2018–19 Anaheim Ducks season explained

The 2018–19 Anaheim Ducks season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 21, 2018.^[4]

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			—	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			6,559	0–3–0	L3
4	September 24	Arizona	2–4	Anaheim			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.

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 17,562 1–0–0 2 W1 2 October 6 Anaheim 1–0 Gibson 17,125 2–0–0 4 W2 3 October 8 2–3 Anaheim SO Gibson 17,436 3–0–0 6 W3 4 October 10 3–2 Anaheim SO Gibson 17,015 3–0–1 7 O1 5 October 13 Anaheim 3–5 Gibson 18,532 3–1–1 7 L1 6 October 14 Anaheim 3–2 16,562 4–1–1 9 W1 7 October 17 1–4 Anaheim Gibson 16,909 5–1–1 11 W2 8 October 20 Anaheim 1–3 Gibson 18,375 5–2–1 11 L1 9 October 21 4–2 Anaheim Miller 17,174 5–3–1 11 L2 10 October 23 Anaheim 1–3 Gibson 20,900 5–4–1 11 L3 11 October 25 Anaheim 2–5 Gibson 17,134 5–5–1 11 L4 12 October 28 4–3 Anaheim OT Gibson 17,099 5–5–2 12 O1 13 October 30 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 3–2 Anaheim SO 16,101 5–6–3 13 O1 15 November 4 2–3 Anaheim OT Gibson 16,727 6–6–3 15 W1 16 November 6 Anaheim 1–4 Gibson 18,230 6–7–3 15 L1 17 November 7 2–3 Anaheim 16,461 7–7–3 17 W1 18 November 9 5–1 Anaheim Gibson 16,464 7–8–3 17 L1 19 November 12 1–2 Anaheim SO Gibson 16,629 8–8–3 19 W1 20 November 14 Anaheim 0–5 Gibson 18,111 8–9–3 19 L1 21 November 16 2–1 Anaheim OT Gibson 16,666 8–9–4 20 O1 22 November 18 4–3 Anaheim OT Miller 16,502 8–9–5 21 O2 23 November 21 3–4 Anaheim Gibson 16,091 9–9–5 23 W1 24 November 23 1–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 16,497 10–9–5 25 W2 25 November 25 Anaheim 2–5 Gibson 17,167 10–10–5 25 L1 26 November 27 Anaheim 3–1 Miller 19,092 11–10–5 27 W1 27 November 28 Anaheim 3–2 Gibson 9,078 12–10–5 29 W2 28 November 30 Anaheim 2–1 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 18,506 14–10–5 33 W4 30 December 5 2–4 Anaheim 15,696 15–10–5 35 W5 31 December 7 4–1 Anaheim Gibson 15,573 15–11–5 35 L1 32 December 9 5–6 Anaheim SO Gibson 16,470 16–11–5 37 W1 33 December 12 3–6 Anaheim Gibson 16,810 17–11–5 39 W2 34 December 15 Anaheim 2–1 OT Gibson 16,171 18–11–5 41 W3 35 December 17 Anaheim 4–2 Gibson 18,575 19–11–5 43 W4 36 December 18 Anaheim 1–3 17,590 19–12–5 43 L1 37 December 20 Anaheim 1–3 Gibson 17,565 19–13–5 43 L2 38 December 22 Anaheim 0–3 Gibson 19,070 19–14–5 43 L3 39 December 27 Anaheim 2–4 Johnson 17,562 19–15–5 43 L4 40 December 29 5–4 Anaheim OT Gibson 17,174 19–15–6 44 O1 41 December 31 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 3–2 Anaheim 17,222 19–16–7 45 L1 43 January 6 4–0 Anaheim Gibson 17,317 19–17–7 45 L2 44 January 9 2–1 Anaheim OT Gibson 17,174 19–17–8 46 O1 45 January 11 7–4 Anaheim Gibson 17,473 19–18–8 46 L1 46 January 13 Anaheim 3–4 OT Gibson 15,321 19–18–9 47 O1 47 January 15 Anaheim 1–3 Gibson 19,515 19–19–9 47 L1 48 January 17 Anaheim 3–0 Gibson 18,907 20–19–9 49 W1 49 January 19 Anaheim 3–2 Gibson 15,231 21–19–9 51 W2 50 January 20 Anaheim 0–3 13,917 21–20–9 51 L1 51 January 23 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 15,321 21–22–9 51 L3 53 February 4 Anaheim 1–6 Gibson 18,858 21–23–9 51 L4 54 February 5 Anaheim 1–4 20,680 21–24–9 51 L5 55 February 7 Anaheim 0–4 Gibson 12,617 21–25–9 51 L6 56 February 9 Anaheim 2–6 Johnson 19,072 21–26–9 51 L7 57 February 13 0–1 Anaheim 17,174 22–26–9 53 W1 58 February 15 3–0 Anaheim Boyle 17,174 22–27–9 53 L1 59 February 17 2–5 Anaheim 17,495 23–27–9 55 W1 60 February 19 Anaheim 4–0 Miller 18,533 24–27–9 57 W2 61 February 22 Anaheim 1–2 Miller 18,960 24–28–9 57 L1 62 February 23 Anaheim 1–2 Boyle 18,347 24–29–9 57 L2 63 February 25 Anaheim 0–4 Boyle 18,542 24–30–9 57 L3 64 February 27 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 3–0 Anaheim 16,456 24–32–9 57 L5 66 March 3 1–2 Anaheim Gibson 16,690 25–32–9 59 W1 67 March 5 Anaheim 3–1 11,305 26–32–9 61 W2 68 March 6 5–4 Anaheim Gibson 16,854 26–33–9 61 L1 69 March 8 2–8 Anaheim Gibson 16,580 27–33–9 63 W1 70 March 10 3–2 Anaheim Miller 17,174 27–34–9 63 L1 71 March 12 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,811 28–34–9 65 W1 72 March 14 Anaheim 1–6 Miller 14,202 28–35–9 65 L1 73 March 15 Anaheim 5–3 Gibson 18,025 29–35–9 67 W1 74 March 17 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,523 30–35–9 69 W2 75 March 20 3–0 Anaheim Gibson 16,846 30–36–9 69 L1 76 March 22 3–4 Anaheim OT Gibson 17,174 31–36–9 71 W1 77 March 23 Anaheim 3–4 SO Miller 18,230 31–36–10 72 O1 78 March 26 Anaheim 5–4 Gibson 17,633 32–36–10 74 W1 79 March 29 Anaheim 1–6 Miller 19,030 32–37–10 74 L1 80 March 30 Anaheim 5–1 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 1–3 Anaheim 17,174 34–37–10 78 W2 82 April 5 2–5 Anaheim 17,306 35–37–10 80 W3
Legend:

