2010–11 Anaheim Ducks season

2010–11 Anaheim Ducks
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	4th Western
2010–11 record	47–30–5
Home record	26–13–2
Road record	21–17–3
Goals for	239
Goals against	235
Team information
General manager	Bob Murray
Coach	Randy Carlyle
Captain	Ryan Getzlaf
Alternate captains	Saku Koivu Teemu Selanne
Arena	Honda Center
Average attendance	14,739 (85.8%) Total: 604,283
Team leaders
Goals	Corey Perry (50)
Assists	Ryan Getzlaf (57)
Points	Corey Perry (98)
Penalty minutes	George Parros (171)
Plus/minus	Toni Lydman (+32)
Wins	Jonas Hiller (26)
Goals against average	Ray Emery (2.28)

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 # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box 1 September 12 Sharks 4–1 Anderson (1–0–0) Pielmeier (0–1–0) 3,500 0–1–0 South Okanagan Events Centre L1 2 September 13 Flames 8–4 Keetley (1–0–0) Cousineau (0–1–0) 2,500 0–2–0 South Okanagan Events Centre L2 3 September 15 @ Canucks 4–2 Pielmeier (1–1–0) Houser (0–2–0) 3,000 1–2–0 South Okanagan Events Centre W1
September: 2–3–0 (home: 1–1–0 ; road: 1–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box 1 September 21 Coyotes 4–1 LaBarbera (1–0–0) McElhinney (0–1–0) 12,382 0–1–0 Honda Center L1 2 September 22 Sharks 5–2 Hiller (1–0–0) Niittymaki (0–1–0) 12,633 1–1–0 Honda Center W1 3 September 24 @ Sharks 5–4 Pielmeier (1–0–0) Sateri (0–1–0) 15,872 2–1–0 HP Pavilion at San Jose W2 4 September 25 @ Canucks 4–1 Luongo (1–0–0) Hiller (1–1–0) 18,860 2–2–0 Rogers Arena L1 5 September 28 @ Kings 8–3 Quick (1–1–0) McElhinney (0–2–0) 12,520 2–3–0 Staples Center L2
October: 1–1–0 (home: 1–1–0 ; road: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box 6 October 1 Canucks 4–2 Schneider (2–3–0) Hiller (1–2–0) 14,235 2–4–0 Honda Center L3 7 October 3 Kings 3–2 OT Hiller (1–2–1) Bernier (1–0–1) 16,329 3–4–0 Honda Center W1

