# 2010–11 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2010–11 Anaheim Ducks season was the 18th season of operation for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. After a disappointing previous season, the Ducks attempted to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in franchise history. They were ultimately defeated by the Nashville Predators in the first round of the playoffs.

## Off-season

The Anaheim Ducks entered the off-season with much speculation regarding the possible retirement of two mainstays in Anaheim: Scott Niedermayer and Teemu Selanne. On Tuesday, June 22, 2010, captain Scott Niedermayer announced his retirement from professional hockey, while it was reported Selanne would stay so long as the Ducks did not go into a "rebuilding" season.
On July 1, the Ducks re-signed center Saku Koivu to a two-year contract and signed defenseman Toni Lydman to a three-year contract. The Ducks later signed Andy Sutton to a two-year contract, and on August 9, signed Teemu Selanne to a one-year contract to continue his playing career. During training camp, the Ducks signed defenseman Paul Mara to a one-year contract, and after a few games into the season, the Ducks signed another defenseman, veteran Andreas Lilja, to a one-year contract.
Forward Ryan Getzlaf was named team captain following Scott Niedermayer's retirement.

## Regular season

    See the game log below for detailed game-by-game regular season information.
The season for the Ducks began Friday, October 8 with a road game against Detroit. Their first home game was Wednesday, October 13 against Vancouver. Their longest homestand was from February 23 to March 9 (seven home games), and their longest road trip was December 15 to 28 (seven road games). Their final game of the regular season was on Saturday, April 9 against Los Angeles.

### October

After much talk about having a good start, the Ducks had one of their worst starts in franchise history losing their first three games and going 4–7–1 in the month of October. Their first three games were on the road in Detroit, Nashville, and St. Louis, they were outscored 13–2 and were shut out by Detroit in the first game of the season. Returning home, the Ducks rebounded a little bit after the horrendous first three games by beating the eventual President's Trophy winner Vancouver Canucks 4–3. They proceeded to lose the next game in a shootout to the Minnesota Wild and beat division rival Phoenix to close out the three game home stand. The Ducks then went 1–1 in the first two games of a four-game road trip and were able to seize a playoff spot despite the 0–3 start to the season. However, they lost the next game to Detroit 5–4 to knock them out of the top eight and even though they won the final game of the road trip, they didn't return to the top eight until November 9. On the road trip, the Ducks went 2–2. When the Ducks returned to Honda Center on the 29th, they faced the team that beat them in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2003: the New Jersey Devils. The Devils edged the Ducks 2–1 and to round out what was a disappointing month, Anaheim lost to arch-rival San Jose on the 30th.

### November

The beginning of the month of November couldn't have been any more different from the beginning of the month of October for the Ducks. They went 6–0 in their first 6 games with five of those six games being played in Anaheim at Honda Center. Five of those six games were one goal games with two going to overtime. On November 9, the Ducks took hold of a playoff berth with an overtime win over arch-rival San Jose at HP Pavilion and rounded out the six-game winning streak with a 4–2 victory over division rival Dallas at Honda Center. While the month started out very well for Anaheim, inconsistency struck the Ducks and they lost six games in a row, only collecting two points from November 14 through November 26 thanks to two overtime losses at Chicago and at Minnesota. This slide cost the Ducks a playoff spot for the time being. Anaheim finished off the month with a win over Phoenix at Jobing.com Arena and a win over cross-town rival Los Angeles in front of a sold-out crowd at Honda Center. While the Ducks' 8–4–2 record was markedly better than their record in the month of October, inconsistency still plagued the team.