Player statistics

As of April 5, 2019^{[5] [6] [7]}

Skaters

Regular season! Player! ! ! ! ! data-sort-type="number"

	67	14	34	48	−19	58
	73	24	19	43	−9	28
	69	18	25	43	−13	27
	82	18	24	42	−5	24
	60	9	22	31	6	82
	76	6	22	28	−5	44
^‡	62	5	20	25	−16	40
	59	5	18	23	−14	20
	30	11	9	20	0	2
	62	7	13	20	0	12
^†	47	14	5	19	−9	10
^†‡	37	11	8	19	−10	14
	74	3	13	16	−8	62
	32	4	9	13	8	2
	50	6	6	12	1	8
^†	34	5	7	12	−12	6
	22	6	5	11	2	8
^‡	46	3	8	11	2	14
	31	6	4	10	−16	27
^†	31	2	7	9	−9	8
	60	5	3	8	−19	44
	10	2	5	7	3	7
^‡	27	0	6	6	4	17
	21	3	2	5	−4	2
	30	2	3	5	−1	14
	44	2	3	5	−8	16
	17	1	4	5	0	4
	49	0	5	5	−4	16
	22	1	3	4	5	8
	28	1	3	4	−1	12
	26	1	3	4	−5	8
^†‡	12	0	3	3	−3	0
	15	0	2	2	−1	2
	8	1	0	1	−1	4
^†	6	0	1	1	−3	2
	6	0	1	1	−1	2
	20	0	1	1	−4	39
^‡	8	0	0	0	−6	7
^‡	3	0	0	0	−1	6
	3	0	0	0	−1	0
	7	0	0	0	−4	4
	2	0	0	0	−1	0
	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

Regular season! Player! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

	58	57	3,233:02	26	22	8	153	2.84	1,838	.917	2	0	0	2
	20	17	1,108:48	8	7	2	51	2.76	578	.912	1	0	0	0
	5	4	276:51	1	3	0	10	2.17	139	.928	1	0	0	0
^†	9	4	319:42	0	5	0	20	3.75	156	.872	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.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

