2015–16 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2015–16 Anaheim Ducks season was the 23rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 15, 1993. The team's regular season began on October 10, 2015, against the San Jose Sharks. The Ducks battled back from 1–7–2 and 12–15–6 starts to win 46 games and the Pacific Division, but were dispatched in a home playoff Game 7 for the fourth year in a row, as Nashville bested Anaheim in a hard-fought opening-round series. The first round loss came a season after the Ducks went two rounds further in the playoffs to the Western Conference Finals. The Ducks terminated the employment of head coach Bruce Boudreau two days after the team's elimination.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season 2015 preseason game log: 5–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 22 Anaheim 4–5 Colorado OT Gibson — 0–0–1 O1 2 September 25 Los Angeles 1–2 Anaheim Andersen 16,571 1–0–1 W1 3 September 26 Anaheim 2–1 San Jose Khudobin 14,722 2–0–1 W2 4 September 29 Anaheim 2–1 Los Angeles OT Khudobin 17,915 3–0–1 W3 5 October 1 Colorado 0–3 Anaheim Gibson 13,756 4–0–1 W4 6 October 3 San Jose 1–5 Anaheim Andersen 17,174 5–0–1 W5

Regular season 2015–16 game log October: 1–7–2 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 0–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Anaheim 0–2 San Jose Andersen 17,562 0–1–0 0 L1 2 October 12 Vancouver 2–1 Anaheim SO Andersen 17,174 0–1–1 1 O1 3 October 14 Arizona 4–0 Anaheim Khudobin 15,172 0–2–1 1 L1 4 October 16 Colorado 3–0 Anaheim Andersen 17,174 0–3–1 1 L2 5 October 18 Minnesota 1–4 Anaheim Khudobin 16,784 1–3–1 3 W1 6 October 22 Anaheim 1–5 Nashville Khudobin 17,113 1–4–1 3 L1 7 October 24 Anaheim 0–3 Minnesota Andersen 19,034 1–5–1 3 L2 8 October 26 Anaheim 0–1 Chicago OT Andersen 21,529 1–5–2 4 O1 9 October 27 Anaheim 3–4 Dallas Andersen 17,798 1–6–2 4 L1 10 October 29 Anaheim 1–2 St. Louis Andersen 16,904 1–7–2 4 L2 November: 8–4–3 (Home: 5–1–3; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Nashville 2–4 Anaheim Andersen 16,276 2–7–2 6 W1 12 November 4 Florida 2–3 Anaheim SO Andersen 15,169 3–7–2 8 W2 13 November 6 Columbus 2–4 Anaheim Andersen 17,174 4–7–2 10 W3 14 November 7 Anaheim 1–0 San Jose Khudobin 17,562 5–7–2 12 W4 15 November 9 Arizona 4–3 Anaheim OT Andersen 13,864 5–7–3 13 O1 16 November 11 Edmonton 4–3 Anaheim OT Andersen 16,505 5–7–4 14 O2 17 November 13 NY Islanders 4–1 Anaheim Khudobin 17,174 5–8–4 14 L1 18 November 16 Anaheim 4–1 Carolina Khudobin 9,305 6–8–4 16 W1 19 November 17 Anaheim 2–3 Nashville Andersen 17,113 6–9–4 16 L1 20 November 19 Anaheim 3–1 Florida Andersen 10,947 7–9–4 18 W1 21 November 21 Anaheim 0–5 Tampa Bay Andersen 19,092 7–10–4 18 L1 22 November 24 Calgary 3–5 Anaheim Gibson 15,688 8–10–4 20 W1 23 November 25 Anaheim 2–4 Arizona Gibson 11,578 8–11–4 20 L1 24 November 27 Chicago 3–2 Anaheim OT Gibson 17,174 8–11–5 21 O1 25 November 30 Vancouver 0–4 Anaheim Gibson 14,006 9–11–5 23 W1 December: 6–4–1 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Tampa Bay 2–1 Anaheim Gibson 14,741 9–12–5 23 L1 27 December 4 San Jose 0–1 Anaheim Gibson 15,701 10–12–5 25 W1 28 December 6 Pittsburgh 1–2 Anaheim Gibson 15,836 11–12–5 27 W2 29 December 11 Carolina 5–1 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 11–13–5 27 L1 30 December 17 Anaheim 0–3 Buffalo Gibson 18,801 11–14–5 27 L2 31 December 19 Anaheim 2–1 New Jersey Andersen 16,514 12–14–5 29 W1 32 December 21 Anaheim 2–5 NY Islanders Andersen 13,578 12–15–5 29 L1 33 December 22 Anaheim 2–3 NY Rangers OT Gibson 18,006 12–15–6 30 O1 34 December 27 Philadelphia 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 