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) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box Points 1 October 8 @ Red Wings 4–0 Howard (1–0–0) Hiller (0–1–0) 20,066 0–1–0 Joe Louis Arena L1 0 2 October 9 @ Predators 4–1 Rinne (1–0–0) Hiller (0–2–0) 17,113 0–2–0 Bridgestone Arena L1 0 3 October 11 @ Blues 5–1 Halak (2–0–0) Hiller (0–3–0) 19,150 0–3–0 Scottrade Center L3 0 4 October 13 Canucks 4–3 Hiller (1–3–0) Luongo (1–1–1) 17,174 1–3–0 Honda Center W1 2 5 October 15 Thrashers 5–4 SO Mason (2–2–0) Hiller (1–3–1) 13,123 1–3–1 Honda Center O1 3 6 October 17 Coyotes 3–2 Hiller (2–3–1) LaBarbera (0–1–0) 13,574 2–3–1 Honda Center W1 5 7 October 20 @ Blue Jackets 3–1 Mason (2–2–0) Hiller (2–4–1) 9,802 2–4–1 Nationwide Arena L1 5 8 October 21 @ Flyers 3–2 McElhinney (1–0–0) Bobrovsky (2–2–0) 19,012 3–4–1 Wells Fargo Center W1 7 9 October 23 @ Red Wings 5–4 Howard (4–0–1) McElhinney (1–1–0) 19,401 3–5–1 Joe Louis Arena L1 7 10 October 26 @ Stars 5–2 Hiller (3–4–1) Lehtonen (5–3–0) 12,378 4–5–1 American Airlines Center W1 9 11 October 29 Devils 2–1 Brodeur (3–6–1) Hiller (3–5–1) 14,724 4–6–1 Honda Center L1 9 12 October 30 @ Sharks 5–2 Niittymaki (4–0–1) McElhinney (1–2–0) 17,562 4–7–1 HP Pavilion at San Jose L2 9
November: 8–4–2 (home: 6–3–0; road: 2–1–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box Points 13 November 3 Lightning 3–2 OT Hiller (4–5–1) Ellis (3–2–2) 13,034 5–7–1 Honda Center W1 11 14 November 5 Penguins 3–2 Hiller (5–5–1) Fleury (1–6–0) 17,174 6–7–1 Honda Center W2 13 15 November 7 Predators 5–4 Hiller (6–5–1) Lindback (3–1–1) 13,520 7–7–1 Honda Center W3 15 16 November 9 @ Sharks 3–2 OT Hiller (7–5–1) Niittymaki (5–1–2) 17,562 8–7–1 HP Pavilion at San Jose W4 17 17 November 10 Islanders 1–0 McElhinney (2–2–0) Roloson (2–6–0) 14,393 9–7–1 Honda Center W5 19 18 November 12 Stars 4–2 Hiller (8–5–1) Lehtonen (7–6–0) 13,831 10–7–1 Honda Center W6 21 19 November 14 @ Blackhawks 3–2 OT Crawford (2–4–0) Hiller (8–5–2) 21,224 10–7–2 United Center O1 22 20 November 16 @ Stars 2–1 Lehtonen (8–6–0) Hiller (8–6–2) 13,443 10–8–2 American Airlines Center L1 22 21 November 17 @ Wild 2–1 OT Backstrom (8–4–2) McElhinney (2–2–1) 16,890 10–8–3 Xcel Energy Center O1 23 22 November 19 Blue Jackets 4–3 Mason (6–6–0) Hiller (8–7–2) 13,667 10–9–3 Honda Center L1 23 23 November 21 Oilers 4–2 Dubnyk (1–0–3) Hiller (8–8–2) 14,267 10–10–3 Honda Center L2 23 24 November 26 Blackhawks 4–1 Crawford (4–4–0) Hiller (8–9–2) 16,146 10–11–3 Honda Center L3 23 25 November 27 @ Coyotes 6–4 Hiller (9–9–2) Bryzgalov (10–3–5) 12,708 11–11–3 Jobing.com Arena W1 25 26 November 29 Kings 2–0 Hiller (10–9–2) Quick (11–5–0) 17,174 12–11–3 Honda Center W2 27
December: 8–6–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–4–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box Points 27 December 1 Panthers 5–3 Hiller (11–9–2) Vokoun (9–9–0) 12,504 13–11–3 Honda Center W3 29 28 December 3 Red Wings 4–0 Howard (15–2–2) Hiller (11–10–2) 15,173 13–12–3 Honda Center L1 29 29 December 5 Coyotes 3–0 Bryzgalov (11–4–6) Hiller (11–11–2) 14,062 13–13–3 Honda Center L2 29 30 December 7 @ Oilers 3–2 SO Hiller (12–11–2) Khabibulin (6–10–2) 16,839 14–13–3 Rexall Place W1 31 31 December 8 @ Canucks 5–4 SO Luongo (12–8–2) Hiller (12–11–3) 18,860 14–13–4 Rogers Arena O1 32 32 December 10 Flames 3–2 SO Hiller (13–11–3) Karlsson (2–1–2) 13,775 15–13–4 Honda Center W1 34 33 December 12 Wild 6–2 Hiller (14–11–3) Backstrom (9–8–3) 14,338 16–13–4 Honda Center W2 36 34 December 15 @ Capitals 2–1 OT Hiller (15–11–3) Varlamov (4–4–1) 18,398 17–13–4 Verizon Center W3 38 35 December 16 @ Islanders 3–2 DiPietro (4–6–4) McElhinney (2–3–1) 7,659 17–14–4 Nassau Memorial Coliseum L1 38 36 December 18 @ Hurricanes 4–2 Ward (14–9–3) Hiller (15–12–3) 16,603 17–15–4 RBC Center L2 38 37 December 20 @ Bruins 3–0 Hiller (16–12–3) Thomas (15–4–3) 17,565 18–15–4 TD Garden W1 40 38 December 21 @ Sabres 5–2 Miller (12–10–3) McElhinney (2–4–1) 18,690 18–16–4 HSBC Arena L1 40 39 December 26 @ Kings 4–1 Bernier (4–5–0) Hiller (16–13–3) 18,313 18–17–4 Staples Center L2 40 40 December 28 @ Coyotes 3–1 Hiller (17–13–3) Bryzgalov (12–7–6) 14,032 19–17–4 Jobing.com Arena W1 42 41 December 31 Flyers 5–2 Hiller (18–13–3) Bobrovsky (15–6–3) 17,103 20–17–4 Honda Center W2 44
