Courtesy of the Flyers' Brian Smith, come stat comparisons beginning with the highly-successful 1984-85 season, vs. the current season.

Selected years based upon purely subjective matter taking into account the Flyers current start to the season vs. previous years with the starts were similar:


1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
2005-06
2010-11

Record through game 35
84-85: 21-10-5
85-86: 27-9-0
86-87: 25-8-2
05-06: 22-8-5
10-11: 22-8-5

Record after gm 35
32-10-2
26-14-4
21-18-6
23-18-6
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Final record
53-20-7
53-23-4
46-26-8
(80 games)
45-26-11

On pace for
52-19-11 (approx.)
Final points
113
110
100
101

On pace for 115
President’s Trophy (pts)
n/a (finished first overall)
Edmonton (119)
Edmonton (106)
Detroit (124)
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Date of 10th reg. loss
Dec. 26 (gm 34)
Dec. 31 (gm 38)
Dec. 28 (gm 37)
Jan. 12 (gm 44)
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Date of 40th win
March 8 (gm 66)
Feb 20 (gm 60)
March 8 (gm 66)
March 25 (gm 71)
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