2016–17 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2016–17 Anaheim Ducks season was the 24th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 15, 1993. The Ducks won the Pacific Division for a fifth straight year and the sixth time in franchise history. Anaheim faced the wild-card entrant Calgary Flames in the opening round of the playoffs, where they defeated them in a four-game sweep. They then defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the next round, four games to three. The Ducks then went on to face the Nashville Predators in the Western Conference Finals, where they lost in six games.
The Ducks' qualification to the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals would have been the Ducks' first Finals appearance since 2007 and coincidentally, they were close to rematching the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup prior to Ottawa's elimination by the eventual champion Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)	2016 pre-season game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Win 	Loss 	Attendance 	Record 	Boxscore
1 	September 27 	Arizona 	2–1 	Anaheim 	 	Peters (1–0–0) 	Boyle (0–1–0) 	14,609 	0–1–0 	L1
2 	September 28 	Anaheim 	1–6 	Los Angeles 	 	Budaj (1–0–0) 	Tokarski (0–1–0) 	14,810 	0–2–0 	L2
3 	October 1 	Anaheim 	2–3 	Arizona 	OT 	Smith 	Bernier (0–0–1) 	7,181 	0–2–1 	O1
4 	October 2 	Los Angeles 	1–0 	Anaheim 	 	Quick 	Bernier (0–1–1) 	15,837 	0–3–1 	L1
5 	October 4 	Anaheim 	1–2 	Edmonton 	 	Talbot 	Gibson (0–1–0) 	18,500 	0–4–1 	L2
6 	October 5 	Anaheim 	2–0 	San Jose 	 	Bernier (1–1–1) 	Jones 	16,207 	1–4–1 	W1
7 	October 9 	San Jose 	2–3 	Anaheim 	OT 	Bernier (2–1–1) 	Dell 	16,444 	2–4–1 	W2
===Regular season===
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October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)	October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–2)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 13 	Anaheim 	2–4 	Dallas 	 	Gibson 	18,532 	0–1–0 	0 	L1 	
2 	October 15 	Anaheim 	2–3 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bernier 	18,452 	0–2–0 	0 	L2 	
3 	October 16 	Anaheim 	2–3 	NY Islanders 	OT 	Gibson 	15,795 	0–2–1 	1 	O1 	
4 	October 18 	Anaheim 	1–2 	New Jersey 	 	Gibson 	16,514 	0–3–1 	1 	L1 	
5 	October 20 	Anaheim 	3–2 	Philadelphia 	 	Gibson 	19,982 	1–3–1 	3 	W1 	
6 	October 23 	Vancouver 	2–4 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	17,174 	2–3–1 	5 	W2 	
7 	October 25 	Anaheim 	1–2 	San Jose 	OT 	Gibson 	17,562 	2–3–2 	6 	O1 	
8 	October 26 	Nashville 	1–6 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	15,421 	3–3–2 	8 	W1 	
9 	October 28 	Columbus 	4–0 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	15,841 	3–4–2 	8 	L1 	
===Playoffs===
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Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Calgary Flames: Anaheim wins 4–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	 	
1 	April 13 	Calgary 	2–3 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	17,174 	1–0 	Recap 	 	
2 	April 15 	Calgary 	2–3 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	17,271 	2–0 	Recap 	 	
3 	April 17 	Anaheim 	5–4 	Calgary 	OT 	Bernier 	19,289 	3–0 	Recap 	 	
4 	April 19 	Anaheim 	3–1 	Calgary 	 	Gibson 	19,289 	4–0 	Recap 	 	
== Player statistics ==
Final Stats
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	74	15	58	73	7 	49
 	82	22	36	58	8 	83
 	82	19	34	53	2 	76
 	71	33	18	51	10	12
 	79	23	26	49	10	20
 	80	11	28	39	7 	20
 	82	16	19	35	11	26
 	77	14	14	28	4 	62
 	72	9 	19	28	−7	42
 	71	3 	21	24	3 	30
 	66	6 	14	20	13	36
 	82	5 	12	17	14	82
 	53	5 	10	15	−1	18
† 	20	11	3 	14	8 	8
 	81	3 	11	14	0 	63
‡ 	49	4 	6 	10	1 	51
 	55	3 	7 	10	3 	10
 	34	2 	7 	9 	−6	28
 	43	6 	1 	7 	2 	6
 	32	2 	5 	7 	0 	23
 	27	2 	4 	6 	11	14
 	14	1 	2 	3 	0 	28
 	51	0 	3 	3 	−3	87
 	27	2 	1 	3 	−3	20
‡ 	12	2 	0 	2 	2 	2
 	30	1 	1 	2 	4 	14
‡ 	9 	0 	2 	2 	−2	0
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	−1	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−1	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−2	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	17	8	11	19	7 	8
 	17	9	5 	14	−4	6
 	15	7	6 	13	13	0
 	17	4	7 	11	4 	34
 	13	2	7 	9 	–6	2
 	14	2	6 	8 	4 	2
 	17	1	7 	8 	–6	32
 	17	0	7 	7 	12	4
 	17	2	4 	6 	6 	6
 	12	1	5 	6 	–5	4
 	15	4	0 	4 	–1	46
 	7 	2	2 	4 	0 	6
 	17	1	3 	4 	8 	10
 	8 	0	4 	4 	5 	23
 	17	3	0 	3 	1 	6
 	17	1	2 	3 	–3	9
 	17	1	2 	3 	–3	2
 	17	0	3 	3 	–2	20
 	9 	2	0 	2 	2 	4
 	4 	0	1 	1 	2 	0
 	8 	0	0 	0 	–1	5
 	5 	0	0 	0 	0 	18
 	9 	0	0 	0 	0 	4
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	52	49	2950:21	25	16	9	109	2.22	1437	0.924	6	0	1	4
 	39	33	1993:11	21	7 	4	83 	2.50	982 	0.915	2	0	0	4
 	1 	0 	9:47 	0 	0 	0	0 	0.00	5 	1.000	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	16	16	878:42	9	5	38	2.59	466	0.918	0	0	0	0
 	4 	1 	182:34	1	2	10	2.82	78 	0.886	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 Team only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
===Milestones===
===Records===
* On November 6, 2016, the Ducks set the NHL record for most consecutive victories over a single opponent with 24 wins.
