2017–18 Anaheim Ducks season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2017–18
Year:	2017
Team:	Anaheim Ducks
Division:	Pacific
Divisionrank:	2nd
Conference:	Western
Conferencerank:	5th
Record:	44–25–13
Homerecord:	26–10–5
Roadrecord:	18–15–8
Goalsfor:	235
Goalsagainst:	216
Generalmanager:	Bob Murray
Coach:	Randy Carlyle
Captain:	Ryan Getzlaf
Altcaptain:	Ryan Kesler Corey Perry
Arena:	Honda Center
Attendance:	16,635^[1]
Minorleague:	San Diego Gulls (AHL) Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Goalsleader:	Rickard Rakell (34)
Assistsleader:	Ryan Getzlaf (50)
Pointsleader:	Rickard Rakell (69)
Plusminusleader:	Josh Manson (+34)
Pimleader:	Kevin Bieksa (83)
Winsleader:	John Gibson (31)
Gaaleader:	Reto Berra (2.31)

The 2017–18 Anaheim Ducks season was the 25th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993.^[2] For the first time since the 2011–12 season, the Ducks failed to win the Pacific Division; snapping a 5-year streak. They later advanced to the playoffs, but were swept by the San Jose Sharks in the first round. As of 2024, this was the last time the Ducks made the playoffs.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 15, 2017.^[3]

2017 preseason game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 19	Anaheim	0–5				15,032	0–1–0	L1
2	September 20		5–1	Anaheim			13,447	0–2–0	L2
3	September 22		2–4	Anaheim			15,393	1–2–0	W1
4	September 24		4–2	Anaheim			15,442	1–3–0	L1
5	September 25	Anaheim	6–4			—	—	2–3–0	W1
6	September 28		0–3	Anaheim		Berra	15,439	3–3–0	W2
7	September 30	Anaheim	0–1		OT	Gibson	17,237	3–3–1	O1
Notes: Game was played at Tucson Arena in Tucson, Arizona.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.^[4]