### December

December proved to be an incredibly challenging month for Anaheim thanks to the longest road trip of the season (7 games). They started out by beating the Florida Panthers, but promptly losing the next two games to Detroit and Phoenix on December 3 and December 5 respectively. After those three games, the Ducks only had two games at Honda Center from December 7 through December 28 and they started this stretch of time well by beating the Edmonton Oilers in a shootout at Rexall Place and taking a point from the Vancouver Canucks by virtue of a shootout loss at Rogers Arena. With the victory over the Oilers, the Ducks moved above the .500 mark and did not fall below that mark for the rest of the 2010–11 season. The Ducks returned home to beat the Calgary Flames 3–2 in a shootout and after three straight games being decided in the shootout, the Ducks beat the Minnesota Wild decisively 6–2. After the game against the Wild on the 12th, the Anaheim Ducks did not return to the friendly confines of Honda Center until December 31. Anaheim started out the road trip well by beating the reeling Washington Capitals (the Washington loss marked their seventh in a row of an eventual eight game skid), however, in front of the smallest crowd of the season (7,659) the Ducks fell to the lowly New York Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum. The Ducks then lost two of the next three games, beating only the Boston Bruins before heading into the short Christmas break. Back home in Southern California, the Ducks dropped the first game after Christmas to cross-town rival Los Angeles at Staples Center, but they did win the final two games of the month at Phoenix and finally back home at Honda Center over the Philadelphia Flyers. The game on December 31 against the Flyers, was originally intended to be Chris Pronger's first game at Honda Center since his trade, however, due to injuries, he was unable to play. Despite an 8–6–1 record, the Ducks were in a playoff position for most of the month of December partially thanks to the fact that they had played more games than any other Western Conference team. They were also the first in the Western Conference to reach the 41 game mark (halfway point in the season) and they got there with 44 points. This marked the team's third best first half since the lockout only behind their 62-point showing in 2006–07 and their 47 points in 2008–09.

### January

The Ducks went on a roll in the month of January winning 8 of 11 games. Throughout the month, however, all of Anaheim's wins were very close games with the Ducks winning by only one goal with the exception of the 6–0 victory over Columbus on January 7. Anaheim was on a long homestand during the first half of the month and started with a 1–1 record in the new year by defeating the defending champion Blackhawks and falling to the Nashville Predators in front of the smallest home crowd of the season (a mere 12,216). After that loss, they took advantage of home ice by taking down the Blue Jackets, rival Sharks, and Blues. Anaheim then fell to the Phoenix Coyotes in a short one game road trip to the desert but then came home to defeat the Edmonton Oilers on January 16 in their final home game until after the All-Star Game. Heading out on the road, the Ducks were to face the Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, and Columbus Blue Jackets. Overall, Anaheim had a very good road trip only falling to Toronto. The game against the Leafs was significant because it was the first time former Ducks netminder (and Ducks starter in the 2003 and 2007 finals) J.S. Giguere faced his old team. Giguere got the best of Anaheim by posting a 5–2 victory. The game at Montreal was also significant because it was Ducks centerman Saku Koivu's first time playing at the Bell Centre since he signed with Anaheim prior to the 2009–10 season. The Canadien faithful gave Koivu an incredibly warm welcome, but in the end, the patrons at the Bell Centre were not pleased with the final result as Anaheim skated away with a 4–3 shootout victory. Going into the All-Star Game, the Ducks had 60 points, enough to be in the top 8 and were honored to send 3 players to the festivities in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ducks winger Corey Perry was selected alongside goaltender Jonas Hiller (the only goaltender from the Western Conference) to participate in the game. Rookie defenseman Cam Fowler also attended, but he (along with many other rookies) were only there to compete in the skills tournament.

## Playoffs

The Ducks clinched a playoff spot on Friday, April 8 after a 2–1 defeat of the Los Angeles Kings in a Freeway Face-Off matchup. 2011 marked the first year the Kings and Ducks have been in the playoffs simultaneously.
The Ducks were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by fifth-seeded Nashville, losing the series four games to two.

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

2010 Preseason Game Log :
Rookie Tournament 1–2–0
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBox
1September 12Sharks4–1Anderson (1–0–0)Pielmeier (0–1–0)3,5000–1–0South Okanagan Events CentreL1
2September 13Flames8–4Keetley (1–0–0)Cousineau (0–1–0)2,5000–2–0South Okanagan Events CentreL2
3September 15@ Canucks4–2Pielmeier (1–1–0)Houser (0–2–0)3,0001–2–0South Okanagan Events CentreW1 :
September: 2–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBox
1September 21Coyotes4–1LaBarbera (1–0–0)McElhinney (0–1–0)12,3820–1–0Honda CenterL1
2September 22Sharks5–2Hiller (1–0–0)Niittymaki (0–1–0)12,6331–1–0Honda CenterW1
3September 24@ Sharks5–4Pielmeier (1–0–0)Sateri (0–1–0)15,8722–1–0HP Pavilion at San JoseW2
4September 25@ Canucks4–1Luongo (1–0–0)Hiller (1–1–0)18,8602–2–0Rogers ArenaL1
5September 28@ Kings8–3Quick (1–1–0)McElhinney (0–2–0)12,5202–3–0Staples CenterL2 :
October: 1–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBox
6October 1Canucks4–2Schneider (2–3–0)Hiller (1–2–0)14,2352–4–0Honda CenterL3
7October 3Kings3–2OTHiller (1–2–1)Bernier (1–0–1)16,3293–4–0Honda CenterW1 :
Legend :
| Ducks Win | Ducks Loss | OT Loss |

