2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers season

2009-10 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	7th Eastern
2009-10 record	41-35-6
Home record	24-14-3
Road record	17-21-3
Goals for	236
Goals against	225
Team information
General manager	Paul Holmgren
Coach	John Stevens (Oct-Dec) Peter Laviolette
Captain	Mike Richards
Alternate captains	Jeff Carter Simon Gagne Chris Pronger Kimmo Timonen
Arena	Wachovia Center
Average attendance	19,535 (100.2%)
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Carter (33)
Assists	Chris Pronger (45)
Points	Mike Richards (62)
Penalty minutes	Daniel Carcillo (207)
Plus/minus	Chris Pronger (+22)
Wins	Ray Emery (16) Michael Leighton (16)
Goals against average	Michael Leighton (2.48)

The 2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers season is the Flyers' 43rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Off-season

Ray Emery was a member of the 2006-07 Eastern Conference Champion Ottawa Senators

The Flyers began preparing for the season by signing controversial goalie Ray Emery to a contract worth about $1.5 million dollars. Longtime defenseman Derian Hatcher also retired at the beginning of the offseason (after missing all of last season due to knee surgery), replacing Eric Desjardins as the team's player development coach. Desjardins stepped down due to personal business interests. The Flyers also hihttp://www.philly.com/red Jeff Reese as their new goalie coach, replacing Reggie Lemelin. They also promoted former Phantoms coach John Paddock to assistant general manager.

At the Entry Draft, the Flyers made a blockbuster trade for Anaheim Ducks' defenceman Chris Pronger, sending their first-round picks in 2009 and 2010 in exchange. They quickly signed Pronger to a seven year contract extension that is worth about $34 million.

On July 15, the NHL announced that the Flyers would visit Fenway Park to play in the 2010 Winter Classic against the Boston Bruins. The game will be played on New Year's Day.

To prepare for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Chris Pronger, Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, and Simon Gagne were invited by Hockey Canada to compete for a spot on Canada's national hockey team.

Regular season

The 2009-10 season started for the Flyers with the successful return of Ray Emery to the NHL, shutting out the Carolina Hurricanes. However, what followed was inconsistent play of the entire team throughout October though a successful record could be maintained. The last game in October started a five game winning streak. However, this effort would be largely in vain as a road trip to the west coast and ensuing games at the end of the month saw the Flyers lose six of seven games. After being shut out by the Atlanta Thrashers and Vancouver Canucks in consecutive games, General Manager Paul Holmgren relieved head coach John Stevens from his duties and hired Peter Laviolette in his stead.

The change behind the bench however only showed little immediate impact. The very first game for Laviolette saw his team being dominated by the Washington Capitals and Daniel Carcillo punching out Matt Bradley for which Carcillo would be suspended for four games. Up until Christmas break the team showed little improvement with a 2-7-1 stretch from Laviolettes installation on December 4 to December 21.

The team was also marred with injures up until that point. Simon Gagné had to have hernia surgery and was sidelined for two months. Blair Betts suffered a separated shoulder in early October and reinjured the shoulder a few games after his return in mid-november. Danny Brière suffered a tweaked groin and the flu. The team also played hurt a lot. James van Riemsdyk suffered an injury to his pinky finger after being hit with a puck but did not miss any games for it. Ian Laperriere on the other hand was hit in the mouth with the puck on November 27 and would lose seven teeth but only miss one period of play. Defenceman Kimmo Timonen also suffered a broken toe.

The worst injury however was to goaltender Ray Emery who suffered an abdominal tear and went out of the line-up in early December. A short return came in late January but Emery reinjured and had to undergo hip-surgery ending his season in early March. After continuing the slump with Boucher in net, the Flyers picked up Michael Leighton from waivers who had fallen out of favor with the Carolina Hurricanes with a GAA above 4 and a SV% below .850. However, Leighton would turn his season around with the Flyers with an 8-0-1 record in 10 consecutive starts after he had been picked up. His season too would end early with a 16-5-2 record after suffering a high ankle sprain in a game against Nashville on March 16.

An early season highlight was November 16 when Dave Schultz was inducted in the Flyers Hall of Fame. Another honor was given to James van Riemsdyk who was awarded Rookie of the Month for November 2009 by the NHL. Throughout December five Flyers were selected for the roster of their home country in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Mike Richards and Chris Pronger were picked for Canada and Kimmo Timonen was selected for Finland while Oskars Bartulis and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen were chosen by Latvia and Norway respectively, though Tollefsen would be traded before the Olympics begin. Jeff Carter was later considered by Team Canada to join the squad in the event that Ryan Getzlaf is unable to play. However, Getzlaf did participate in the tournament and Carter did not. Richards and Pronger would earn gold medals with Canada while Timonen gained a bronze medal with Finland.

