonMason18,50623–19–955Recap
52February 9Anaheim4–1PhiladelphiaMason18,71723–20–955Recap
53February 11Buffalo1–5PhiladelphiaMason19,01924–20–957Recap
54February 13New Jersey2–1PhiladelphiaOTNeuvirth19,77524–20–1058Recap
55February 14Philadelphia1–3NY RangersMason18,00624–21–1058Recap
56February 16Philadelphia6–3New JerseyNeuvirth15,48225–21–1060Recap
57February 19Philadelphia2–3MontrealSONeuvirth21,28825–21–1161Recap
58February 20Philadelphia5–4TorontoOTNeuvirth19,06026–21–1163Recap
59February 23Philadelphia1–3CarolinaNeuvirth10,89626–22–1163Recap
60February 25Minnesota2–3PhiladelphiaNeuvirth18,63127–22–1165Recap
61February 27Arizona2–4PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,77328–22–1167Recap
62February 29Calgary3–5PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,06529–22–1169Recap :
March: 9–3–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–1–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
63March 3Edmonton4–0PhiladelphiaNeuvirth18,63629–23–1169Recap
64March 5Columbus0–6PhiladelphiaMason19,64530–23–1171Recap
65March 7Tampa Bay2–4PhiladelphiaMason17,90631–23–1173Recap
66March 11Philadelphia3–1Tampa BayMason19,09232–23–1175Recap
67March 12Philadelphia4–5FloridaSOMason19,40432–23–1276Recap
68March 15Detroit3–4PhiladelphiaMason19,80633–23–1278Recap
69March 16Philadelphia3–2ChicagoNeuvirth22,11334–23–1280Recap
70March 19Pittsburgh4–1PhiladelphiaMason19,96734–24–1280Recap
71March 21Philadelphia4–1NY IslandersMason14,32935–24–1282Recap
72March 22Philadelphia2–3ColumbusSOMason16,23035–24–1383Recap
73March 24Philadelphia4–2ColoradoMason18,08736–24–1385Recap
74March 26Philadelphia1–2ArizonaMason16,00236–25–1385Recap
75March 28Winnipeg2–3PhiladelphiaOTMason19,10037–25–1387Recap
76March 30Washington1–2PhiladelphiaSOMason19,85038–25–1389Recap :
April: 3–2–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
77April 2Ottawa2–3PhiladelphiaMason19,57839–25–1391Recap
78April 3Philadelphia2–6PittsburghMason18,67339–26–1391Recap
79April 6Philadelphia0–3DetroitMason20,02739–27–1391Recap
80April 7Toronto4–3PhiladelphiaOTMason19,67439–27–1492Recap
81April 9Pittsburgh1–3PhiladelphiaMason19,91940–27–1494Recap
82April 10Philadelphia5–2NY IslandersNeuvirth14,24441–27–1496Recap :
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
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 14Philadelphia0–2WashingtonMason18,5060–1Recap
2April 16Philadelphia1–4WashingtonMason18,5060–2Recap
3April 18Washington6–1PhiladelphiaMason19,6780–3Recap
4April 20Washington1–2PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,6921–3Recap
5April 22Philadelphia2–0WashingtonNeuvirth18,5062–3Recap
6April 24Washington1–0PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,9252–4Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 28 | Claude Giroux | C | 78 | 22 | 45 | 67 | −8 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| 17 | Wayne Simmonds | RW | 81 | 32 | 28 | 60 | −7 | 147 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 13 |
| 10 | Brayden Schenn | C | 80 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 93 | Jakub Voracek | RW | 73 | 11 | 44 | 55 | −5 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
| 53 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 64 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Sean Couturier | C | 63 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Michael Raffl | LW | 82 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Matt Read | RW | 79 | 11 | 15 | 26 | −5 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Mark Streit | D | 62 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Scott Laughton | C | 71 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −2 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 25 | Ryan White | C | 73 | 11 | 5 | 16 | −9 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| 89 | Sam Gagner | C | 53 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 78 | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | LW | 74 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −8 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 15 |
| 3 | Radko Gudas | D | 76 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −3 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 18 |
| 76 | Chris VandeVelde | C | 79 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −7 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| 15 | Michael Del Zotto | D | 52 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Evgeny Medvedev | D | 45 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | R. J. Umberger | C | 39 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 52 | Nick Cousins | C | 37 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 55 | Nick Schultz | D | 81 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 47 | Andrew MacDonald | D | 28 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Brandon Manning | D | 56 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| 22 | Luke Schenn‡ | D | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −7 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Colin McDonald | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Vincent Lecavalier‡ | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Michal Neuvirth | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 58 | Taylor Leier | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Steve Mason | G | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 19 | Jordan Weal† | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 35 | Steve Mason | 54 | 53 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 1602 | 132 | 2.51 | .918 | 4 | 3150 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 12 | 4.09 | .852 | 0 | 176 |
| 30 | Michal Neuvirth | 32 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 908 | 69 | 2.27 | .924 | 3 | 1825 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 105 | 2 | 0.67 | .981 | 1 | 178 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