17,322 13–15–6 32 W1 35 December 29 Anaheim 1–0 Calgary Gibson 19,289 14–15–6 34 W2 36 December 31 Anaheim 1–0 Edmonton Gibson 16,839 15–15–6 36 W3 January: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 1 Anaheim 1–2 Vancouver SO Andersen 18,570 15–15–7 37 O1 38 January 3 Winnipeg 1–4 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 16–15–7 39 W1 39 January 6 Toronto 4–0 Anaheim Gibson 16,283 16–16–7 39 L1 40 January 8 St. Louis 3–4 Anaheim SO Gibson 16,250 17–16–7 41 W1 41 January 10 Detroit 2–1 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 17–17–7 41 L1 42 January 13 Ottawa 1–4 Anaheim Andersen 15,791 18–17–7 43 W1 43 January 15 Dallas 2–4 Anaheim Andersen 16,201 19–17–7 45 W2 44 January 17 Los Angeles 3–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,227 19–18–7 45 L1 45 January 20 Minnesota 1–3 Anaheim Gibson 15,962 20–18–7 47 W1 – January 22 Anaheim Washington Game rescheduled to April 10 due to hazardous weather. 46 January 23 Anaheim 4–3 Detroit Gibson 20,027 21–18–7 49 W2 47 January 26 Anaheim 6–2 Boston Andersen 17,565 22–18–7 51 W3 February: 12–1–1 (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 6–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 2 San Jose 2–3 Anaheim Andersen 16,588 23–18–7 53 W4 49 February 4 Anaheim 4–2 Los Angeles Gibson 18,230 24–18–7 55 W5 50 February 5 Arizona 2–5 Anaheim Andersen 17,342 25–18–7 57 W6 51 February 8 Anaheim 2–6 Pittsburgh Gibson 18,418 25–19–7 57 L1 52 February 9 Anaheim 4–1 Philadelphia Andersen 18,717 26–19–7 59 W1 53 February 11 Anaheim 3–4 Columbus SO Andersen 12,117 26–19–8 60 O1 54 February 13 Anaheim 3–2 Chicago OT Andersen 22,107 27–19–8 62 W1 55 February 15 Anaheim 6–4 Calgary Andersen 19,289 28–19–8 64 W2 56 February 16 Anaheim 5–3 Edmonton Andersen 16,839 29–19–8 66 W3 57 February 18 Anaheim 5–2 Vancouver Gibson 18,435 30–19–8 68 W4 58 February 21 Calgary 2–5 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 31–19–8 70 W5 59 February 24 Buffalo 0–1 Anaheim Andersen 16,543 32–19–8 72 W6 60 February 26 Edmonton 1–2 Anaheim OT Andersen 17,174 33–19–8 74 W7 61 February 28 Los Angeles 2–4 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 34–19–8 76 W8 March: 9–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 5–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Montreal 2–3 Anaheim SO Gibson 15,273 35–19–8 78 W9 63 March 3 Anaheim 5–1 Arizona Andersen 11,999 36–19–8 80 W10 64 March 5 Anaheim 3–2 Los Angeles Andersen 18,230 37–19–8 82 W11 65 March 7 Washington 2–1 Anaheim SO Gibson 17,174 37–19–9 83 O1 66 March 9 Anaheim 0–3 Colorado Gibson 14,292 37–20–9 83 L1 67 March 11 Anaheim 2–5 St. Louis Andersen 19,412 37–21–9 83 L2 68 March 14 New Jersey 1–7 Anaheim Andersen 15,423 38–21–9 85 W1 69 March 16 NY Rangers 2–1 Anaheim Gibson 15,400 38–22–9 85 L1 70 March 18 Boston 0–4 Anaheim Andersen 16,707 39–22–9 87 W1 71 March 20 Anaheim 3–2 Winnipeg OT Gibson 15,294 40–22–9 89 W2 72 March 22 Anaheim 3–4 Montreal Gibson 21,288 40–23–9 89 L1 73 March 24 Anaheim 5–6 Toronto OT Andersen 18,935 40–23–10 90 O1 74 March 26 Anaheim 4–3 Ottawa OT Andersen 18,162 41–23–10 92 W1 75 March 28 Anaheim 2–1 Edmonton Gibson 16,839 42–23–10 94 W2 76 March 30 Calgary 3–8 Anaheim Gibson 16,004 43–23–10 96 W3 April: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 Vancouver 3–2 Anaheim Gibson 16,331 43–24–10 96 L1 78 April 3 Dallas 1–3 Anaheim Gibson 16,585 44–24–10 98 W1 79 April 5 Winnipeg 2–1 Anaheim OT Gibson 16,743 44–24–11 99 O1 80 April 7 Anaheim 1–2 Los Angeles Gibson 18,511 44–25–11 99 L1 81 April 9 Anaheim 5–3 Colorado Gibson 17,932 45–25–11 101 W1 82 April 10 Anaheim 2–0 Washington Andersen 18,506 46–25–11 103 W2Legend:

Playoffs 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Nashville Predators: Nashville won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 Nashville 3–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,236 0–1 Recap 2 April 17 Nashville 3–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,174 0–2 Recap 3 April 19 Anaheim 3–0 Nashville Andersen 17,204 1–2 Recap 4 April 21 Anaheim 4–1 Nashville Andersen 17,232 2–2 Recap 5 April 23 Nashville 2–5 Anaheim Andersen 17,360 3–2 Recap 6 April 25 Anaheim 1–3 Nashville Andersen 17,113 3–3 Recap 7 April 27 Nashville 2–1 Anaheim Andersen 17,407 3–4 Recap Legend:

Player statistics Final stats

Skaters

Regular season Player 77 13 50 63 14 55 82 34 28 62 2 68 79 21 32 53 5 78 72 20 23 43 −1 19 82 20 19 39 8 32 71 9 29 38 8 20 82 9 23 32 2 28 80 10 18 28 7 40 69 5 23 28 −8 27 56 8 12 20 2 73 † 28 8 12 20 12 34 70 9 9 18 −4 8 59 6 9 15 1 34 71 5 10 15 11 74 71 4 11 15 −7 99 ‡ 56 4 9 13 −13 54 † 21 8 4 12 3 23 ‡ 43 4 8 12 −10 14 † 37 5 3 8 −4 21 19 3 5 8 7 2 49 3 3 6 −1 47 50 1 5 6 4 67 † 9 3 2 5 0 0 33 2 2 4 −2 37 32 0 4 4 2 8 ‡ 22 1 2 3 0 4 29 0 3 3 −3 10 ‡† 17 0 2 2 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ‡ 2 0 0 0 −2 4 ‡ 5 0 0 0 −1 2

Playoffs Player 7 2 3 5 4 4 7 0 5 5 1 6 7 4 0 4 2 0 7 2 2 4 −1 0 7 1 3 4 4 6 7 0 4 4 −7 6 7 1 2 3 2 0 7 1 2 3 3 8 7 1 2 3 −2 4 7 0 3 3 6 0 7 2 0 2 −2 2 7 2 0 2 0 2 7 1 1 2 −4 0 7 1 0 1 3 6 5 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 −1 0 7 0 0 0 −5 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 43 37 2,298 22 9 7 88 2.30 1086 0.919 3 0 1 2 40 38 2,295 21 13 4 79 2.07 992 0.920 4 0 1 2 9 7 356 3 3 0 16 2.70 175 0.909 1 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 5 5 297 3 2 7 1.41 132 0.947 1 0 0 0 2 2 117 0 2 6 3.08 60 0.900 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.

Suspensions/fines Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued Nate Thompson Illegal check to the head of Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk during NHL Game No. 434 in Anaheim on Friday, December 11, 2015, at 6:25 of the first period. 3 games $25,806.45 December 14, 2015 Shawn Horcoff Violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program. 20 games $357,526.88 January 26, 2016

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded NHL First Star of the Week December 7, 2015 NHL Rookie of the Month (December) January 4, 2016 NHL All-Star game selection January 6, 2016 NHL All-Star game selection January 6, 2016 NHL First Star of the Month (February) March 1, 2016

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached 1st career NHL goal November 6, 2015 500th career NHL point November 11, 2015 300th career NHL goal November 11, 2015 200th career NHL game November 17, 2015

Transactions Following the end of the Ducks' 2014–15 season, and during the 2015–16 season, this team has been involved in the following transactions:

Trades DateRef To New Jersey Devils Kyle Palmieri To Anaheim Ducks 2nd-round pick in 20153rd-round pick in 2016 To New York Rangers Emerson EtemFLA's 2nd-round pick in 2015 To Anaheim Ducks Carl Hagelin2nd-round pick in 20156th-round pick in 2015 To Carolina Hurricanes James Wisniewski To Anaheim Ducks Anton Khudobin To Vancouver Canucks 2nd-round pick in 2016 To Anaheim Ducks Kevin Bieksa To Montreal Canadiens Max Friberg To Anaheim Ducks Dustin Tokarski To Pittsburgh Penguins Carl Hagelin To Anaheim Ducks David PerronAdam Clendening To Chicago Blackhawks Jiri Sekac To Anaheim Ducks Ryan Garbutt To Buffalo Sabres Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 To Anaheim Ducks Jamie McGinn To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2016 To Anaheim Ducks Brandon Pirri To Chicago Blackhawks Tim Jackman7th-round pick in 2017 To Anaheim Ducks Corey Tropp To Edmonton Oilers Patrick Maroon To Anaheim Ducks Martin Gernat4th-round pick in 2016 To Toronto Maple Leafs Frederik Andersen To Anaheim Ducks PIT's 1st-round pick in 20162nd-round pick in 2017

Free agents acquired