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Top 5 goals of Flyers 2024-25 season

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The Flyers’ 2024-25 season is well and truly wrapped up, but before we shift all of our focus to the next one, we’ll take some time to relive some of the highlights of a long and strange last season.

The Flyers scored 232 goals all season. Some of them were empty net goals, some of them bounced off shin pads, skates or other padding. A few bounced off the opposing goaltenders and in. Yet some of them were the result of just nifty passing and fantastic finishing. Here are five of the better goals the Flyers scored throughout the 2024-25 season. Here’s hoping there’s much more to choose from in 2025-26.

5) Matvei Michkov versus Boston (December 7, 2024)

Matvei Michkov stuck in the craw of the Boston Bruins more than a few times this season. From some Bruins arguing he was diving when they’d knock him over to simply stinging them with his goal scoring, Michkov showed he could be a thorn in the side of a lot of teams moving forward. Late in the first period, after already scoring earlier in the frame to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead, the Flyers got the puck deep into Boston’s end. A clearing attempt appeared to hit off a referee and slowed it down for a rushing Travis Sanheim. Sanheim made a fantastic cross ice pass between a few Bruins that landed perfectly on Michkov’s stick. And Michkov made no mistake putting it home.

It was the type of goal that might not have been available to the Flyers before Michkov arrived. The fact it was not just possible but doable now is a good thing for Philadelphia.

4) Owen Tippett versus Detroit (December 18, 2024)

It wasn’t as classic as his spinarama move against Dallas, but it wasn’t bad either. With the Flyers down a goal in the third, Jamie Drysdale left the puck for Scott Laughton to pick up behind his own net. The former Flyer made a crisp pass to Tippett around center ice. Tippett did the rest of the work, innocently skating into the zone before making Red Wings defenseman Jeff Petry look rather old and foolish (we know he’s one of those) with a quick move that Petry couldn’t handle.

Tippett wasn’t done yet. While beating Petry, the winger managed to stickhandle his way around Red Wings goaltender (and former Flyer) Alex Lyon, moving the puck backwards away from his stick to bury the puck behind him shortly thereafter. The goal with its nifty toe drag was pretty, although it didn’t help the Flyers as they eventually lost to Detroit 6-4.

3) Nick Seeler versus San Jose (December 31, 2024)

If Nick Seeler promised himself to start the calendar year of 2024 that he would score a pretty goal he certainly waited til the last minute. During Philadelphia’s routine post-Christmas West Coast swing, the Flyers closed out 2024 with a game in San Jose. About six minutes in, the Flyers were winning puck battles in the Sharks zone. A pass around the boards found Nick Seeler.

Nearly everyone not named Nick Seeler didn’t expect what happened next. Seeler came in and left forward Barclay Goodrow flat-footed. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, Seeler beat the Sharks goalie high with a fantastic wrist shot that found the back of the net. Seeler’s grin said it all while a few Flyers, including Sean Couturier, looked around thinking the puck was still in play. The only thing that would’ve made it more amazing is if Seeler took the shot, then blocked his own shot, then scored. But as it stood it was a great goal from a player not known much for offensive greatness.

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2) Garnet Hathaway versus St. Louis (October 18, 2024)

This is one of those goals where 90 per cent of the work was done by the guy who got the primary assist. But let’s not give all the credit to former Flyer Ryan Poehling. Just over halfway through the first period of a scoreless game against the Blues, Garnet Hathaway fed a short pass to Poehling. Poehling then took the puck and essentially skated through and around four opposing Blues skaters. He then made a great pass across to Hathaway who buried it behind Jordan Binnington to open the scoring.

Yes, Poehling was the star of the goal. Even Hathaway reacted as if it was Poehling’s goal, shocked possibly that his fourth line teammate could work such magic. However, after making the pass to Poehling, Hathaway and Poehling are both at one of their own faceoff circles in their own end. Poehling wasn’t exactly a snail when it came to speed, meaning Hathaway had to motor just as quickly as Poehling did to be there when it mattered the most. It was one of the more memorable goals of the year, even if it was the first goal of a rather run-of-the-mill regular season tilt.

1) Travis Konecny versus Buffalo (November 16, 2024)

The Flyers rarely had laughers after 40 minutes, but this was one of them. Up 3-0 late in the second period, Philadelphia ended up with a two-man breakaway as the teams played 4-on-4. A blocked shot by the Flyers resulted in quick transition, with Travis Konecny and Matvei Michkov heading towards the poor, helpless Sabres goalie.

Michkov took the puck around center ice and slowed up a bit so Konecny could catch up. The Mad Russian went away from the slot and looked as if he was about to shoot. Instead he fed a perfect pass to Konecny on the other side for a great goal. The Sabres’ Zach Benson decided to try some head-hunting after the play on a passing Michkov but he missed. Konecny and the other Flyers quickly zeroed in on Benson and took the liberty of washing his face with their gloves. One of the better goals all season from two of the most dynamic players the Flyers have.

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