2017–18 game log
October: 6–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 5 4–5 Anaheim 17,174 1–0–0 2 W1 2 October 7 3–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 16,032 1–0–1 3 O1 3 October 9 2–0 Anaheim Gibson 15,485 1–1–1 3 L1 4 October 11 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 14,553 2–1–1 5 W1 5 October 13 Anaheim 1–3 15,393 2–2–1 5 L1 6 October 15 3–1 Anaheim Gibson 15.821 2–3–1 5 L2 7 October 20 2–6 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 3–3–1 7 W1 8 October 24 Anaheim 2–6 Gibson 18,895 4–3–1 9 W2 9 October 26 Anaheim 3–8 Gibson 10,545 4–4–1 9 L1 10 October 28 Anaheim 4–1 Gibson 19,092 5–4–1 11 W1 11 October 29 Anaheim 4–3 SO 10,108 6–4–1 13 W2
November: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–5–1 ; Road: 2–1–2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 3–1 Anaheim 15,628 6–5–1 13 L1 13 November 3 5–3 Anaheim Gibson 15,523 6–6–1 13 L2 14 November 4 Anaheim 1–2 SO 17,562 6–6–2 14 O1 15 November 7 4–3 Anaheim OT Miller 16,637 6–6–3 15 O2 16 November 9 1–4 Anaheim Miller 16,038 7–6–3 17 W1 17 November 12 2–1 Anaheim Gibson 15,707 7–7–3 17 L1 18 November 15 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 15,089 8–7–3 19 W1 19 November 19 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 9–7–3 21 W2 20 November 20 Anaheim 3–2 SO 17,257 10–7–3 23 W3 21 November 22 4–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 10–8–3 23 L1 22 November 24 4–1 Anaheim Gibson 16,035 10–9–3 23 L2 23 November 25 Anaheim 1–2 SO Miller 18,230 10–9–4 24 O1 24 November 27 Anaheim 3–7 Gibson 21,619 10–10–4 24 L1 25 November 29 Anaheim 3–2 Gibson 16,760 11–10–4 26 W1
December: 7–4–4 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 3–3–3) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Anaheim 2–4 16,206 11–11–4 26 L1 27 December 2 Anaheim 2–3 SO 17,113 11–11–5 27 O1 28 December 5 Anaheim 3–4 SO Gibson 17,608 11–11–6 28 O2 29 December 6 0–3 Anaheim Miller 15,890 12–11–6 30 W1 30 December 8 3–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 16,471 12–11–7 31 O1 31 December 11 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,198 13–11–7 33 W1 32 December 14 Anaheim 3–1 Gibson 17,822 14–11–7 35 W2 33 December 16 Anaheim 2–3 OT Gibson 18,506 14–11–8 36 O1 34 December 18 Anaheim 3–5 Miller 16,514 14–12–8 36 L1 35 December 19 Anaheim 1–4 Gibson 18,006 14–13–8 36 L2 36 December 21 Anaheim 5–4 OT Miller 10,092 15–13–8 38 W1 37 December 23 Anaheim 4–0 Gibson 18,622 16–13–8 40 W2 38 December 27 4–1 Anaheim Gibson 17,444 16–14–8 40 L1 39 December 29 1–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 17–14–8 42 W1 40 December 31 2–5 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 18–14–8 44 W2
January: 7–3–1 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Anaheim 5–0 18,865 19–14–8 46 W3 42 January 4 Anaheim 1–2 SO 18,347 19–14–9 47 O1 43 January 6 Anaheim 2–3 Gibson 19,258 19–15–9 47 L1 44 January 13 Anaheim 4–2 Gibson 18,443 20–15–9 49 W1 45 January 15 Anaheim 1–3 Miller 16,090 20–16–9 49 L1 46 January 17 3–5 Anaheim Gibson 17,291 21–16–9 51 W1 47 January 19 1–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,258 22–16–9 53 W2 48 January 21 6–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,347 22–17–9 53 L1 49 January 23 3–6 Anaheim Gibson 16,763 23–17–9 55 W1 50 January 25 3–4 Anaheim SO Miller 17,174 24–17–9 57 W2 51 January 30 Anaheim 3–1 Gibson 17,565 25–17–9 59 W3
February: 6–4–3 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 4–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Anaheim 1–2 OT 13,759 25–17–10 60 O1 53 February 3 Anaheim 2–5 Miller 21,302 25–18–10 60 L1 54 February 5 Anaheim 4–7 Miller 19,055 25–19–10 60 L2 55 February 6 Anaheim 4–3 OT Miller 16,788 26–19–10 62 W1 56 February 9 2–3 Anaheim 17,174 27–19–10 64 W2 57 February 11 3–2 Anaheim SO Gibson 17,435 27–19–11 65 O1 58 February 13 Anaheim 1–2 Gibson 19,515 27–20–11 65 L1 59 February 15 Anaheim 3–2 Gibson 21,415 28–20–11 67 W1 60 February 17 Anaheim 3–2 SO Gibson 19,192 29–20–11 69 W2 61 February 19 Anaheim 2–0 Gibson 18,267 30–20–11 71 W3 62 February 21 0–2 Anaheim Miller 16,609 31–20–11 73 W4 63 February 24 Anaheim 0–2 Miller 11,959 31–21–11 73 L1 64 February 25 6–5 Anaheim SO Miller 17,174 31–21–12 74 O1
March: 9–4–1 (Home: 7–1–0 ; Road: 2–3–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 2–4 Anaheim 16,447 32–21–12 76 W1 66 March 4 3–6 Anaheim Gibson 16,989 33–21–12 78 W2 67 March 6 0–4 Anaheim Gibson 15,910 34–21–12 80 W3 68 March 8 Anaheim 2–4 Gibson 17,475 34–22–12 80 L1 69 March 9 Anaheim 1–2 18,532 34–23–12 80 L2 70 March 12 4–2 Anaheim Gibson 16,312 34–24–12 80 L3 71 March 14 0–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,561 35–24–12 82 W1 72 March 16 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 17,243 36–24–12 84 W2 73 March 18 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 16,401 37–24–12 86 W3 74 March 21 Anaheim 4–0 Gibson 19,059 38–24–12 88 W4 75 March 23 Anaheim 2–3 OT Gibson 15,321 38–24–13 89 O1 76 March 25 Anaheim 5–4 OT Gibson 18,347 39–24–13 91 W1 77 March 27 Anaheim 1–4 Gibson 18,405 39–25–13 91 L1 78 March 30 1–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 17,473 40–25–13 93 W1
April: 4–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 3–4 Anaheim OT 17,054 41–25–13 95 W2 80 April 4 1–3 Anaheim Miller 17,495 42–25–13 97 W3 81 April 6 3–5 Anaheim Miller 17,355 43–25–13 99 W4 82 April 7 Anaheim 3–0 Miller 17,382 44–25–13 101 W5
Legend:

