# 2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2017–18 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. They would improve from their record from last year and make the playoffs for the first time since the 2015–16 season.

## Off-season

The first major event of the off-season was the 2017 NHL expansion draft with general manager Ron Hextall having to submit his list of protected players for the draft. The Vegas Golden Knights selected Pierre-Edouard Bellemare at number 12 from the Flyers.
Having been awarded the second overall pick in the 2017 NHL entry draft in the draft lottery, Hextall made several trades in the lead-up to draft day. The most significant of them being to trade Brayden Schenn to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for the 27th overall pick in the draft, a conditional first round pick in 2018, and Jori Lehtera. The Flyers selected forward Nolan Patrick with the second overall pick, and went on to add Morgan Frost with the pick acquired from St. Louis and Isaac Ratcliffe with their second round selection, to add to their forward prospects.
The Flyers remained fairly quiet players in free agency, as had been the case the previous year. The main issue for Hextall being to decide how to fill the vacancy left in net by Steve Mason. On July 1, 2017 the Flyers announced the signing of free agent Brian Elliott who would join the recently extended Michal Neuvirth to make up the goalie tandem. The Flyers also re-signed several players including Scott Laughton, Taylor Leier, Jordan Weal and Shayne Gostisbehere.

## Regular season

Defenseman Radko Gudas received a ten-game suspension for slashing Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault on November 16, which was tied for the longest suspension handed out during the 2017–18 season.

