# 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. 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.

## 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 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 15, 2017.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.
2017–18 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular season :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 | Details |
| June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21) | To Vegas Golden KnightsShea Theodore | To Anaheim DucksExpansion Draft considerations$^1$ |
| October 9, 2017 (2017-10-09) | To Philadelphia FlyersDustin Tokarski | To Anaheim DucksFuture considerations |
| November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30) | To New Jersey DevilsSami Vatanen Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019 or 2020 | To Anaheim Ducks seasonJoseph Blandisi Adam Henrique NJD's 3rd-round pick in 2018 |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | To New York IslandersChris Wagner | To Anaheim DucksJason Chimera |

#### Notes

* This trade ensured that the Vegas Golden Knights would select Clayton Stoner in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft.

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23) | Patrick Eaves | 3-year, $9.45 million |
| June 25, 2017 (2017-06-25) | Korbinian Holzer | 2-year, $1.8 million |
| June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28) | Kevin Boyle | 1-year, $675,000 |
| June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28) | Jaycob Megna | 2-year, $1.3 million |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Cam Fowler | 8-year, $52 million contract extension |
| July 8, 2017 (2017-07-08) | Alex Dostie | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04) | Josh Manson | 4-year, $16.4 million contract extension |
| January 12, 2018 (2018-01-12) | Andrew Cogliano | 3-year, $9.75 million contract extension |
| March 3, 2018 (2018-03-03) | Max Comtois | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07) | Troy Terry | 3-year, $4.475 million entry-level contract |
| April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07) | Olle Eriksson Ek | 3-year, $2.6225 entry-level contract |
| May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29) | Antoine Morand | 3-year, $2.775 entry-level contract |
| June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18) | Kevin Boyle | 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension |

## 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 | 50$^1$ | 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) |