The 2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season was the 28th season for the

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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

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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. On April 29, the Ducks were eliminated from playoff contention after the St. Louis Blues defeated the

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. They finished last in their division for the first time since the 2011-12 season. Following offensive woes the whole season, Anaheim finished with the worst single-season power play in NHL history, at 8.94%.

Standings

Divisional standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

Transactions

The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Free agents

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.

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

Draft picks

Below are the Anaheim Ducks' selections at the

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, which was originally scheduled for June 26-27, 2020 at the

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, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the

. On October 6-7, 2020 the draft was held virtually via

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from the NHL Network studio in

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' first-round pick went to the

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as the result of a trade on February 21, 2020, that sent

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to Boston in exchange for

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and this pick. # The

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' fourth-round pick went to the

as the result of a trade on February 24, 2020, that sent Derek Grant to Philadelphia in exchange for

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and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Anaheim will receive the higher of Nashville or Philadelphia's fourth-round pick in 2020. – was converted when Nashville was eliminated from the

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on August 7, 2020, ensuring that Nashville would select higher than Philadelphia. # The

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' seventh-round pick went to the

as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a conditional seventh-round pick in

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to Columbus in exchange for this pick.

References

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