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

### Records

Shayne Gostisbehere set a number of team records during the 2015–16 season. Gostisbehere‘s 15-game point streak from January 19 to February 20 is the team record for a rookie and the NHL record for a rookie defenseman, and his nine-game assist streak from January 21 to February 11 tied the team record for a rookie. He set franchise single season highs for goals by a rookie defenseman (17) and overtime goals (4), and tied the team record for powerplay goals by a defenseman (8).

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Evgeny Medvedev | October 8, 2015 |
| First game | Taylor Leier | November 14, 2015 |
| 1,000th game played | Nick Schultz | January 13, 2016 |

## 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.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) | To Toronto Maple Leafs Tampa Bay's 1st-round pick in 2015Chicago's 2nd-round pick in 2015 | To Philadelphia Flyers Nashville's 1st-round pick in 2015 |
| June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) | To Los Angeles Kings Columbus' 4th-round pick in 2015 | To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 20156th-round pick in 2016 |
| June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) | To Arizona Coyotes Nicklas GrossmannContract of Chris Pronger | To Philadelphia Flyers Sam GagnerConditional draft pick in 2016 or 2017 |
| June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) | To Boston Bruins Zac Rinaldo | To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2017 |
| January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06) | To Los Angeles Kings Vincent LecavalierLuke Schenn | To Philadelphia Flyers Jordan Weal3rd-round pick in 2016 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Tim Brent | Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Chris Conner | Washington Capitals | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Davis Drewiske | Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Jason LaBarbera | Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Michal Neuvirth | New York Islanders | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03) | Colin McDonald | New York Islanders | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 8, 2015 (2015-08-08) | Chris Porter | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21) | Philippe Myers | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) | 3-year | Free agency |
| April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01) | Ray Emery | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| April 5, 2016 (2016-04-05) | Alex Lyon | Yale University (ECAC) | 2-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Jason Akeson | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (VI) |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Carlo Colaiacovo | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Blair Jones | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Zack Stortini | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) | Rob Zepp | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13) | Oliver Lauridsen | Frolunda HC (SHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| August 31, 2015 (2015-08-31) | Jay Rosehill | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) | Free agency (III) |
| September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01) | Andrew Johnston | Missouri Mavericks (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| October 1, 2015 (2015-10-01) | Chris Porter | Minnesota Wild | Waivers |
| October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05) | Matt Konan | Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) | Ray Emery | Ontario Reign (AHL) | Free agency (III) |
| May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) | Tim Brent | | Retirement |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) | Chris VandeVelde | 2-year | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30) | Ryan White | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03) | Ivan Provorov | 3-year | Entry-level |
| July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) | Michael Del Zotto | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) | Travis Konecny | 3-year | Entry-level |
| July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28) | Sean Couturier | 6-year | Extension |
| July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30) | Jakub Voracek | 8-year | Extension |
| February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27) | Colin McDonald | 2-year | Extension |
| February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28) | Michael Raffl | 3-year | Extension |
| March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21) | Reece Willcox | 3-year | Entry-level |

## 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.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 1 | 7 | Ivan Provorov | Defense | Russia | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 1 | 24 | Travis Konecny | Right wing | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 3 | 70 | Felix Sandstrom | Goaltender | Sweden | Brynas IF (SHL) |
| 3 | 90 | Matej Tomek | Goaltender | Slovakia | Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL) |
| 4 | 98 | Samuel Dove-McFalls | Left wing | Canada | Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 104 | Mikhail Vorobyev | Center | Russia | Tolpar Ufa (MHL) |
| 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) |