2020–21 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2020–21 Philadelphia Flyers season is the 54th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] This is also the second season with head coach Alain Vigneault. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment the Flyers will play this season in the East Division and will play games against only the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Philadelphia Flyers
2020–21 record8–3–2
Home record5–2–1
Road record3–1–1
Goals for46
Goals against41
Team information
General managerChuck Fletcher
CoachAlain Vigneault
CaptainClaude Giroux
Alternate captainsSean Couturier
Kevin Hayes
Ivan Provorov
Jakub Voracek
ArenaWells Fargo Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)
Reading Royals (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsJames van Riemsdyk (7)
AssistsJames van Riemsdyk (11)
PointsJames van Riemsdyk (18)
Penalty minutesNicolas Aube-Kubel (19)
Plus/minusJoel Farabee
Scott Laughton
Ivan Provorov (+6)
WinsCarter Hart (5)
Goals against averageBrian Elliott (2.19)

Standings

Divisional standings
East Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Boston Bruins 11 8 1 2 4 36 24 +12 18
2 Philadelphia Flyers 12 7 3 2 5 39 37 +2 16
3 Washington Capitals 11 6 2 3 4 40 38 +2 15
4 Pittsburgh Penguins 11 5 5 1 1 33 41 −8 11
5 New Jersey Devils 9 4 3 2 3 23 26 −3 10
6 New York Islanders 10 4 4 2 4 23 27 −4 10
7 New York Rangers 10 4 4 2 3 29 28 +1 10
8 Buffalo Sabres 10 4 4 2 2 30 32 −2 10
Updated to game(s) played on February 6, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
February: 1–1–1 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
11February 3Boston4–3PhiladelphiaOTHart07–2–216Recap
12February 5Boston2–1PhiladelphiaElliott07–3–216Recap
13February 7Philadelphia7–4WashingtonHart08–3–218Recap
14February 9Philadelphia–Washington
15February 11New Jersey–Philadelphia
16February 13New Jersey–Philadelphia
17February 14Philadelphia–NY Rangers
18February 18NY Rangers–Philadelphia
19February 21Philadelphia–Boston
20February 24NY Rangers–Philadelphia
21February 27Philadelphia–Buffalo
22February 28Philadelphia–Buffalo

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Draft picks
See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Below are the Philadelphia Flyers' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 23 Tyson Foerster RW Canada Barrie Colts (OHL)
2 54 Emil Andrae D Sweden HV71 J20 (J20 SuperElit)
6 178 Connor McClennon RW Canada Winnipeg Ice (WHL)

Current roster

Updated February 4, 2021[4][5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
57 Wade Allison  RW R 23 2016 Myrtle, Manitoba
10 Andy Andreoff LW L 29 2019 Pickering, Ontario
62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW R 24 2014 Sorel, Quebec
61 Justin Braun D R 33 2019 St. Paul, Minnesota
82 Connor Bunnaman C L 22 2016 Guelph, Ontario
14 Sean Couturier (A)  C L 28 2011 Phoenix, Arizona
37 Brian Elliott G L 35 2017 Newmarket, Ontario
86 Joel Farabee LW L 20 2018 Cicero, New York
3 Mark Friedman D R 25 2014 Toronto, Ontario
48 Morgan Frost  C L 21 2017 Aurora, Ontario
28 Claude Giroux (C) LW R 33 2006 Hearst, Ontario
53 Shayne Gostisbehere D L 27 2012 Pembroke Pines, Florida
56 Erik Gustafsson D L 28 2020 Nynäshamn, Sweden
8 Robert Hagg D L 25 2013 Uppsala, Sweden
79 Carter Hart G L 22 2016 Sherwood Park, Alberta
13 Kevin Hayes (A) C L 28 2019 Boston, Massachusetts
11 Travis Konecny RW R 23 2015 London, Ontario
21 Scott Laughton C L 26 2012 Oakville, Ontario
23 Oskar Lindblom LW L 24 2014 Gävle, Sweden
34 Alex Lyon G L 28 2016 Baudette, Minnesota
5 Philippe Myers  D R 24 2015 Moncton, New Brunswick
19 Nolan Patrick C R 22 2017 Winnipeg, Manitoba
39 Nate Prosser D R 34 2019 Elk River, Minnesota
9 Ivan Provorov (A) D L 24 2015 Yaroslavl, Russia
12 Michael Raffl LW L 32 2013 Villach, Austria
76 Isaac Ratcliffe  LW L 21 2017 London, Ontario
6 Travis Sanheim D L 24 2014 Elkhorn, Manitoba
81 Carsen Twarynski LW L 23 2016 Calgary, Alberta
67 Kirill Ustimenko  G L 22 2017 Gomel, Belarus
25 James van Riemsdyk LW L 31 2018 Middletown Township, New Jersey
93 Jakub Voracek (A) RW L 31 2011 Kladno, Czechoslovakia

References
  1. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
  2. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  3. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  4. "Philadelphia Flyers Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  5. "Philadelphia Flyers Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
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