January: 8–3–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 3–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box Points 42 January 2 Blackhawks 2–1 Hiller (19–13–3) Crawford (11–7–1) 16,004 21–17–4 Honda Center W3 46 43 January 5 Predators 4–1 Rinne (11–10–4) Hiller (19–14–3) 12,216 21–18–4 Honda Center L1 46 44 January 7 Blue Jackets 6–0 Hiller (20–14–3) Mason (12–11–1) 12,815 22–18–4 Honda Center W1 48 45 January 9 Sharks 1–0 Hiller (21–14–3) Niemi (9–12–2) 16,172 23–18–4 Honda Center W2 50 46 January 12 Blues 7–4 Hiller (22–14–3) Conklin (5–3–2) 12,499 24–18–4 Honda Center W3 52 47 January 15 Coyotes 6–2 Bryzgalov (17–8–6) Hiller (22–15–3) 10,951 24–19–4 Jobing.com Arena L1 52 48 January 16 Oilers 3–2 McElhinney (3–4–1) Khabibulin (8–19–2) 15,764 25–19–4 Honda Center W1 54 49 January 18 @ Senators 2–1 SO Hiller (23–15–3) Elliott (12–16–6) 19,515 26–19–4 Scotiabank Place W2 56 50 January 20 @ Maple Leafs 5–2 Giguere (9–7–3) Hiller (23–16–3) 19,399 26–20–4 Air Canada Centre L1 56 51 January 22 @ Canadiens 4–3 SO Hiller (24–16–3) Price (24–16–4) 21,273 27–20–4 Bell Centre W1 58 52 January 25 @ Blue Jackets 3–2 Hiller (25–16–3) Mason (15–12–2) 11,700 28–20–4 Nationwide Arena W2 60 Jan. 30: All-Star Game (Lidstrom wins—box) 11–10 Thomas (BOS) Lundqvist (NYR) 18,680 RBC Center Raleigh, NC
February: 5–5–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box Points 53 February 2 Sharks 4–3 Niemi (14–13–3) McElhinney (3–5–1) 14,486 28–21–4 Honda Center L1 60 54 February 5 @ Avalanche 3–0 McElhinney (4–5–1) Budaj (12–8–3) 16,785 29–21–4 Pepsi Center W1 62 55 February 9 @ Canucks 4–3 McElhinney (5–5–1) Schneider (9–3–2) 18,860 30–21–4 Rogers Arena W2 64 56 February 11 @ Flames 5–4 OT McElhinney (6–5–1) Kiprusoff (24–18–4) 19,289 31–21–4 Scotiabank Saddledome W3 66 57 February 13 @ Oilers 4–0 Hiller (26–16–3) Dubnyk (6–7–6) 16,839 32–21–4 Rexall Place W4 68 58 February 16 Capitals 7–6 Neuvirth (17–8–4) McElhinney (6–6–1) 15,579 32–22–4 Honda Center L1 68 59 February 18 @ Wild 5–1 Backstrom (19–13–3) McElhinney (6–7–1) 18,967 32–23–4 Xcel Energy Center L2 68 60 February 19 @ Blues 9–3 Bishop (1–0–0) McElhinney (6–8–1) 19,150 32–24–4 Scottrade Center L3 68 61 February 23 Kings 3–2 Quick (27–15–2) McElhinney‡ (6–9–1) 17,174 32–25–4 Honda Center L4 68 62 February 25 Wild 3–2 OT Theodore (11–9–2) Ellis† (0–0–1) 13,617 32–25–5 Honda Center O1 69 63 February 27 Avalanche 3–2 Ellis (1–0–1) Budaj (13–13–4) 14,510 33–25–5 Honda Center W1 71
March: 11–3–0 (home: 6–2–0; road: 5–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box Points 64 March 2 Red Wings 2–1 OT Ellis (2–0–1) Howard (31–12–4) 15,098 34–25–5 Honda Center W2 73 65 March 4 Stars 4–3 OT Ellis (3–0–1) Lehtonen (26–18–7) 12,883 35–25–5 Honda Center W3 75 66 March 6 Canucks 3–0 Schneider (12–3–2) Ellis (3–1–1) 16,356 35–26–5 Honda Center L1 75 67 March 9 Rangers 5–2 Ellis (4–1–1) Lundqvist (27–24–4) 14,251 36–26–5 Honda Center W1 77 68 March 11 @ Avalanche 6–2 Ellis (5–1–1) Elliott (13–23–9) 16,244 37–26–5 Pepsi Center W2 79 69 March 13 Coyotes 5–2 Bryzgalov (30–17–8) Ellis (5–2–1) 14,326 37–27–5 Honda Center L1 79 70 March 16 Blues 2–1 Emery (1–0–0) Halak (21–19–6) 12,604 38–27–5 Honda Center W1 81 71 March 19 @ Kings 2–1 OT Emery (2–0–0) Quick (30–18–3) 18,118 39–27–5 Staples Center W2 83 72 March 20 Flames 5–4 OT Ellis (6–2–1) Karlsson (4–5–5) 15,177 40–27–5 Honda Center W3 85 73 March 23 @ Stars 4–3 OT Emery (3–0–0) Lehtonen (30–20–10) 16,021 41–27–5 American Airlines Center W4 87 74 March 24 @ Predators 5–4 Rinne (29–20–8) Ellis (6–3–1) 17,113 41–28–5 Bridgestone Arena L1 87 75 March 26 @ Blackhawks 2–1 Emery (4–0–0) Crawford (29–15–5) 22,115 42–28–5 United Center W1 89 76 March 28 Avalanche 5–4 Emery (5–0–0) Elliott (15–25–9) 14,336 43–28–5 Honda Center W2 91 77 March 30 @ Flames 4–2 Emery (6–0–0) Kiprusoff (34–24–6) 19,289 44–28–5 Scotiabank Saddledome W3 93
April: 3–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Record Arena Box Points 78 April 2 @ Sharks 4–2 Niemi (33–17–6) Emery (6–1–0) 17,562 44–29–5 HP Pavilion at San Jose L1 93 79 April 3 Stars 4–3 Lehtonen (31–23–11) Emery (6–2–0) 16,424 44–30–5 Honda Center L2 93 80 April 6 Sharks 6–2 Emery (7–2–0) Niittymaki (12–7–3) 15,649 45–30–5 Honda Center W1 95 81 April 8 Kings 2–1 Ellis (7–3–1) Quick (35–21–3) 17,587 46–30–5 Honda Center W2 97 82 April 9 @ Kings 3–1 Ellis (8–3–1) Quick (35–22–3) 18,203 47–30–5 Staples Center W3 99

