2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers season

2007-08 Philadelphia Flyers
2007-08 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
2007-08 record	20-15-4
Home record	8-5-4
Road record	12-10-0
Goals for	118
Goals against	110
Team information
General manager	Paul Holmgren
Coach	John Stevens
Captain	Jason Smith
Alternate captains	Simon Gagne; Mike Richards
Arena	Wachovia Center
Average attendance	19,489 (99.8%)
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Richards (19)
Assists	Mike Richards (25)
Points	Mike Richards (44)
Penalty minutes	Scott Hartnell (93)
Wins	Martin Biron (15)
Goals against average	Antero Niittymaki (2.42)
	← 2024–25

The 2007-08 Philadelphia Flyers season began October 4, 2007. It is the Philadelphia Flyers' 40th season in the National Hockey League.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio on June 22-23
The free agency period began on July 1.

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Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	27	8	247	216	102
2	New Jersey Devils	82	46	29	7	206	197	99
3	New York Rangers	82	42	27	13	213	199	97
4	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	29	11	248	233	95
5	New York Islanders	82	35	38	9	194	243	79

Game log

Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2007-08 Game Log

October: 7-3-0 (Home: 4-0-0; Road: 3-3-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 4	Philadelphia	3 - 2	Calgary		Biron	19,289	1-0-0	2
2	October 6	Philadelphia	3 - 5	Edmonton		Biron	16,839	1-1-0	2
3	October 10	Philadelphia	8 - 2	Vancouver		Biron	18,630	2-1-0	4
4	October 13	NY Islanders	1 - 3	Philadelphia		Biron	19,714	3-1-0	6
5	October 16	Atlanta	0 - 4	Philadelphia		Biron	18,933	4-1-0	8
6	October 18	New Jersey	0 - 4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,113	5-1-0	10
7	October 20	Carolina	2 - 3	Philadelphia	OT	Biron	19,615	6-1-0	12
8	October 24	Philadelphia	3 - 4	Florida		Biron	12,856	6-2-0	12
9	October 25	Philadelphia	2 - 5	Tampa Bay		Niittymaki	18,616	6-3-0	12
10	October 27	Philadelphia	2 - 1	Boston		Biron	14,956	7-3-0	14

November: 7-5-2 (Home: 2-2-2 ; Road: 5-3-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
11	November 1	Philadelphia	2 - 5	Montreal		Biron	21,173	7-4-0	14
12	November 2	Philadelphia	3 - 2	Washington		Niittymaki	16,055	8-4-0	16
13	November 5	Philadelphia	0 - 2	NY Rangers		Biron	18,200	8-5-0	16
14	November 7	Philadelphia	3 - 1	Pittsburgh		Biron	17,132	9-5-0	18
15	November 8	Philadelphia	1 - 4	New Jersey		Biron	14,948	9-6-0	18
16	November 10	Pittsburgh	2 - 5	Philadelphia		Biron	19,859	10-6-0	20
17	November 12	NY Islanders	2 - 3	Philadelphia		Biron	19,312	11-6-0	22
18	November 15	NY Rangers	4 - 3	Philadelphia	SO	Biron	19,571	11-6-1	23
19	November 17	New Jersey	6 - 2	Philadelphia		Biron	19,621	11-7-1	23
20	November 21	Philadelphia	6 - 3	Carolina		Biron	16,351	12-7-1	25
21	November 23	Washington	4 - 3	Philadelphia	OT	Biron	19,727	12-7-2	26
22	November 24	Philadelphia	4 - 3	Ottawa		Niittymaki	20,128	13-7-2	28
23	November 26	Boston	6 - 3	Philadelphia		Niittymaki	19,457	13-8-2	28
24	November 28	Philadelphia	3 - 1	Carolina		Biron	15,108	14-8-2	30

December: 5-6-2 (Home: 2-3-2 ; Road: 3-3-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
25	December 1	Dallas	4 - 1	Philadelphia		Biron	19,660	14-9-2	30
26	December 5	Philadelphia	3 - 1	Minnesota		Niittymaki	18,568	15-9-2	32
27	December 7	Philadelphia	1 - 2	Colorado		Biron	16,312	15-10-2	32
28	December 11	Pittsburgh	2 - 8	Philadelphia		Biron	19,409	16-10-2	34
29	December 13	Montreal	4 - 1	Philadelphia		Niittymaki	19,322	16-11-2	34
30	December 15	Carolina	6 - 5	Philadelphia	SO	Biron	19,460	16-11-3	35
31	December 16	Philadelphia	2 - 4	New Jersey		Niittymaki	16,687	16-12-3	35
32	December 18	Phoenix	3 - 2	Philadelphia		Biron	19,211	16-13-3	35
33	December 21	Philadelphia	2 - 3	Buffalo		Biron	18,690	16-14-3	35
34	December 22	Buffalo	6 - 5	Philadelphia	SO	Biron	19,606	16-14-4	36
35	December 27	Toronto	1 - 4	Philadelphia		Biron	19,727	17-14-4	38
36	December 29	Philadelphia	4 - 2	Tampa Bay		Biron	20,124	18-14-4	40
37	December 30	Philadelphia	1 - 0	Florida		Niittymaki	18,767	19-14-4	42