The Flyers also played the in the 2010 Winter Classic in Fenway Park against the Boston Bruins. Though they held the lead up until the last 3 minutes of the game, they would ultimately lose in overtime to a goal that had been contested by the Flyers as it appeared that the Bruins had too many men on the ice..

Another controversy struck over a shorthanded goal by Simon Gagne in a 7-4 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on January 7. The goal had not been given and also after video review was not awarded, though video evidence shows the puck in the net. However, this angle had not been sent to the video review in Toronto by the FSN Pittsburgh broadcasting team and the call could no longer be overturned after the puck had been dropped. An internal investigation by FSN Pittsburgh as well as an investigation by the NHL followed and a producer was suspended.

For the first time since 1993 the Flyers stayed put during the 2010 NHL trade deadline period with no trades. With only minor changes throughout the season the team finished almost entirely unchanged from the way it started the season in terms of players. Only the waiver acquisition of Michael Leighton, the season-ending injury to Emery and the trade of Ole-Kristian Tollefsen for Ville Leino showed significant impact to the roster besides usual promotions and demotions from or to the Flyers AHL affiliate Adirondack Phantoms.

Another key injury would knock Jeff Carter out for 5 games as a fracture in his left foot would halt his streak of consecutive games played at 286. He would return for the last two games of the season.

The Flyers season would come to an end in a dramatic fashion. While wins over the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs kept the playoff hopes alive, it would ultimately come down to a home-and-home series with the New York Rangers to end the season. The Rangers were desperately trying to clinch a playoff spot themselves and would need to win both games to do so. The Flyers would lose the first game of that series at Madison Square Garden 4-3, though it was a hard fought battle for both teams. This would set up a "Win and you're in" situation for the second game at the Wachovia Center with the winner advancing to the playoffs and the loser being eliminated. Jody Shelley scored early for the Rangers but New York could not extend that lead. The Flyers put continuous pressure on the Rangers with Henrik Lundqvist playing a stellar game to keep the Flyers off the board until Matt Carle put a rebound behind him halfway through the third period tying the game 1-1. Neither team would score again until the shootout in which a goal by Claude Giroux would force Olli Jokinen to score to keep the Rangers playoff hopes alive. However, Brian Boucher would make the crucial save and with that clinching the playoff spot for the Flyers and ending the Rangers' season.

Post-season

The Flyers drew their division rival New Jersey Devils for the opening round of the playoffs as the Devils clinched second place in the conference by defeating the Buffalo Sabres in their final game of the season. Buffalo would have been the Flyers' opponents, had the Sabres managed to keep the Devils without a point from that game. The Flyers won five of six games against the Devils during the regular season. The Devils managed to secure the 2nd seed going into the playoffs, thus guaranteeing them the home ice advantage in the first round against the Flyers.

Eastern Conference Quarter Finals vs. New Jersey Devils

As the season series promised, the Flyers matched up well with the Devils and took game one in a 2-1 decision at Prudential Center. The Flyers had shut out the Devils until there were only 3 minutes left in the game but could hold on to the lead to finish out the game. An equally hard fought game was the second in the series which the Devils took in a 5-3 victory. With a split in New Jersey, the Flyers returned confidently to Philadelphia.

Game 3 saw an unlikely hero in Daniel Carcillo who scored the 3-2 game winner 3:35 into overtime giving him his 2nd point of the night in 7:11 of ice-time. He assisted on a goal by Mike Richards in the 2nd period. Game 4 at Wachovia Center saw the Flyers win the game 4-1 on a 3 point night by Jeff Carter who played with a screw inserted in his broken foot. However, that win would proof costly as Carter broke his other foot on the play for his 2nd goal and Simon Gagne suffered a broken big toe in his right foot as well.

This would set up situation similar to 2000 Eastern Conference finals in which the Flyers on the strong play of Brian Boucher took a 3-1 series lead over the Devils, only to see it melt away and lose in 7 games. However, history would not repeat itself. Boucher would earn his first playoff shutout in 10 years in a 3-0 decision in game 5, eliminating the Devils. This was the third consecutive time the Devils would exit the playoffs in the first round. Claude Giroux contributed to all three goals, assisting Danny Briere on a goal in the first period and scoring twice himself in the second. That win saw another injury though, as Ian Laperriere was hit in the face by a slapshot in a situation reminiscent of an incident earlier in the season which cost him seven teeth. Laperriere was hit above the right eye and suffered a large gash across his eyebrow which reportedly required 50-70 stitches.

The series was influence strongly by the play of Mike Richards who had four multi-point games in this series that lasted 5 games. However, the series was also marred with a large amount of obstruction penalties called. In five games there were 72 minor penalties and 3 game misconducts handed out for a total of 174 penalty minutes between both teams.