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

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
	To Winnipeg Jets Nic Kerdiles	To Anaheim Ducks Chase De Leo	^[8]
	To Tampa Bay Lightning Mitch Hults	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	^[9]
	To Pittsburgh Penguins Marcus Pettersson	To Anaheim Ducks Daniel Sprong	^[10]
	To Toronto Maple Leafs Steven Oleksy	To Anaheim Ducks Adam Cracknell	^[11]
	To Arizona Coyotes Giovanni Fiore	To Anaheim Ducks Trevor Murphy	^[12]
	To St. Louis Blues Jared Coreau	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	^[13]
	To Dallas Stars Andrew Cogliano	To Anaheim Ducks Devin Shore	^[14]
	To Minnesota Wild Pontus Aberg	To Anaheim Ducks Justin Kloos	^[15]
	To Vancouver Canucks Luke Schenn 7th-round pick in 2020	To Anaheim Ducks Michael Del Zotto	^[16]
	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joseph Blandisi	To Anaheim Ducks Derek Grant	^[17]
	To Buffalo Sabres Brandon Montour	To Anaheim Ducks Brendan Guhle Conditional 1st-round pick in 2019	^[18]
	To Ottawa Senators Brian Gibbons	To Anaheim Ducks Patrick Sieloff	^[19]
	To St. Louis Blues Michael Del Zotto	To Anaheim Ducks 6th-round pick in 2019	^[20]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
			2-year	^[21]
		to Minnesota Wild	2-year
			1-year	^[22]
			1-year
		from HC Davos (NL)	1-year
			3-year
			1-year
		from Detroit Red Wings	1-year
			1-year	^[23]
		to Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	^[24]
		to San Diego Gulls (AHL)	1-year	^[25]
			1-year	^[26]
		from San Diego Gulls (AHL)	3-year	^[27]
		to Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	2-year	^[28]
	Andrej Sustr	to Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	1-year	^[29]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
			^[30]
			^[31]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
		Mutual termination	^[32] ^[33]
		Mutual termination	^[34]
		Buyout	^[35]

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
		^[36]
		^[37]
		^[38]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
		1-year	^[39]
		5-year	^[40]
		1-year	^[41]
		1-year
		1-year
		2-year	^[42]
		8-year	^[43]
		3-year	^[44]
		3-year	^[45]
		3-year	^[46]
		5-year	^[47]
		3-year	^[48]
		1-year	^[49]
		1-year
		1-year

Draft picks

See also: List of Anaheim Ducks 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		Luleå HF (SHL)
2	54	Benoit-Olivier Groulx	C		Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3	79^1	Blake McLaughlin	LW		Chicago Steel (USHL)
3	85	Lukas Dostal	G		Horácká Slavia Třebíč (Czech 1.Liga)
4	116	Jack Perbix	RW		Elk River High School (USHS)
5	147	Roman Durny	G		Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
6	178	Hunter Drew	D		Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)

Notes

1. 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.^[50]

