2011-12 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2011–12 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 45th season in the National Hockey League.
==Off-season==
Following his penchant for making big moves, Flyers GM Paul Holmgren pulled off perhaps the most stunning move of his tenure, trading captain Mike Richards to the Los Angeles Kings for Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds and a 2012 2nd-round draft pick, and Jeff Carter to the Columbus Blue Jackets for their 2011 1st-round pick (Sean Couturier) and Jakub Voracek all within the span of an hour on June 23. Later that same day, Holmgren addressed the Flyers' long-standing goaltending issues by signing Phoenix's Ilya Bryzgalov to a 9-year, $51 million contract. On July 1, the Flyers signed Jaromir Jagr to a 1-year contract, Maxime Talbot to a 5-year contract and Andreas Lilja to a 2-year contract. Chris Pronger was named Flyers captain; however, 13 games into the season he was lost for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs with severe post-concussion syndrome. 
==Regular season==
Bryzgalov's play ranged from spectacular to subpar, including being benched in favor of Sergei Bobrovsky for the Flyers' 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers in the 2012 Winter Classic. 12 rookies suited up for the Flyers during the season, with the play of Couturier, Schenn and Matt Read standing out impressively. 
===Standings===
==Playoffs==
The Flyers drew the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the playoffs, a series in which the two teams combined for an NHL-record 45 goals in the first 4 games and a total of 309 penalty minutes in an intense, fight-filled series. The Flyers pulled off the upset in 6 games against a Pittsburgh team that was heavily favored to win the Stanley Cup. But in the second round against the New Jersey Devils, the Flyers' run-and-gun style of play was stymied by the Devils' forechecking and defense, and the Flyers were eliminated in 5 games. 
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
2011–12 Game Log	2011–12 Game Log	 	 	 	 	
October: 6–4–1, 13 Points (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 3–1–0)
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Game 	October 	Opponent 	Score 	Location/Attendance 	Record	Points
1 	6 	@Boston Bruins 	2 – 1 	TD Garden (17,565) 	1–0–0 	2
2 	8 	@New Jersey Devils 	3 – 0 	Prudential Center (17,625) 	2–0–0 	4
3 	12 	Vancouver Canucks 	5 – 4 	Wells Fargo Center (19,632)	3–0–0 	6
4 	15 	Los Angeles Kings 	2 – 3 (OT)	Wells Fargo Center (19,644)	3–0–1 	7
5 	18 	@ Ottawa Senators 	7 – 2 	Scotiabank Place (18,059) 	4–0–1 	9
6 	20 	Washington Capitals	2 – 5 	Wells Fargo Center (19,658)	4–1–1 	9
7 	22 	St. Louis Blues 	2 – 4 	Wells Fargo Center (19,593)	4–2–1 	9
8 	24 	Toronto Maple Leafs	4 – 2 	Wells Fargo Center (19,569)	5–2–1 	11
9 	26 	@Montreal Canadiens	1 – 5 	Bell Centre (21,273) 	5–3–1 	11
10 	27 	Winnipeg Jets 	8 – 9 	Wells Fargo Center (19,588)	5–4–1 	11
11 	29 	Carolina Hurricanes	5 – 1 	Wells Fargo Center (19,683)	6–4–1 	13
===Playoffs===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	
1 	April 11 	Philadelphia 	4 – 3 	Pittsburgh 	OT 	Bryzgalov 	18,565 	Flyers lead 1–0 	
2 	April 13 	Philadelphia 	8 – 5 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bryzgalov 	18,626 	Flyers lead 2–0 	
3 	April 15 	Pittsburgh 	4 – 8 	Philadelphia 	 	Bryzgalov 	20,092 	Flyers lead 3–0 	
4 	April 18 	Pittsburgh 	10 – 3 	Philadelphia 	 	Bryzgalov 	20,172 	Flyers lead 3–1 	
5 	April 20 	Philadelphia 	2 – 3 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bryzgalov 	18,628 	Flyers lead 3–2 	
6 	April 22 	Pittsburgh 	1 – 5 	Philadelphia 	 	Bryzgalov 	20,127 	Flyers win 4–2 	
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
28 	 	77	28	65	93 	+6 	29
19 	 	82	37	30	67 	+19	136
68 	 	73	19	35	54 	+5 	30
17 	 	82	28	21	49 	-1 	114
