2017–18 Anaheim Ducks season

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.

2017–18 Anaheim Ducks
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	5th Western
2017–18 record	44–25–13
Home record	26–10–5
Road record	18–15–8
Goals for	235
Goals against	216
Team information
General manager	Bob Murray
Coach	Randy Carlyle
Captain	Ryan Getzlaf
Alternate captains	Ryan Kesler Corey Perry
Arena	Honda Center
Average attendance	16,635[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Diego Gulls (AHL) Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Rickard Rakell (34)
Assists	Ryan Getzlaf (50)
Points	Rickard Rakell (69)
Penalty minutes	Kevin Bieksa (83)
Plus/minus	Josh Manson (+34)
Wins	John Gibson (31)
Goals against average	Reto Berra (2.31)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Vegas Golden Knights	82	51	24	7	47	272	228	+44	109
2	x – Anaheim Ducks	82	44	25	13	40	235	216	+19	101
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	45	27	10	40	252	229	+23	100
4	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	45	29	8	43	239	203	+36	98
5	Calgary Flames	82	37	35	10	35	218	248	−30	84
6	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	40	6	31	234	263	−29	78
7	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	40	11	31	218	264	−46	73
8	Arizona Coyotes	82	29	41	12	27	208	256	−48	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

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	San Jose		Berra	15,032	0–1–0	L1
2	September 20	Arizona	5–1	Anaheim		Boyle	13,447	0–2–0	L2
3	September 22	Los Angeles	2–4	Anaheim		Miller	15,393	1–2–0	W1
4	September 24	Vegas	4–2	Anaheim		Gibson	15,442	1–3–0	L1
5[a]	September 25	Anaheim	6–4	Arizona		—	—	2–3–0	W1
6	September 28	San Jose	0–3	Anaheim		Berra	15,439	3–3–0	W2
7	September 30	Anaheim	0–1	Los Angeles	OT	Gibson	17,237	3–3–1	O1
Notes: a 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 Arizona 4–5 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 1–0–0 2 W1 2 October 7 Philadelphia 3–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 16,032 1–0–1 3 O1 3 October 9 Calgary 2–0 Anaheim Gibson 15,485 1–1–1 3 L1 4 October 11 NY Islanders 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 14,553 2–1–1 5 W1 5 October 13 Anaheim 1–3 Colorado Berra 15,393 2–2–1 5 L1 6 October 15 Buffalo 3–1 Anaheim Gibson 15.821 2–3–1 5 L2 7 October 20 Montreal 2–6 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 3–3–1 7 W1 8 October 24 Anaheim 2–6 Philadelphia Gibson 18,895 4–3–1 9 W2 9 October 26 Anaheim 3–8 Florida Gibson 10,545 4–4–1 9 L1 10 October 28 Anaheim 4–1 Tampa Bay Gibson 19,092 5–4–1 11 W1 11 October 29 Anaheim 4–3 Carolina SO Miller 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 Toronto 3–1 Anaheim Gibson 15,628 6–5–1 13 L1 13 November 3 Nashville 5–3 Anaheim Gibson 15,523 6–6–1 13 L2 14 November 4 Anaheim 1–2 San Jose SO Miller 17,562 6–6–2 14 O1 15 November 7 Los Angeles 4–3 Anaheim OT Miller 16,637 6–6–3 15 O2 16 November 9 Vancouver 1–4 Anaheim Miller 16,038 7–6–3 17 W1 17 November 12 Tampa Bay 2–1 Anaheim Gibson 15,707 7–7–3 17 L1 18 November 15 Boston 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 15,089 8–7–3 19 W1 19 November 19 Florida 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 9–7–3 21 W2 20 November 20 Anaheim 3–2 San Jose SO Berra 17,257 10–7–3 23 W3 21 November 22 Vegas 4–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 10–8–3 23 L1 22 November 24 Winnipeg 4–1 Anaheim Gibson 16,035 10–9–3 23 L2 23 November 25 Anaheim 1–2 Los Angeles SO Miller 18,230 10–9–4 24 O1 24 November 27 Anaheim 3–7 Chicago Gibson 21,619 10–10–4 24 L1 25 November 29 Anaheim 3–2 St. Louis 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 Columbus Gibson 16,206 11–11–4 26 L1 27 December 2 Anaheim 2–3 Nashville SO Miller 17,113 11–11–5 27 O1 28 December 5 Anaheim 3–4 Vegas SO Gibson 17,608 11–11–6 28 O2 29 December 6 Ottawa 0–3 Anaheim Miller 15,890 12–11–6 30 W1 30 December 8 Minnesota 3–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 16,471 12–11–7 31 O1 31 December 11 Carolina 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,198 13–11–7 33 W1 32 December 14 Anaheim 3–1 St. Louis Gibson 17,822 14–11–7 35 W2 33 December 16 Anaheim 2–3 Washington OT Gibson 18,506 14–11–8 36 O1 34 December 18 Anaheim 3–5 New Jersey Miller 16,514 14–12–8 36 L1 35 December 19 Anaheim 1–4 NY Rangers Gibson 18,006 14–13–8 36 L2 36 December 21 Anaheim 5–4 NY Islanders OT Miller 10,092 15–13–8 38 W1 37 December 23 Anaheim 4–0 Pittsburgh Gibson 18,622 16–13–8 40 W2 38 December 27 Vegas 4–1 Anaheim Gibson 17,444 16–14–8 40 L1 39 December 29 Calgary 1–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 17–14–8 42 W1 40 December 31 Arizona 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 Vancouver Miller 18,865 19–14–8 46 W3 42 January 4 Anaheim 1–2 Edmonton SO Gibson 18,347 19–14–9 47 O1 43 January 6 Anaheim 2–3 Calgary Gibson 19,258 19–15–9 47 L1 44 January 13 Anaheim 4–2 Los Angeles Gibson 18,443 20–15–9 49 W1 45 January 15 Anaheim 1–3 Colorado Miller 16,090 20–16–9 49 L1 46 January 17 Pittsburgh 3–5 Anaheim Gibson 17,291 21–16–9 51 W1 47 January 19 Los Angeles 1–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,258 22–16–9 53 W2 48 January 21 San Jose 6–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,347 22–17–9 53 L1 49 January 23 NY Rangers 3–6 Anaheim Gibson 16,763 23–17–9 55 W1 50 January 25 Winnipeg 3–4 Anaheim SO Miller 17,174 24–17–9 57 W2 51 January 30 Anaheim 3–1 Boston 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 Ottawa OT Miller 13,759 25–17–10 60 O1 53 February 3 Anaheim 2–5 Montreal Miller 21,302 25–18–10 60 L1 54 February 5 Anaheim 4–7 Toronto Miller 19,055 25–19–10 60 L2 55 February 6 Anaheim 4–3 Buffalo OT Miller 16,788 26–19–10 62 W1 56 February 9 Edmonton 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 27–19–10 64 W2 57 February 11 San Jose 3–2 Anaheim SO Gibson 17,435 27–19–11 65 O1 58 February 13 Anaheim 1–2 Detroit Gibson 19,515 27–20–11 65 L1 59 February 15 Anaheim 3–2 Chicago Gibson 21,415 28–20–11 67 W1 60 February 17 Anaheim 3–2 Minnesota SO Gibson 19,192 29–20–11 69 W2 61 February 19 Anaheim 2–0 Vegas Gibson 18,267 30–20–11 71 W3 62 February 21 Dallas 0–2 Anaheim Miller 16,609 31–20–11 73 W4 63 February 24 Anaheim 0–2 Arizona Miller 11,959 31–21–11 73 L1 64 February 25 Edmonton 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 Columbus 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 16,447 32–21–12 76 W1 66 March 4 Chicago 3–6 Anaheim Gibson 16,989 33–21–12 78 W2 67 March 6 Washington 0–4 Anaheim Gibson 15,910 34–21–12 80 W3 68 March 8 Anaheim 2–4 Nashville Gibson 17,475 34–22–12 80 L1 69 March 9 Anaheim 1–2 Dallas Miller 18,532 34–23–12 80 L2 70 March 12 St. Louis 4–2 Anaheim Gibson 16,312 34–24–12 80 L3 71 March 14 Vancouver 0–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,561 35–24–12 82 W1 72 March 16 Detroit 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 17,243 36–24–12 84 W2 73 March 18 New Jersey 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 16,401 37–24–12 86 W3 74 March 21 Anaheim 4–0 Calgary Gibson 19,059 38–24–12 88 W4 75 March 23 Anaheim 2–3 Winnipeg OT Gibson 15,321 38–24–13 89 O1 76 March 25 Anaheim 5–4 Edmonton OT Gibson 18,347 39–24–13 91 W1 77 March 27 Anaheim 1–4 Vancouver Gibson 18,405 39–25–13 91 L1 78 March 30 Los Angeles 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 Colorado 3–4 Anaheim OT Miller 17,054 41–25–13 95 W2 80 April 4 Minnesota 1–3 Anaheim Miller 17,495 42–25–13 97 W3 81 April 6 Dallas 3–5 Anaheim Miller 17,355 43–25–13 99 W4 82 April 7 Anaheim 3–0 Arizona Miller 17,382 44–25–13 101 W5
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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 Gibson 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:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats^[5]

Skaters

Regular season[6] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Rickard Rakell 77 34 35 69 6 14 Ryan Getzlaf 56 11 50 61 20 42 Corey Perry 71 17 32 49 −4 71 Jakob Silfverberg 77 17 23 40 6 18 Ondrej Kase 66 20 18 38 18 14 Josh Manson 80 7 30 37 34 62 Adam Henrique† 57 20 16 36 17 14 Andrew Cogliano 80 12 23 35 18 41 Brandon Montour 80 9 23 32 16 42 Cam Fowler 67 8 24 32 3 28 Hampus Lindholm 69 13 18 31 16 34 Nick Ritchie 76 10 17 27 3 72 Derek Grant 66 12 12 24 3 11 Francois Beauchemin 67 3 14 17 12 26 Antoine Vermette 64 8 8 16 −5 34 Chris Wagner‡ 64 6 9 15 −7 35 Ryan Kesler 44 8 6 14 −4 46 Logan Shaw‡ 42 2 6 8 −1 4 Kevin Bieksa 59 0 8 8 −13 83 Kevin Roy 25 6 1 7 3 6 Marcus Pettersson 22 1 3 4 5 6 Sami Vatanen‡ 15 1 3 4 −6 8 Dennis Rasmussen 27 1 3 4 4 8 J. T. Brown† 23 1 2 3 −4 12 Kalle Kossila 10 1 1 2 −4 0 Jason Chimera† 16 1 1 2 −1 2 Andy Welinski 7 0 2 2 −1 0 Chris Kelly 12 0 2 2 1 2 Jared Boll 10 1 0 1 0 16 Patrick Eaves 2 1 0 1 0 0 Jaycob Megna 14 0 1 1 −4 2 Michael Liambas 7 0 1 1 0 21 Troy Terry 2 0 0 0 0 0 Korbinian Holzer 16 0 0 0 −3 6 Giovanni Fiore 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Nicolas Kerdiles 2 0 0 0 0 0 Joseph Blandisi† 3 0 0 0 2 2

Playoffs[7][8] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Jakob Silfverberg 4 1 1 2 1 2 Hampus Lindholm 4 1 1 2 −3 2 Ryan Getzlaf 4 0 2 2 −4 18 Ryan Kesler 4 0 2 2 0 6 Rickard Rakell 4 1 0 1 −4 0 Andrew Cogliano 4 1 0 1 1 2 Brandon Montour 4 0 1 1 −2 6 Corey Perry 4 0 0 0 −5 8 Marcus Pettersson 4 0 0 0 −4 2 Ondrej Kase 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Josh Manson 4 0 0 0 −1 2 Francois Beauchemin 4 0 0 0 −3 2 J. T. Brown 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Derek Grant 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Adam Henrique 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Antoine Vermette 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Andy Welinski 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Kevin Bieksa 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Jason Chimera 2 0 0 0 −2 0 Nick Ritchie 4 0 0 0 −2 8

Goaltenders

Final stats

Regular season^[5][9]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
John Gibson	60	60	3,428:29	31	18	7	139	2.43	1,872	.926	4	0	1	16
Ryan Miller	28	21	1,353:16	12	6	6	53	2.35	739	.928	4	0	0	0
Reto Berra	5	1	181:57	1	1	0	7	2.31	95	.926	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[7][10]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
John Gibson	4	4	216:31	0	4	13	3.60	117	.889	0	0	0	0
Ryan Miller	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
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	To Vegas Golden Knights Shea Theodore	To Anaheim Ducks Expansion Draft considerations1	[11]
October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09)	To Philadelphia Flyers Dustin Tokarski	To Anaheim Ducks Future considerations	[12]
November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)	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]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)	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 July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Ryan Miller Vancouver Canucks 2-year, $4 million [15] July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02) Derek Grant Buffalo Sabres 1-year, $650,000 [16] July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02) Mike Liambas Nashville Predators 1-year, $650,000 [16] July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02) Steven Oleksy Toronto Maple Leafs 2-year, $1.3 million [16] July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02) Scott Sabourin San Diego Gulls 1-year, $650,000 [16] July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05) Reto Berra Fribourg-Gottéron 1-year, $700,000 [17] July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07) Dennis Rasmussen Chicago Blackhawks 1-year, $725,000 [18] August 21, 2017 (2017-08-21) Francois Beauchemin Colorado Avalanche 1-year, $1 million [19] March 20, 2018 (2018-03-20) Kiefer Sherwood Miami RedHawks 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [20]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref May 23, 2017 (2017-05-23) Nick Sorensen Linköpings HC 2-year [21] May 26, 2016 (2016-05-26) Max Gortz Malmö Redhawks 2-year [22] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Jonathan Bernier Colorado Avalanche 1-year, $2.75 million [23] July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Nate Thompson Ottawa Senators 2-year, $3.3 million [24] July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05) Emerson Etem Arizona Coyotes 1-year, $850,000 [25] July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13) Jhonas Enroth Dinamo Minsk 1-year [26] August 24, 2017 (2017-08-24) Simon Despres Slovan Bratislava 1-year [27] September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05) Matt Hackett Orlando Solar Bears 1-year [28] May 1, 2018 (2018-05-01) Reto Berra HC Fribourg-Gotteron 1-year [29]

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref J. T. Brown Tampa Bay Lightning January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14) [30]

Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref Logan Shaw Montreal Canadiens January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15) [31]

Players released Date Player Via Ref February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13) Dennis Rasmussen Contract termination [32][33]

Lost via retirement Date Player Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	Patrick Eaves	3-year, $9.45 million	[34]
June 25, 2017 (2017-06-25)	Korbinian Holzer	2-year, $1.8 million	[35]
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	Kevin Boyle	1-year, $675,000	[36]
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	Jaycob Megna	2-year, $1.3 million	[37]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Cam Fowler	8-year, $52 million contract extension	[38]
July 8, 2017 (2017-07-08)	Alex Dostie	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	[39]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)	Josh Manson	4-year, $16.4 million contract extension	[40]
January 12, 2018 (2018-01-12)	Andrew Cogliano	3-year, $9.75 million contract extension	[41]
March 3, 2018 (2018-03-03)	Max Comtois	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	[42]
April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)	Troy Terry	3-year, $4.475 million entry-level contract	[43]
April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)	Olle Eriksson Ek	3-year, $2.6225 entry-level contract	[44]
May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)	Antoine Morand	3-year, $2.775 entry-level contract	[45]
June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)	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	501	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'.