Eastern Conference Semi Finals vs. Boston Bruins

The Flyers would meet the Boston Bruins in the next round who had dispatched the Buffalo Sabres in six games. The Bruins were noted in that series for being perfect on the penalty kill, negating all 19 chances the Sabres had in that series. However, due to the Flyers having started on the first day of the playoffs and due to beating the Devils in a quick fashion, the Flyers had more than a week off. While this would proof some opportunity for their injured players to heal, the Flyers were already notorious for not responding well to long rests during the regular season. This would also show in the series as well as the Flyers gave up the first goal less than three minutes into the first game and leave the first period down 2-0. However, the Flyers would rally and tie the game at 4-4 in the 2nd half of the 3rd period on goals by Richards and Briere. This however would only set up the heroics of Marc Savard, who had returned from missing several weeks with a concussion.

Game 2 was a similar story. The Bruins caught the early lead 5:12 into the game and while the Flyers were able to catch up twice, they could not take the lead and a goal by Milan Lucic with less than 3 minutes to go in the game would spell victory for the Bruins. In the third game the Flyers were finally able to take a lead with Arron Asham scoring only 2:32. The lead would not last long though as Blake Wheeler and Miroslav Satan would answer in quick succession, 1:34 apart and less than two minutes after Asham's goal, to take the lead. The Flyers were unable to score again and with a lackluster 3rd period by Philadelphia the game ended in a 4-1 Bruins victory.

The Flyers were now on the brink of elimination down three games to none. However, on the upside, Simon Gagne returned for game 4 which turned into a bizarre mirror version of the first game of the series. While the Flyers were able to take a big 3-1 lead, they saw it melt away on a few strange goals. The Flyers would retake the lead again but Mark Recchi would tie it with 20 seconds left in the game. However, the returned Gagne would put an end to it scoring at 14:40 in overtime to keep the Flyers alive and send the series back to Boston. There the Flyers would dominate shutting out the Bruins for a 4-0 victory to climb back into the series. However, the shutout was not held by a single goalie as Brian Boucher would go down with injuries in both of his knees after Flyers defenseman Ryan Parent and Bruins forward Miroslav Satan fell on top of him. This would call Michael Leighton back into action who had only just returned at that very game from a high-ankle sprain that had sidelined him since mid March.

Leighton's heroics would continue in Game six after making 14 saves in game 5 to preserve the shutout Boucher had started. He would keep the Bruins off the scoreboard for 59 minutes until Milan Lucic scored and make 30 saves total. However, at that point the Flyers would hold on to a 2-1 lead to send the series to a deciding game 7 at TD Garden.

Game 7 would play out very much like the series itself. The Bruins would jump to a 3-0 lead in the first period. Two of the goals came on the power play due to infractions for high-sticking on Scott Hartnell and Daniel Briere respectively. This would prompt coach Peter Laviolette to use up his timeout to rally the team. Shortly after, James van Riemsdyk, who had not registered a goal in the playoffs until that point, scored to make it 3-1. The 2nd period was all Flyers as Hartnell and Briere would redeem themselves by scoring a goal each to tie the game up at 3-3. Overall, the game was relatively low on penalties with only six minors being called total, but the last one of those, a bench penalty for Too Many Men, would come to haunt Boston as Simon Gagne put the puck in the net for a 4-3 Flyers lead. The Flyers would be able to hold on to it and become only the third team in NHL history, the fourth team in the big four american professional sports leagues, to return from an 0-3 deficit of games to win that playoff series.

Regular season standings

	Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	y–New Jersey Devils	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
4	New York Rangers	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
5	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	222	264	79

Eastern Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
p–Washington Capitals	82	54	15	13	318	233	121
y–New Jersey Devils	82	48	27	7	222	191	103
y–Buffalo Sabres	82	45	27	10	235	207	100
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	28	7	257	237	101
Ottawa Senators	82	44	32	6	225	238	94
Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	206	200	91
Philadelphia Flyers	82	41	35	6	236	225	88
Montreal Canadiens	82	39	33	10	217	223	88
New York Rangers	82	38	33	11	222	218	87
Atlanta Thrashers	82	35	34	13	234	256	83
Carolina Hurricanes	82	35	37	10	230	256	80
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	34	36	12	217	260	80
New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	222	264	79
Florida Panthers	82	32	37	13	208	244	77
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	38	14	214	267	74

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)

