2018–19 Anaheim Ducks season

2018–19 Anaheim Ducks
2018–19 Anaheim Ducks
Division	6th Pacific
Conference	13th Western
2018–19 record	35–37–10
Home record	19–14–8
Road record	16–23–2
Goals for	199
Goals against	251
Team information
General manager	Bob Murray
Coach	Randy Carlyle (Oct. 3 – Feb. 10); Bob Murray (interim, Feb. 10 – Apr. 6)
Captain	Ryan Getzlaf
Alternate captains	Ryan Kesler; Corey Perry
Arena	Honda Center
Average attendance	16,814
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Jakob Silfverberg (24)
Assists	Ryan Getzlaf (34)
Points	Ryan Getzlaf (48)
Penalty minutes	Nick Ritchie (82)
Plus/minus	Troy Terry (+8)
Wins	John Gibson (26)
Goals against average	Kevin Boyle (2.17)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Anaheim Ducks season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993.^[2] The Ducks began the season on the road, defeating their division rival, the San Jose Sharks, who swept the Ducks in the First Round of the 2018 playoffs.

On February 10, 2019, the Ducks fired head coach Randy Carlyle.^[3] He was temporarily replaced by interim coach Bob Murray. On March 26, 2019, the Ducks failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011–12.^[4]

Standings

Pacific Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Calgary Flames	82	50	25	7	50	289	227	+62	107
2	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	27	9	46	289	261	+28	101
3	x – Vegas Golden Knights	82	43	32	7	40	249	230	+19	93
4	Arizona Coyotes	82	39	35	8	35	213	223	−10	86
5	Vancouver Canucks	82	35	36	11	29	225	254	−29	81
6	Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	32	199	251	−52	80
7	Edmonton Oilers	82	35	38	9	32	232	274	−42	79
8	Los Angeles Kings	82	31	42	9	28	202	263	−61	71

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	+8	93
2	CE	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	+14	90

3	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	39	35	8	35	213	223	−10	86
4	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	−22	84
5	CE	Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	−26	83
6	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	35	36	11	29	225	254	−29	81
7	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	32	199	251	−52	80
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	35	38	9	32	232	274	−42	79
9	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	31	42	9	28	202	263	−61	71

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 21, 2018.^[7]

2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Anaheim	1–4	San Jose		Coreau	—	0–1–0	L1
2	September 20	San Jose	7–3	Anaheim		Coreau	15,065	0–2–0	L2
3	September 22	Anaheim	1–6	Arizona		Miller	6,559	0–3–0	L3
4	September 24	Arizona	2–4	Anaheim		Gibson	13,834	1–3–0	W1
5	September 26	Los Angeles	4–7	Anaheim		Miller	14,841	2–3–0	W2
6	September 29	Anaheim	3–0	Los Angeles		Gibson	18,230	3–3–0	W3

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[7]

2018–19 game log

October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 3	Anaheim	5–2	San Jose		Gibson	17,562	1–0–0	2	W1
2	October 6	Anaheim	1–0	Arizona		Gibson	17,125	2–0–0	4	W2
3	October 8	Detroit	2–3	Anaheim	SO	Gibson	17,436	3–0–0	6	W3
4	October 10	Arizona	3–2	Anaheim	SO	Gibson	17,015	3–0–1	7	O1
5	October 13	Anaheim	3–5	Dallas		Gibson	18,532	3–1–1	7	L1
6	October 14	Anaheim	3–2	St. Louis		Miller	16,562	4–1–1	9	W1
7	October 17	NY Islanders	1–4	Anaheim		Gibson	16,909	5–1–1	11	W2
8	October 20	Anaheim	1–3	Vegas		Gibson	18,375	5–2–1	11	L1
9	October 21	Buffalo	4–2	Anaheim		Miller	17,174	5–3–1	11	L2
10	October 23	Anaheim	1–3	Chicago		Gibson	20,900	5–4–1	11	L3
11	October 25	Anaheim	2–5	Dallas		Gibson	17,134	5–5–1	11	L4
12	October 28	San Jose	4–3	Anaheim	OT	Gibson	17,099	5–5–2	12	O1
13	October 30	Philadelphia	3–2	Anaheim		Miller	16,450	5–6–2	12	L1

