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The 2013–14 Philadelphia Flyers season was the 47th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[2]

Division3rd Metropolitan
Conference6th Eastern
2013–14 record42–30–10
Home record24–14–3
Quick facts Philadelphia Flyers, Division ...
2013–14 Philadelphia Flyers
Division3rd Metropolitan
Conference6th Eastern
2013–14 record42–30–10
Home record24–14–3
Road record18–16–7
Goals for236
Goals against235
Team information
General managerPaul Holmgren
CoachPeter Laviolette (Oct.)
Craig Berube (Oct.–Apr.)
CaptainClaude Giroux
Alternate captainsScott Hartnell
Kimmo Timonen
ArenaWells Fargo Center
Average attendance19,839 (101.5%)[1]
Minor league affiliatesAdirondack Phantoms
Greenville Road Warriors[a]
Team leaders
GoalsWayne Simmonds (29)
AssistsClaude Giroux (58)
PointsClaude Giroux (86)
Penalty minutesZac Rinaldo (153)
Plus/minusScott Hartnell (+11)
Jakub Voracek (+11)
WinsSteve Mason (33)
Goals against averageSteve Mason (2.50)
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Off-season

The Flyers first major move of the off-season was trading for the negotiating rights to New York Islanders defenseman Mark Streit, an impending unrestricted free agent, for a fourth-round pick in the 2014 NHL entry draft and minor league forward Shane Harper.[3] Streit signed a four-year, $21 million contract with the Flyers.[4]

Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted two compliance buyouts to be exercised after the 2012–13 season and/or after the 2013–14 season that would not count against the salary cap in any further year, regardless of the player's age.[5] The Flyers used their two compliance buyouts on June 27, 2013, buying out centerman Danny Briere[6] and goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.[7] Briere had two years and $5 million left on the eight-year, $52 million contract he signed with the Flyers on July 1, 2007. Bryzgalov had seven years and $34.5 million left on the nine-year, $51 million contract he signed with the Flyers on June 23, 2011.

The Flyers made two major signings in free agency. Former Tampa Bay Lightning centerman Vincent Lecavalier, who had been bought out by the team he spent his first 14 NHL seasons with, signed a five-year, $22.5 million contract on July 2, 2013.[8] Former Flyers goaltender Ray Emery, who had spent the previous season with the Chicago Blackhawks, returned to Flyers by signing a one-year, $1.65 million contract on July 5.[9] On the same day, the Flyers signed star center Claude Giroux to an eight-year contract extension worth $66.2 million.[10]

Regular season

After a second consecutive 0–3 start to the regular season, head coach Peter Laviolette and assistant coach Kevin McCarthy were fired on October 7. Assistant coach Craig Berube, who previously played for the Flyers and served two stints as head coach of the Flyers' AHL affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, was named the new head coach while John Paddock and Ian Laperriere were announced as Berube's assistant coaches. Assistant coach Joe Mullen and goaltending coach Jeff Reese were also retained.[11]

Standings

More information Pos, GP ...
Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 51 24 7 44 249 207 +42 109
2 x – New York Rangers 82 45 31 6 41 218 193 +25 96
3 x – Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 30 10 39 236 235 +1 94
4 x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 43 32 7 38 231 216 +15 93
5 Washington Capitals 82 38 30 14 28 235 240 −5 90
6 New Jersey Devils 82 35 29 18 35 197 208 −11 88
7 Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 35 11 34 207 230 −23 83
8 New York Islanders 82 34 37 11 25 225 267 −42 79
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Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Playoffs

The Philadelphia Flyers entered the playoffs as the Metropolitan Division's third seed. They faced the New York Rangers in the first round and lost the series 4 games to 3.