Playoffs

See main article: 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs.

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks: San Jose won 4–0 Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 San Jose 3–0 Anaheim 17,174 0–1 Recap 2 April 14 San Jose 3–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,430 0–2 Recap 3 April 16 Anaheim 1–8 San Jose Gibson 17,562 0–3 Recap 4 April 18 Anaheim 1–2 San Jose Gibson 17,562 0–4 Recap
Legend:

Player statistics

Final stats^[5]

Skaters

Regular season^[6]

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	77	34	35	69	6	14
	56	11	50	61	20	42
	71	17	32	49	−4	71
	77	17	23	40	6	18
	66	20	18	38	18	14
	80	7	30	37	34	62
^†	57	20	16	36	17	14
	80	12	23	35	18	41
	80	9	23	32	16	42
	67	8	24	32	3	28
	69	13	18	31	16	34
	76	10	17	27	3	72
	66	12	12	24	3	11
	67	3	14	17	12	26
	64	8	8	16	−5	34
^‡	64	6	9	15	−7	35
	44	8	6	14	−4	46
^‡	42	2	6	8	−1	4
	59	0	8	8	−13	83
	25	6	1	7	3	6
	22	1	3	4	5	6
^‡	15	1	3	4	−6	8
	27	1	3	4	4	8
^†	23	1	2	3	−4	12
	10	1	1	2	−4	0
^†	16	1	1	2	−1	2
	7	0	2	2	−1	0
	12	0	2	2	1	2
	10	1	0	1	0	16
	2	1	0	1	0	0
	14	0	1	1	−4	2
	7	0	1	1	0	21
	2	0	0	0	0	0
	16	0	0	0	−3	6
	1	0	0	0	−1	0
	2	0	0	0	0	0
^†	3	0	0	0	2	2

Playoffs^{[7] [8]}

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	4	1	1	2	1	2
	4	1	1	2	−3	2
	4	0	2	2	−4	18
	4	0	2	2	0	6
	4	1	0	1	−4	0
	4	1	0	1	1	2
	4	0	1	1	−2	6
	4	0	0	0	−5	8
	4	0	0	0	−4	2
	4	0	0	0	−2	0
	4	0	0	0	−1	2
	4	0	0	0	−3	2
	4	0	0	0	−2	0
	4	0	0	0	−2	0
	4	0	0	0	−2	0
	2	0	0	0	−1	0
	3	0	0	0	−2	0
	1	0	0	0	−1	0
	2	0	0	0	−2	0
	4	0	0	0	−2	8

Goaltenders

Final stats

Regular season^[9]

Player
	60	60	3,428:29	31	18	7	139	2.43	1,872	.926	4	0	1	16
	28	21	1,353:16	12	6	6	53	2.35	739	.928	4	0	0	0
	5	1	181:57	1	1	0	7	2.31	95	.926	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[10]

Player
	4	4	216:31	0	4	13	3.60	117	.889	0	0	0	0
	1	0	20:00	0	0	3	9.00	12	.750	0	0	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.

Transactions

The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
	To Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore	To Anaheim Ducks Expansion Draft considerations^1	^[11]
	To Philadelphia Flyers Dustin Tokarski	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	^[12]
	To New Jersey Devils Sami Vatanen Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019 or 2020	To Anaheim Ducks season Joseph Blandisi Adam Henrique NJD's 3rd-round pick in 2018	^[13]
	To New York Islanders Chris Wagner	To Anaheim Ducks Jason Chimera	^[14]

Notes

1. This trade ensured that the Vegas Golden Knights would select Clayton Stoner in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft.