Game Log

2009-10 Game Log

October: 6-4-1 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 2-2-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 2 Philadelphia 2 - 0 Carolina Emery 18,680 1-0-0 2 2 October 3 Philadelphia 5 - 2 New Jersey Emery 17,625 2-0-0 4 3 October 6 Washington 5 - 6 Philadelphia OT Emery 19,567 3-0-0 6 4 October 8 Pittsburgh 5 - 4 Philadelphia Emery 19,611 3-1-0 6 5 October 10 Anaheim 3 - 2 Philadelphia SO Emery 19,603 3-1-1 7 6 October 16 Philadelphia 2 - 4 Florida Emery 15,557 3-2-1 7 7 October 22 Boston 3 - 4 Philadelphia SO Emery 19,303 4-2-1 9 8 October 24 Florida 1 - 5 Philadelphia Emery 19,007 5-2-1 11 9 October 25 San Jose 4 - 1 Philadelphia Boucher 19,126 5-3-1 11 10 October 27 Philadelphia 2 - 4 Washington Emery 18,277 5-4-1 11 11 October 31 Carolina 1 - 6 Philadelphia Emery 19,076 6-4-1 13 November: 7-6-0 (Home: 4-2-0; Road: 3-4-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 12 November 2 Tampa Bay 2 - 6 Philadelphia Emery 18,667 7-4-1 15 13 November 6 Philadelphia 5 - 2 Buffalo Emery 18,525 8-4-1 17 14 November 7 St. Louis 1 - 2 Philadelphia SO Emery 19,542 9-4-1 19 15 November 12 Ottawa 1 - 5 Philadelphia Emery 19,321 10-4-1 21 16 November 14 Buffalo 3 - 2 Philadelphia Emery 19,641 10-5-1 21 17 November 16 New Jersey 2 - 3 Philadelphia Emery 19,673 11-5-1 23 18 November 18 Philadelphia 3 - 2 Los Angeles Boucher 17,821 12-5-1 25 19 November 20 Philadelphia 3 - 6 San Jose Emery 17,562 12-6-1 25 20 November 21 Philadelphia 1 - 3 Phoenix Emery 11,106 12-7-1 25 21 November 23 Philadelphia 4 - 5 Colorado Boucher 13,281 12-8-1 25 22 November 25 Philadelphia 2 - 1 NY Islanders Boucher 12,687 13-8-1 27 23 November 27 Buffalo 4 - 2 Philadelphia Emery 19,673 13-9-1 27 24 November 28 Philadelphia 0 - 1 Atlanta Boucher 16,018 13-10-1 27 December: 6-8-1 (Home: 1-5-1; Road: 5-3-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 25 December 3 Vancouver 3 - 0 Philadelphia Boucher 18,892 13-11-1 27 26 December 5 Washington 8 - 2 Philadelphia Emery 19,789 13-12-1 27 27 December 7 Philadelphia 1 - 3 Montreal Boucher 21,273 13-13-1 27 28 December 8 NY Islanders 2 - 6 Philadelphia Boucher 19,330 14-13-1 29 29 December 10 Ottawa 2 - 0 Philadelphia Boucher 19,706 14-14-1 29 30 December 12 Philadelphia 1 - 4 New Jersey Boucher 15,724 14-15-1 29 31 December 14 Philadelphia 3 - 1 Boston Boucher 17,565 15-15-1 31 32 December 15 Philadelphia 1 - 6 Pittsburgh Boucher 17,086 15-16-1 31 33 December 17 Pittsburgh 3 - 2 Philadelphia SO Boucher 19,689 15-16-2 32 34 December 19 NY Rangers 2 - 1 Philadelphia Boucher 19,637 15-17-2 32 35 December 21 Florida 4 - 1 Philadelphia Boucher 19,323 15-18-2 32 36 December 23 Philadelphia 5 - 2 Tampa Bay Leighton 16,177 16-18-2 34 37 December 26 Philadelphia 4 - 3 Carolina SO Leighton 16,288 17-18-2 36 38 December 27 Philadelphia 2 - 1 NY Islanders Leighton 12,819 18-18-2 38 39 December 30 Philadelphia 6 - 0 NY Rangers Leighton 18,200 19-18-2 40 January: 8-5-1 (Home: 7-2-0; Road: 1-3-1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 40 January 1[2] Philadelphia 1 - 2 Boston OT Leighton 38,112 19-18-3 41 41 January 3 Philadelphia 4 - 7 Ottawa Boucher 17,153 19-19-3 41 42 January 6 Toronto 2 - 6 Philadelphia Leighton 19,617 20-19-3 43 43 January 7 Philadelphia 7 - 4 Pittsburgh Leighton 17,095 21-19-3 45 44 January 9 Tampa Bay 1 - 4 Philadelphia Leighton 19,678 22-19-3 47 45 January 12 Dallas 3 - 6 Philadelphia Leighton 19,133 23-19-3 49 46 January 14 Philadelphia 0 - 4 Toronto Leighton 19,370 23-20-3 49 47 January 17 Philadelphia 3 - 5 Washington Emery 18,277 23-21-3 49 48 January 19 Columbus 3 - 5 Philadelphia Emery 19,126 24-21-3 51 49 January 21 NY Rangers 0 - 2 Philadelphia Emery 19,631 25-21-3 53 50 January 23 Carolina 2 - 4 Philadelphia Emery 19,732 26-21-3 55 51 January 24 Pittsburgh 2 - 1 Philadelphia Emery 19,798 26-22-3 55 52 January 28 Atlanta 4 - 3 Philadelphia Emery 19,611 26-23-3 55 53 January 30 NY Islanders 1 - 2 Philadelphia Emery 19,787 27-23-3 57 ^† 2010 NHL Winter Classic, played at Fenway Park. February: 5-2-0 (Home: 2-0-0; Road: 3-2-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 54 February 1 Philadelphia 3 - 0 Calgary Emery 19,289 28-23-3 59 55 February 3 Philadelphia 0 - 1 Edmonton Leighton 16,839 28-24-3 59 56 February 6 Philadelphia 1 - 2 Minnesota Leighton 18,640 28-25-3 59 57 February 8 New Jersey 2 - 3 Philadelphia Leighton 19,678 29-25-3 61 58 February 10 Philadelphia 3 - 2 New Jersey OT Leighton 5,580 30-25-3 63 59 February 12 Montreal 2 - 3 Philadelphia Leighton 19,803 31-25-3 65 60 February 13 Philadelphia 6 - 2 Montreal Leighton 21,273 32-25-3 67 March: 6-7-3 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 2-5-2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 61 March 2 Philadelphia 7 - 2 Tampa Bay Leighton 17,812 33-25-3 69 62 March 3 Philadelphia 4 - 7 Florida Boucher 15,878 33-26-3 69 63 March 5 Philadelphia 2 - 3 Buffalo OT Leighton 18,690 33-26-4 70 64 March 7 Toronto 1 - 3 Philadelphia Leighton 19,632 34-26-4 72 65 March 9 NY Islanders 2 - 3 Philadelphia Leighton 19,687 35-26-4 74 66 March 11 Boston 5 - 1 Philadelphia Leighton 19,673 35-27-4 74 67 March 13 Chicago 2 - 3 Philadelphia Leighton 19,858 36-27-4 76 68 March 14 Philadelphia 1 - 3 NY Rangers Leighton 18,200 36-28-4 76 69 March 16 Philadelphia 3 - 4 Nashville SO Boucher 16,585 36-28-5 77 70 March 18 Philadelphia 3 - 2 Dallas Boucher 17,529 37-28-5 79 71 March 20 Philadelphia 2 - 5 Atlanta Boucher 17,024 37-29-5 79 72 March 21 Atlanta 3 - 1 Philadelphia Boucher 19,575 37-30-5 79 73 March 23 Philadelphia 0 - 2 Ottawa Boucher 19,209 37-31-5 79 74 March 25 Minnesota 4 - 3 Philadelphia OT Boucher 19,716 37-31-6 80 75 March 27 Philadelphia 1 - 4 Pittsburgh Backlund 17,132 37-32-6 80 76 March 28 New Jersey 1 - 5 Philadelphia Boucher 19,769 38-32-6 82 April: 3-3-0 (Home: 2-1-0; Road: 1-2-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 77 April 1 Philadelphia 4 - 6 NY Islanders Boucher 11,823 38-33-6 82 78 April 2 Montreal 1 - 0 Philadelphia Boucher 19,801 38-34-6 82 79 April 4 Detroit 3 - 4 Philadelphia Boucher 19,596 39-34-6 84 80 April 6 Philadelphia 2 - 0 Toronto Boucher 19,366 40-34-6 86 81 April 9 Philadelphia 3 - 4 NY Rangers Boucher 18,200 40-35-6 86 82 April 11 NY Rangers 1 - 2 Philadelphia SO Boucher 19,889 41-35-6 88

