2021–22 Philadelphia Flyers season

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2021–22 Philadelphia Flyers
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)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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.

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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 v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
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
Cam 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	A
Carter Hart	45	44	2,603:04	13	24	7	137	3.16	1,441	.905	1	1
Martin Jones	35	33	1,997:08	12	18	3	114	3.42	1,027	.900	0	0
Felix Sandstrom	5	5	297:15	0	4	1	16	3.23	177	.910	0	0

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Claude Giroux^[a]	^[20]
League (in-season)	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]

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Max Willman	October 15, 2021	^[29]
	Felix Sandstrom	December 30, 2021
	Linus Sandin	January 25, 2022
	Isaac Ratcliffe	January 29, 2022
	Hayden Hodgson	March 24, 2022
	Noah Cates	March 29, 2022
	Ronnie Attard	April 2, 2022
	Bobby Brink	April 12, 2022
	Linus Hogberg	April 21, 2022
600th assist	Claude Giroux	December 29, 2021	^[30]
1,000th game played	Claude Giroux	March 17, 2022	^[6]

Date	Details		Ref
July 17, 2021 (2021-07-17)	To Nashville Predators Philippe Myers Nolan Patrick	To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Ellis	^[31]
July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)	To Arizona Coyotes Shayne Gostisbehere 2nd-round pick in 2022 STL 7th-round pick in 2022	To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations	^[32]
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)	To Buffalo Sabres Robert Hagg 1st-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2023	To Philadelphia Flyers Rasmus Ristolainen	^[33]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jakub Voracek	To Philadelphia Flyers Cam Atkinson	^[34]
March 19, 2022 (2022-03-19)	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 (2022-03-21)	To New York Rangers Justin Braun	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2023	^[35]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Edmonton Oilers Derick Brassard	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2023	^[36]
March 23, 2022 (2022-03-23)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Future considerations	To Philadelphia Flyers Brennan Menell	^[37]

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Adam Clendening	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	^[38]
	Ryan Fitzgerald	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[38]
	Martin Jones	San Jose Sharks	1-year	Free agency	^[39]
	Gerald Mayhew	Minnesota Wild	1-year	Free agency	^[38]
	Nick Seeler	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	^[38]
	Nate Thompson	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	^[39]
	Keith Yandle	Florida Panthers	1-year	Free agency	^[40]
	Cooper Zech	Providence Bruins (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[38]
August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25)	Derick Brassard	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	^[41]
September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)	Jon-Randall Avon	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	3-year	Free agency	^[42]
October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11)	Patrick Brown	Vegas Golden Knights		Waivers	^[43]
October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)	Zack MacEwen	Vancouver Canucks		Waivers	^[44]
December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)	Kevin Connauton	Florida Panthers		Waivers	^[45]
March 22, 2021 (2021-03-22)	Hayden Hodgson	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[46]

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)	Carsen Twarynski	Seattle Kraken		Expansion draft	^[47]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Brian Elliott	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	^[48]
July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31)	Alex Lyon	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	^[49]
July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31)	Derrick Pouliot	Henderson Silver Knights (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[50]
August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)	Chris Bigras	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[51]
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24)	Pascal Laberge	Maine Mariners (ECHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[52]
September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)	Andy Andreoff	New York Islanders	1-year	Free agency	^[53]
October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)	Tyler Wotherspoon	Utica Comets (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[54]
November 13, 2021 (2021-11-13)	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Colorado Avalanche		Waivers	^[55]
January 11, 2022 (2022-01-11)	Nate Prosser			Retirement	^[56]
March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)	Gerald Mayhew	Anaheim Ducks		Waivers	^[57]
May 3, 2022 (2022-05-03)	Samuel Morin			Retirement	^[58]
May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)	Maksim Sushko	Dynamo Moscow (KHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[59]

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 26, 2021 (2021-07-26)	Samuel Morin	1-year	Re-signing	^[60]
August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)	Carter Hart	3-year	Re-signing	^[61]
August 14, 2021 (2021-08-14)	Samu Tuomaala	3-year	Entry-level	^[62]
August 20, 2021 (2021-08-20)	Connor Bunnaman	2-year	Re-signing	^[63]
August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21)	Travis Sanheim	2-year	Re-signing	^[64]
August 26, 2021 (2021-08-26)	Sean Couturier	8-year	Extension	^[65]
September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02)	Joel Farabee	6-year	Extension	^[66]
March 10, 2022 (2022-03-10)	Rasmus Ristolainen	5-year	Extension	^[67]
March 27, 2022 (2022-03-27)	Noah Cates	2-year	Entry-level	^[68]
March 29, 2022 (2022-03-29)	Ronnie Attard	2-year	Entry-level	^[69]
April 10, 2022 (2022-04-10)	Bobby Brink	3-year	Entry-level	^[70]
May 7, 2022 (2022-05-07)	Ivan Fedotov	1-year	Entry-level	^[71]
May 17, 2022 (2022-05-17)	Adam Ginning	2-year	Entry-level	^[72]
May 19, 2022 (2022-05-19)	Nick Seeler	2-year	Extension	^[73]
May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23)	Linus Sandin	1-year	Extension	^[74]

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
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)

v t e Philadelphia Flyers
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