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
			2-year, $4 million	^[15]
			1-year, $650,000	^[16]
			1-year, $650,000
			2-year, $1.3 million
			1-year, $650,000
			1-year, $700,000	^[17]
			1-year, $725,000	^[18]
			1-year, $1 million	^[19]
			2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[20]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
			2-year	^[21]
			2-year	^[22]
			1-year, $2.75 million	^[23]
			2-year, $3.3 million	^[24]
			1-year, $850,000	^[25]
			1-year	^[26]
			1-year	^[27]
			1-year	^[28]
			1-year	^[29]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
			^[30]

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
			^[31]

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref
		Contract termination	^[32] ^[33]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
		3-year, $9.45 million	^[34]
		2-year, $1.8 million	^[35]
		1-year, $675,000	^[36]
		2-year, $1.3 million	^[37]
		8-year, $52 million contract extension	^[38]
		3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[39]
		4-year, $16.4 million contract extension	^[40]
		3-year, $9.75 million contract extension	^[41]
		3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[42]
		3-year, $4.475 million entry-level contract	^[43]
		3-year, $2.6225 entry-level contract	^[44]
		3-year, $2.775 entry-level contract	^[45]
	Kevin Boyle	2-year, $1.35 million contract extension	^[46]

Draft picks

See also: List of Anaheim Ducks draft picks. Below are the Anaheim Ducks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	50^1	Max Comtois	C	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
2	60	Antoine Morand	C	Canada	Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
3	91	Jack Badini	C	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
4	122	Kyle Olson	C	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
5	153	Olle Eriksson Ek	G	Sweden	Färjestad BK (J20 SuperElit)