Playoffs

Game log

2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. New Jersey - Flyers win 4-1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 14 Philadelphia 2 - 1 New Jersey Boucher 17,625 Flyers lead 1-0 2 April 16 Philadelphia 3 - 5 New Jersey Boucher 17,625 Series tied 1-1 3 April 18 New Jersey 2 - 3 Philadelphia OT Boucher 19,957 Flyers lead 2-1 4 April 20 New Jersey 1 - 4 Philadelphia Boucher 19,709 Flyers lead 3-1 5 April 22 Philadelphia 3 - 0 New Jersey Boucher 17,625 Flyers win 4-1 Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Boston - Flyers win 4-3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 May 1 Philadelphia 4 - 5 Boston OT Boucher 17,565 Bruins lead 1-0 2 May 3 Philadelphia 2 - 3 Boston Boucher 17,565 Bruins lead 2-0 3 May 5 Boston 4 - 1 Philadelphia Boucher 19,688 Bruins lead 3-0 4 May 7 Boston 4 - 5 Philadelphia OT Boucher 19,702 Bruins lead 3-1 5 May 10 Philadelphia 4 - 0 Boston Boucher 17,565 Bruins lead 3-2 6 May 12 Boston 1 - 2 Philadelphia Leighton 19,929 Series tied 3-3 7 May 14 Philadelphia 4 - 3 Boston Leighton 17,565 Flyers win 4-3 Eastern Conference Finals vs. Montreal - Series tied 0-0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 May 16 Montreal Philadelphia 2 May 18 Montreal Philadelphia 3 May 20 Philadelphia Montreal 4 May 22 Philadelphia Montreal *5 May 24 Montreal Philadelphia *6 May 26 Philadelphia Montreal *7 May 28 Montreal Philadelphia Legend:       Win       Loss "*": if necessary