November: 8–4–3 (Home: 5–1–3 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
14	November 1	NY Rangers	3–2	Anaheim	SO	Gibson	16,101	5–6–3	13	O1
15	November 4	Columbus	2–3	Anaheim	OT	Gibson	16,727	6–6–3	15	W1
16	November 6	Anaheim	1–4	Los Angeles		Gibson	18,230	6–7–3	15	L1
17	November 7	Calgary	2–3	Anaheim		Miller	16,461	7–7–3	17	W1
18	November 9	Minnesota	5–1	Anaheim		Gibson	16,464	7–8–3	17	L1
19	November 12	Nashville	1–2	Anaheim	SO	Gibson	16,629	8–8–3	19	W1
20	November 14	Anaheim	0–5	Vegas		Gibson	18,111	8–9–3	19	L1
21	November 16	Toronto	2–1	Anaheim	OT	Gibson	16,666	8–9–4	20	O1
22	November 18	Colorado	4–3	Anaheim	OT	Miller	16,502	8–9–5	21	O2
23	November 21	Vancouver	3–4	Anaheim		Gibson	16,091	9–9–5	23	W1
24	November 23	Edmonton	1–2	Anaheim	OT	Gibson	16,497	10–9–5	25	W2
25	November 25	Anaheim	2–5	Nashville		Gibson	17,167	10–10–5	25	L1
26	November 27	Anaheim	3–1	Tampa Bay		Miller	19,092	11–10–5	27	W1
27	November 28	Anaheim	3–2	Florida		Gibson	9,078	12–10–5	29	W2
28	November 30	Anaheim	2–1	Carolina	OT	Gibson	13,987	13–10–5	31	W3

December: 6–5–2 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
29	December 2	Anaheim	6–5	Washington		Miller	18,506	14–10–5	33	W4
30	December 5	Chicago	2–4	Anaheim		Gibson	15,696	15–10–5	35	W5
31	December 7	Carolina	4–1	Anaheim		Gibson	15,573	15–11–5	35	L1
32	December 9	New Jersey	5–6	Anaheim	SO	Gibson	16,470	16–11–5	37	W1
33	December 12	Dallas	3–6	Anaheim		Gibson	16,810	17–11–5	39	W2
34	December 15	Anaheim	2–1	Columbus	OT	Gibson	16,171	18–11–5	41	W3
35	December 17	Anaheim	4–2	Pittsburgh		Gibson	18,575	19–11–5	43	W4
36	December 18	Anaheim	1–3	NY Rangers		Johnson	17,590	19–12–5	43	L1
37	December 20	Anaheim	1–3	Boston		Gibson	17,565	19–13–5	43	L2
38	December 22	Anaheim	0–3	Buffalo		Gibson	19,070	19–14–5	43	L3
39	December 27	Anaheim	2–4	San Jose		Johnson	17,562	19–15–5	43	L4
40	December 29	Arizona	5–4	Anaheim	OT	Gibson	17,174	19–15–6	44	O1
41	December 31	Tampa Bay	2–1	Anaheim	OT	Gibson	17,340	19–15–7	45	O2