### Regular season

2010–11 Game Log :
October: 4–7–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBoxPoints
1October 8@ Red Wings4–0Howard (1–0–0)Hiller (0–1–0)20,0660–1–0Joe Louis ArenaL10
2October 9@ Predators4–1Rinne (1–0–0)Hiller (0–2–0)17,1130–2–0Bridgestone ArenaL10
3October 11@ Blues5–1Halak (2–0–0)Hiller (0–3–0)19,1500–3–0Scottrade CenterL30
4October 13Canucks4–3Hiller (1–3–0)Luongo (1–1–1)17,1741–3–0Honda CenterW12
5October 15Thrashers5–4SOMason (2–2–0)Hiller (1–3–1)13,1231–3–1Honda CenterO13
6October 17Coyotes3–2Hiller (2–3–1)LaBarbera (0–1–0)13,5742–3–1Honda CenterW15
7October 20@ Blue Jackets3–1Mason (2–2–0)Hiller (2–4–1)9,8022–4–1Nationwide ArenaL15
8October 21@ Flyers3–2McElhinney (1–0–0)Bobrovsky (2–2–0)19,0123–4–1Wells Fargo CenterW17
9October 23@ Red Wings5–4Howard (4–0–1)McElhinney (1–1–0)19,4013–5–1Joe Louis ArenaL17
10October 26@ Stars5–2Hiller (3–4–1)Lehtonen (5–3–0)12,3784–5–1American Airlines CenterW19
11October 29Devils2–1Brodeur (3–6–1)Hiller (3–5–1)14,7244–6–1Honda CenterL19
12October 30@ Sharks5–2Niittymaki (4–0–1)McElhinney (1–2–0)17,5624–7–1HP Pavilion at San JoseL29 :
November: 8–4–2 (home: 6–3–0; road: 2–1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBoxPoints
13November 3Lightning3–2OTHiller (4–5–1)Ellis (3–2–2)13,0345–7–1Honda CenterW111
14November 5Penguins3–2Hiller (5–5–1)Fleury (1–6–0)17,1746–7–1Honda CenterW213
15November 7Predators5–4Hiller (6–5–1)Lindback (3–1–1)13,5207–7–1Honda CenterW315
16November 9@ Sharks3–2OTHiller (7–5–1)Niittymaki (5–1–2)17,5628–7–1HP Pavilion at San JoseW417
17November 10Islanders1–0McElhinney (2–2–0)Roloson (2–6–0)14,3939–7–1Honda CenterW519
18November 12Stars4–2Hiller (8–5–1)Lehtonen (7–6–0)13,83110–7–1Honda CenterW621
19November 14@ Blackhawks3–2OTCrawford (2–4–0)Hiller (8–5–2)21,22410–7–2United CenterO122
20November 16@ Stars2–1Lehtonen (8–6–0)Hiller (8–6–2)13,44310–8–2American Airlines CenterL122
21November 17@ Wild2–1OTBackstrom (8–4–2)McElhinney (2–2–1)16,89010–8–3Xcel Energy CenterO123
22November 19Blue Jackets4–3Mason (6–6–0)Hiller (8–7–2)13,66710–9–3Honda CenterL123
23November 21Oilers4–2Dubnyk (1–0–3)Hiller (8–8–2)14,26710–10–3Honda CenterL223
24November 26Blackhawks4–1Crawford (4–4–0)Hiller (8–9–2)16,14610–11–3Honda CenterL323
25November 27@ Coyotes6–4Hiller (9–9–2)Bryzgalov (10–3–5)12,70811–11–3Jobing.com ArenaW125
26November 29Kings2–0Hiller (10–9–2)Quick (11–5–0)17,17412–11–3Honda CenterW227 :
December: 8–6–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–4–1)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBoxPoints
27December 1Panthers5–3Hiller (11–9–2)Vokoun (9–9–0)12,50413–11–3Honda CenterW329
28December 3Red Wings4–0Howard (15–2–2)Hiller (11–10–2)15,17313–12–3Honda CenterL129
