2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993.
On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Ducks played this season in the West Division and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 14 	Anaheim 	2–5 	Vegas 	 	Gibson 	0 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	January 16 	Anaheim 	1–2 	Vegas 	OT 	Gibson 	0 	0–1–1 	1 	Recap
3 	January 18 	Minnesota 	0–1 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	0 	1–1–1 	3 	Recap
4 	January 20 	Minnesota 	3–2 	Anaheim 	 	Miller 	0 	1–2–1 	3 	Recap
5 	January 22 	Colorado 	3–2 	Anaheim 	OT 	Gibson 	0 	1–2–2 	4 	Recap
6 	January 24 	Colorado 	1–3 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	0 	2–2–2 	6 	Recap
7 	January 26 	Anaheim 	1–0 	Arizona 	 	Gibson 	1,808 	3–2–2 	8 	Recap
8 	January 28 	Anaheim 	2–3 	Arizona 	 	Gibson 	2,252 	3–3–2 	8 	Recap
9 	January 30 	St. Louis 	6–1 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	0 	3–4–2 	8 	Recap
10 	January 31 	St. Louis 	4–1 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	0 	3–5–2 	8 	Recap
==Transactions==
The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.
===Free agents===
Date 	Player	New team 	Previous team 	Ref
October 9, 2020 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Philadelphia Flyers	
October 9, 2020 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Tampa Bay Lightning	
October 9, 2020 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Anaheim Ducks 	
October 9, 2020 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Anaheim Ducks 	
October 9, 2020 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Anaheim Ducks 	
October 9, 2020 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	New York Rangers 	
October 9, 2020 	 	Anaheim Ducks 	Philadelphia Flyers	
October 10, 2020	 	Colorado Avalanche	Anaheim Ducks 	
===Imports===
This section is for players who were not previously on contract with NHL teams in the past season. Listed is the last team and league they were under contract with.
Date 	Player	New team 	Previous team	League	Ref
November 6, 2020	 	Anaheim Ducks	Sarnia Sting 	OHL 	
November 7, 2020	 	Anaheim Ducks	Erie Otters 	OHL 	
October 11, 2020	 	Anaheim Ducks	Erie Otters 	OHL 	
==Trades==
* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.
Hover over-retained salary or conditional transactions for more information.
=== October ===
October 7, 2020	To Anaheim Ducks7th-round pick in 2020 (#207 overall)	To Columbus Blue Jackets 7th-round pick in 2022	
October 8, 2020	To Ottawa SenatorsErik Gudbranson 	To Anaheim DucksEDM 5th-round pick in 2021 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Anaheim Ducks' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26-27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 6-7, 2020 the draft was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	6 	Jamie Drysdale 	D 	 	Erie Otters (OHL)
1 	27 	Jacob Perreault	RW 	 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2 	36 	Sam Colangelo 	RW 	 	Chicago Steel (USHL)
3 	67 	Ian Moore 	D 	 	St. Mark's School (USHS-Prep)
4 	104	Thimo Nickl 	D 	 	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
5 	129	Artyom Galimov 	C 	 	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
6 	160	Albin Sundsvik 	C 	 	Skellefteå AIK (SHL)
7 	207	Ethan Bowen 	C 	 	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
==References==
Category:Anaheim Ducks seasons
Category:2020–21 NHL season by team