January: 2–6–2 (Home: 0–4–1 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
42	January 4	Vegas	3–2	Anaheim		Gibson	17,222	19–16–7	45	L1
43	January 6	Edmonton	4–0	Anaheim		Gibson	17,317	19–17–7	45	L2
44	January 9	Ottawa	2–1	Anaheim	OT	Gibson	17,174	19–17–8	46	O1
45	January 11	Pittsburgh	7–4	Anaheim		Gibson	17,473	19–18–8	46	L1
46	January 13	Anaheim	3–4	Winnipeg	OT	Gibson	15,321	19–18–9	47	O1
47	January 15	Anaheim	1–3	Detroit		Gibson	19,515	19–19–9	47	L1
48	January 17	Anaheim	3–0	Minnesota		Gibson	18,907	20–19–9	49	W1
49	January 19	Anaheim	3–2	New Jersey		Gibson	15,231	21–19–9	51	W2
50	January 20	Anaheim	0–3	NY Islanders		Johnson	13,917	21–20–9	51	L1
51	January 23	St. Louis	5–1	Anaheim		Gibson	16,795	21–21–9	51	L2

February: 3–10–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–8–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
52	February 2	Anaheim	3–9	Winnipeg		Gibson	15,321	21–22–9	51	L3
53	February 4	Anaheim	1–6	Toronto		Gibson	18,858	21–23–9	51	L4
54	February 5	Anaheim	1–4	Montreal		Johnson	20,680	21–24–9	51	L5
55	February 7	Anaheim	0–4	Ottawa		Gibson	12,617	21–25–9	51	L6
56	February 9	Anaheim	2–6	Philadelphia		Johnson	19,072	21–26–9	51	L7
57	February 13	Vancouver	0–1	Anaheim		Boyle	17,174	22–26–9	53	W1
58	February 15	Boston	3–0	Anaheim		Boyle	17,174	22–27–9	53	L1
59	February 17	Washington	2–5	Anaheim		Miller	17,495	23–27–9	55	W1
60	February 19	Anaheim	4–0	Minnesota		Miller	18,533	24–27–9	57	W2
61	February 22	Anaheim	1–2	Calgary		Miller	18,960	24–28–9	57	L1
62	February 23	Anaheim	1–2	Edmonton		Boyle	18,347	24–29–9	57	L2
63	February 25	Anaheim	0–4	Vancouver		Boyle	18,542	24–30–9	57	L3
64	February 27	Chicago	4–3	Anaheim		Miller	16,689	24–31–9	57	L4

March: 9–6–1 (Home: 5–4–0 ; Road: 4–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 1	Vegas	3–0	Anaheim		Gibson	16,456	24–32–9	57	L5
66	March 3	Colorado	1–2	Anaheim		Gibson	16,690	25–32–9	59	W1
67	March 5	Anaheim	3–1	Arizona		Miller	11,305	26–32–9	61	W2
68	March 6	St. Louis	5–4	Anaheim		Gibson	16,854	26–33–9	61	L1
69	March 8	Montreal	2–8	Anaheim		Gibson	16,580	27–33–9	63	W1
70	March 10	Los Angeles	3–2	Anaheim		Miller	17,174	27–34–9	63	L1
71	March 12	Nashville	2–3	Anaheim		Gibson	16,811	28–34–9	65	W1
72	March 14	Anaheim	1–6	Arizona		Miller	14,202	28–35–9	65	L1
73	March 15	Anaheim	5–3	Colorado		Gibson	18,025	29–35–9	67	W1
74	March 17	Florida	2–3	Anaheim		Gibson	16,523	30–35–9	69	W2
75	March 20	Winnipeg	3–0	Anaheim		Gibson	16,846	30–36–9	69	L1
76	March 22	San Jose	3–4	Anaheim	OT	Gibson	17,174	31–36–9	71	W1
77	March 23	Anaheim	3–4	Los Angeles	SO	Miller	18,230	31–36–10	72	O1
78	March 26	Anaheim	5–4	Vancouver		Gibson	17,633	32–36–10	74	W1
79	March 29	Anaheim	1–6	Calgary		Miller	19,030	32–37–10	74	L1
80	March 30	Anaheim	5–1	Edmonton		Gibson	18,347	33–37–10	76	W1

April: 2–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
81	April 3	Calgary	1–3	Anaheim		Miller	17,174	34–37–10	78	W2
82	April 5	Los Angeles	2–5	Anaheim		Gibson	17,306	35–37–10	80	W3