29December 5Coyotes3–0Bryzgalov (11–4–6)Hiller (11–11–2)14,06213–13–3Honda CenterL229
30December 7@ Oilers3–2SOHiller (12–11–2)Khabibulin (6–10–2)16,83914–13–3Rexall PlaceW131
31December 8@ Canucks5–4SOLuongo (12–8–2)Hiller (12–11–3)18,86014–13–4Rogers ArenaO132
32December 10Flames3–2SOHiller (13–11–3)Karlsson (2–1–2)13,77515–13–4Honda CenterW134
33December 12Wild6–2Hiller (14–11–3)Backstrom (9–8–3)14,33816–13–4Honda CenterW236
34December 15@ Capitals2–1OTHiller (15–11–3)Varlamov (4–4–1)18,39817–13–4Verizon CenterW338
35December 16@ Islanders3–2DiPietro (4–6–4)McElhinney (2–3–1)7,65917–14–4Nassau Memorial ColiseumL138
36December 18@ Hurricanes4–2Ward (14–9–3)Hiller (15–12–3)16,60317–15–4RBC CenterL238
37December 20@ Bruins3–0Hiller (16–12–3)Thomas (15–4–3)17,56518–15–4TD GardenW140
38December 21@ Sabres5–2Miller (12–10–3)McElhinney (2–4–1)18,69018–16–4HSBC ArenaL140
39December 26@ Kings4–1Bernier (4–5–0)Hiller (16–13–3)18,31318–17–4Staples CenterL240
40December 28@ Coyotes3–1Hiller (17–13–3)Bryzgalov (12–7–6)14,03219–17–4Jobing.com ArenaW142
41December 31Flyers5–2Hiller (18–13–3)Bobrovsky (15–6–3)17,10320–17–4Honda CenterW244 :
January: 8–3–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 3–2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBoxPoints
42January 2Blackhawks2–1Hiller (19–13–3)Crawford (11–7–1)16,00421–17–4Honda CenterW346
43January 5Predators4–1Rinne (11–10–4)Hiller (19–14–3)12,21621–18–4Honda CenterL146
44January 7Blue Jackets6–0Hiller (20–14–3)Mason (12–11–1)12,81522–18–4Honda CenterW148
45January 9Sharks1–0Hiller (21–14–3)Niemi (9–12–2)16,17223–18–4Honda CenterW250
46January 12Blues7–4Hiller (22–14–3)Conklin (5–3–2)12,49924–18–4Honda CenterW352
47January 15Coyotes6–2Bryzgalov (17–8–6)Hiller (22–15–3)10,95124–19–4Jobing.com ArenaL152
48January 16Oilers3–2McElhinney (3–4–1)Khabibulin (8–19–2)15,76425–19–4Honda CenterW154
49January 18@ Senators2–1SOHiller (23–15–3)Elliott (12–16–6)19,51526–19–4Scotiabank PlaceW256
50January 20@ Maple Leafs5–2Giguere (9–7–3)Hiller (23–16–3)19,39926–20–4Air Canada CentreL156
51January 22@ Canadiens4–3SOHiller (24–16–3)Price (24–16–4)21,27327–20–4Bell CentreW158
52January 25@ Blue Jackets3–2Hiller (25–16–3)Mason (15–12–2)11,70028–20–4Nationwide ArenaW260
Jan. 30: All-Star Game (Lidstrom wins—box)11–10Thomas (BOS)Lundqvist (NYR)18,680RBC CenterRaleigh, NC :
February: 5–5–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBoxPoints
53February 2Sharks4–3Niemi (14–13–3)McElhinney (3–5–1)14,48628–21–4Honda CenterL160
54February 5@ Avalanche3–0McElhinney (4–5–1)Budaj (12–8–3)16,78529–21–4Pepsi CenterW162
55February 9@ Canucks4–3McElhinney (5–5–1)Schneider (9–3–2)18,86030–21–4Rogers ArenaW264