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. 2013. Diamond Sports Data, Inc.. 21. 978-1-894801-26-3.
2. Web site: Randy Carlyle fired as Anaheim Ducks coach; GM cites team's 'lack of emotion'.
3. Web site: Woodley . Kevin . Ducks defeat Canucks but are eliminated from playoff contention . NHL.com . March 27, 2019 . March 26, 2019.
4. Web site: Ducks Announce 2018-19 Schedule . NHL.com . July 2, 2018 . June 21, 2018.
5. Web site: Anaheim Ducks Stats - 2018-2019. NHL.com. April 5, 2019.
6. Web site: NHL.com - Stats - Anaheim Ducks Skaters . NHL.com . April 6, 2019.
7. Web site: NHL.com - Stats - Anaheim Ducks Goalies . NHL.com . April 6, 2019.
8. Web site: Jets acquire Nicolas Kerdiles . nhl.com . June 30, 2018 . June 30, 2018.
9. Web site: Ducks Trade Hults to Tampa Bay in Exchange for Future Considerations . NHL.com . October 23, 2018 . October 18, 2018.
10. Web site: Ducks Acquire Sprong from Pittsburgh in Exchange for Pettersson . NHL.com . December 3, 2018 . December 3, 2018.
11. Web site: Ducks Acquire Cracknell from Toronto in Exchange for Oleksy . NHL.com . December 11, 2018 . December 10, 2018.
12. Web site: Ducks Acquire Murphy from Coyotes in Exchange for Fiore . NHL.com . January 6, 2019 . December 28, 2018.
13. Web site: Ducks Trade Goaltender Coreau to St. Louis for Future Considerations . NHL.com . January 6, 2019 . January 3, 2019.
14. Web site: Ducks Acquire Shore from Dallas in Exchange for Cogliano . NHL.com . January 14, 2019 . January 14, 2019.
15. Web site: Ducks Acquire Kloos from Minnesota in Exchange for Aberg . NHL.com . January 16, 2019 . January 16, 2019.
16. Web site: Ducks Acquire Del Zotto from Vancouver in Exchange for Schenn, Draft Pick . NHL.com . January 17, 2019 . January 16, 2019.
17. Web site: Ducks Acquire Grant from Pittsburgh in Exchange for Blandisi . NHL.com . January 17, 2019 . January 17, 2019.
18. Web site: Ducks Acquire Guhle, First-Round Pick from Sabres in Exchange for Montour . NHL.com . February 24, 2019 . February 24, 2019.
19. Web site: Ducks Acquire D Sieloff from Ottawa in Exchange for LW Gibbons . NHL.com . February 25, 2019 . February 25, 2019.
20. Web site: Ducks Acquire 2019 Sixth-Round Pick from Blues in Exchange for Del Zotto . NHL.com . February 26, 2019 . February 25, 2019.
21. Web site: Wild stays busy during Fenton's first July 1 as team's GM. nhl.com. July 1, 2018.
22. Web site: Ducks Sign Six in Free Agency, Including Schenn. nhl.com. July 2, 2018.
23. Web site: Ducks Sign Sustr to One-Year Contract. nhl.com. July 5, 2018.
24. Web site: Penguins Agree to Terms with Forward Derek Grant on a One-Year Contract. nhl.com. August 13, 2018.
25. Web site: GULLS SIGN RIGHT WING COREY TROPP TO ONE-YEAR CONTRACT. sandiegogulls.com. July 30, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180731033111/http://www.sandiegogulls.com/roster_072318/. July 31, 2018. dead.
26. Web site: Ducks Sign Dotchin to One-Year Contract . NHL.com . October 23, 2018 . October 17, 2018.
27. Web site: Ducks Sign Benoit to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract . NHL.com . March 12, 2019 . March 7, 2019.
28. Web site: Добро пожаловать, Тревор Мёрфи! . www.hcredstar.com . June 11, 2019 . ru-RU . June 6, 2019.
29. Web site: Добро пожаловать, Андрей Шустр! . www.hcredstar.com . June 11, 2019 . ru-RU . June 6, 2019.
30. Web site: Gazzola . Paul . BLOG: Anaheim Ducks claim Aberg . NHL.com . October 2, 2018 . October 1, 2018.
31. Web site: Ducks Claim Johnson off Waivers from St. Louis . NHL.com . December 11, 2018 . December 11, 2018.
32. Web site: Julius Nattinen: Waived unconditionally . CBSSports.com . October 23, 2018 . September 24, 2018.
33. Web site: Hurmerinta . Eero . Julius Nättinen siirtolistalle - palaamassa Suomeen . Jatkoaika.com . October 23, 2018 . fi-FI . September 24, 2018.
34. Web site: Anton Rodin: Set on unconditional waivers . CBSSports.com . October 23, 2018 . September 29, 2018.
35. Web site: Ducks Buy Out Contract of Corey Perry . NHL.com . June 28, 2019 . June 19, 2019.
36. Web site: Arritt . Dan . Ducks didn't get enough from top line in first-round loss to Sharks . NHL.com . June 8, 2018 . April 18, 2018.
37. Web site: Portzline . Aaron . One of the NHL's toughest, busiest fighters, Jared Boll, is retiring after 11 seasons . TheAthletic.com . July 4, 2018 . July 4, 2018.
38. Web site: Senators appoint Chris Kelly as a Development Coach . NHL.com . September 8, 2018 . September 4, 2018.
39. Web site: Ducks Sign De Leo to One-Year Contract. nhl.com. July 15, 2018.
40. Web site: Ducks Sign Henrique to Five-Year Contract Extension. nhl.com. July 16, 2018.
41. Web site: Ducks Sign Kossila, Roy and Welinski to One-Year Contracts. nhl.com. July 22, 2018.
42. Web site: Ducks Sign Montour to Two-Year Contract. nhl.com. August 5, 2018.
43. Web site: Ducks Sign Gibson to Eight-Year Contract Extension. nhl.com. August 5, 2018.
44. Web site: Ducks Sign Lundestrom to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract . NHL.com . August 22, 2018 . August 8, 2018.
45. Web site: Ducks Sign Kase to Three-Year Contract. nhl.com. August 17, 2018.
46. Web site: Ducks Sign Ritchie to Three-Year Contract . NHL.com . October 23, 2018 . October 17, 2018.
47. Web site: Ducks Sign Silfverberg to Five-Year Contract Extension . NHL.com . March 4, 2019 . March 1, 2019.
48. Web site: Ducks Sign Goaltender Dostal to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract . NHL.com . May 15, 2019 . May 13, 2019.
49. Web site: Ducks Sign Miller, Holzer, Grant to One-Year Contract Extensions . NHL.com . June 28, 2019 . June 20, 2019.
50. Web site: Devils acquire D Sami Vatanen and conditional third-round pick from ANA . NHL.com . June 6, 2018 . November 30, 2017.