93 	 	78	18	31	49 	+11	32
48 	 	70	16	33	49 	+5 	69
24 	 	79	24	23	47 	+13	12
44 	 	76	4 	39	43 	+8 	46
25 	 	82	4 	34	38 	+4 	36
27 	 	81	19	15	33 	+5 	59
14 	 	77	13	14	27 	+18	14
41 	 	62	7 	18	25 	+6 	38
21 	 	43	11	13	24 	−1 	24
5 	 	80	4 	19	23 	+10	56
10 	 	54	12	6 	18 	−7 	34
20 	 	13	1 	11	12 	+1 	10
47 	 	24	5 	4 	9 	+12	2
36 	 	66	2 	7 	9 	−1 	232
43 	 	45	4 	3 	7 	+4 	52
29 	 	37	3 	3 	6 	−11	35
8 	† 	22	0 	6 	6 	+5 	10
6 	 	46	0 	6 	6 	+9 	34
26 	 	30	1 	4 	5 	+12	2
13 	† 	17	0 	4 	4 	−3 	15
30 	(G) 	59	0 	2 	2 	 	4
15 	‡ 	12	0 	1 	1 	−1 	2
32 	 	14	0 	1 	1 	−3 	83
45 	 	30	0 	1 	1 	−6 	64
35 	(G) 	29	0 	0 	0 	 	0
46 	‡ 	10	0 	0 	0 	−1 	8
22 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
23 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	0
8 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	16
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
28 	 	10	8	9	17 	+2 	13
48 	 	11	8	5	13 	-6 	4
93 	 	11	2	8	10 	0 	8
10 	 	11	3	6	9 	-3 	8
19 	 	11	3	5	8 	-7 	15
68 	 	11	1	7	8 	-5 	2
27 	 	11	4	2	6 	+5 	10
25 	 	11	2	4	6 	-3 	6
17 	 	11	1	5	6 	-6 	38
24 	 	11	3	2	5 	0 	4
14 	 	11	3	1	4 	+2 	2
44 	 	11	1	3	4 	+1 	23
5 	 	11	0	4	4 	0 	8
26 	 	7 	1	1	2 	+4 	2
21 	 	7 	1	1	2 	-2 	4
13 	 	5 	0	1	1 	-3 	12
8 	 	9 	0	1	1 	0 	8
30 	(G) 	11	0	0	0 	 	0
47 	 	11	0	0	0 	-1 	2
6 	 	10	0	0	0 	-5 	6
36 	 	5 	0	0	0 	-2 	48
35 	(G) 	1 	0	0	0 	 	0
43 	 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0
41 	 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	GP	Min 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	SV 	Sv% 	SO
30 	 	59	3415	33	16	7 	141	2.48	1554	1413	.909	6
35 	 	29	1550	14	10	2 	78 	3.02	769 	691 	.899	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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# 	Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA 	SA 	SV 	Sv% 	SO
30 	 	11	642	5	6	37	3.46	326	289	.887	0
35 	 	1 	37 	0	0	5 	8.11	18 	13 	.722	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
‡Denotes player finished season with another team. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
==Awards and records==
===Awards===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Award 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jaromir JagrPrice, Khabibulin, Jagr are NHL's Three Stars 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	October 31, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Matt ReadHabs' Price's two shutouts earn First Star honors 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	November 21, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Claude Giroux 	All-Star Game representative	January 12, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kimmo Timonen 	All-Star Game representative	January 12, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scott HartnellStars of the Week: Malkin, Hartnell, Nabokov 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	January 23, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scott Hartnell 	All-Star Game representative	January 24, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilya BryzgalovBryzgalov, Kovalchuk, Halak named Three Stars 	NHL First Star of the Week 	March 12, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilya BryzgalovBryzgalov repeats as First Star of the Week 	NHL First Star of the Week 	March 19, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ilya BryzgalovFlyers' Bryzgalov earns First Star for March 	NHL First Star of the Month 	April 2, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wayne SimmondsSimmonds, Chara, Smith are Three Stars of the Week	NHL First Star of the Week 	April 2, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team 	Team 	Team 	Team 	Team 	Team 	Team 	Team 	Team 	Team