56February 11@ Flames5–4OTMcElhinney (6–5–1)Kiprusoff (24–18–4)19,28931–21–4Scotiabank SaddledomeW366
57February 13@ Oilers4–0Hiller (26–16–3)Dubnyk (6–7–6)16,83932–21–4Rexall PlaceW468
58February 16Capitals7–6Neuvirth (17–8–4)McElhinney (6–6–1)15,57932–22–4Honda CenterL168
59February 18@ Wild5–1Backstrom (19–13–3)McElhinney (6–7–1)18,96732–23–4Xcel Energy CenterL268
60February 19@ Blues9–3Bishop (1–0–0)McElhinney (6–8–1)19,15032–24–4Scottrade CenterL368
61February 23Kings3–2Quick (27–15–2)McElhinney‡ (6–9–1)17,17432–25–4Honda CenterL468
62February 25Wild3–2OTTheodore (11–9–2)Ellis† (0–0–1)13,61732–25–5Honda CenterO169
63February 27Avalanche3–2Ellis (1–0–1)Budaj (13–13–4)14,51033–25–5Honda CenterW171 :
March: 11–3–0 (home: 6–2–0; road: 5–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBoxPoints
64March 2Red Wings2–1OTEllis (2–0–1)Howard (31–12–4)15,09834–25–5Honda CenterW273
65March 4Stars4–3OTEllis (3–0–1)Lehtonen (26–18–7)12,88335–25–5Honda CenterW375
66March 6Canucks3–0Schneider (12–3–2)Ellis (3–1–1)16,35635–26–5Honda CenterL175
67March 9Rangers5–2Ellis (4–1–1)Lundqvist (27–24–4)14,25136–26–5Honda CenterW177
68March 11@ Avalanche6–2Ellis (5–1–1)Elliott (13–23–9)16,24437–26–5Pepsi CenterW279
69March 13Coyotes5–2Bryzgalov (30–17–8)Ellis (5–2–1)14,32637–27–5Honda CenterL179
70March 16Blues2–1Emery (1–0–0)Halak (21–19–6)12,60438–27–5Honda CenterW181
71March 19@ Kings2–1OTEmery (2–0–0)Quick (30–18–3)18,11839–27–5Staples CenterW283
72March 20Flames5–4OTEllis (6–2–1)Karlsson (4–5–5)15,17740–27–5Honda CenterW385
73March 23@ Stars4–3OTEmery (3–0–0)Lehtonen (30–20–10)16,02141–27–5American Airlines CenterW487
74March 24@ Predators5–4Rinne (29–20–8)Ellis (6–3–1)17,11341–28–5Bridgestone ArenaL187
75March 26@ Blackhawks2–1Emery (4–0–0)Crawford (29–15–5)22,11542–28–5United CenterW189
76March 28Avalanche5–4Emery (5–0–0)Elliott (15–25–9)14,33643–28–5Honda CenterW291
77March 30@ Flames4–2Emery (6–0–0)Kiprusoff (34–24–6)19,28944–28–5Scotiabank SaddledomeW393 :
April: 3–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceRecordArenaBoxPoints
78April 2@ Sharks4–2Niemi (33–17–6)Emery (6–1–0)17,56244–29–5HP Pavilion at San JoseL193
79April 3Stars4–3Lehtonen (31–23–11)Emery (6–2–0)16,42444–30–5Honda CenterL293
80April 6Sharks6–2Emery (7–2–0)Niittymaki (12–7–3)15,64945–30–5Honda CenterW195
81April 8Kings2–1Ellis (7–3–1)Quick (35–21–3)17,58746–30–5Honda CenterW297
82April 9@ Kings3–1Ellis (8–3–1)Quick (35–22–3)18,20347–30–5Staples CenterW399 :
Final games legend :
| Ducks Win (2 pts.) | Ducks Loss (0 pts.) | OT Loss (1 pt.) | All-Star Game | Clinched Playoffs |
"Points" Legend :
| 1st (Pacific Division) | Not in Playoff Position | In Playoff Position |