### Standings

Metropolitan Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Washington Capitals | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 46 | 259 | 239 | +20 | 105 |
| 2 | x – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 47 | 29 | 6 | 45 | 272 | 250 | +22 | 100 |
| 3 | x – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 42 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 251 | 243 | +8 | 98 |
| 4 | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 39 | 242 | 230 | +12 | 97 |
| 5 | x – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 39 | 248 | 244 | +4 | 97 |
| 6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 228 | 256 | −28 | 83 |
| 7 | New York Islanders | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 264 | 296 | −32 | 80 |
| 8 | New York Rangers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 31 | 231 | 268 | −37 | 77 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 15, 2017.
2017 preseason :
Preseason: 3–2–3 (home: 3–1–0; road: 0–1–3
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
1September 17Philadelphia2–3NY IslandersOTLyon–0–0–1Recap
2September 20NY Islanders2–3PhiladelphiaOTIrving–1–0–1Recap
3September 20Philadelphia2–3NY IslandersLyon5,0421–1–1Recap
4September 21Philadelphia1–2BostonOTLyon16,7811–1–2Recap
5September 25Philadelphia2–3NY RangersOTNeuvirth14,0371–1–3Recap
6September 26NY Rangers3–4PhiladelphiaOTElliott18,2662–1–3Recap
7September 28Boston1–5PhiladelphiaLyon18,5723–1–3Recap
8October 1NY Islanders5–2PhiladelphiaElliott18,5753–2–3Recap
Notes:
$^a$ – Indicates split-squad game.
$^b$ – Game was played at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
$^c$ – Game was played at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.
2017–18 regular season :
October: 6–5–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 4Philadelphia5–3San JoseElliott17,5621–0–02Recap
2October 5Philadelphia0–2Los AngelesNeuvirth18,2301–1–02Recap
3October 7Philadelphia3–2AnaheimOTElliott16,0322–1–04Recap
4October 10Philadelphia5–6NashvilleElliott17,1942–2–04Recap
5October 14Washington2–8PhiladelphiaElliott19,8173–2–06Recap
6October 17Florida1–5PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,1454–2–08Recap
7October 19Nashville1–0PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,3964–3–08Recap
8October 21Edmonton1–2PhiladelphiaElliott19,5105–3–010Recap
9October 24Anaheim6–2PhiladelphiaElliott18,8955–4–010Recap
10October 26Philadelphia4–5OttawaNeuvirth14,9265–5–010Recap
11October 28Philadelphia4–2TorontoElliott19,3176–5–012Recap
12October 30Arizona4–3PhiladelphiaOTElliott18,7316–5–113Recap :
November: 2–5–6 (home: 1–3–3; road: 1–2–3)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
13November 1Philadelphia0–3ChicagoElliott21,5246–6–113Recap
14November 2Philadelphia2–0St. LouisNeuvirth17,1627–6–115Recap
15November 4Colorado5–4PhiladelphiaSONeuvirth19,6167–6–216Recap
16November 9Chicago1–3PhiladelphiaElliott19,7388–6–218Recap
17November 11Minnesota1–0PhiladelphiaElliott19,3098–7–218Recap
18November 14Philadelphia0–3MinnesotaElliott18,7688–8–218Recap
19November 16Philadelphia2–3WinnipegSOElliott15,3218–8–319Recap
20November 18Calgary5–4PhiladelphiaOTElliott19,2108–8–420Recap
21November 21Vancouver5–2PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,2788–9–420Recap
22November 22Philadelphia3–4NY IslandersOTElliott12,4628–9–521Recap
23November 24NY Islanders5–4PhiladelphiaOTElliott19,6438–9–622Recap
24November 27Philadelphia4–5PittsburghOTElliott18,5058–9–723Recap
25November 28San Jose3–1PhiladelphiaNeuvirth18,9358–10–723Recap :
December: 8–4–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
26December 2Boston3–0PhiladelphiaElliott19,2748–11–723Recap
27December 4Philadelphia5–2CalgaryElliott18,5909–11–725Recap
28December 6Philadelphia4–2EdmontonElliott18,34710–11–727Recap
29December 7Philadelphia4–1VancouverElliott16,51511–11–729Recap
30December 12Toronto2–4PhiladelphiaElliott19,07712–11–731Recap
31December 14Buffalo1–2PhiladelphiaElliott19,50813–11–733Recap
32December 16Dallas1–2PhiladelphiaOTElliott19,47714–11–735Recap
33December 18Los Angeles4–1PhiladelphiaElliott19,61714–12–735Recap
34December 20Detroit3–4PhiladelphiaElliott19,67415–12–737Recap
35December 22Philadelphia2–4BuffaloElliott18,22215–13–737Recap
36December 23Philadelphia1–2ColumbusSOElliott17,81215–13–838Recap
37December 28Philadelphia2–3FloridaElliott17,08315–14–838Recap
38December 29Philadelphia5–3Tampa BayElliott19,09216–14–840Recap :
January: 8–4–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
39January 2Pittsburgh5–1PhiladelphiaElliott19,55816–15–840Recap
40January 4NY Islanders4–6PhiladelphiaElliott19,35817–15–842Recap
41January 6St. Louis3–6PhiladelphiaElliott19,66518–15–844Recap
42January 7Buffalo1–4PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,66219–15–846Recap
43January 13Philadelphia5–3New JerseyElliott16,51420–15–848Recap
44January 16Philadelphia1–5NY RangersElliott18,00620–16–848Recap
45January 18Toronto2–3PhiladelphiaOTNeuvirth19,86021–16–850Recap
46January 20New Jersey1–3PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,93422–16–852Recap
47January 21Philadelphia2–1WashingtonOTElliott18,50623–16–854Recap
48January 23Philadelphia3–2DetroitOTElliott19,51524–16–856Recap
49January 25Tampa Bay5–1PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,48924–17–856Recap
50January 31Philadelphia3–5WashingtonNeuvirth18,50624–18–856Recap :
February: 10–1–2 (home: 3–0–2; road: 7–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
51February 1Philadelphia3–4New JerseyLyon13,90624–19–856Recap
52February 3Ottawa4–3PhiladelphiaSONeuvirth19,72924–19–957Recap
53February 6Philadelphia2–1CarolinaOTElliott11,58525–19–959Recap
54February 8Montreal3–5PhiladelphiaElliott19,65526–19–961Recap
55February 10Philadelphia4–3ArizonaSONeuvirth13,00427–19–963Recap
56February 11Philadelphia4–1VegasNeuvirth18,22028–19–965Recap
57February 13New Jersey5–4PhiladelphiaSONeuvirth19,31228–19–1066Recap
58February 16Philadelphia2–1ColumbusOTNeuvirth17,36429–19–1068Recap
59February 18Philadelphia7–4NY RangersLyon18,00630–19–1070Recap
60February 20Montreal2–3PhiladelphiaOTLyon19,33631–19–1072Recap
61February 22Columbus1–2PhiladelphiaMrazek19,72732–19–1074Recap
62February 24Philadelphia5–3OttawaMrazek16,12833–19–1076Recap
63February 26Philadelphia1–0MontrealSOMrazek21,30234–19–1078Recap :