Player 	Award 	Awarded 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kimmo Timonen 	Barry Ashbee Trophy 	April 5, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Claude Giroux 	Bobby Clarke Trophy 	April 5, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wayne Simmonds 	Gene Hart Memorial Award 	April 5, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scott Hartnell 	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial 	April 5, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Claude Giroux 	Toyota Cup 	April 5, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jaromir Jagr 	Yanick Dupre Memorial 	April 5, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sean Couturier 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 6, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Matt Read 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 6, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jaromir Jagr 	1,600th Career Point 	October 6, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Matt Read 	1st Career Goal1st Career Point 	October 8, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sean Couturier 	1st Career Assist1st Career Point 	October 12, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Matt Read 	1st Career Assist 	October 12, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sean Couturier 	1st Career Goal 	October 18, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Zac Rinaldo 	1st Career Assist1st Career Point 	October 18, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Harry Zolnierczyk 	1st Career NHL Game1st Career Goal1st Career Point	October 18, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Danny Briere 	600th Career Point 	October 24, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Zac Rinaldo 	1st Career Goal 	November 3, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Harry Zolnierczyk 	1st Career Assist 	November 5, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eric Gustafsson 	1st Career Assist1st Career Point 	November 5, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Marc-Andre Bourdon	1st Career NHL Game 	November 21, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kevin Marshall 	1st Career NHL Game 	November 21, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scott Hartnell 	200th Career Goal 	December 13, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Marc-Andre Bourdon	1st Career Goal1st Career Point 	December 13, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brayden Schenn 	1st Career Goal 	January 2, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Marc-Andre Bourdon	1st Career Assist 	January 5, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scott Hartnell 	800th Career NHL Game 	January 7, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Claude Giroux 	200th Career Point 	January 17, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Erik Gustafsson 	1st Career Goal 	February 16, 2012	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eric Wellwood 	1st Career Goal 	February 18, 2012	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kimmo Timonen 	500th Career Point 	March 1, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Danny Briere 	800th Career NHL Game 	March 8, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brandon Manning 	1st Career NHL Game 	March 8, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kimmo Timonen 	400th Career Assist 	March 29, 2012 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
June 7, 2011 	To Phoenix Coyotes Matt Clackson3rd-round pick in 2012Pittsburgh's 3rd-round pick in 2011	To Philadelphia Flyers Ilya Bryzgalov
June 23, 2011 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jeff Carter 	To Philadelphia Flyers Jakub Voracek1st-round pick in 20113rd-round pick in 2011
June 23, 2011 	To Los Angeles Kings Rob BordsonMike Richards 	To Philadelphia Flyers Brayden SchennWayne Simmonds2nd-round pick in 2012
June 27, 2011 	To Minnesota Wild Darroll Powe 	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2013