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season # Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM 18 Richards, MikeMike Richards 82 31 31 62 -2 79 17 Carter, JeffJeff Carter 74 33 28 61 +2 38 20 Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger 82 10 45 55 +22 79 48 Briere, DannyDanny Briere 75 26 27 53 -2 71 28 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 82 16 31 47 -9 23 19 Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell 81 14 30 44 -6 155 12 Gagne, SimonSimon Gagne 58 17 23 40 -1 47 44 Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen 82 6 33 39 -2 50 21 van Riemsdyk, JamesJames van Riemsdyk 78 15 20 35 -1 30 25 Carle, MattMatt Carle 80 6 29 35 +19 16 45 Asham, ArronArron Asham 72 10 14 24 -2 126 13 Carcillo, DanielDaniel Carcillo 76 12 10 22 +5 207 14 Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere 82 3 17 20 -1 162 5 Coburn, BraydonBraydon Coburn 81 5 14 19 -6 54 10 Betts, BlairBlair Betts 63 8 10 18 +7 14 36 Powe, DarrollDarroll Powe 63 9 6 15 0 54 3 Bartulis, OskarsOskars Bartulis 53 1 8 9 -12 28 22 Leino, VilleVille Leino 13 2 2 4 +2 4 26 Syvret, DannyDanny Syvret 21 2 2 4 +1 12 27 Pyorala, MikaMika Pyorala 36 2 2 4 -3 10 9 Laliberte, DavidDavid Laliberte 11 2 1 3 +1 6 77 Parent, RyanRyan Parent 48 1 2 3 -14 20 2 Krajicek, LukasLukas Krajicek 27 1 1 2 -10 14 38 Kalinski, JonJon Kalinski 10 0 2 2 -2 0 55 Tollefsen, Ole-KristianOle-Kristian Tollefsen 18 0 2 2 +1 23 15 Nodl, AndreasAndreas Nodl 10 0 1 1 -2 0 49 Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton 27 0 1 1 N/A 0 29 Emery, RayRay Emery 29 0 1 1 N/A 2 33 Boucher, BrianBrian Boucher 33 0 1 1 N/A 2 32 Cote, RileyRiley Cote 15 0 0 0 0 24 42 Ross, JaredJared Ross 3 0 0 0 -1 0 30 Backlund, JohanJohan Backlund 1 0 0 0 N/A 0 35 Duchesne, JeremyJeremy Duchesne 1 0 0 0 N/A 0

Playoffs # Player GP G A Pts +/− 18 Richards, MikeMike Richards 11 5 11 16 +1 12 48 Briere, DannyDanny Briere 11 6 7 13 +1 12 20 Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger 11 4 7 11 +3 6 28 Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux 11 5 5 10 +2 4 25 Carle, MattMatt Carle 11 0 7 7 +6 4 12 Gagne, SimonSimon Gagne 7 3 3 6 +3 0 22 Leino, VilleVille Leino 7 2 3 5 +1 2 13 Carcillo, DanielDaniel Carcillo 11 2 3 5 +2 24 44 Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen 11 0 5 5 +2 12 19 Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell 11 1 3 4 -2 8 17 Carter, JeffJeff Carter 4 2 1 3 -1 0 45 Asham, ArronArron Asham 11 2 1 3 +1 6 77 Parent, RyanRyan Parent 10 1 0 1 -3 2 14 Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere 5 0 1 1 -1 4 10 Betts, BlairBlair Betts 11 0 1 1 -1 2 5 Coburn, BraydonBraydon Coburn 11 0 1 1 0 10 21 van Riemsdyk, JamesJames van Riemsdyk 11 0 1 1 -4 4 36 Powe, DarrollDarroll Powe 11 0 0 0 0 6 33 Boucher, BrianBrian Boucher 10 0 0 0 N/A 2 2 Krajicek, LukasLukas Krajicek 10 0 0 0 -3 4 15 Nodl, AndreasAndreas Nodl 6 0 0 0 0 0 42 Ross, JaredJared Ross 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Bartulis, OskarsOskars Bartulis 2 0 0 0 -1 4 49 Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton 2 0 0 0 N/A 0 30 Backlund, JohanJohan Backlund 1 0 0 0 N/A 0 9 Laliberte, DavidDavid Laliberte 1 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
# Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO 33 Boucher, BrianBrian Boucher 33 1742 9 18 3 80 2.76 796 716 .899 1 29 Emery, RayRay Emery 29 1684 16 11 1 74 2.64 783 709 .905 3 49 Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton 27 1449 16 5 2 60 2.48 735 675 .918 1 30 Backlund, JohanJohan Backlund 1 40 0 1 0 2 3.00 24 22 .917 0 35 Duchesne, JeremyJeremy Duchesne 1 17 0 0 0 1 3.59 4 3 .750 0

