2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. For the second time in three years, the Flyers failed to qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
On April 15, 2014, the Flyers re-signed 27-year-old impending unrestricted free agent Andrew MacDonald to a six-year extension for $30 million to keep the defenseman under contract through the 2019–20 NHL season.https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/puck-daddy/flyers-give-andrew-macdonald-6-year---30-million-deal-145530186.html
On May 7, 2014, Paul Holmgren was promoted to President of the Flyers and Ron Hextall was promoted to General Manager.
On June 23, 2014, Hextall's first major move as General Manager was to trade Scott Hartnell to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for R. J. Umberger and a fourth-round pick in the 2015 draft. Hextall would later sign free agent defensemen Nick Schultz and Michael Del Zotto to one-year deals.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)	2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 22 	Toronto 	3–2 	Philadelphia 	SO 	Stolarz 	 	0–0–1 	Recap
2 	September 22 	Washington 	4–5 	Philadelphia 	 	Zepp 	17,679 	1–0–1 	Recap
3 	September 23 	Philadelphia 	0–4 	Toronto 	 	Mason 	15,190 	1–1–1 	Recap
4 	September 25 	New Jersey 	0–4 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	18,850 	2–1–1 	Recap
5 	September 28 	Philadelphia 	1–3 	New Jersey 	 	Zepp 	10,404 	2–2–1 	Recap
6 	September 29 	Philadelphia 	3–6 	NY Rangers 	 	Mason 	18,006 	2–3–1 	Recap
7 	September 30 	NY Rangers 	2–4 	Philadelphia 	 	Emery 	18,865 	3–3–1 	Recap
8 	October 2 	Philadelphia 	2–3 	Washington 	SO 	Mason 	16,765 	3–3–2 	Recap
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
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Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.	
Notes:
Game was played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.
===Regular season===
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October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)	October: 4–4–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 8 	Philadelphia 	1–2 	Boston 	 	Mason 	17,565 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 9 	New Jersey 	6–4 	Philadelphia 	 	Mason 	19,801 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 11 	Montreal 	4–3 	Philadelphia 	SO 	Emery 	19,745 	0–2–1 	1 	Recap
4 	October 14 	Anaheim 	4–3 	Philadelphia 	SO 	Mason 	19,589 	0–2–2 	2 	Recap
5 	October 18 	Philadelphia 	6–5 	Dallas 	OT 	Emery 	18,532 	1–2–2 	4 	Recap
6 	October 21 	Philadelphia 	0–4 	Chicago 	 	Mason 	21,162 	1–3–2 	4 	Recap
7 	October 22 	Philadelphia 	5–3 	Pittsburgh 	 	Emery 	18,661 	2–3–2 	6 	Recap
8 	October 25 	Detroit 	2–4 	Philadelphia 	 	Emery 	19,867 	3–3–2 	8 	Recap
9 	October 28 	Los Angeles 	2–3 	Philadelphia 	OT 	Emery 	19,873 	4–3–2 	10 	Recap
10 	October 30 	Philadelphia 	3–4 	Tampa Bay 	 	Emery 	18,642 	4–4–2 	10 	Recap
==Player statistics==
;Skaters
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	22	59	81	1 	78
 	81	25	48	73	−3 	36
 	81	9 	43	52	−8 	36
 	75	28	22	50	−5 	66
 	82	18	29	47	−5 	34
 	82	15	22	37	4 	28
 	64	10	22	32	−5 	34
 	80	8 	22	30	−4 	14
 	67	21	7 	28	6 	34
 	57	8 	12	20	−7 	36
 	72	9 	6 	15	−6 	28
 	67	9 	6 	15	−9 	19
 	80	2 	13	15	2 	47
 	68	5 	9 	14	8 	32
 	58	3 	11	14	−2 	18
 	34	6 	6 	12	4 	30
 	58	2 	10	12	−5 	41
 	81	6 	6 	12	−3 	18
‡ 	39	1 	8 	9 	−1 	16
 	33	2 	6 	8 	0 	10
 	31	2 	4 	6 	−1 	17
 	58	1 	5 	6 	−9 	102
(G) 	51	0 	3 	3 	N/A	2
 	11	0 	3 	3 	3 	7
 	3 	0 	2 	2 	1 	0
(G) 	30	0 	0 	0 	N/A	4
 	13	0 	0 	0 	−1 	8
(G) 	10	0 	0 	0 	N/A	0
 	11	0 	0 	0 	1 	2
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−4 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	10
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	51	48	2885	18	18	11	108	2.25	1490	.928	3
 	31	25	1570	10	11	7 	80 	3.06	758 	.894	0
 	10	9 	519 	5 	2 	0 	25 	2.89	223 	.888	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
‡Traded mid-season
==Awards and records==
===Awards===
Type 	Award/honor 	Recipient 	Ref
League (annual) 	NHL First All-Star Team 	Jakub Voracek (Right Wing) 	
