2018–19 Anaheim Ducks season

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 – present)
Captain	Ryan Getzlaf
Alternate captains	Ryan Kesler Corey Perry
Arena	Honda Center
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)

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

Standings

Divisional standings

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Calgary Flames	82	50	25	7	50	289	227	107
San Jose Sharks	82	46	27	9	46	289	261	101
Vegas Golden Knights	82	43	32	7	40	249	230	93
Arizona Coyotes	82	39	35	8	35	213	223	86
Vancouver Canucks	82	35	36	11	29	225	254	81
Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	32	199	251	80
Edmonton Oilers	82	35	38	9	32	232	274	79
Los Angeles Kings	82	31	42	9	28	202	263	71

Conference standings

Central Division Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	43	240	214	100
Winnipeg Jets	82	47	30	5	45	272	244	99
St. Louis Blues	82	45	28	9	42	247	223	99

Pacific Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Calgary Flames	82	50	25	7	50	289	227	107
San Jose Sharks	82	46	27	9	46	289	261	101
Vegas Golden Knights	82	43	32	7	40	249	230	93

Western Conference Wild Card

Team	GP	W	L	OL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	93
Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	90
Arizona Coyotes	82	39	35	8	35	213	223	86
Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	84
Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	83
Vancouver Canucks	82	35	36	11	29	225	254	81
Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	32	199	251	80
Edmonton Oilers	82	35	38	9	32	232	274	79
Los Angeles Kings	82	31	42	9	28	202	263	71

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 21, 2018.

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.

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

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Getzlaf, RyanRyan Getzlaf	67	14	34	48	–19	58
Silfverberg, JakobJakob Silfverberg	73	24	19	43	−9	28
Rakell, RickardRickard Rakell	69	18	25	43	−13	27
Henrique, AdamAdam Henrique	82	18	24	42	–5	24
Ritchie, NickNick Ritchie	60	9	22	31	6	82
Lindholm, HampusHampus Lindholm	76	6	22	28	−5	44
Montour, BrandonBrandon Montour ‡ || 62 || 5 || 20 || 25 || −16 || 40
Fowler, CamCam Fowler	59	5	18	23	−14	20
Kase, OndrejOndrej Kase	30	11	9	20	0	2
Rowney, CarterCarter Rowney	62	7	13	20	0	12
Sprong, DanielDaniel Sprong † || 47 || 14 || 5 || 19 || –9 || 10
Aberg, PontusPontus Aberg †‡ || 37 || 11 || 8 || 19 || −10 || 14
Manson, JoshJosh Manson	74	3	13	16	−8	62
Terry, TroyTroy Terry	32	4	9	13	8	2
Sherwood, KieferKiefer Sherwood	50	6	6	12	1	8
Shore, DevinDevin Shore † || 34 || 5 || 7 || 12 || –12 || 6
Steel, SamSam Steel	22	6	5	11	2	8
Cogliano, AndrewAndrew Cogliano ‡ || 46 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 2 || 14
Perry, CoreyCorey Perry	31	6	4	10	–16	27
Grant, DerekDerek Grant † || 31 || 2 || 7 || 9 || –9 || 8
Kesler, RyanRyan Kesler	60	5	3	8	−19	44
Comtois, MaxMax Comtois	10	2	5	7	3	7
Pettersson, MarcusMarcus Pettersson ‡ || 27 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 4 || 17
Street, BenBen Street	21	3	2	5	−4	2
Jones, MaxMax Jones	30	2	3	5	–1	14
Gibbons, BrianBrian Gibbons	44	2	3	5	−8	16
Mahura, JoshJosh Mahura	17	1	4	5	0	4
Larsson, JacobJacob Larsson	49	0	5	5	−4	16
Holzer, KorbinianKorbinian Holzer	22	1	3	4	5	8
Megna, JaycobJaycob Megna	28	1	3	4	–1	12
Welinski, AndyAndy Welinski	26	1	3	4	–5	8
Del Zotto, MichaelMichael Del Zotto †‡ || 12 || 0 || 3 || 3 || –3 || 0
Lundestrom, IsacIsac Lundestrom	15	0	2	2	−1	2
Kossila, KalleKalle Kossila	8	1	0	1	−1	4
Guhle, BrendanBrendan Guhle † || 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || –3 || 2
Carrick, SamSam Carrick	6	0	1	1	−1	2
Dotchin, JakeJake Dotchin	20	0	1	1	–4	39
Schenn, LukeLuke Schenn ‡ || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −6 || 7
Blandisi, JosephJoseph Blandisi ‡ || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −1 || 6
Roy, KevinKevin Roy	3	0	0	0	–1	0
Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves	7	0	0	0	−4	4
Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell	2	0	0	0	–1	0
De Leo, ChaseChase De Leo	1	0	0	0	1	0
Kloos, JustinJustin Kloos	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sustr, AndrejAndrej Sustr	5	0	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Gibson, JohnJohn Gibson	58	57	3,233:02	26	22	8	153	2.84	1,838	.917	2	0	0	2
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	20	17	1,108:48	8	7	2	51	2.76	578	.912	1	0	0	0
Boyle, KevinKevin Boyle	5	4	276:51	1	3	0	10	2.17	139	.928	1	0	0	0
Johnson, ChadChad Johnson † || 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
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30)	To Winnipeg Jets Nic Kerdiles	To Anaheim Ducks Chase De Leo
October 18, 2018 (2018-10-18)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Mitch Hults	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations
December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Marcus Pettersson	To Anaheim Ducks Daniel Sprong
December 10, 2018 (2018-12-10)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Steven Oleksy	To Anaheim Ducks Adam Cracknell
December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)	To Arizona Coyotes Giovanni Fiore	To Anaheim Ducks Trevor Murphy
January 3, 2019 (2019-01-03)	To St. Louis Blues Jared Coreau	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations
January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	To Dallas Stars Andrew Cogliano	To Anaheim Ducks Devin Shore
January 16, 2019 (2019-01-16)	To Minnesota Wild Pontus Aberg	To Anaheim Ducks Justin Kloos
January 16, 2019 (2019-01-16)	To Vancouver Canucks Luke Schenn 7th-round pick in 2020	To Anaheim Ducks Michael Del Zotto
January 17, 2019 (2019-01-17)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joseph Blandisi	To Anaheim Ducks Derek Grant
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)	To Buffalo Sabres Brandon Montour	To Anaheim Ducks Brendan Guhle Conditional 1st-round pick in 2019
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Ottawa Senators Brian Gibbons	To Anaheim Ducks Patrick Sieloff
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To St. Louis Blues Michael Del Zotto	To Anaheim Ducks 6th-round pick in 2019

Free agents

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

Waivers

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

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25) Julius Nattinen Mutual termination September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30) Anton Rodin Mutual termination June 19, 2019 (2019-06-19) Corey Perry Buyout

Retirement Date Player Ref April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18) Francois Beauchemin July 4, 2018 (2018-07-04) Jared Boll September 4, 2018 (2018-09-04) Chris Kelly

Signings

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

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.