2018–19 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2018–19 Anaheim Ducks season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993. The Ducks began the season on the road, defeating their division rival, the San Jose Sharks, who swept the Ducks in the First Round of the 2018 playoffs.
On February 10, 2019, the Ducks fired head coach Randy Carlyle. He was temporarily replaced by interim coach Bob Murray. On March 26, 2019, the Ducks failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011–12.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 21, 2018.
2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)	2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 18 	Anaheim 	1–4 	San Jose 	 	Coreau 	— 	0–1–0 	L1
2 	September 20 	San Jose 	7–3 	Anaheim 	 	Coreau 	15,065 	0–2–0 	L2
3 	September 22 	Anaheim 	1–6 	Arizona 	 	Miller 	6,559 	0–3–0 	L3
4 	September 24 	Arizona 	2–4 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	13,834 	1–3–0 	W1
5 	September 26 	Los Angeles 	4–7 	Anaheim 	 	Miller 	14,841 	2–3–0 	W2
6 	September 29 	Anaheim 	3–0 	Los Angeles 	 	Gibson 	18,230 	3–3–0 	W3
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.
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October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)	October: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–4–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 3 	Anaheim 	5–2 	San Jose 	 	Gibson 	17,562 	1–0–0 	2 	W1
2 	October 6 	Anaheim 	1–0 	Arizona 	 	Gibson 	17,125 	2–0–0 	4 	W2
3 	October 8 	Detroit 	2–3 	Anaheim 	SO 	Gibson 	17,436 	3–0–0 	6 	W3
4 	October 10 	Arizona 	3–2 	Anaheim 	SO 	Gibson 	17,015 	3–0–1 	7 	O1
5 	October 13 	Anaheim 	3–5 	Dallas 	 	Gibson 	18,532 	3–1–1 	7 	L1
6 	October 14 	Anaheim 	3–2 	St. Louis 	 	Miller 	16,562 	4–1–1 	9 	W1
7 	October 17 	NY Islanders 	1–4 	Anaheim 	 	Gibson 	16,909 	5–1–1 	11 	W2
8 	October 20 	Anaheim 	1–3 	Vegas 	 	Gibson 	18,375 	5–2–1 	11 	L1
9 	October 21 	Buffalo 	4–2 	Anaheim 	 	Miller 	17,174 	5–3–1 	11 	L2
10 	October 23 	Anaheim 	1–3 	Chicago 	 	Gibson 	20,900 	5–4–1 	11 	L3
11 	October 25 	Anaheim 	2–5 	Dallas 	 	Gibson 	17,134 	5–5–1 	11 	L4
12 	October 28 	San Jose 	4–3 	Anaheim 	OT 	Gibson 	17,099 	5–5–2 	12 	O1
13 	October 30 	Philadelphia 	3–2 	Anaheim 	 	Miller 	16,450 	5–6–2 	12 	L1
==Player statistics==
As of April 5, 2019
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	67	14	34	48	–19	58
 	73	24	19	43	−9 	28
 	69	18	25	43	−13	27
 	82	18	24	42	–5 	24
 	60	9 	22	31	6 	82
 	76	6 	22	28	−5 	44
‡ 	62	5 	20	25	−16	40
 	59	5 	18	23	−14	20
 	30	11	9 	20	0 	2
 	62	7 	13	20	0 	12
† 	47	14	5 	19	–9 	10
†‡ 	37	11	8 	19	−10	14
 	74	3 	13	16	−8 	62
 	32	4 	9 	13	8 	2
 	50	6 	6 	12	1 	8
† 	34	5 	7 	12	–12	6
 	22	6 	5 	11	2 	8
‡ 	46	3 	8 	11	2 	14
 	31	6 	4 	10	–16	27
† 	31	2 	7 	9 	–9 	8
 	60	5 	3 	8 	−19	44
 	10	2 	5 	7 	3 	7
‡ 	27	0 	6 	6 	4 	17
 	21	3 	2 	5 	−4 	2
 	30	2 	3 	5 	–1 	14
 	44	2 	3 	5 	−8 	16
 	17	1 	4 	5 	0 	4
 	49	0 	5 	5 	−4 	16
 	22	1 	3 	4 	5 	8
 	28	1 	3 	4 	–1 	12
 	26	1 	3 	4 	–5 	8
†‡ 	12	0 	3 	3 	–3 	0
 	15	0 	2 	2 	−1 	2
 	8 	1 	0 	1 	−1 	4
† 	6 	0 	1 	1 	–3 	2
 	6 	0 	1 	1 	−1 	2
 	20	0 	1 	1 	–4 	39
‡ 	8 	0 	0 	0 	−6 	7
‡ 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	6
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	0
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	−4 	4
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	6
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	58	57	3,233:02	26	22	8	153	2.84	1,838	.917	2	0	0	2
 	20	17	1,108:48	8 	7 	2	51 	2.76	578 	.912	1	0	0	0
 	5 	4 	276:51 	1 	3 	0	10 	2.17	139 	.928	1	0	0	0
† 	9 	4 	319:42 	0 	5 	0	20 	3.75	156 	.872	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.