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection 	Claude Giroux 	
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection 	Jakub Voracek 	
League (in-season)	NHL Second Star of the Week 	Jakub Voracek (December 22)	
League (in-season)	NHL Second Star of the Week 	Brayden Schenn (April 6) 	
Team 	Barry Ashbee Trophy 	Mark Streit 	
Team 	Bobby Clarke Trophy 	Jakub Voracek 	
Team 	Gene Hart Memorial Award 	Jakub Voracek 	
Team 	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy 	Chris VandeVelde 	
Team 	Toyota Cup 	Claude Giroux 	
Team 	Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Mark Streit 	
Miscellaneous 	Golden Hockey Stick 	Jakub Voracek 	
===Records===
====Team====
Franchise team records set during the 2014–15 season
Record 	Type 	Total	Date(s) 	Refs
Games lost on road 	Streak	9 	10/30/2014 – 12/3/2014	2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 259
Games lost on road 	Streak	9 	2/24/2015 – 3/21/2015 	2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 259
Most overtime losses	Season	18 	— 	
Most shootouts 	Season	14 	— 	
Most shootout losses	Season	11 	— 	
===Milestones===
 Regular Season
Player	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 8, 2014
 	100th Career Assist 	October 11, 2014
 	100th Career Game 	October 14, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	October 22, 2014
 	300th Career Point 	October 22, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 25, 2014
 	200th Career Game 	October 25, 2014
 	200th Career Assist 	October 28, 2014
 	100th Career Point 	November 4, 2014
 	100th Career Point 	November 15, 2014
 	400th Career Point 	November 22, 2014
 	900th Career Game 	November 26, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point	December 2, 2014
 	600th Career Game 	December 9, 2014
 	700th Career Game 	December 9, 2014
 	200th Career Assist 	December 13, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Goal 	December 13, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Win 	December 21, 2014
 	100th Career Point 	December 23, 2014
 	100th Career Point 	December 29, 2014
 	600th Career Game 	December 31, 2014
 	500th Career Game 	December 31, 2014
 	100th Career Game 	January 6, 2015
 	200th Career Game 	January 19, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	January 27, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point	January 29, 2015
 	500th Career Game 	January 31, 2015
 	500th Career Game 	January 31, 2015
 	25th Career Shutout 	January 31, 2015
 	300th Career Assist 	March 3, 2015
 	100th Career Game 	March 3, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	March 17, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	March 28, 2015
 	300th Career Assist 	April 9, 2015
==Suspensions and fines==
Player 	Explanation 	Length 	Salary 	Date issued
Team 	Violating the terms of the CBA (travelling during a restricted period for team activity). 	— 	Undisclosed	January 4, 2015
Zac Rinaldo	Boarding and charging against Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang during NHL Game No. 684 in Philadelphia on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at 15:36 of the first period.	8 games	$73,170.72 	January 26, 2015
==Transactions==
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 14, 2014, the day after the deciding game of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 15, 2015, the day of the deciding game of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals.
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
June 23, 2014 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Scott Hartnell	To Philadelphia Flyers R. J. Umberger4th-round pick in 2015 	
July 2, 2014 	To San Jose Sharks rights to Tye McGinn	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2015 	
February 27, 2015	To Chicago Blackhawks Kimmo Timonen 	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2015conditional 4th-round pick in 2016 	
March 2, 2015 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Braydon Coburn 	To Philadelphia Flyers Radko Gudasconditional 1st-round pick in 20153rd-round pick in 2015	
===Signings===
====Free agency====
The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).
