2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993.[1]

2020–21 Anaheim Ducks
Division8th West
2020–21 record17–30–9
Home record6–18–4
Road record11–12–5
Goals for126
Goals against179
Team information
General managerBob Murray
CoachDallas Eakins
CaptainRyan Getzlaf
Alternate captainsRyan Kesler
Josh Manson
Jakob Silfverberg
ArenaHonda Center
Minor league affiliate(s)San Diego Gulls (AHL)
Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMax Comtois (16)
AssistsRickard Rakell (19)
PointsMax Comtois (33)
Penalty minutesNicolas Deslauriers (53)
Plus/minusTrevor Zegras (+6)
WinsJohn Gibson (9)
Goals against averageAnthony Stolarz (2.20)

On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Ducks played this season in the West Division and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season.

On April 29, the Ducks were eliminated from playoff contention after the St. Louis Blues defeated the Minnesota Wild.[2] They finished last in their division for the first time since the 2011-12 season.

Following offensive woes the whole season, Anaheim finished with the worst single-season power play in NHL history, at 8.94%.[3]

Standings

Divisional standings
West Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Colorado Avalanche 56 39 13 4 35 197 133 +64 82
2 x – Vegas Golden Knights 56 40 14 2 30 191 124 +67 82
3 x – Minnesota Wild 56 35 16 5 27 181 160 +21 75
4 x – St. Louis Blues 56 27 20 9 19 169 170 −1 63
5 e – Arizona Coyotes 56 24 26 6 19 153 176 −23 54
6 e – Los Angeles Kings 56 21 28 7 19 143 170 −27 49
7 e – San Jose Sharks 56 21 28 7 15 151 199 −48 49
8 e – Anaheim Ducks 56 17 30 9 11 126 179 −53 43
Source: National Hockey League[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[5]

2020–21 game log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Transactions

The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Free agents
Date Player New team Previous team Ref
October 9, 2020 Derek Grant Anaheim Ducks Philadelphia Flyers [62]
October 9, 2020 Kevin Shattenkirk Anaheim Ducks Tampa Bay Lightning [63]
October 9, 2020 Matt Irwin Buffalo Sabres Anaheim Ducks [64]
October 9, 2020 Kevin Boyle Detroit Red Wings Anaheim Ducks [65]
October 9, 2020 Kyle Criscuolo Detroit Red Wings Anaheim Ducks [66]
October 9, 2020 Vinni Lettieri Anaheim Ducks New York Rangers [67]
October 9, 2020 Andy Welinski Anaheim Ducks Philadelphia Flyers [67]
October 10, 2020 Kiefer Sherwood Colorado Avalanche Anaheim Ducks [68]

Imports

This section is for players who were not previously on contract with NHL teams in the past season. Listed is the last team and league they were under contract with.

Date Player New team Previous team League Ref
November 6, 2020 Jacob Perreault Anaheim Ducks Sarnia Sting OHL [69]
November 7, 2020 Jamie Drysdale Anaheim Ducks Erie Otters OHL [70]
October 11, 2020 Maxim Golod Anaheim Ducks Erie Otters OHL [71]

Trades

* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.

Hover over-retained salary or conditional transactions for more information.

October
October 7, 2020 To Anaheim Ducks
7th-round pick in 2020 (#207 overall)		 To Columbus Blue Jackets
7th-round pick in 2022		 [72]
October 8, 2020 To Ottawa Senators
Erik Gudbranson		 To Anaheim Ducks
EDM 5th-round pick in 2021		 [73]

Draft picks
See also: List of Anaheim Ducks draft picks

Below are the Anaheim Ducks' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26-27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 6-7, 2020 the draft was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 6 Jamie Drysdale D  Canada Erie Otters (OHL)
1 271 Jacob Perreault RW  Canada Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2 36 Sam Colangelo RW  United States Chicago Steel (USHL)
3 67 Ian Moore D  United States St. Mark's School (USHS-Prep)
4 1042 Thimo Nickl D  Austria Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
5 129 Artyom Galimov C  Russia Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
6 160 Albin Sundsvik C  Sweden Skellefteå AIK (SHL)
7 2073 Ethan Bowen C  Canada Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)

Notes:

  1. The Boston Bruins' first-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on February 21, 2020, that sent Ondrej Kase to Boston in exchange for David Backes, Axel Andersson and this pick.[74]
  2. The Nashville Predators' fourth-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on February 24, 2020, that sent Derek Grant to Philadelphia in exchange for Kyle Criscuolo and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[75] The condition – Anaheim will receive the higher of Nashville or Philadelphia's fourth-round pick in 2020.[75] – was converted when Nashville was eliminated from the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs on August 7, 2020, ensuring that Nashville would select higher than Philadelphia.[76]
  3. The Columbus Blue Jackets' seventh-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a conditional seventh-round pick in 2022 or 2023 to Columbus in exchange for this pick.[77][78]

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