January: 1-1-0 (Home: 0-0-0 ; Road: 1-1-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
38	January 4	Philadelphia	0 - 3	New Jersey		Biron	17,625	19-15-4	42
39	January 5	Philadelphia	3 - 2	Toronto		Niittymaki	19,412	20-15-4	44
40	January 8	Philadelphia		Atlanta
41	January 10	Philadelphia		NY Rangers
42	January 12	Boston		Philadelphia
43	January 13	Philadelphia		Washington
44	January 16	Florida		Philadelphia
45	January 19	Philadelphia		NY Islanders
46	January 20	Ottawa		Philadelphia
47	January 22	New Jersey		Philadelphia
48	January 24	Pittsburgh		Philadelphia
49	January 29	Los Angeles		Philadelphia
50	January 31	NY Rangers		Philadelphia

February: 0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0 ; Road: 0-0-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
51	February 2	Anaheim		Philadelphia
52	February 5	Philadelphia		Atlanta
53	February 6	Washington		Philadelphia
54	February 9	NY Rangers		Philadelphia
55	February 10	Philadelphia		Pittsburgh
56	February 12	Philadelphia		NY Islanders
57	February 14	Tampa Bay		Philadelphia
58	February 16	Philadelphia		Montreal
59	February 17	Montreal		Philadelphia
60	February 19	Philadelphia		Ottawa
61	February 21	San Jose		Philadelphia
62	February 23	Florida		Philadelphia
63	February 25	Philadelphia		Buffalo
64	February 28	Ottawa		Philadelphia

March: 0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0 ; Road: 0-0-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
65	March 1	Philadelphia		NY Islanders
66	March 2	Philadelphia		NY Rangers
67	March 4	Buffalo		Philadelphia
68	March 6	Tampa Bay		Philadelphia
69	March 8	NY Islanders		Philadelphia
70	March 11	Philadelphia		Toronto
71	March 12	Toronto		Philadelphia
72	March 15	Philadelphia		Boston
73	March 16	Philadelphia		Pittsburgh
74	March 18	Atlanta		Philadelphia
75	March 21	NY Rangers		Philadelphia
76	March 23	NY Islanders		Philadelphia
77	March 25	Philadelphia		NY Rangers
78	March 28	Philadelphia		New Jersey
79	March 29	Philadelphia		NY Islanders

April: 0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0 ; Road: 0-0-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
80	April 2	Philadelphia		Pittsburgh
81	April 4	New Jersey		Philadelphia
82	April 6	Pittsburgh		Philadelphia

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

	Regular season					Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mike Richards	39	19	25	44	43
Daniel Briere	39	16	24	40	44
Joffrey Lupul	39	16	19	35	24
R.J. Umberger	37	6	20	26	13
Mike Knuble	39	11	13	24	32
Jeff Carter	39	14	8	22	37
Kimmo Timonen	37	5	14	19	24
Randy Jones	34	2	14	16	35
Scott Hartnell	37	6	8	14	93
Braydon Coburn	39	2	12	14	40
Scottie Upshall	26	6	4	10	18
Simon Gagne	10	4	4	8	0
Derian Hatcher	23	2	3	5	8
Jason Smith	36	1	4	5	40
Lasse Kukkonen	34	1	4	5	22
Denis Tolpeko	23	1	4	5	18
Sami Kapanen	35	3	1	4	10
Jim Dowd	31	2	1	3	6
Steve Downie	4	1	0	1	10
Riley Cote	28	0	1	1	91
Stefan Ruzicka	10	0	1	1	23
Rory Fitzpatrick	19	0	1	1	11
Jim Vandermeer	7	0	1	1	8
Ryan Potulny	6	0	1	1	4

Goaltenders

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

	Regular season									Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Martin Biron	31	1776	15	11	4	80	2	.919	2.70
Antero Niittymaki	11	570	5	4	0	23	1	.925	2.42
COMBINED		2346	20	15	4	103	3	.922	2.56

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Denis Tolpeko	1st NHL Game	October 4, 2007
Randy Jones	100th NHL Game	October 6, 2007
Simon Gagne	400th NHL Point	October 20, 2007
Scottie Upshall	100th NHL Game	November 8, 2007
Ben Eager Lasse Kukkonen	100th NHL Game	November 10, 2007
Daniel Briere	500th NHL Game	November 12, 2007
Denis Tolpeko	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	November 15, 2007
Riley Cote	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	November 15, 2007
Jeff Carter	100th NHL PIM	November 15, 2007
Daniel Briere	400th NHL Point	November 21, 2007
Ben Eager	300th NHL PIM	November 26, 2007
Steve Downie	1st NHL Game	December 5, 2007
Daniel Briere	400th NHL PIM	December 5, 2007
Rory Fitzpatrick	200th NHL PIM	December 7, 2007
Kimmo Timonen	600th NHL Game	December 7, 2007
Steve Downie	1st NHL Goal	January 5, 2008

Transactions

The Flyers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.