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

Player statistics

As of April 5, 2019^[8]^[9]^[10]

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Ryan Getzlaf	67	14	34	48	−19	58
Jakob Silfverberg	73	24	19	43	−9	28
Rickard Rakell	69	18	25	43	−13	27
Adam Henrique	82	18	24	42	−5	24
Nick Ritchie	60	9	22	31	6	82
Hampus Lindholm	76	6	22	28	−5	44
Brandon Montour^‡	62	5	20	25	−16	40
Cam Fowler	59	5	18	23	−14	20
Ondrej Kase	30	11	9	20	0	2
Carter Rowney	62	7	13	20	0	12
Daniel Sprong^†	47	14	5	19	−9	10
Pontus Aberg^†‡	37	11	8	19	−10	14
Josh Manson	74	3	13	16	−8	62
Troy Terry	32	4	9	13	8	2
Kiefer Sherwood	50	6	6	12	1	8
Devin Shore^†	34	5	7	12	−12	6
Sam Steel	22	6	5	11	2	8
Andrew Cogliano^‡	46	3	8	11	2	14
Corey Perry	31	6	4	10	−16	27
Derek Grant^†	31	2	7	9	−9	8
Ryan Kesler	60	5	3	8	−19	44
Max Comtois	10	2	5	7	3	7
Marcus Pettersson^‡	27	0	6	6	4	17
Ben Street	21	3	2	5	−4	2
Max Jones	30	2	3	5	−1	14
Brian Gibbons	44	2	3	5	−8	16
Josh Mahura	17	1	4	5	0	4
Jacob Larsson	49	0	5	5	−4	16
Korbinian Holzer	22	1	3	4	5	8
Jaycob Megna	28	1	3	4	−1	12
Andy Welinski	26	1	3	4	−5	8
Michael Del Zotto^†‡	12	0	3	3	−3	0
Isac Lundestrom	15	0	2	2	−1	2
Kalle Kossila	8	1	0	1	−1	4
Brendan Guhle^†	6	0	1	1	−3	2
Sam Carrick	6	0	1	1	−1	2
Jake Dotchin	20	0	1	1	−4	39
Luke Schenn^‡	8	0	0	0	−6	7
Joseph Blandisi^‡	3	0	0	0	−1	6
Kevin Roy	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Patrick Eaves	7	0	0	0	−4	4
Adam Cracknell	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Chase De Leo	1	0	0	0	1	0
Justin Kloos	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andrej Sustr	5	0	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
John Gibson	58	57	3,233:02	26	22	8	153	2.84	1,838	.917	2	2
Ryan Miller	20	17	1,108:48	8	7	2	51	2.76	578	.912	1	0
Kevin Boyle	5	4	276:51	1	3	0	10	2.17	139	.928	1	0
Chad Johnson^†	9	4	319:42	0	5	0	20	3.75	156	.872	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Ducks. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30)	To Winnipeg Jets Nic Kerdiles	To Anaheim Ducks Chase De Leo	^[11]
October 18, 2018 (2018-10-18)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Mitch Hults	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	^[12]
December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Marcus Pettersson	To Anaheim Ducks Daniel Sprong	^[13]
December 10, 2018 (2018-12-10)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Steven Oleksy	To Anaheim Ducks Adam Cracknell	^[14]
December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)	To Arizona Coyotes Giovanni Fiore	To Anaheim Ducks Trevor Murphy	^[15]
January 3, 2019 (2019-01-03)	To St. Louis Blues Jared Coreau	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	^[16]
January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	To Dallas Stars Andrew Cogliano	To Anaheim Ducks Devin Shore	^[17]
January 16, 2019 (2019-01-16)	To Minnesota Wild Pontus Aberg	To Anaheim Ducks Justin Kloos	^[18]
January 16, 2019 (2019-01-16)	To Vancouver Canucks Luke Schenn 7th-round pick in 2020	To Anaheim Ducks Michael Del Zotto	^[19]
January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joseph Blandisi	To Anaheim Ducks Derek Grant	^[20]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)	To Buffalo Sabres Brandon Montour	To Anaheim Ducks Brendan Guhle Conditional 1st-round pick in 2019	^[21]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Ottawa Senators Brian Gibbons	To Anaheim Ducks Patrick Sieloff	^[22]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To St. Louis Blues Michael Del Zotto	To Anaheim Ducks 6th-round pick in 2019	^[23]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	J. T. Brown	to Minnesota Wild	2-year	^[24]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Mike Liambas	to Minnesota Wild	2-year	^[24]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Jared Coreau	from Detroit Red Wings	1-year	^[25]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Brian Gibbons	from New Jersey Devils	1-year	^[25]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Anton Rodin	from HC Davos (NL)	1-year	^[25]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Carter Rowney	from Pittsburgh Penguins	3-year	^[25]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Luke Schenn	from Arizona Coyotes	1-year	^[25]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Ben Street	from Detroit Red Wings	1-year	^[25]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Andrej Sustr	from Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	^[26]
July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19)	Derek Grant	to Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	^[27]
July 23, 2018 (2018-07-23)	Corey Tropp	to San Diego Gulls (AHL)	1-year	^[28]
October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17)	Jake Dotchin	from Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	^[29]
March 7, 2019 (2019-03-07)	Simon Benoit	from San Diego Gulls (AHL)	3-year	^[30]
June 6, 2019 (2019-06-06)	Trevor Murphy	to Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	2-year	^[31]
June 6, 2019 (2019-06-06)	Andrej Sustr	to Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	1-year	^[32]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)	Pontus Aberg	from Edmonton Oilers	^[33]
December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11)	Chad Johnson	from St. Louis Blues	^[34]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)	Julius Nattinen	Mutual termination	^[35]^[36]
September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30)	Anton Rodin	Mutual termination	^[37]
June 19, 2019 (2019-06-19)	Corey Perry	Buyout	^[38]

