Much like their power-play, the Philadelphia Flyers penalty-kill struggled mightily during the 2018-19 season. They were consistently in the basement of the NHL throughout the year and even though the group improved after Scott Gordon took over as the Interim Head Coach, they still finished sixth-worst in the league with a 78.48 penalty-kill percentage. While some of this was due to the Flyers hardships and constant injuries in-net, most of the blame was rightly pointed to Assitant Coach Ian Laperriere and the system he ran.
Lappy has since been moved to the press box and will focus on pre-scouting duties for Philadelphia while Mike Yeo will take control of the shorthanded unit.