March: 5–6–4 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–4)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
64March 1Carolina4–1PhiladelphiaMrazek19,24534–20–1078Recap
65March 3Philadelphia6–7Tampa BaySOMrazek19,09234–20–1179Recap
66March 4Philadelphia1–4FloridaMrazek14,42834–21–1179Recap
67March 7Pittsburgh5–2PhiladelphiaMrazek19,62434–22–1179Recap
68March 8Philadelphia2–3BostonLyon17,56534–23–1179Recap
69March 10Winnipeg1–2PhiladelphiaMrazek19,92935–23–1181Recap
70March 12Vegas3–2PhiladelphiaMrazek19,72335–24–1181Recap
71March 15Columbus5–3PhiladelphiaMrazek19,35435–25–1181Recap
72March 17Philadelphia4–2CarolinaLyon14,80536–25–1183Recap
73March 18Washington3–6PhiladelphiaMrazek19,68737–25–1185Recap
74March 20Philadelphia4–5DetroitSOLyon19,51537–25–1286Recap
75March 22NY Rangers3–4PhiladelphiaLyon19,58438–25–1288Recap
76March 25Philadelphia4–5PittsburghOTMrazek18,65538–25–1389Recap
77March 27Philadelphia2–3DallasOTMrazek17,24738–25–1490Recap
78March 28Philadelphia2–1ColoradoNeuvirth16,32039–25–1492Recap :
April: 3–1–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 0–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
79April 1Boston3–4PhiladelphiaOTMrazek19,90440–25–1494Recap
80April 3Philadelphia4–5NY IslandersMrazek11,95140–26–1494Recap
81April 5Carolina3–4PhiladelphiaElliott20,00141–26–1496Recap
82April 7NY Rangers0–5PhiladelphiaElliott20,02842–26–1498Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–2
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 11Philadelphia0–7PittsburghElliott18,5560–1Recap
2April 13Philadelphia5–1PittsburghElliott18,6481–1Recap
3April 15Pittsburgh5–1PhiladelphiaElliott19,9551–2Recap
4April 18Pittsburgh5–0PhiladelphiaElliott19,6441–3Recap
5April 20Philadelphia4–2PittsburghNeuvirth18,6322–3Recap
6April 22Pittsburgh8–5PhiladelphiaNeuvirth19,8612–4Recap :
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 | LW | 82 | 34 | 68 | 102 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −10 | 2 |
| 93 | Jakub Voracek | RW | 82 | 20 | 65 | 85 | 10 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 6 |
| 14 | Sean Couturier | C | 82 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 53 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 78 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −8 | 4 |
| 11 | Travis Konecny | C | 81 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 17 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 10 |
| 17 | Wayne Simmonds | RW | 75 | 24 | 22 | 46 | −16 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Ivan Provorov | D | 82 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −6 | 0 |
| 51 | Valtteri Filppula | C | 81 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −7 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
| 19 | Nolan Patrick | C | 73 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 0 |
| 12 | Michael Raffl | LW | 76 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 2 |
| 40 | Jordan Weal | C | 69 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 47 | Andrew MacDonald | D | 66 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Scott Laughton | C | 81 | 10 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 23 | Brandon Manning | D | 65 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 14 |
| 3 | Radko Gudas | D | 70 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 |
| 6 | Travis Sanheim | D | 49 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 8 | Robert Hagg | D | 70 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Dale Weise | RW | 46 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −7 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| 15 | Jori Lehtera | C | 62 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Oskar Lindblom | LW | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Taylor Leier | LW | 39 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Matt Read | RW | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 37 | Brian Elliott | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 30 | Michal Neuvirth | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 39 | Mark Alt‡ | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 56 | Tyrell Goulbourne | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Alex Lyon | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 70 | Danick Martel | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Samuel Morin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Petr Mrazek† | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 45 | Will O'Neill | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Johnny Oduya† | D | 1 | 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 |
| 37 | Brian Elliott | 43 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1,116 | 112 | 2.66 | .909 | 1 | 2,522 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 14 | 4.74 | .856 | 0 | 177 |
| 30 | Michal Neuvirth | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 530 | 45 | 2.60 | .915 | 1 | 1,039 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 11 | 4.40 | .847 | 0 | 150 |
| 34 | Petr Mrazek† | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 401 | 49 | 3.22 | .891 | 1 | 913 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.87 | .857 | 0 | 31 |
| 47 | Alex Lyon | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 232 | 22 | 2.75 | .905 | 0 | 480 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL second All-Star team | Claude Giroux (Left wing) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Claude Giroux |
| League (in-season) | NHL First Star of the Week | Claude Giroux (February 12) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Brian Elliott (December 18) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Third Star of the Week | Wayne Simmonds (October 9) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Third Star of the Week | Brian Elliott (December 11) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Third Star of the Week | Claude Giroux (April 9) |
| Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Shayne Gostisbehere |
| Team | Bobby Clarke Trophy | Claude Giroux |
| Team | Gene Hart Memorial Award | Sean Couturier |
| Team | Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy | Sean Couturier |
| Team | Toyota Cup | Claude Giroux |
| Team | Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award | Sean Couturier |

