2020–21_Anaheim_Ducks_season

2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season

2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season

Anaheim Ducks season


The 2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993.[1]

Quick Facts Anaheim Ducks, Division ...

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.

On April 29, the Ducks were eliminated from playoff contention after the St. Louis Blues defeated the Minnesota Wild.[2] They finished last in their division for the first time since the 2011-12 season.

Following offensive woes the whole season, Anaheim finished with the worst single-season power play in NHL history, at 8.94%.[3]

Standings

Divisional standings

More information Pos, GP ...
Source: National Hockey League[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e Eliminated from playoff contention; p Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[5]

More information January: 3–5–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 1–2–1), # ...

Transactions

The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Free agents

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.

More information Date, Player ...

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
[72]
October 8, 2020 To Anaheim Ducks
EDM 5th-round pick in 2021
To Ottawa Senators
Erik Gudbranson
[73]

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.

More information Round, # ...

Notes

  1. The Boston Bruins' first-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on February 21, 2020, that sent Ondrej Kase to Boston in exchange for David Backes, Axel Andersson and this pick.[74]
  2. The Nashville Predators' fourth-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on February 24, 2020, that sent Derek Grant to Philadelphia in exchange for Kyle Criscuolo and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[75] The condition – Anaheim will receive the higher of Nashville or Philadelphia's fourth-round pick in 2020.[75] – was converted when Nashville was eliminated from the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs on August 7, 2020, ensuring that Nashville would select higher than Philadelphia.[76]
  3. The Columbus Blue Jackets' seventh-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a conditional seventh-round pick in 2022 or 2023 to Columbus in exchange for this pick.[77][78]

References

  1. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
  2. "NHL Stats". NHL.com.
  3. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  4. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  5. "Ducks Sign Grant to Three-Year Contract". Anaheim Ducks. October 9, 2020.
  6. Ryndak, Chris (October 9, 2020). "Sabres ink defenseman Matt Irwin to 1-year deal". Buffalo Sabres.
  7. Kujawa, Kyle (October 9, 2020). "Red Wings add Riley Barber, Kyle Criscuolo and Kevin Boyle". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  8. Kujawa, Kyle (October 9, 2020). "Red Wings add Riley Barber, Kyle Criscuolo and Kevin Boyle". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  9. "Avalanche Re-Signs Dries, Adds Three Forwards". Colorado Avalanche. October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  10. "Thompson traded to Flyers by Canadiens for 2021 fifth-round pick". February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  11. "Blue Jackets select four players on Day Two of 2020 NHL Draft". October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  12. "All-Time Trades in Ducks History". Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  1. Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2020–21_Anaheim_Ducks_season, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.