Playoffs
# Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO 33 Boucher, BrianBrian Boucher 10 592 6 4 23 2.33 272 249 .915 1 49 Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton 2 95 1 0 1 0.63 45 44 .978 0 30 Backlund, JohanJohan Backlund 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
^‡Traded mid-season

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Chris Pronger	NHL Third Star of the Week	November 9, 2009
James vanRiemsdyk	NHL Rookie of the Month	December 2, 2009
Michael Leighton	NHL Second Star of the Week	February 15, 2010

Transactions

The Flyers have been involved in the following transactions before and during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

June 26, 2009	To Philadelphia Flyers Chris Pronger Ryan Dingle	To Anaheim Ducks Luca Sbisa Joffrey Lupul 1st-round pick in 2009 1st-round pick in 2010 3rd-round pick in 2010 or 2011
September 23, 2009	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Nashville Predators Patrik Hersley
October 20, 2009	To Philadelphia Flyers Stefan Legein	To Columbus Blue Jackets Michael Ratchuk
February 6, 2010	To Philadelphia Flyers Ville Leino	To Detroit Red Wings Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 5th round pick in 2011

Other transactions

Date	Player	Team (League)	Notes
Signed via free agency
June 10, 2009	Ray Emery	Atlant Moscow (KHL)	1 year, $1.5 million
July 1, 2009	Brian Boucher	San Jose Sharks	2 years, $1.85 million
July 1, 2009	Ian Laperriere	Colorado Avalanche	3 years, $3.5 million
July 8, 2009	Joey Mormina	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $0.5 million
July 15, 2009	Mika Pyorala	Timrå IK (SEL)	1 year, $0.5 million
July 15, 2009	Krystofer Kolanos	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $0.5 million
July 18, 2009	Jason Ward	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $0.5 million
July 21, 2009	Lukas Kaspar	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $0.475 million, terminated
July 30, 2009	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen	Columbus Blue Jackets	1 year, $0.6 million
October 1, 2009	Blair Betts	New York Rangers	1 year, $0.55 million
January 30, 2010	Lukas Krajicek	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $0.7 million
March 1, 2010	Luke Pither	Belleville Bulls (OHL)	3 years, $1.8 million, begins 2010-11
March 2, 2010	Shane Harper	Everett Silvertips (WHL)	3 years, $1.8 million, begins 2010-11
March 17, 2010	Ben Holmstrom	UMass Lowell Riverhawks (Hockey East)	2 years, $1.2 million, begins 2010-11
March 19, 2010	Mike Testwuide	Colorado College Tigers (WCHA)	2 years, $1.28 million, begins 2010-11
March 31, 2010	Erik Gustafsson	Northern Michigan Wildcats (CCHA)	3 years, $2.7 million, begins 2010-11
April 2, 2010	Sebastien Caron	Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA)	1 year, $0.5 million prorated to 10 days
May 6, 2010	Sergei Bobrovsky	Novokuznetsk Metallurg (KHL)	begins 2010-11
May 6, 2010	Brian Stewart	Northern Michigan Wildcats (CCHA)	begins 2010-11
May 6, 2010	Andrew Rowe	Michigan State Spartans (CCHA)	begins 2010-11
Claimed on waivers
December 15, 2009	Michael Leighton	Carolina Hurricanes	Hurricanes responsible for half of his salary
Lost via free agency
June 24, 2009	Lasse Kukkonen	Avangard Omsk (KHL)	2 years
July 1, 2009	Mike Knuble	Washington Capitals	2 years, $5.6 million
July 2, 2009	Scott Munroe	New York Islanders	1 year, $0.5 million
July 3, 2009	Nate Guenin	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $0.5 million
July 6, 2009	Nate Raduns	SG Pontebba (Italy Serie A)
July 10, 2009	Antero Niittymaki	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $0.6 million
July 12, 2009	Boyd Kane	Washington Capitals	1 year, $0.5 million
July 15, 2009	Andrew Alberts	Carolina Hurricanes	2 year, $2.1 million
July 22, 2009	Martin Biron	New York Islanders	1 year, $1.4 million
July 30, 2009	Josh Gratton	Atlanta Thrashers	1 year, $0.6 million
July 30, 2009	Jean-Sebastien Aubin	DEG Metro Stars (DEL)
Retirement
June 15, 2009	Derian Hatcher	Philadelphia Flyers	Became team's player development coach
Lost on waivers
October 29, 2009	Randy Jones	Los Angeles Kings	Flyers responsible for half of his salary
Contract terminated
November 3, 2009	Lukas Kaspar	Kärpät (SM-liiga)

