2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season is the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993.[1] The Ducks will attempt to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2017–18 season, when they were swept in the First Round of the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs by the San Jose Sharks. 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 will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Anaheim Ducks
2020–21 record5–5–3
Home record3–3–2
Road record2–2–1
Goals for25
Goals against34
Team information
General managerBob Murray
CoachDallas Eakins
CaptainRyan Getzlaf
Alternate captainsJosh Manson
Jakob Silfverberg
ArenaHonda Center
Minor league affiliate(s)San Diego Gulls (AHL)
Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMax Comtois (5)
AssistsCarter Rowney (6)
PointsMax Comtois
Carter Rowney (6)
Penalty minutesHampus Lindholm
Kevin Shattenkirk (12)
Plus/minusJani Hakanpaa (+3)
WinsJohn Gibson (4)
Goals against averageRyan Miller (2.34)

Standings

Divisional standings
West Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 St. Louis Blues 13 7 4 2 6 43 43 0 16
2 Vegas Golden Knights 9 7 1 1 6 32 22 +10 15
3 Colorado Avalanche 11 7 3 1 6 38 24 +14 15
4 Arizona Coyotes 12 6 5 1 5 34 33 +1 13
5 Anaheim Ducks 13 5 5 3 4 25 34 −9 13
6 Minnesota Wild 11 6 5 0 3 30 30 0 12
7 San Jose Sharks 10 4 5 1 1 28 37 −9 9
8 Los Angeles Kings 11 3 6 2 3 31 38 −7 8
Updated to game(s) played on February 8, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
February: 2–0–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 1–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
11February 2Anaheim3–1Los AngelesGibson04–5–210Recap
12February 5San Jose5–4AnaheimSOGibson04–5–311Recap
13February 6San Jose1–2AnaheimSOMiller05–5–313Recap
14February 9AnaheimVegas
15February 11AnaheimVegas
16February 15AnaheimSan Jose
17February 18MinnesotaAnaheim
18February 20MinnesotaAnaheim
19February 22AnaheimArizona
20February 24AnaheimArizona
21February 27VegasAnaheim

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 [4]
October 9, 2020 Kevin Shattenkirk Anaheim Ducks Tampa Bay Lightning [5]
October 9, 2020 Matt Irwin Buffalo Sabres Anaheim Ducks [6]
October 9, 2020 Kevin Boyle Detroit Red Wings Anaheim Ducks [7]
October 9, 2020 Kyle Criscuolo Detroit Red Wings Anaheim Ducks [8]
October 9, 2020 Vinni Lettieri Anaheim Ducks New York Rangers [9]
October 9, 2020 Andy Welinski Anaheim Ducks Philadelphia Flyers [9]
October 10, 2020 Kiefer Sherwood Colorado Avalanche Anaheim Ducks [10]

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 [11]
November 7, 2020 Jamie Drysdale Anaheim Ducks Erie Otters OHL [12]
October 11, 2020 Maxim Golod Anaheim Ducks Erie Otters OHL [13]

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
conditional 7th-round pick in 2021 or
     7th-round pick in 2022		 [14]
October 8, 2020 To Ottawa Senators
Erik Gudbranson		 To Anaheim Ducks
EDM 5th-round pick in 2021		 [15]

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated February 8, 2021[16][17]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
26 Andrew Agozzino LW L 30 2020 Kleinburg, Ontario
21 David Backes (A) RW R 36 2020 Minneapolis, Minnesota
53 Max Comtois LW L 22 2017 Longueuil, Quebec
44 Kodie Curran D L 31 2020 Calgary, Alberta
20 Nicolas Deslauriers LW L 29 2019 LaSalle, Quebec
4 Cam Fowler D L 29 2010 Windsor, Ontario
15 Ryan Getzlaf (C)  C R 35 2003 Regina, Saskatchewan
36 John Gibson G L 27 2011 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
38 Derek Grant C L 30 2020 Abbotsford, British Columbia
2 Brendan Guhle  D L 23 2019 Edmonton, Alberta
28 Jani Hakanpaa D R 28 2019 Kirkkonummi, Finland
43 Danton Heinen LW L 25 2020 Langley, British Columbia
14 Adam Henrique C L 31 2017 Brantford, Ontario
7 Ben Hutton D L 27 2021 Brockville, Ontario
49 Max Jones LW L 22 2016 Rochester, Michigan
17 Ryan Kesler (A)  C R 36 2014 Livonia, Michigan
32 Jacob Larsson D L 23 2015 Ljungby, Sweden
40 Vinni Lettieri C R 26 2020 Excelsior, Minnesota
47 Hampus Lindholm (A) D L 27 2012 Helsingborg, Sweden
48 Isac Lundestrom C L 21 2018 Gällivare, Sweden
42 Josh Manson (A)  D R 29 2011 Hinsdale, Illinois
12 Sonny Milano  LW L 24 2020 Massapequa, New York
30 Ryan Miller G L 40 2017 East Lansing, Michigan
67 Rickard Rakell LW R 27 2011 Sundbyberg, Sweden
24 Carter Rowney C R 31 2018 Sexsmith, Alberta
22 Kevin Shattenkirk D R 32 2020 New Rochelle, New York
33 Jakob Silfverberg (A) RW R 30 2013 Gävle, Sweden
23 Sam Steel C L 23 2016 Edmonton, Alberta
41 Anthony Stolarz G L 27 2019 Edison, New Jersey
61 Troy Terry RW R 23 2015 Denver, Colorado
45 Andy Welinski D R 27 2020 Duluth, Minnesota

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 27 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)
4 104 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)
7 207 Ethan Bowen C  Canada Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)

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