==Transactions==
Following the end of the Ducks' 2015–16 season, and during the 2016–17 season, this team has been involved in the following transactions:
===Trades===
Date	Details	Details	Ref
 	To Toronto Maple Leafs
----Conditional pick in 2017	To Anaheim Ducks
----Jonathan Bernier	
 	To Florida Panthers
----Michael Sgarbossa	To Anaheim Ducks
----Logan Shaw	
 	To Toronto Maple Leafs
----7th-round pick in 2018	To Anaheim Ducks
----Jhonas Enroth	
 	To Nashville Predators
----Andrew O'Brien	To Anaheim Ducks
----Max Gortz	
 	To Dallas Stars
----Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2017	To Anaheim Ducks
----Patrick Eaves	
 	To Chicago Blackhawks
----Kenton Helgesen7th-round pick in 2019	To Anaheim Ducks
----Sam CarrickSpencer Abbott	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Nate Guenin 	Colorado Avalanche 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jared Boll 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	2 years, $1.8 million 	
 	Jeff Schultz 	Ontario Reign 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Mason Raymond 	Calgary Flames 	1 year, $675,000 	
 	Antoine Vermette	Arizona Coyotes 	2 years, $3.5 million 	
 	Ryan Faragher 	Utah Grizzlies 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Mitch Hults 	Lake Superior State University 	2 years, $1.850 million entry-level contract	
 	Angus Redmond 	Michigan Technological University	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Giovanni Fiore 	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 	3 years, $2.105 million entry-level contract	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Jamie McGinn 	Arizona Coyotes 	3 years, $10 million 	
 	Chris Stewart 	Minnesota Wild 	2 years, $2.3 million 	
 	David Perron 	St. Louis Blues 	2 years, $7.5 million 	
 	Anton Khudobin	Boston Bruins 	2 years, $2.4 million 	
 	Brandon Pirri 	New York Rangers	1 year, $1.1 million 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Emerson Etem	Vancouver Canucks	October 13, 2016 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Stefan Noesen 	New Jersey Devils	January 25, 2017 	
Joseph Cramarossa	Vancouver Canucks	March 1, 2017 	
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
===Player signings===
The following players were signed by the Ducks. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Corey Tropp 	2 years, $1.25 million 	
 	Dustin Tokarski 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Korbinian Holzer	1 year, $700,000 	
 	Stefan Noesen 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Deven Sideroff 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Max Jones 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Rickard Rakell 	6 years, $22.8 million contract extension 	
 	Hampus Lindholm 	6 years, $31.5 million contract extension 	
 	Sam Steel 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Dustin Tokarski 	1 year, $650,000 contract extension 	
 	Logan Shaw 	1 year, $650,000 contract extension 	
 	Jack Kopacka 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Josh Mahura 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Sam Carrick 	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension 	
 	Nicolas Kerdiles	1 year, $650,000 contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Anaheim Ducks' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 24–25, 2016, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 	24 	Max Jones 	LW 	United States	London Knights (OHL)
1 	30 	Sam Steel 	C 	Canada 	Regina Pats (WHL)
3 	85 	Joshua Mahura	D 	Canada 	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4 	93 	Jack Kopacka 	LW 	United States	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4 	115	Alex Dostie 	C 	Canada 	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
7 	205	Tyler Soy 	C 	Canada 	Victoria Royals (WHL)
;Draft notes
* The Pittsburgh Penguins' first-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 a second-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
:Toronto previously acquired this pick from Pittsburgh as the result of a trade on July 1, 2015, that sent Phil Kessel, Tyler Biggs, Tim Erixon and a conditional second-round pick in 2016 to Pittsburgh in exchange for Nick Spaling, Kasperi Kapanen, Scott Harrington, New Jersey's third-round pick in 2016 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Toronto will receive a first-round pick in 2016 if Pittsburgh qualifies for the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 2, 2016.
* The Anaheim Ducks' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on July 28, 2015, that sent Brandon Sutter and a conditional third-round pick in 2016 to Vancouver in exchange for Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening and this pick.
:Vancouver previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2015, that sent Kevin Bieksa to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.
* The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016, that sent Patrick Maroon to Edmonton in exchange for Martin Gernat and this pick.
* The Anaheim Ducks' fifth-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016, that sent Brooks Laich, Connor Carrick and a second-round pick in 2016 to Toronto in exchange for Daniel Winnik and this pick. 
:Toronto previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015, that sent Korbinian Holzer to Anaheim in exchange for Eric Brewer and this pick.
* The Anaheim Ducks' sixth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016, that sent Brandon Pirri to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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