2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season

2020–21 Anaheim Ducks
Division	8th West
2020–21 record	17–30–9
Home record	6–18–4
Road record	11–12–5
Goals for	126
Goals against	179
Team information
General Manager	Bob Murray
Coach	Dallas Eakins
Captain	Ryan Getzlaf
Alternate captains	Josh Manson Jakob Silfverberg
Arena	Honda Center
Minor league affiliations	San Diego Gulls (AHL) Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Max Comtois (16)
Assists	Rickard Rakell (19)
Points	Max Comtois (33)
Penalties in minutes	Nicolas Deslauriers (53)
Plus/minus	Trevor Zegras (+6)
Wins	John Gibson (9)
Goals against average	Anthony Stolarz (2.20)
<2019–20	2021–22>

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

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.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

2020–21 game log
January: 3–5–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 Anaheim 2–5 Vegas Gibson 0 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 January 16 Anaheim 1–2 Vegas OT Gibson 0 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 January 18 Minnesota 0–1 Anaheim Gibson 0 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 January 20 Minnesota 3–2 Anaheim Miller 0 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 January 22 Colorado 3–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 0 1–2–2 4 Recap 6 January 24 Colorado 1–3 Anaheim Gibson 0 2–2–2 6 Recap 7 January 26 Anaheim 1–0 Arizona Gibson 1,808 3–2–2 8 Recap 8 January 28 Anaheim 2–3 Arizona Gibson 2,252 3–3–2 8 Recap 9 January 30 St. Louis 6–1 Anaheim Gibson 0 3–4–2 8 Recap 10 January 31 St. Louis 4–1 Anaheim Gibson 0 3–5–2 8 Recap
February: 3–5–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 February 2 Anaheim 3–1 Los Angeles Gibson 0 4–5–2 10 Recap 12 February 5 San Jose 5–4 Anaheim SO Gibson 0 4–5–3 11 Recap 13 February 6 San Jose 1–2 Anaheim SO Miller 0 5–5–3 13 Recap 14 February 9 Anaheim 4–5 Vegas Miller 0 5–6–3 13 Recap 15 February 11 Anaheim 1–0 Vegas Gibson 0 6–6–3 15 Recap 16 February 15 Anaheim 2–3 San Jose Gibson 0 6–7–3 15 Recap 17 February 18 Minnesota 3–1 Anaheim Gibson 0 6–8–3 15 Recap 18 February 20 Minnesota 5–1 Anaheim Gibson 0 6–9–3 15 Recap 19 February 22 Anaheim 3–4 Arizona Gibson 2,346 6–10–3 15 Recap 20 February 24 Anaheim 3–4 Arizona SO Miller 2,319 6–10–4 16 Recap 21 February 27 Vegas 3–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 0 6–10–5 17 Recap
March: 5–10–1 (Home: 2–6–0; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 March 1 St. Louis 5–4 Anaheim Gibson 0 6–11–5 17 Recap 23 March 3 St. Louis 3–2 Anaheim Gibson 0 6–12–5 17 Recap 24 March 5 Anaheim 2–3 Colorado OT Gibson 0 6–12–6 18 Recap 25 March 6 Anaheim 5–4 Colorado OT Miller 0 7–12–6 20 Recap 26 March 8 Los Angeles 5–6 Anaheim OT Gibson 0 8–12–6 22 Recap 27 March 10 Los Angeles 5–1 Anaheim Gibson 0 8–13–6 22 Recap 28 March 12 San Jose 6–0 Anaheim Gibson 0 8–14–6 22 Recap 29 March 13 San Jose 3–1 Anaheim Miller 0 8–15–6 22 Recap 30 March 16 Anaheim 4–8 Colorado Miller 0 8–16–6 22 Recap 31 March 18 Arizona 2–3 Anaheim OT Miller 0 9–16–6 24 Recap 32 March 20 Arizona 5–1 Anaheim Miller 0 9–17–6 24 Recap 33 March 22 Anaheim 1–2 Minnesota Miller 0 9–18–6 24 Recap 34 March 24 Anaheim 2–3 Minnesota Miller 0 9–19–6 24 Recap 35 March 26 Anaheim 4–1 St. Louis Gibson — 10–19–6 26 Recap 36 March 28 Anaheim 3–2 St. Louis OT Stolarz — 11–19–6 28 Recap 37 March 29 Anaheim 2–5 Colorado Miller 0 11–20–6 28 Recap
April: 4–9–1 (Home: 0–7–1; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 April 2 Arizona 4–2 Anaheim Stolarz 0 11–21–6 28 Recap 39 April 4 Arizona 3–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 0 11–21–7 29 Recap 40 April 6 Anaheim 5–1 San Jose Gibson 0 12–21–7 31 Recap 41 April 9 Colorado 2–0 Anaheim Gibson 0 12–22–7 31 Recap 42 April 11 Colorado 4–1 Anaheim Gibson 0 12–23–7 31 Recap 43 April 12 Anaheim 4–0 San Jose Stolarz 0 13–23–7 33 Recap 44 April 14 Anaheim 4–1 San Jose Stolarz 0 14–23–7 35 Recap 45 April 16 Vegas 4–0 Anaheim Gibson 1,717 14–24–7 35 Recap 46 April 18 Vegas 5–2 Anaheim Gibson 1,717 14–25–7 35 Recap 47 April 20 Anaheim 1–4 Los Angeles Stolarz 1,431 14–26–7 35 Recap 48 April 24 Vegas 5–1 Anaheim Gibson 1,717 14–27–7 35 Recap 49 April 26 Anaheim 1–4 Los Angeles Stolarz 1,373 14–28–7 35 Recap 50 April 28 Anaheim 3–2 Los Angeles Gibson 1,763 15–28–7 37 Recap 51 April 30 Los Angeles 2–1 Anaheim Gibson 1,717 15–29–7 37 Recap
May: 2–1–2 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 May 1 Los Angeles 2–6 Anaheim Miller 1,717 16–29–7 39 Recap 53 May 3 Anaheim 1–3 St. Louis Gibson — 16–30–7 39 Recap 54 May 5 Anaheim 3–2 St. Louis SO Stolarz — 17–30–7 41 Recap 55 May 7 Anaheim 3–4 Minnesota OT Gibson 3,000 17–30–8 42 Recap 56 May 8 Anaheim 3–4 Minnesota OT Miller 3,300 17–30–9 43 Recap
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
October 9, 2020	Kevin Shattenkirk	Anaheim Ducks	Tampa Bay Lightning
October 9, 2020	Matt Irwin	Buffalo Sabres	Anaheim Ducks
October 9, 2020	Kevin Boyle	Detroit Red Wings	Anaheim Ducks
October 9, 2020	Kyle Criscuolo	Detroit Red Wings	Anaheim Ducks
October 9, 2020	Vinni Lettieri	Anaheim Ducks	New York Rangers
October 9, 2020	Andy Welinski	Anaheim Ducks	Philadelphia Flyers
October 10, 2020	Kiefer Sherwood	Colorado Avalanche	Anaheim Ducks

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
November 7, 2020	Jamie Drysdale	Anaheim Ducks	Erie Otters	OHL
October 11, 2020	Maxim Golod	Anaheim Ducks	Erie Otters	OHL

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
October 8, 2020	To Ottawa Senators Erik Gudbranson	To Anaheim Ducks EDM 5th-round pick in 2021

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)