Date 	Player 	Previous team (league) 	Term 	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Rob Zepp 	Eisbären Berlin (DEL) 	1-year*	
July 1, 2014 	Blair Jones 	Calgary Flames 	1-year*	
July 2, 2014 	Nick Schultz 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1-year 	
July 2, 2014 	Andrew Gordon 	Winnipeg Jets 	1-year*	
July 2, 2014 	Zack Stortini 	Anaheim Ducks 	1-year*	
August 5, 2014 	Michael Del Zotto 	Nashville Predators 	1-year 	
August 7, 2014 	Ryan White 	Montreal Canadiens 	1-year*	
October 30, 2014	Carlo Colaiacovo 	St. Louis Blues 	1-year*	
March 10, 2015 	Danick Martel (ELC) 	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL)	3-year*	
March 12, 2015 	Cole Bardreau (ELC) 	Cornell University (ECAC) 	2-year*	
May 1, 2015 	Christian Marti (ELC)	Genève-Servette HC (NLA) 	2-year*	
May 20, 2015 	Evgeny Medvedev 	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) 	1-year 	
May 21, 2015 	Aaron Palushaj 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL) 	1-year*	
====Internal====
The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).
Date 	Player 	Term 	Ref
June 23, 2014 	Brayden Schenn 	2-year 	
July 1, 2014 	Ray Emery 	1-year 	
July 2, 2014 	Jason Akeson 	1-year* 	
July 4, 2014 	Chris VandeVelde 	1-year* 	
July 14, 2014 	Jesper Pettersson () 	3-year* 	
August 27, 2014 	Brandon Manning 	1-year* 	
September 2, 2014 	Zac Rinaldo 	2-year extension	
September 25, 2014	Travis Sanheim () 	3-year* 	
October 2, 2014 	Nicolas Aube-Kubel () 	3-year* 	
February 18, 2015 	Nick Schultz 	2-year extension	
March 2, 2015 	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	2-year extension	
March 3, 2015 	Tyrell Goulbourne () 	3-year* 	
April 10, 2015 	Brandon Manning 	1-year extension	
May 28, 2015 	Radel Fazleyev () 	3-year* 	
===Departures===
The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).
Date 	Player 	New team (league) 	Via 	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Bruno Gervais 	Colorado Avalanche 	Free agency	
July 2, 2014 	Steve Downie 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Free agency	
July 3, 2014 	Ben Holmstrom 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Free agency	
July 4, 2014 	Kris Newbury 	Washington Capitals 	Free agency	
August 1, 2014 	Kyle Flanagan 	Modo Hockey (SHL) 	Free agency	
August 2, 2014 	Adam Hall 	HC Ambrì-Piotta (NLA) 	Free agency	
August 7, 2014 	Cullen Eddy 	Sheffield Steelers (EIHL) 	Free agency	
September 5, 2014	Tyler Brown 	Greenville Road Warriors (ECHL)	Free agency	
N/A 	Tyler Hostetter 	— 	Retirement 	
October 8, 2014 	Cal Heeter 	Evansville IceMen (ECHL) 	Free agency	
October 11, 2014 	Marcel Noebels* 	Eisbären Berlin (DEL) 	Release 	
November 10, 2014	Yann Danis 	Norfolk Admirals (AHL) 	Free agency	
November 29, 2014	Marc-Andre Bourdon	— 	Retirement 	
April 23, 2015 	Hal Gill 	— 	Retirement 	
June 3, 2015 	Andrew Gordon* 	Linkoping HC (SHL) 	Free agency	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.http://www.litterboxcats.com/2014/4/15/5618872/panther-win-panthers-win-the-draft-lottery-that-is The team finished the previous season ranked 13th in the league, but secured the 17th overall pick, ahead of the New Jersey Devils who were relegated to the 30th spot for attempting to circumvent the salary cap in 2010. The Flyers original third and fourth-round picks were traded to New York Islanders in two separate trades.
Round	Pick	Player 	Position 	Nationality	Team (league) 	Notes
1 	17 	Travis Sanheim 	Defense 	 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 	
2 	48 	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Right Wing	 	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) 	
3 	86 	Mark Friedman 	Defense 	 	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)	
5 	138 	Oskar Lindblom 	Left Wing 	 	Brynäs IF (J20 SuperElit) 	
6 	168 	Radel Fazleyev 	Center 	 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 	
7 	198 	Jesper Pettersson 	Defense 	 	Linköpings HC (SHL) 	
==Farm teams==
;American Hockey League – Lehigh Valley Phantoms
;ECHL – Reading Royals
==Notes==
==References==
;General
*hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statisticsResults and Schedule
*hockey-reference.com: Roster and StatisticsSchedule and Results
*Flyers History: Season OverviewGame Scores & Results
;Specific
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