July 1, 2011 	To Florida Panthers Kris Versteeg 	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2012 or 2013San Jose's 3rd-round pick in 2012
October 12, 2011 	To Los Angeles Kings Stefan Legein6th-round pick in 2012 	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations
February 2, 2012 	To Washington Capitals Kevin Marshall 	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Ford
February 16, 2012	To Dallas Stars 2nd-round pick in 20123rd-round pick in 2013 	To Philadelphia Flyers Nicklas Grossmann
February 18, 2012	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jon Kalinski2nd-round pick in 20124th-round pick in 2013 	To Philadelphia Flyers Pavel Kubina
===Other transactions===
Date 	Player 	Team (League) 	Notes
Signed via free agency 	Signed via free agency 	Signed via free agency 	Signed via free agency
May 17, 2011 	Niko Hovinen 	Pelicans (SM-liiga) 	2 years, remains with Pelicans for 2011–12 season
July 1, 2011 	Jaromir Jagr 	Avangard Omsk (KHL) 	1 year, $3.3 million
July 1, 2011 	Andreas Lilja 	Anaheim Ducks 	2 years, $1.475 million
July 1, 2011 	Maxime Talbot 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	5 years, $9 million
July 19, 2011 	Jason Bacashihua 	Colorado Avalanche 	1 year, $525,000
September 14, 2011 	Blake Kessel 	New Hampshire Wildcats (Hockey East)	2 years, $1.85 million
March 6, 2012 	Cal Heeter 	Ohio State Buckeyes (CCHA) 	2 years, $1.85 million; begins 2012–13
April 2, 2012 	Matt Mangene 	Maine Black Bears (Hockey East) 	2 years, $1.54 million; begins 2012–13
April 2, 2012 	Matt Konan 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) 	3 years, $2.15 million; begins 2012–13
Lost via free agency 	Lost via free agency 	Lost via free agency 	Lost via free agency
July 1, 2011 	Sean O'Donnell 	Chicago Blackhawks 	
July 1, 2011 	Brian Boucher 	Carolina Hurricanes 	
July 1, 2011 	Ville Leino 	Buffalo Sabres 	
July 1, 2011 	Daniel Carcillo 	Chicago Blackhawks 	
August 3, 2011 	Nikolay Zherdev 	Atlant Mytishchi (KHL) 	
August 3, 2011 	Garrett Klotz 	Adirondack Phantoms (AHL) 	
August 7, 2011 	Danny Syvret 	St. Louis Blues 	
August 9, 2011 	Michael Ryan 	Buffalo Sabres 	
Lost unsigned draft pick	Lost unsigned draft pick	Lost unsigned draft pick 	Lost unsigned draft pick
June 1, 2011 	Simon Bertilsson 	 	eligible for 2011 NHL Entry Draft
June 1, 2011 	Joacim Eriksson 	 	eligible for 2011 NHL Entry Draft
June 1, 2011 	Dave Labrecque 	 	
June 1, 2011 	Adam Morrison 	 	
June 1, 2011 	Nicola Riopel 	 	
Lost on waivers 	Lost on waivers 	Lost on waivers 	Lost on waivers
September 14, 2011 	Joonas Lehtivuori 	Modo Hockey (Elitserien) 	
November 29, 2011 	Andreas Nodl 	Carolina Hurricanes 	
==Draft picks==
Philadelphia's picks at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in St. Paul, Minnesota
Rnd	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	Drafted From
1 	8 (from Columbus) 	Sean Couturier 	Center 	 	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
3 	68 (from Columbus) 	Nick Cousins 	Center 	 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4 	116 	Colin Suellentrop	Defense 	 	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4 	118 (from Tampa Bay)	Marcel Noebels 	Left wing 	 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
6 	176 	Petr Placek 	Right wing	 	Hotchkiss School (High-CT)
7 	206 	Derek Mathers 	Right wing	 	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
==Farm teams==
;American Hockey League – Adirondack PhantomsFlyersHistory.net, AHL Season Overview: 2011–12 (Standings)
; ECHL – Trenton Titans
==See also==
* 2011–12 NHL season
==References==
;General
*hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statisticsResults and Schedule
*hockey-reference.com: Roster and StatisticsSchedule and Results
*Flyers History: Season OverviewGame Scores & ResultsPlayoff Results
;Specific
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