Notes

1. The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on June 20, 2016, that sent Frederik Andersen to Toronto in exchange for Pittsburgh's first-round pick in 2016 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[47] The condition – Anaheim will receive the middle pick of Ottawa, San Jose or Toronto's second-round picks in 2017.^[48] – was converted on May 9, 2017, when Ottawa advanced to the 2017 Eastern Conference Final, ensuring the Sharks' second-round pick would be higher than the Senators' and lower than the Maple Leafs'.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-2018 NHL Attendance . ESPN.com . November 7, 2021.
2. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. 2013. Diamond Sports Data, Inc.. 21. 978-1-894801-26-3.
3. Web site: Ducks Announce 2017 Preseason Schedule. NHL.com. June 27, 2017. June 15, 2017.
4. Web site: Ducks 2017-18 Regular Season Schedule Announced. NHL.com. June 27, 2017. June 22, 2017.
5. Web site: 2017-2018 Regular Season Stats - Points - Anaheim Ducks - Statistics. NHL.com. March 28, 2019.
6. Web site: 2017−18 Regular season − Anaheim Ducks Stats − Skaters . NHL.com . November 9, 2019.
7. Web site: NHL.com - Stats. NHL.com. March 28, 2019.
8. Web site: 2017−18 Playoffs − Anaheim Ducks Stats − Skaters . NHL.com . November 9, 2019.
9. Web site: 2017−18 Regular season − Anaheim Ducks Stats − Goalies . NHL.com . November 9, 2019.
10. Web site: 2017−18 Playoffs − Anaheim Ducks Stats − Goalies . NHL.com . November 9, 2019.
11. Web site: Ducks Trade Theodore to Vegas Golden Knights. NHL.com. June 27, 2017. June 22, 2017.
12. Web site: Flyers Acquire Goaltender Dustin Tokarski from Anaheim . Philadelphia Flyers . October 9, 2017 . October 9, 2017.
13. Web site: Ducks Acquire Henrique, Blandisi, 2018 Draft Pick from New Jersey. NHL.com. November 30, 2017. November 30, 2017.
14. Web site: Ducks Acquire Chimera from Islanders in Exchange for Wagner. NHL.com. February 26, 2018. February 26, 2018.
15. Web site: Ducks Sign Miller to Two-Year Contract. NHL. July 1, 2017.
16. Web site: Ducks Sign Four Players. NHL. July 2, 2017.
17. Web site: Ducks Sign Berra to One-Year Contract. NHL. July 5, 2017.
18. Web site: Ducks Sign Rasmussen to One-Year Contract. NHL. July 7, 2017.
19. Web site: Ducks Sign Beauchemin to One-Year Contract. NHL.com. August 21, 2017. August 21, 2017.
20. Web site: Ducks Sign Sherwood to Two-Year Entry-Level Contract. NHL.com. March 21, 2018. March 20, 2018.
21. Web site: Ducks forward Sorensen signs in Swedish League. nbcsports.com. June 26, 2017.
22. Web site: Max Görtz återvänder till Malmö Redhawks. malmoredhawks.com. June 26, 2017.
23. Web site: Goaltender Jonathan Bernier inks deal with Avalanche. Sportsnet. July 1, 2017.
24. News: Sportsnet . Ottawa Senators ink forward Nate Thompson . July 1, 2017 . July 1, 2017.
25. Web site: Coyotes Sign Etem to One-Year, Two-Way Contract. nhl.com. July 5, 2017.
26. Web site: G Enroth signs with KHL's Dinamo Minsk. tsn.ca. July 14, 2017.
27. Web site: Former Ducks, Penguins defenseman Simon Despres heads to KHL. sports.yahoo.com. August 26, 2017.
28. Web site: HACKETT BRINGS NHL EXPERIENCE TO SOLAR BEARS. echl.com. September 7, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170905211709/http://www.echl.com/hackett-brings-nhl-experience-to-solar-bears. September 5, 2017. dead.
29. Web site: Reto Berra returns - HC Fribourg-Gottéron announces four arrivals. swisshockeynews.ch. June 11, 2019.
30. Web site: Ducks Claim Brown on Waivers. NHL.com. January 14, 2018. January 14, 2018.
31. Web site: Canadiens claim forward Logan Shaw off waivers. NHL.com. January 16, 2018. January 15, 2018.
32. Web site: Ducks put F Rasmussen on unconditional waivers. TSN. February 14, 2018. February 13, 2018.
33. Web site: Välkommen tillbaka Dennis Rasmussen. www.vaxjolakers.se. February 14, 2018. sv-SE. February 13, 2018.
34. Web site: Patrick Eaves signs three-year contract with Ducks. NHL.com. June 23, 2017. June 26, 2017.
35. Web site: Reports: Ducks sign D Holzer to extension. TSN.ca. June 25, 2017. June 26, 2017.
36. Web site: Ducks Sign Goaltender Boyle to One-Year Contract Extension. NHL.com. June 29, 2017. June 30, 2017.
37. Web site: Ducks Sign Defenseman Megna to Two-Year Contract Extension. NHL.com. June 29, 2017. June 30, 2017.
38. Web site: Cam Fowler signs eight-year contract extension with Ducks. NHL.com. July 1, 2017. July 1, 2017.
39. Web site: Ducks sign Alex Dostie to three-year, entry-level contract. Sportsnet.ca. July 8, 2017. July 9, 2017.
40. Web site: Ducks Sign Manson to Four-Year Contract Extension. NHL.com. October 5, 2017. October 4, 2017.
41. Web site: Ducks Sign Cogliano to Three-Year Contract Extension. NHL.com. January 14, 2018. January 12, 2018.
42. Web site: Ducks Sign Comtois to Entry-Level Contract. NHL.com. March 5, 2018. March 3, 2018.
43. Web site: Ducks Sign Terry to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract. NHL.com. March 27, 2018. March 27, 2018.
44. Web site: Ducks Sign Eriksson Ek to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract. NHL.com. April 9, 2018. April 7, 2018.
45. Web site: Ducks Sign Morand to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract. NHL.com. May 29, 2018. May 29, 2018.
46. Web site: Ducks Sign Boyle to Two Year, Two-Way Contract Extension. NHL.com. June 18, 2018. June 19, 2018.
47. Web site: Maple Leafs acquire Andersen from Ducks. June 20, 2016. June 20, 2016.
48. Web site: Breaking down the conditional pick in Leafs' Bernier trade. July 18, 2016. July 19, 2016.