Neuvirth, the 30-year-old Flyers goaltender, is in the final season of a two-year contact that has an annual $2.5 million cap hit. He is coming off an injury-plagued 2017-18 campaign in which he played just 22 games and then had surgery on both hips in the spring.
The Czech Republic native is trying to stay healthy for a full season for the first time in his career.
"Whatever happened last year doesn't matter anymore," said Neuvirth before playing half the game and stopping eight of nine shots in his preseason debut Monday, helping the Flyers defeat the New York Islanders, 3-1, at the Wells Fargo Center.