Trades

June 4, 2007	To Nashville Predators Matt Ellison	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations
June 18, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Kimmo Timonen Rights to Scott Hartnell	To Nashville Predators 1st round pick 2007^[1]
July 1, 2007	To Edmonton Oilers Geoff Sanderson Joni Pitkanen 3rd round pick in 2009	To Philadelphia Flyers Jason Smith Joffrey Lupul
December 10, 2007	To Dallas Stars Jussi Timonen	To Philadelphia Flyers conditional 7th round pick in 2009
December 18, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Ben Eager	To Philadelphia Flyers Jim Vandermeer

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Daniel Briere	Buffalo	free agency
Mike Vannelli	Minnesota (WCHA)	free agency
Jim Dowd	New Jersey	free agency
Jesse Boulerice	Albany (AHL)	free agency
Rory Fitzpatrick	Vancouver	free agency

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Eric Meloche	Straubing (DEL)	free agency
Brad Tapper	Iserlohn (DEL)	free agency
David Printz	Djurgarden IF (SEL)	free agency
Mark Cullen	Detroit	free agency
Denis Hamel	Ottawa	free agency
Todd Fedoruk	Dallas	free agency
Mike York	Phoenix	free agency
Niko Dimitrakos	Ottawa	free agency
Dmitry Afanasenkov	Dynamo Moscow (RSL)	free agency
John Slaney	Cologne (DEL)	free agency
Robert Esche	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	free agency

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.^[2]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	2	James vanRiemsdyk	Left Wing	United States	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)
2	41	Kevin Marshall	Defenseman	Canada	Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL)
3	66	Garrett Klotz	Left Wing	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
5	122	Mario Kempe	Right Wing	Sweden	St. John's Fog Devils (QMJHL)
6	152	Jonathon Kalinski	Left Wing	Canada	Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL)
6	161	Patrick Maroon	Left Wing	United States	St. Louis Bandits (NAHL)
7	182	Brad Phillips	Goalie	United States	US National Team Development Program (NAHL)

Roster

Updated April 18, 2025^[3]^[4]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10	Bobby Brink	RW	R	23	2019	Minnetonka, Minnesota
27	Noah Cates	LW	L	26	2017	Stillwater, Minnesota
14	Sean Couturier (C)	C	L	32	2011	Phoenix, Arizona
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	LW	L	34	2022	LaSalle, Quebec
23	Karsen Dorwart	C	L	22	2025	Sherwood, Oregon
9	Jamie Drysdale	D	R	23	2024	Toronto, Ontario
94	Ryan Ellis	D	R	34	2021	Hamilton, Ontario
33	Samuel Ersson	G	L	25	2018	Falun, Sweden
82	Ivan Fedotov	G	L	28	2015	Lappeenranta, Finland
71	Tyson Foerster	RW	R	23	2020	Alliston, Ontario
19	Garnet Hathaway	RW	R	33	2023	Naples, Florida
12	Devin Kaplan	RW	R	21	2022	Bridgewater, New Jersey
35	Aleksei Kolosov	G	L	23	2021	Minsk, Belarus
11	Travis Konecny (A)	RW	R	28	2015	London, Ontario
39	Matvei Michkov	RW	L	20	2023	Perm, Russia
22	Jakob Pelletier	LW	L	24	2025	Quebec City, Quebec
25	Ryan Poehling	C	L	26	2023	Lakeville, Minnesota
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	R	30	2021	Turku, Finland
6	Travis Sanheim	D	L	29	2014	Elkhorn, Manitoba
24	Nick Seeler	D	L	31	2021	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
74	Owen Tippett	RW	R	26	2022	Peterborough, Ontario
8	Cam York	D	L	24	2019	Anaheim Hills, California
5	Egor Zamula	D	L	25	2018	Chelyabinsk, Russia

References

^ This draft pick was previously acquired from Nashville in the Forsberg trade.
^ 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com
^ "Philadelphia Flyers Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
^ "Philadelphia Flyers Roster Transactions". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 18, 2025.

[1] This draft pick was previously acquired from Nashville in the Forsberg trade.

[2] 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com

[3] "Philadelphia Flyers Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved April 18, 2025.

[4] "Philadelphia Flyers Roster Transactions". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 18, 2025.

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