Schedule and results

Preseason

More information Game, Date ...
2013 preseason[12]
Preseason: 1–5–1 (home: 0–3–1; road: 1–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
1[a]September 15Toronto4–3PhiladelphiaStolarz9,1000–1–0L
2September 16Washington4–3PhiladelphiaSOEmery19,1420–1–1OTL
3September 16Philadelphia3–2TorontoSOHeeter19,1851–1–1W
4September 17NY Rangers3–2PhiladelphiaMason19,1421–2–1L
5September 24New Jersey2–1PhiladelphiaEmery19,3601–3–1L
6September 26Philadelphia1–4New JerseyMason11,7891–4–1L
7September 27Philadelphia3–6WashingtonEmery17,1211–5–1L

Notes:
a Game played at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario.

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

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Regular season

More information Game, Date ...
2013–14 regular season[13]
October: 3–8–0 (home: 2–5–0; road: 1–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 2Toronto3–1PhiladelphiaMason19,8720–1–00L
2October 5Philadelphia1–4MontrealEmery21,2730–2–00L
3October 6Philadelphia1–2CarolinaMason16,0880–3–00L
4October 8Florida1–2PhiladelphiaMason19,5891–3–02W
5October 11Phoenix2–1PhiladelphiaMason19,7131–4–02L
6October 12Philadelphia2–5DetroitEmery20,0661–5–02L
7October 15Vancouver3–2PhiladelphiaMason19,5881–6–02L
8October 17Pittsburgh4–1PhiladelphiaMason19,7351–7–02L
9October 24NY Rangers1–2PhiladelphiaMason19,7682–7–04W
10October 26Philadelphia5–2NY IslandersMason13,6203–7–06W
11October 29Anaheim3–2PhiladelphiaMason19,6153–8–06L
November: 9–4–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–2–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
12November 1Washington7–0PhiladelphiaMason19,7023–9–06L
13November 2Philadelphia1–0New JerseyEmery13,7054–9–08W
14November 5Philadelphia1–2CarolinaOTMason15,5194–9–19OTL
15November 7New Jersey3–0PhiladelphiaEmery19,6044–10–19L
16November 9Edmonton2–4PhiladelphiaMason19,7255–10–111W
17November 12Philadelphia5–0OttawaMason16,3986–10–113W
18November 13Philadelphia2–1PittsburghEmery18,6567–10–115W
19November 15Philadelphia2–3WinnipegSOMason15,0047–10–216OTL
20November 19Ottawa2–5PhiladelphiaMason19,7248–10–218W
21November 21Buffalo1–4PhiladelphiaEmery19,9739–10–220W
22November 23NY Islanders2–5PhiladelphiaMason19,82910–10–222W
23November 25Philadelphia1–3FloridaMason14,29910–11–222L
24November 27Philadelphia2–4Tampa BayEmery18,42710–12–222L
25November 29Winnipeg1–2PhiladelphiaMason19,93711–12–224W
26November 30Philadelphia3–2NashvilleSOMason17,13612–12–226W
December: 8–4–2 (home: 4–0–0; road: 4–4–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
27December 2Philadelphia0–2MinnesotaEmery17,67612–13–226L
28December 4Philadelphia6–3DetroitMason20,06613–13–228W
29December 7Philadelphia1–5DallasMason8,56713–14–228L
30December 9Philadelphia4–5OttawaSOMason15,78613–14–329OTL
31December 11Philadelphia2–7ChicagoEmery21,14413–15–329L
32December 12Montreal1–2PhiladelphiaMason19,74814–15–331W
33December 15Philadelphia4–5WashingtonSOMason18,50614–15–432OTL
34December 17Washington2–5PhiladelphiaMason19,78815–15–434W
35December 19Columbus4–5PhiladelphiaMason19,85216–15–436W
36December 21Philadelphia3–6ColumbusEmery14,09016–16–436L
37December 23Minnesota1–4PhiladelphiaMason19,87217–16–438W
38December 28Philadelphia4–3EdmontonSOMason16,83918–16–440W
39December 30Philadelphia4–3VancouverSOMason18,91019–16–442W
40December 31Philadelphia4–1CalgaryEmery19,28920–16–444W
January: 6–7–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 3–4–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