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18)	Francois Beauchemin	^[39]
July 4, 2018 (2018-07-04)	Jared Boll	^[40]
September 4, 2018 (2018-09-04)	Chris Kelly	^[41]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)	Chase De Leo	1-year	^[42]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Adam Henrique	5-year	^[43]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	Kalle Kossila	1-year	^[44]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	Kevin Roy	1-year	^[44]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	Andy Welinski	1-year	^[44]
July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)	Brandon Montour	2-year	^[45]
August 4, 2018 (2018-08-04)	John Gibson	8-year	^[46]
August 8, 2018 (2018-08-08)	Isac Lundestrom	3-year	^[47]
August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15)	Ondrej Kase	3-year	^[48]
October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17)	Nick Ritchie	3-year	^[49]
March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)	Jakob Silfverberg	5-year	^[50]
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)	Lukas Dostal	3-year	^[51]
June 20, 2019 (2019-06-20)	Derek Grant	1-year	^[52]
June 20, 2019 (2019-06-20)	Korbinian Holzer	1-year	^[52]
June 20, 2019 (2019-06-20)	Ryan Miller	1-year	^[52]

Draft picks

Below are the Anaheim Ducks' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	23	Isac Lundestrom	C	Sweden	Luleå HF (SHL)
2	54	Benoit-Olivier Groulx	C	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3	79¹	Blake McLaughlin	LW	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
3	85	Lukas Dostal	G	Czech Republic	Horácká Slavia Třebíč (Czech 1.Liga)
4	116	Jack Perbix	RW	United States	Elk River High School (USHS)
5	147	Roman Durny	G	Slovakia	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
6	178	Hunter Drew	D	Canada	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)

Notes

The New Jersey Devils' third-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on November 30, 2017, that sent Sami Vatanen and a conditional third-round pick in 2019 or 2020 to New Jersey in exchange for Adam Henrique, Joseph Blandisi and this pick.^[53]

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