### Postseason

2011 Postseason Game Log :
Western Conference Quarterfinals (2–4)
#DateOpponentScoreOTWinLossAttendanceSeriesArenaBox
1April 13Predators4–1Rinne (1–0)Ellis (0–1)17,1740–1Honda CenterL1
2April 15Predators5–3Emery (1–0)Rinne (1–1)17,1741–1Honda CenterW1
3April 17@ Predators4–3Rinne (2–1)Emery (1–1)17,1131–2Bridgestone ArenaL2
4April 20@ Predators6–3Emery (2–1)Rinne (2–2)17,1132–2Bridgestone ArenaW2
5April 22Predators4–3OTRinne (3–2)Emery (2–2)17,3852–3Honda CenterL3
6April 24@ Predators4–2Rinne (4–2)Emery (2–3)17,1132–4Bridgestone ArenaL4 :
Legend :
| Ducks Win | Ducks Loss |

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | y-San Jose Sharks | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 3 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 5 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 50 | 262 | 185 | 117 |
| 2 | y – San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 43 | 261 | 241 | 104 |
| 4 | Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 219 | 194 | 99 |
| 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 258 | 225 | 97 |
| 8.5 |||||||||||
| 9 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |
| 10 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 32 | 250 | 237 | 94 |
| 11 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 34 | 240 | 234 | 87 |
| 12 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 206 | 233 | 86 |
| 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 29 | 215 | 258 | 81 |
| 14 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 227 | 288 | 68 |
| 15 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 23 | 193 | 269 | 62 |
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL) CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Corey Perry | 82 | 50 | 48 | 98 | 9 | 104 |
| Teemu Selanne | 73 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 6 | 49 |
| Ryan Getzlaf | 67 | 19 | 57 | 76 | 14 | 35 |
| Bobby Ryan | 82 | 34 | 37 | 71 | 15 | 61 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 81 | 18 | 50 | 68 | 18 | 24 |
| Saku Koivu | 75 | 15 | 30 | 45 | -8 | 36 |
| Cam Fowler | 76 | 10 | 30 | 40 | -25 | 20 |
| Jason Blake | 76 | 16 | 16 | 32 | -5 | 41 |
| Toni Lydman | 78 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 32 | 42 |
| Brandon McMillan | 60 | 11 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 18 |
| Dan Sexton | 47 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 4 |
| Joffrey Lupul$^‡$ | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| Luca Sbisa | 68 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 43 |
| Matt Beleskey | 35 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 36 |
| Todd Marchant | 79 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -18 | 26 |
| Andreas Lilja | 52 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -15 | 28 |
| Francois Beauchemin$^†$ | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 16 |
| George Parros | 78 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 171 |
| Andy Sutton | 39 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 87 |
| Ryan Carter$^‡$ | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 22 |
| Maxim Lapierre$^{†‡}$ | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 9 |
| Kyle Chipchura | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 |
| Jarkko Ruutu$^†$ | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 |
| Brad Winchester$^†$ | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -9 | 28 |
| Danny Syvret$^‡$ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| Paul Mara$^‡$ | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 40 |
| Kyle Palmieri | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Brendan Mikkelson$^‡$ | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| Troy Bodie$^‡$ | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 7 |
| Nick Bonino | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| Sheldon Brookbank | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 63 |
| Josh Green | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 |
| Aaron Voros$^‡$ | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 43 |
| Brett Festerling$^‡$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Corey Perry | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Saku Koivu | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| Teemu Selanne | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| Ryan Getzlaf | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Cam Fowler | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Blake | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| Bobby Ryan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| Francois Beauchemin | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon McMillan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Marchant | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| Luca Sbisa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 8 |
| Matt Beleskey | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| Toni Lydman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Andy Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jarkko Ruutu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12 |
| George Parros | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16 |
| Brad Winchester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Andreas Lilja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sheldon Brookbank | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14 |
| Nick Bonino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dan Sexton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Palmieri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; GS = Games Started; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts
Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jonas Hiller | 49 | 46 | 2672 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 114 | 2.56 | 1493 | .924 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Ellis$^†$ | 13 | 11 | 729 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 2.39 | 348 | .917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Emery | 10 | 9 | 527 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2.28 | 272 | .926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis McElhinney$^‡$ | 21 | 16 | 996 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 57 | 3.43 | 516 | .890 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Timo Pielmeier | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.50 | 12 | .583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ray Emery | 6 | 319 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3.20 | 165 | .897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Ellis | 1 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5.85 | 24 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Ducks. Stats reflect time with Ducks only. $^‡$Traded mid-season. Bold/italics denotes franchise record

## Awards and records
### Awards

2010–11 NHL Awards :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Corey Perry | Hart Memorial Trophy | June 22, 2011 |
| Corey Perry | Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | June 22, 2011 |
Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Ryan Getzlaf | NHL Third Star of the Week | October 18, 2010 |
| Jonas Hiller | NHL Second Star of the Week | January 10, 2011 |
| Corey Perry | NHL Third Star of the Week | February 7, 2011 |
| Corey Perry | NHL Third Star of the Week | March 14, 2011 |
| Ray Emery | NHL Second Star of the Week | March 21, 2011 |
| Corey Perry | NHL Second Star of the Week | March 28, 2011 |
| Corey Perry | NHL First Star of the Month | March 2011 |
| Corey Perry | NHL First Star of the Week | April 4, 2011 |
| Dan Ellis | NHL Third Star of the Week | April 11, 2011 |

### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Cam Fowler | 1st Career NHL Game | October 8, 2010 |
| Cam Fowler | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | October 9, 2010 |
| Cam Fowler | 1st Career NHL Goal | October 17, 2010 |
| Toni Lydman | 200th Career NHL Point | October 17, 2010 |
| George Parros | 300th Career NHL Game | October 30, 2010 |
| Kyle Palmieri | 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | November 3, 2010 |
| Teemu Selanne | 1,200th Career NHL Game | November 5, 2010 |
| Saku Koivu | 700th Career NHL Point | November 7, 2010 |
| Curtis McElhinney | 1st Career NHL Shutout | November 10, 2010 |
| Paul Mara | 700th Career NHL Game | November 14, 2010 |
| Brandon McMillan | 1st Career NHL Game | November 21, 2010 |
| Brandon McMillan | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | November 27, 2010 |
| Corey Perry | 300th Career NHL Point | December 8, 2010 |
| Brandon McMillan | 1st Career NHL Assist | December 10, 2010 |
| Corey Perry | 400th Career NHL Game | December 10, 2010 |
| Bobby Ryan | 200th Career NHL Game | December 10, 2010 |
| Joffrey Lupul | 400th Career NHL Game | December 12, 2010 |
| Ryan Getzlaf | 400th Career NHL Game | December 20, 2010 |
| Andreas Lilja | 500th Career NHL Game | December 20, 2010 |
| Saku Koivu | 900th Career NHL Game | December 21, 2010 |
| Andy Sutton | 600th Career NHL Game | December 21, 2010 |
| Luca Sbisa | 1st Career NHL Goal | December 28, 2010 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 100th Career NHL Goal | December 31, 2010 |
| Toni Lydman | 700th Career NHL Game | January 7, 2011 |
| Teemu Selanne | 1,300th Career NHL Point | January 16, 2011 |
| Maxim Lapierre | 300th Career NHL Game | January 18, 2011 |
| Jason Blake | 800th Career NHL Game 200th Career NHL Goal | January 25, 2011 |
| Saku Koivu | 500th Career NHL Assist | February 2, 2011 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 400th Career NHL Point | February 16, 2011 |
| Timo Pielmeier | 1st Career NHL Game | February 19, 2011 |
| Bobby Ryan | 100th Career NHL Goal | February 25, 2011 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 300th Career NHL Assist | March 2, 2011 |
| Luca Sbisa | 100th Career NHL Game | March 9, 2011 |
| Ryan Getzlaf | 400th Career NHL Point | March 20, 2011 |
| Francois Beauchemin | 400th Career NHL Game | March 23, 2011 |
| Teemu Selanne | 700th Career NHL Assist | March 28, 2011 |
| Lubomir Visnovsky | 700th Career NHL Game | April 3, 2011 |
| Corey Perry | 200th Career NHL Assist | April 6, 2011 |
| Bobby Ryan | 200th Career NHL Point | April 6, 2011 |
Playoffs :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Matt Beleskey | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 13, 2011 |
| Cam Fowler | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 13, 2011 |
| Brandon McMillan | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 13, 2011 |
| Nick Bonino | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 15, 2011 |
| Cam Fowler | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 15, 2011 |
| Matt Beleskey | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 17, 2011 |
| Kyle Palmieri | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 13, 2011 |
| Cam Fowler | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal | April 20, 2011 |
| Brandon McMillan | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 20, 2011 |
| Luca Sbisa | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 22, 2011 |
| Dan Sexton | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 24, 2011 |