==Transactions==
The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Winnipeg JetsNic Kerdiles 	To Anaheim DucksChase De Leo 	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningMitch Hults 	To Anaheim DucksFuture considerations 	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsMarcus Pettersson 	To Anaheim DucksDaniel Sprong 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsSteven Oleksy 	To Anaheim DucksAdam Cracknell 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesGiovanni Fiore 	To Anaheim DucksTrevor Murphy 	
 	To St. Louis BluesJared Coreau 	To Anaheim DucksFuture considerations 	
 	To Dallas StarsAndrew Cogliano 	To Anaheim DucksDevin Shore 	
 	To Minnesota WildPontus Aberg 	To Anaheim DucksJustin Kloos 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksLuke Schenn7th-round pick in 2020	To Anaheim DucksMichael Del Zotto 	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsJoseph Blandisi 	To Anaheim DucksDerek Grant 	
 	To Buffalo SabresBrandon Montour 	To Anaheim DucksBrendan GuhleConditional 1st-round pick in 2019	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsBrian Gibbons 	To Anaheim DucksPatrick Sieloff 	
 	To St. Louis BluesMichael Del Zotto 	To Anaheim Ducks6th-round pick in 2019 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	J. T. Brown 	to Minnesota Wild 	2-year 	
 	Mike Liambas 	to Minnesota Wild 	2-year 	
 	Jared Coreau 	from Detroit Red Wings 	1-year 	
 	Brian Gibbons	from New Jersey Devils 	1-year 	
 	Anton Rodin 	from HC Davos (NL) 	1-year 	
 	Carter Rowney	from Pittsburgh Penguins 	3-year 	
 	Luke Schenn 	from Arizona Coyotes 	1-year 	
 	Ben Street 	from Detroit Red Wings 	1-year 	
 	Andrej Sustr 	from Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year 	
 	Derek Grant 	to Pittsburgh Penguins 	1-year 	
 	Corey Tropp 	to San Diego Gulls (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Jake Dotchin 	from Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year 	
 	Simon Benoit 	from San Diego Gulls (AHL)	3-year 	
 	Trevor Murphy	to Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 	2-year 	
 	Andrej Sustr 	to Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Pontus Aberg	from Edmonton Oilers	
 	Chad Johnson	from St. Louis Blues	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Julius Nattinen	Mutual termination	
 	Anton Rodin 	Mutual termination	
 	Corey Perry 	Buyout 	
===Retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Francois Beauchemin	
 	Jared Boll 	
 	Chris Kelly 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Chase De Leo 	1-year 	
 	Adam Henrique 	5-year 	
 	Kalle Kossila 	1-year 	
 	Kevin Roy 	1-year 	
 	Andy Welinski 	1-year 	
 	Brandon Montour 	2-year 	
 	John Gibson 	8-year 	
 	Isac Lundestrom 	3-year 	
 	Ondrej Kase 	3-year 	
 	Nick Ritchie 	3-year 	
 	Jakob Silfverberg	5-year 	
 	Lukas Dostal 	3-year 	
 	Derek Grant 	1-year 	
 	Korbinian Holzer 	1-year 	
 	Ryan Miller 	1-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Anaheim Ducks' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	23 	Isac Lundestrom 	C 	 	Luleå HF (SHL)
2 	54 	Benoit-Olivier Groulx	C 	 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3 	791	Blake McLaughlin 	LW 	 	Chicago Steel (USHL)
3 	85 	Lukas Dostal 	G 	 	Horácká Slavia Třebíč (Czech 1.Liga)
4 	116	Jack Perbix 	RW 	 	Elk River High School (USHS)
5 	147	Roman Durny 	G 	 	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
6 	178	Hunter Drew 	D 	 	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
Notes:
# The New Jersey Devils' third-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on November 30, 2017, that sent Sami Vatanen and a conditional third-round pick in 2019 or 2020 to New Jersey in exchange for Adam Henrique, Joseph Blandisi and this pick.
==References==
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