41January 2Philadelphia1–2ColoradoMason16,79320–17–444L
42January 4Philadelphia5–3PhoenixMason14,87521–17–446W
43January 7Philadelphia3–2New JerseyOTEmery14,52122–17–448W
44January 8Montreal1–3PhiladelphiaMason19,94923–17–450W
45January 11Tampa Bay6–3PhiladelphiaMason19,98723–18–450L
46January 12Philadelphia1–4NY RangersEmery18,00623–19–450L
47January 14Philadelphia4–3BuffaloMason18,66724–19–452W
48January 16Nashville4–3PhiladelphiaSOMason19,91724–19–553OTL
49January 18NY Islanders4–6PhiladelphiaEmery19,99225–19–555W
50January 20Philadelphia3–4NY IslandersSOEmery16,04825–19–656OTL
–January 21CarolinaPhiladelphiaGame rescheduled to January 22 due to a snowstorm in Philadelphia.
51January 22Carolina3–2PhiladelphiaMason19,59225–20–656L
52January 23Philadelphia2–5ColumbusEmery15,57125–21–656L
53January 25Boston6–1PhiladelphiaMason19,93825–22–656L
54January 28Detroit0–5PhiladelphiaMason19,98726–22–658W
55January 30Philadelphia3–5AnaheimMason16,00726–23–658L
February: 4–1–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
56February 1Philadelphia2–0Los AngelesMason18,11827–23–660W
57February 3Philadelphia5–2San JoseMason17,56228–23–662W
58February 6Colorado1–3PhiladelphiaMason19,98229–23–664W
59February 8Calgary1–2PhiladelphiaEmery19,87430–23–666W
60February 27San Jose7–3PhiladelphiaMason19,87930–24–666L
March: 9–3–2 (home: 7–2–1; road: 2–1–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
61March 1NY Rangers2–4PhiladelphiaMason19,98831–24–668W
62March 2Philadelphia5–4WashingtonOTMason18,50632–24–670W
63March 5Washington4–6PhiladelphiaMason19,91933–24–672W
64March 8Philadelphia3–4TorontoOTMason19,58333–24–773OTL
65March 11New Jersey2–1PhiladelphiaMason19,96733–25–773L
66March 15Pittsburgh0–4PhiladelphiaMason19,99334–25–775W
67March 16Philadelphia4–3PittsburghMason18,64735–25–777W
68March 18Chicago2–3PhiladelphiaOTEmery19,93236–25–779W
69March 20Dallas2–4PhiladelphiaMason19,83137–25–781W
70March 22St. Louis1–4PhiladelphiaMason19,94238–25–783W
71March 24Los Angeles3–2PhiladelphiaEmery19,87638–26–783L
72March 26Philadelphia1–3NY RangersMason18,00638–26–783L
73March 28Toronto2–4PhiladelphiaMason19,96339–27–785W
74March 30Boston4–3PhiladelphiaSOMason19,95839–27–886OTL
April: 3–3–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 2–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
75April 1Philadelphia0–1St. LouisSOEmery18,64739–27–987OTL
76April 3Columbus2–0PhiladelphiaMason19,98139–28–987L
77April 5Philadelphia2–5BostonEmery17,56539–29–987L
78April 6Buffalo2–5PhiladelphiaMason19,60340–29–989W
79April 8Philadelphia5–2FloridaMason12,48741–29–991W
80April 10Philadelphia2–4Tampa BayEmery19,20441–30–991L
81April 12Philadelphia4–3PittsburghOTEmery18,67342–30–993W
82April 13Carolina6–5PhiladelphiaSOHeeter19,72742–30–1094OTL

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

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Playoffs

More information 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, Game ...
2014 Stanley Cup playoffs[13]
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M2) New York Rangers: New York won 4–3
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 17Philadelphia1–4NY RangersEmery18,0060–1L
2April 20Philadelphia4–2NY RangersEmery18,0061–1W
3April 22NY Rangers4–1PhiladelphiaEmery20,0961–2L
4April 25NY Rangers1–2PhiladelphiaMason20,1322–2W
5April 27Philadelphia2–4NY RangersMason18,0062–3L
6April 29NY Rangers2–5PhiladelphiaMason20,1373–3W
7April 30Philadelphia1–2NY RangersMason18,0063–4L