## Transactions

The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| May 28, 2010 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Mattias Modig | To Anaheim Ducks 6th-round pick in 2010 – Kevin Lind |
| June 26, 2010 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Brown | To Anaheim Ducks 5th-round pick in 2010 – Chris Wagner |
| June 30, 2010 | To Calgary Flames Logan MacMillan Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013 | To Anaheim Ducks Jason Jaffray Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013 |
| July 9, 2010 | To New York Rangers Steve Eminger | To Anaheim Ducks Aaron Voros Ryan Hillier |
| July 19, 2010 | To New York Rangers Matt McCue | To Anaheim Ducks Tomas Zaborsky |
| July 30, 2010 | To New York Islanders James Wisniewski | To Anaheim Ducks Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2011 – Joseph Cramarossa |
| November 21, 2010 | To Philadelphia Flyers Rob Bordson Danny Syvret | To Anaheim Ducks David Laliberte Patrick Maroon |
| November 23, 2010 | To New York Rangers Stu Bickel | To Anaheim Ducks Nigel Williams |
| November 23, 2010 | To Carolina Hurricanes Ryan Carter | To Anaheim Ducks Stefan Chaput Matt Kennedy |
| December 31, 2010 | To Montreal Canadiens Brett Festerling 5th-round pick in 2012 – Brian Cooper | To Anaheim Ducks Maxim Lapierre |
| January 4, 2011 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Trevor Smith | To Anaheim Ducks Nate Guenin |
| February 9, 2011 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Joffrey Lupul Jake Gardiner Conditional 5th-round pick in 2013 – Fredrik Bergvik | To Anaheim Ducks Francois Beauchemin |
| February 15, 2011 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Aaron Voros | To Anaheim Ducks Conditional 7th-round pick in 2011 |
| February 17, 2011 | To Montreal Canadiens Paul Mara | To Anaheim Ducks 5th-round pick in 2012 – Brian Cooper |
| February 17, 2011 | To Ottawa Senators 6th-round pick in 2011 – Max McCormick | To Anaheim Ducks Jarkko Ruutu |
| February 24, 2011 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Curtis McElhinney | To Anaheim Ducks Dan Ellis |
| February 27, 2011 | To Boston Bruins David Laliberte Stefan Chaput | To Anaheim Ducks Brian McGrattan Sean Zimmerman |
| February 28, 2011 | To Vancouver Canucks Maxim Lapierre MacGregor Sharp | To Anaheim Ducks Joel Perrault 3rd-round pick in 2012 – Frederik Andersen |
| February 28, 2011 | To St. Louis Blues 3rd-round pick in 2012 – Mackenzie MacEachern | To Anaheim Ducks Brad Winchester |
Lost via retirement
Player
Scott Niedermayer
Aaron Ward
Players signings
PlayerContract terms
Josh Brittain3 years, $1.73 million entry-level contract
Brandon McMillan3 years, $2.0625 million entry-level contract
Sheldon Brookbank2 years, $1.5 million
Kyle Chipchura1 year, $650,000
Jean-Philippe Levasseur1 year, $500,000
Saku Koivu2 years, $5 million
Brendan Mikkelson1 year, $687,500
Cam Fowler3 years, $4.2 million entry-level contract
James Wisniewski1 year, $3.25 million
Kyle Palmieri3 years, $3.225 million entry-level contract
Teemu Selanne1 year, $3.25 million
Bobby Ryan5 years, $25.5 million
Matt Beleskey2 years, $1.475 million contract extension
Igor Bobkov3 years, $2.12 million entry-level contract
Devante Smith-Pelly3 years, $2.25 million entry-level contract
Luca Sbisa4 years, $8.7 million contract extension :

## Draft picks

The 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, took place from June 25–26, 2010. The Ducks had the 12th pick in the first round by virtue of finishing 11th in 2009–10 and not making any gains in the lottery that took place on Tuesday April 13, 2010. With their two picks in the first round, the Ducks took Cam Fowler, a defenseman from the Windsor Spitfires of the OHL and Long Beach-native Emerson Etem, a right winger from the Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL. Both were ranked quite high by many analysts (Fowler as high as No. 3 and Etem as high as #8), however, things seemed to be working in the Ducks' favor picking them up at No. 12 and No. 29 respectively. Many analysts believe that because the Ducks' picks were ranked so high and they got them relatively low in the draft that the Ducks were one of the big winners at the 2010 draft.
The Ducks picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles:
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 12 | Cam Fowler | Defense | United States | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 1 | 29 $^1$ | Emerson Etem | Right wing | United States | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| 2 | 42 | Devante Smith-Pelly | Right wing | Canada | Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL) |
| 5 | 122 $^2$ | Chris Wagner | Right wing | United States | South Shore Kings (EJHL) |
| 5 | 132 | Tim Heed | Defense | Sweden | Södertälje SK (Elitserien) |
| 6 | 161 $^3$ | Andreas Dahlstrom | Center | Sweden | AIK (Elitserien) |
| 6 | 177 $^4$ | Kevin Lind | Defense | United States | Chicago Steel (USHL) |
| 7 | 192 | Brett Perlini | Right wing | Canada | Michigan State University (CCHA) |
* Acquired Pick from Philadelphia
* Acquired Pick from Toronto
* Acquired Pick from Dallas
* Acquired Pick from Montreal via Pittsburgh

## Minor league affiliates
### Syracuse Crunch

The Syracuse Crunch, based in Syracuse, NY will be the Ducks AHL affiliate for the 2010–11 season. The multiyear partnership was announced March 25, 2010.

### Elmira Jackals

The Bakersfield Condors, based in Bakersfield, CA were the Ducks ECHL affiliate for the 2009–10 season. The Condors were the Ducks affiliate in the ECHL since 2008, however, following the Ducks deal with the AHL's Syracuse Crunch, Anaheim found a new affiliate on the east coast: the Elmira Jackals.