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) # Date Opponent Score OT Win Loss Attendance Series Arena Box 1 April 13 Predators 4–1 Rinne (1–0) Ellis (0–1) 17,174 0–1 Honda Center L1 2 April 15 Predators 5–3 Emery (1–0) Rinne (1–1) 17,174 1–1 Honda Center W1 3 April 17 @ Predators 4–3 Rinne (2–1) Emery (1–1) 17,113 1–2 Bridgestone Arena L2 4 April 20 @ Predators 6–3 Emery (2–1) Rinne (2–2) 17,113 2–2 Bridgestone Arena W2 5 April 22 Predators 4–3 OT Rinne (3–2) Emery (2–2) 17,385 2–3 Honda Center L3 6 April 24 @ Predators 4–2 Rinne (4–2) Emery (2–3) 17,113 2–4 Bridgestone Arena L4

Legend
Ducks Win	Ducks Loss

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

		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
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

Notes

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Toni Lydman	Buffalo Sabres	3 years, $9 million
Trevor Smith	Bridgeport Sound Tigers (NYI)	1 year, $550,000
Josh Green	Modo Hockey	1 year, $575,000
Danny Syvret	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $600,000
Andy Sutton	Ottawa Senators	2 years, $4.25 million
Paul Mara	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $750,000
Andreas Lilja	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $600,000
Ray Emery	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $500,000
Rick Schofield	Lake Superior State University	1 year, $750,000 entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Joey MacDonald	Detroit Red Wings	1 year, $550,000
Brennan Evans	St. Louis Blues	2 years, $1.025 million
Nathan Oystrick	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Brendan Mikkelson	Calgary Flames	October 19, 2010
Troy Bodie	Carolina Hurricanes	November 16, 2010

Lost via retirement

Player

Scott Niedermayer

Aaron Ward

Players signings

Player	Contract terms
Josh Brittain	3 years, $1.73 million entry-level contract
Brandon McMillan	3 years, $2.0625 million entry-level contract
Sheldon Brookbank	2 years, $1.5 million
Kyle Chipchura	1 year, $650,000
Jean-Philippe Levasseur	1 year, $500,000
Saku Koivu	2 years, $5 million
Brendan Mikkelson	1 year, $687,500
Cam Fowler	3 years, $4.2 million entry-level contract
James Wisniewski	1 year, $3.25 million
Kyle Palmieri	3 years, $3.225 million entry-level contract
Teemu Selanne	1 year, $3.25 million
Bobby Ryan	5 years, $25.5 million
Matt Beleskey	2 years, $1.475 million contract extension
Igor Bobkov	3 years, $2.12 million entry-level contract
Devante Smith-Pelly	3 years, $2.25 million entry-level contract
Luca Sbisa	4 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)

1. Acquired Pick from Philadelphia
2. Acquired Pick from Toronto
3. Acquired Pick from Dallas
4. 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.

See also

• Anaheim Ducks
• Honda Center
• 2010–11 NHL season

Other Anaheim–based teams in 2010–11

• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Angel Stadium of Anaheim)
  • 2010 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season
  • 2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season

External links

• 2010–11 Anaheim Ducks season at ESPN
• 2010–11 Anaheim Ducks season at Hockey Reference