Roster

Updated January 8, 2024

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
89	United States	Atkinson, CamCam Atkinson	7.0 RW	R	34	2021	Riverside, Connecticut
10	United States	Brink, BobbyBobby Brink	7.0 RW	R	22	2019	Minnetonka, Minnesota
27	United States	Cates, NoahNoah Cates	6.0 LW	L	25	2017	Stillwater, Minnesota
14	Canada	Couturier, SeanSean Couturier	4.0 C	L	31	2011	Phoenix, Arizona
44	Canada	Deslauriers, NicolasNicolas Deslauriers	6.0 LW	L	33	2022	LaSalle, Quebec
9	Canada	Drysdale, JamieJamie Drysdale	2.0 D	R	22	2024	Toronto, Ontario
94	Canada	Ellis, RyanRyan Ellis	2.0 D	R	33	2021	Hamilton, Ontario
33	Sweden	Ersson, SamuelSamuel Ersson	1.0 G	L	24	2018	Falun, Sweden
86	United States	Farabee, JoelJoel Farabee	6.0 LW	L	24	2018	Cicero, New York
71	Canada	Foerster, TysonTyson Foerster	4.0 C	R	22	2020	Alliston, Ontario
48	Canada	Frost, MorganMorgan Frost	4.0 C	L	24	2017	Aurora, Ontario
49	Canada	Gardner, RhettRhett Gardner	4.0 C	L	28	2023	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
79	Canada	Hart, CarterCarter Hart	1.0 G	L	25	2016	Sherwood Park, Alberta
19	United States	Hathaway, GarnetGarnet Hathaway	7.0 RW	R	32	2023	Naples, Florida
11	Canada	Konecny, TravisTravis Konecny	7.0 RW	R	27	2015	London, Ontario
21	Canada	Laughton, ScottScott Laughton  (A)	4.0 C	L	29	2012	Oakville, Ontario
40	United States	Petersen, CalCal Petersen	1.0 G	R	29	2023	Waterloo, Iowa
25	United States	Poehling, RyanRyan Poehling	4.2 C/LW	L	25	2023	Lakeville, Minnesota
55	Finland	Ristolainen, RasmusRasmus Ristolainen	2.0 D	R	29	2021	Turku, Finland
6	Canada	Sanheim, TravisTravis Sanheim	2.0 D	L	28	2014	Elkhorn, Manitoba
24	United States	Seeler, NickNick Seeler	2.0 D	L	30	2021	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
18	Canada	Staal, MarcMarc Staal	2.0 D	L	37	2023	Thunder Bay, Ontario
74	Canada	Tippett, OwenOwen Tippett	7.0 RW	R	25	2022	Peterborough, Ontario
26	Canada	Walker, SeanSean Walker	2.0 D	R	29	2023	Keswick, Ontario
8	United States	York, CameronCameron York	2.0 D	L	23	2019	Anaheim, California
5	Russia	Zamula, EgorEgor Zamula	2.0 D	L	24	2018	Chelyabinsk, Russia

Draft Picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec.

Rnd	#	Player	Position	Nationality	Drafted From
3	81 (from Calgary)	Adam Morrison	Goaltender	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3	87 (from San Jose via Tampa Bay)	Simon Bertilsson	Defenseman	Sweden	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)
4	142	Nicola Riopel	Goaltender	Canada	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
6	153 (from Tampa Bay)	Dave Labrecque	Center	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
6	172	Eric Wellwood	Left Wing	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	196 (from Anaheim)	Oliver Lauridsen	Defenseman	Denmark	St. Cloud State (NCAA)

Farm teams

American Hockey League - Adirondack Phantoms (Standings)

The Flyers' AHL affiliate team is now the Adirondack Phantoms in Glens Falls, New York for the 2009-10 season. The Phantoms relocated from Philadelphia due to the demolition of the Wachovia Spectrum.

ECHL - Kalamazoo Wings (Standings)

International Hockey League - Quad City Mallards

See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

External links

• 2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers season at ESPN
• 2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers season at Hockey Reference

Philadelphia Flyers
Team	History • Players • Award Winners • Records • Seasons • Draft Picks • The Spectrum • Wachovia Center
Head Coaches	Allen • Stasiuk • Shero • McCammon • Quinn • McCammon • Keenan • Holmgren • Dineen • Simpson • Murray • Cashman • Neilson • Ramsay • Barber • Hitchcock • Stevens • Laviolette • Berube • Hakstol • Vigneault
Division titles	1967-68, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2003-04
Conference Championships	1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1996-97
Stanley Cups	1973-74, 1974-75
Affiliates	Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL)