2019–20 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2019–20 Anaheim Ducks season was the 27th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993.^[2] The Ducks missed the playoffs for consecutive seasons for the first time since the 2001–02 season.

2019–20 Anaheim Ducks
Division	6th Pacific
Conference	13th Western
2019–20 record	29–33–9
Home record	16–15–5
Road record	13–18–4
Goals for	187
Goals against	226
Team information
General manager	Bob Murray
Coach	Dallas Eakins
Captain	Ryan Getzlaf
Alternate captains	Ryan Kesler Josh Manson Jakob Silfverberg
Arena	Honda Center
Average attendance	15,846[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Adam Henrique (26)
Assists	Ryan Getzlaf (29)
Points	Adam Henrique (43)
Penalty minutes	Nicolas Deslauriers (92)
Plus/minus	Michael Del Zotto Carter Rowney (+5)
Wins	John Gibson (20)
Goals against average	Anthony Stolarz (2.05)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.^[5] When the season ended, the Ducks ranked sixth in the Pacific Division and had a record of 29–33–9.^[6] This is the first time since the 2001–02 season that the Ducks missed the playoffs for consecutive years.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	86
2	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	83
3	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	79
4	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	78
5	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	74
6	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	67
7	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	64
8	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	63

Source: National Hockey League^[7]

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[8]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[8]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Source: National Hockey League^[9]

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
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 (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.^[10]

2019 preseason game log: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Anaheim	4–3	San Jose		Stolarz	12,981	1–0–0	[11]
2	September 21	Anaheim	3–4	Arizona	SO	Boyle	—	1–0–1	[12]
3	September 23	Anaheim	0–3	Los Angeles		Miller	12,746	1–1–1	[13]
4	September 24	San Jose	1–4	Anaheim		Gibson	13,566	2–1–1	[14]
5	September 25	Los Angeles	0–2	Anaheim		Miller	12,410	3–1–1	[15]
6	September 28	Arizona	1–2	Anaheim		Miller	15,105	4–1–1	[16]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019.^[17]

2019–20 game log
October: 8–6–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Arizona 1–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 1–0–0 2 [18] 2 October 5 San Jose 1–3 Anaheim Gibson 15,795 2–0–0 4 [19] 3 October 8 Anaheim 3–1 Detroit Gibson 18,209 3–0–0 6 [20] 4 October 10 Anaheim 1–2 Pittsburgh Gibson 18,414 3–1–0 6 [21] 5 October 11 Anaheim 2–1 Columbus Miller 15,368 4–1–0 8 [22] 6 October 14 Anaheim 2–4 Boston Gibson 17,193 4–2–0 8 [23] 7 October 16 Buffalo 2–5 Anaheim Gibson 15,193 5–2–0 10 [24] 8 October 18 Carolina 2–4 Anaheim Miller 14,755 6–2–0 12 [25] 9 October 20 Calgary 2–1 Anaheim Gibson 15,690 6–3–0 12 [26] 10 October 22 Anaheim 1–6 Nashville Gibson 17,424 6–4–0 12 [27] 11 October 24 Anaheim 1–2 Dallas Gibson 17,754 6–5–0 12 [28] 12 October 26 Anaheim 5–2 Colorado Miller 18,039 7–5–0 14 [29] 13 October 27 Anaheim 2–5 Vegas Gibson 18,110 7–6–0 14 [30] 14 October 29 Winnipeg 4–7 Anaheim Gibson 15,171 8–6–0 16 [31]
November: 3–6–4 (Home: 2–4–2; Road: 1–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 1 Vancouver 1–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 15,173 9–6–0 18 [32] 16 November 3 Chicago 3–2 Anaheim OT Miller 15,576 9–6–1 19 [33] 17 November 5 Minnesota 4–2 Anaheim Gibson 15,526 9–7–1 19 [34] 18 November 10 Edmonton 6–2 Anaheim Gibson 16,463 9–8–1 19 [35] 19 November 12 Detroit 4–3 Anaheim OT Miller 15,046 9–8–2 20 [36] 20 November 14 San Jose 5–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,007 9–9–2 20 [37] 21 November 16 Anaheim 4–1 St. Louis Gibson 18,096 10–9–2 22 [38] 22 November 18 Anaheim 2–5 Washington Gibson 18,573 10–10–2 22 [39] 23 November 21 Anaheim 4–5 Florida OT Gibson 11,316 10–10–3 23 [40] 24 November 23 Anaheim 2–6 Tampa Bay Miller 19,092 10–11–3 23 [41] 25 November 25 NY Islanders 0–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,269 11–11–3 25 [42] 26 November 27 Anaheim 3–4 Arizona SO Gibson 14,741 11–11–4 26 [43] 27 November 29 Winnipeg 3–0 Anaheim Gibson 16,301 11–12–4 26 [44]
December: 5–7–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 2 Los Angeles 2–4 Anaheim Miller 15,434 12–12–4 28 [45] 29 December 6 Washington 3–2 Anaheim Miller 15,945 12–13–4 28 [46] 30 December 8 Anaheim 2–3 Winnipeg Gibson 15,325 12–14–4 28 [47] 31 December 10 Anaheim 3–2 Minnesota SO Gibson 17,154 13–14–4 30 [48] 32 December 12 Los Angeles 2–1 Anaheim Gibson 16,008 13–15–4 30 [49] 33 December 14 NY Rangers 3–4 Anaheim SO Gibson 14,707 14–15–4 32 [50] 34 December 17 Anaheim 1–4 Philadelphia Gibson 18,449 14–16–4 32 [51] 35 December 18 Anaheim 1–3 New Jersey Miller 13,936 14–17–4 32 [52] 36 December 21 Anaheim 6–5 NY Islanders SO Gibson 13,917 15–17–4 34 [53] 37 December 22 Anaheim 1–5 NY Rangers Miller 17,465 15–18–4 34 [54] 38 December 27 Vegas 3–4 Anaheim Gibson 16,601 16–18–4 36 [55] 39 December 29 Philadelphia 2–1 Anaheim OT Gibson 16,238 16–18–5 37 [56] 40 December 31 Anaheim 2–5 Vegas Gibson 18,320 16–19–5 37 [57]
January: 4–7–0 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Anaheim 2–4 Arizona Gibson 14,651 16–20–5 37 [58] 42 January 5 Nashville 4–5 Anaheim SO Gibson 15,858 17–20–5 39 [59] 43 January 7 Columbus 4–3 Anaheim Miller 16,153 17–21–5 39 [60] 44 January 9 Dallas 3–0 Anaheim Gibson 15,419 17–22–5 39 [61] 45 January 11 Anaheim 2–4 Chicago Gibson 21,548 17–23–5 39 [62] 46 January 13 Anaheim 1–4 St. Louis Gibson 18,096 17–24–5 39 [63] 47 January 16 Anaheim 4–2 Nashville Gibson 17,388 18–24–5 41 [64] 48 January 17 Anaheim 2–1 Carolina OT Miller 16,913 19–24–5 43 [65] 49 January 27 Anaheim 2–4 San Jose Gibson 16,571 19–25–5 43 [66] 50 January 29 Arizona 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 16,730 20–25–5 45 [67] 51 January 31 Tampa Bay 4–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,032 20–26–5 45 [68]
February: 6–4–3 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Anaheim 3–1 Los Angeles Miller 18,230 21–26–5 47 [69] 53 February 4 Anaheim 3–2 Ottawa SO Gibson 9,238 22–26–5 49 [70] 54 February 6 Anaheim 2–3 Montreal OT Gibson 20,896 22–26–6 50 [71] 55 February 7 Anaheim 4–5 Toronto OT Miller 19,077 22–26–7 51 [72] 56 February 9 Anaheim 3–2 Buffalo Miller 16,131 23–26–7 53 [73] – February 11 St. Louis Anaheim Game rescheduled to March 11 due to a medical emergency.[74] 57 February 13 Calgary 6–0 Anaheim Gibson 16,212 23–27–7 53 [75] 58 February 16 Anaheim 5–1 Vancouver Gibson 18,871 24–27–7 55 [76] 59 February 17 Anaheim 4–6 Calgary Miller 19,116 24–28–7 55 [77] 60 February 19 Florida 4–1 Anaheim Gibson 15,716 24–29–7 55 [78] 61 February 21 Colorado 1–0 Anaheim Gibson 16,742 24–30–7 55 [79] 62 February 23 Vegas 6–5 Anaheim OT Gibson 15,171 24–30–8 56 [80] 63 February 25 Edmonton 3–4 Anaheim OT Gibson 15,431 25–30–8 58 [81] 64 February 28 Pittsburgh 2–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,588 26–30–8 60 [82]
March: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 New Jersey 3–0 Anaheim Gibson 16,195 26–31–8 60 [83] 66 March 3 Anaheim 2–6 Chicago Gibson 21,345 26–32–8 60 [84] 67 March 4 Anaheim 4–3 Colorado OT Miller 18,033 27–32–8 62 [85] 68 March 6 Toronto 1–2 Anaheim Gibson 15,984 28–32–8 64 [86] 69 March 8 Minnesota 5–4 Anaheim OT Miller 15,948 28–32–9 65 [87] 70 March 10 Ottawa 2–5 Anaheim Miller 15,044 29–32–9 67 [88] 71 March 11 St. Louis 4–2 Anaheim Stolarz 16,195 29–33–9 67 [89]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 72 March 14 Anaheim Los Angeles 73 March 15 Montreal Anaheim 74 March 18 Boston Anaheim 75 March 20 Vancouver Anaheim 76 March 23 Anaheim Edmonton 77 March 25 Anaheim Calgary 78 March 28 Anaheim Vancouver 79 March 29 Anaheim Edmonton 80 April 1 Dallas Anaheim 81 April 3 Los Angeles Anaheim 82 April 4 Anaheim San Jose
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[90]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Adam Henrique	71	26	17	43	−2	22
Rickard Rakell	65	15	27	42	−5	12
Ryan Getzlaf	69	13	29	42	−16	58
Jakob Silfverberg	66	21	18	39	0	14
Cam Fowler	59	9	20	29	0	20
Ondrej Kase‡	49	7	16	23	−7	10
Sam Steel	65	6	16	22	−13	20
Hampus Lindholm	55	2	20	22	−10	34
Derek Grant‡	49	14	6	20	−1	28
Nick Ritchie‡	41	8	11	19	3	78
Carter Rowney	71	8	11	19	5	14
Troy Terry	47	4	11	15	−5	6
Michael Del Zotto	49	2	13	15	5	14
Nicolas Deslauriers	59	7	6	13	−1	92
Max Jones	59	8	4	12	−6	36
Max Comtois	29	5	6	11	−4	24
Jacob Larsson	60	2	9	11	−9	12
Devin Shore‡	39	4	6	10	−8	8
Erik Gudbranson†	44	4	5	9	0	91
Josh Manson	50	1	8	9	−10	37
Brendan Guhle	30	4	4	8	−2	10
Sonny Milano†	9	2	3	5	−2	4
Danton Heinen†	9	3	1	4	−5	2
Korbinian Holzer‡	46	1	3	4	−1	35
Josh Mahura	11	1	3	4	−3	2
Isac Lundestrom	15	0	4	4	−2	0
Christian Djoos†	9	1	2	3	2	0
David Backes†	6	0	3	3	1	6
Daniel Sprong‡	8	1	1	2	−2	0
Sam Carrick	9	1	1	2	−3	0
Jani Hakanpaa	5	1	0	1	1	2
Andrew Agozzino†	5	1	0	1	3	0
Matt Irwin†	9	0	1	1	−7	4
Kiefer Sherwood	10	0	1	1	−1	6
Chase De Leo	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[91]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
John Gibson	51	51	2,981:17	20	26	5	149	3.00	1,552	.904	1	0	0	6
Ryan Miller	23	19	1,238:14	9	6	4	64	3.10	685	.907	0	0	1	0
Anthony Stolarz	1	1	58:33	0	1	0	2	2.05	35	.944	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.