Legend: W Win L Loss

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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.
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No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
28Claude GirouxC82285886746724622
93Jakub VoracekRW8223396211227224−14
17Wayne SimmondsRW82293160−41067415−220
19Scott HartnellLW7820325211103703306
32Mark StreitD82103444344712300
10Brayden SchennC822021410547033−28
24Matt ReadRW75221840−4167123−34
14Sean CouturierC821326391457000−36
40Vincent LecavalierC69201737−16447112−52
44Kimmo TimonenD77629355327011−24
12Michael RafflLW68913222287011−10
5Braydon CoburnD8251217−6637033−64
41Andrej Meszaros‡D3851217134——————
9Steve Downie†RW5131417−370——————
8Nicklas GrossmannD7811314−655400002
22Luke SchennD794812058710110
26Erik GustafssonD31281076210102
18Adam HallRW80459−1523701107
15Tye McGinnLW18415−14——————
36Zac RinaldoC67224−131537000−24
47Andrew MacDonald†D19044−3167112−28
37Jay RosehillLW34202−890——————
25Maxime Talbot‡C1111212——————
42Jason AkesonRW1011107213−24
35Steve MasonG610111050000
45Kris NewburyC401107——————
76Chris VandeVeldeC18011−36——————
29Ray EmeryG280003130000
75Hal GillD6000021000−20
33Cal HeeterG10000——————
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Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season Playoffs
GP GS W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
35Steve Mason61603318717511452.50.91743,486542213181.97.9390244
29Ray Emery28219122711692.96.90321,398331289103.49.8880172
33Cal Heeter110013854.69.868064——————————
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Awards and records

Awards

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Records

Among the team records set during the 2013–14 season was Claude Giroux scoring four points during the third period on December 19, tying the team record.[17]

Milestones

Cal Heeter made his NHL debut on April 13, 2014.
More information Milestone, Player ...
Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Michael Raffl October 12, 2013 [18]
Cal Heeter April 13, 2014
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Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 25, 2013, the day after the deciding game of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, through June 13, 2014, the day of the deciding game of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final.[19]

Trades

More information Date, Details ...
Date Details Ref
July 1, 2013 (2013-07-01) To New York Rangers
To Philadelphia Flyers
[20]
October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31) To Colorado Avalanche
To Philadelphia Flyers
[21]
March 4, 2014 (2014-03-04) To New York Islanders
To Philadelphia Flyers
[22]
March 5, 2014 (2014-03-05) To Boston Bruins
To Philadelphia Flyers
  • Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2014[c]
[26]
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Players acquired

More information Date, Player ...
DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) Vincent LecavalierTampa Bay Lightning5-yearFree agency[27]
July 5, 2013 (2013-07-05) Yann DanisEdmonton Oilers1-yearFree agency[28]
Ray EmeryChicago Blackhawks1-yearFree agency[9]
October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01) Hal GillNashville Predators1-yearFree agency[29]
December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12) Chris VandeVeldeAdirondack Phantoms (AHL)1-yearFree agency[30]
June 11, 2014 (2014-06-11) Pierre-Edouard BellemareSkelleftea AIK (SHL)1-yearFree agency[31]
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Players lost