### Records

Among the team records set during the 2017–18 season was Michael Raffl and Claude Giroux combining to score the fastest two goals in team history, scoring six seconds apart during the season finale on April 7. Excluding the shortened 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, the Flyers 679 penalty minutes on the season is an all-time franchise low. Giroux’s –10 plus/minus rating during the playoffs is a franchise worst.

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Nolan Patrick | October 4, 2017 |
| First game | Travis Sanheim | October 5, 2017 |
| First game | Will O'Neill | November 2, 2017 |
| First game | Danick Martel | November 22, 2017 |
| First game | Tyrell Goulbourne | January 6, 2018 |
| First game | Alex Lyon | January 31, 2018 |
| First game | Oskar Lindblom | February 20, 2018 |

## Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 12, 2017, the day after the deciding game of the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2018, the day of the deciding game of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) | To Arizona CoyotesNick CousinsRights to Merrick Madsen | To Philadelphia FlyersRights to Brendan Warren5th-round pick in 2018 |
| June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23) | To St. Louis BluesBrayden Schenn | To Philadelphia FlyersJori LehteraCapitals' 1st-round pick in 2017Conditional 1st-round pick in 2018 |
| June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24) | To Arizona Coyotes2nd-round pick in 20173rd-round pick in 2017Islanders' 4th-round pick in 2017 | To Philadelphia Flyers2nd-round pick in 2017 |
| June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24) | To Montreal Canadiens7th-round pick in 2017 | To Philadelphia Flyers7th-round pick in 2018 |
| October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09) | To Anaheim DucksFuture considerations | To Philadelphia FlyersDustin Tokarski |
| February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19) | To Detroit Red WingsConditional 4th-round pick in 2018Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019 | To Philadelphia FlyersPetr Mrazek |
| March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) | To Edmonton OilersRights to Cooper Marody | To Philadelphia FlyersDevils' 3rd-round pick in 2019 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Brian Elliott | Calgary Flames | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Corban Knight | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Phil Varone | Ottawa Senators | 2-year | Free agency |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | John Muse | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | Johnny Oduya | Ottawa Senators | | Waivers |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21) | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | Vegas Golden Knights | Expansion draft |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Michael Del Zotto | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Boyd Gordon | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Steve Mason | Winnipeg Jets | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Nick Schultz | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) | Roman Lyubimov | CSKA Moscow (KHL) | Free agency (II) |
| July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06) | Chris Conner | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) | Free agency (III) |
| November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30) | Chris VandeVelde | Lukko (Liiga) | Free agency (III) |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | Mark Alt | Colorado Avalanche | Waivers |
| June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19) | Colin McDonald | Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27) | Mark Alt | 1-year | Re-signing |
| June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29) | Jordan Weal | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Mike Vecchione | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11) | Scott Laughton | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) | Taylor Leier | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) | Cole Bardreau | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) | Alex Lyon | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2017 (2017-07-15) | Anthony Stolarz | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 17, 2017 (2017-07-17) | Nolan Patrick | 3-year | Entry-level |
| August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03) | Morgan Frost | 3-year | Entry-level |
| August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03) | Isaac Ratcliffe | 3-year | Entry-level |
| March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06) | T. J. Brennan | 2-year | Extension |
| March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11) | Carsen Twarynski | 3-year | Entry-level |
| March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13) | Maxim Sushko | 3-year | Entry-level |
| March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) | Matthew Strome | 3-year | Entry-level |
| March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27) | Felix Sandstrom | 3-year | Entry-level |
| May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04) | David Kase | 3-year | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2017 NHL entry draft, held on June 23–24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 1 | 2 | Nolan Patrick | Center | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 1 | 27 | Morgan Frost | Center | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 2 | 35 | Isaac Ratcliffe | Left wing | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 3 | 80 | Kirill Ustimenko | Goaltender | Russia | MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg (MHL) |
| 4 | 106 | Matthew Strome | Left wing | Canada | Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) |
| 4 | 107 | Maxim Sushko | Right wing | Belarus | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
| 5 | 137 | Noah Cates | Left wing | United States | Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
| 6 | 168 | Olle Lycksell | Center | Sweden | Linkopings HC (J20 SuperElit) |
| 7 | 196 | Wyatt Kalynuk | Defense | Canada | Bloomington Thunder (USHL) |