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DatePlayerNew teamVia[d]Ref
June 27, 2013 (2013-06-27) Danny BriereMontreal Canadiens[e]Compliance buyout[34]
Ilya BryzgalovEdmonton Oilers[f]Compliance buyout[34]
July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) Ruslan FedotenkoHC Donbass (KHL)Free agency (III)[36]
July 5, 2013 (2013-07-05) Simon Gagne[g]Contract expiration (III)[32]
Mike Knuble[h]Contract expiration (III)[32]
Matt Walker[i]Contract expiration (III)[32]
July 13, 2013 (2013-07-13) Brian BoucherEV Zug (NLA)Free agency (III)[39]
July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30) Kurtis FosterMedvescak Zagreb (KHL)Free agency (III)[40]
August 5, 2013 (2013-08-05) Mitch WahlEC Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL)Free agency (UFA)[41]
August 9, 2013 (2013-08-09) Jody ShelleyRetirement (III)[42]
October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22) Blake KesselBakersfield Condors (ECHL)Free agency (UFA)[43]
November 4, 2013 (2013-11-04) Kent HuskinsUtica Comets (AHL)Free agency (III)[44]
May 16, 2014 (2014-05-16) Erik GustafssonAvangard Omsk (KHL)Free agency[j][45]
May 29, 2014 (2014-05-29) Eric WellwoodRetirement[k][46]
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Signings

More information Date, Player ...
DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28) Mark Streit4-yearRe-signing[47]
July 4, 2013 (2013-07-04) Adam Hall1-yearRe-signing[48]
July 5, 2013 (2013-07-05) Claude Giroux8-yearExtension[10]
July 9, 2013 (2013-07-09) Erik Gustafsson1-yearRe-signing[49]
July 10, 2013 (2013-07-10) Oliver Lauridsen2-yearRe-signing[50]
July 20, 2013 (2013-07-20) Sean Couturier2-yearExtension[51]
August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29) Brandon Manning1-yearRe-signing[52]
September 9, 2013 (2013-09-09) Taylor Leier3-yearEntry-level[53]
September 17, 2013 (2013-09-17) Samuel Morin3-yearEntry-level[54]
September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20) Matt Read4-yearExtension[55]
January 18, 2014 (2014-01-18) Steve Mason3-yearExtension[56]
March 21, 2014 (2014-03-21) Robert Hagg3-yearEntry-level[57]
March 22, 2014 (2014-03-22) Michael Raffl2-yearExtension[58]
April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15) Shayne Gostisbehere3-yearEntry-level[59]
Andrew MacDonald6-yearExtension[60]
June 13, 2014 (2014-06-13) Kimmo Timonen1-yearExtension[61]
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Draft picks

Philadelphia Flyers' picks at the 2013 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.[62][63] The Flyers traded their fourth-round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning along with Jon Kalinski and a 2012 second-round pick for Pavel Kubina on February 18, 2012.[64]

More information Round, Pick ...
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league)
1 11 Samuel Morin Defense  Canada Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
2 41 Robert Hagg Defense  Sweden MODO (SEL)
3 72 Tyrell Goulbourne Left wing  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
5 132 Terrance Amorosa Defense  Canada Holderness Bulls (USHS-NH)
6 162 Merrick Madsen Goaltender  United States Proctor Academy (USHS-NH)
7 192 David Drake Defense  United States Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
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Farm teams

American Hockey League – Adirondack Phantoms[65]
ECHL – Greenville Road Warriors[66] (affiliation dissolved one month into season)[67][68]

Notes

  1. Affiliation was dissolved in late October.
  2. The Flyers retained half of Meszaros' $4 million cap hit.[23]
  3. The 3rd-round pick would have upgraded to a 2nd-round pick if the Bruins reached the Eastern Conference Finals and Meszaros played in at least 2/3 of their 2014 Stanley Cup playoff games, or if Meszaros re-signed with the Bruins before the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.[24] Neither condition was met and the draft pick remained a 3rd-rounder. If Meszaros re-signed with the Bruins for the 2014–15 season after the draft began the Flyers would have received an additional 2015 4th-round pick,[24] but Meszaros signed with the Buffalo Sabres on July 1, 2014.[25]
  4. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 5 if applicable.[32]
  5. Briere signed with Montreal on July 4.[33]
  6. Bryzgalov signed with Edmonton on November 8.[35]
  7. Gagne was inactive during the 2013–14 season.
  8. Knuble retired.[37]
  9. Walker retired.[38]
  10. Philadelphia retained Gustafsson’s NHL rights through the 2015–16 season.
  11. Wellwood last played during 2012–13 season.

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