2013–14 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2013–14 Anaheim Ducks season was the 21st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. The Ducks achieved their best regular season record in franchise history, amassing 116 points and finishing first in the Western Conference and second in the NHL, behind the Boston Bruins by only a single point. However, the Ducks only won one playoff series; after defeating the Dallas Stars in six games in the first round, they fell in seven games to their crosstown rival Los Angeles Kings in the Western Conference Semifinal.

2013–14 Anaheim Ducks
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	1st Western
2013–14 record	54–20–8
Home record	29–8–4
Road record	25–12–4
Goals for	266
Goals against	209
Team information
General manager	Bob Murray
Coach	Bruce Boudreau
Captain	Ryan Getzlaf
Alternate captains	Saku Koivu Teemu Selanne
Arena	Honda Center
Average attendance	16,469 (95.9%) (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Corey Perry (43)
Assists	Ryan Getzlaf (56)
Points	Ryan Getzlaf (87)
Penalty minutes	Patrick Maroon (101)
Plus/minus	Corey Perry ( 32)
Wins	Jonas Hiller (29)
Goals against average	John Gibson (1.33)

This was Teemu Selanne's final season, following 23 NHL seasons and 15 in which he played for Anaheim. It was also Saku Koivu's final season.

Standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	54	20	8	51	266	209	57	116
2	x – San Jose Sharks	82	51	22	9	41	249	200	49	111
3	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	46	28	8	38	206	174	32	100
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	37	30	15	31	216	231	−15	89
5	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	35	11	31	196	223	−27	83
6	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	28	209	241	−32	77
7	Edmonton Oilers	82	29	44	9	25	203	270	−67	67

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Phoenix	2–6	Anaheim		Hiller	11,541	1–0–0	W1
2	September 17	Los Angeles	6–0	Anaheim		Fasth	13,115	1–1–0	L1
3	September 18	Anaheim	2–1	Colorado		Gibson		2–1–0	W1
4	September 20	Anaheim	3–2	San Jose	OT	Fasth	15,760	3–1–0	W2
5	September 22	Colorado	2–1	Anaheim		Hiller	12,743	3–2–0	L1
6	September 24	Anaheim	1–2	Los Angeles		Fasth	15,179	3–3–0	L2
7	September 28	San Jose	6–5	Anaheim		Hiller	15,746	3–4–0	L3

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 10–3–1 (Home: 5–0–0; Road: 5–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 Anaheim 1–6 Colorado Fasth 18,007 0–1–0 0 L1 2 October 5 Anaheim 4–3 Minnesota OT Hiller 18,213 1–1–0 2 W1 3 October 6 Anaheim 3–2 Winnipeg Fasth 15,004 2–1–0 4 W2 4 October 10 NY Rangers 0–6 Anaheim Hiller 17,179 3–1–0 6 W3 5 October 13 Ottawa 1–4 Anaheim Hiller 17,177 4–1–0 8 W4 7 October 18 Phoenix 2–3 Anaheim SO Hiller 13,206 6–1–0 12 W6 8 October 20 Dallas 3–6 Anaheim Andersen 14,531 7–1–0 14 W7 9 October 22 Anaheim 2–4 Toronto Hiller 19,408 7–2–0 14 L1 10 October 24 Anaheim 1–4 Montreal Hiller 21,273 7–3–0 14 L2 11 October 25 Anaheim 2–1 Ottawa Andersen 17,590 8–3–0 16 W1 12 October 27 Anaheim 4–3 Columbus Andersen 10,542 9–3–0 18 W2 13 October 29 Anaheim 3–2 Philadelphia Hiller 19,615 10–3–0 20 W3 14 October 31 Anaheim 2–3 Boston SO Hiller 17,565 10–3–1 21 O1
November: 8–4–3 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 3–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 2 Anaheim 6–3 Buffalo Hiller 19,070 11–3–1 23 W1 16 November 4 Anaheim 2–1 NY Rangers Andersen 18,006 12–3–1 25 W2 17 November 6 Phoenix 2–5 Anaheim Hiller 14,045 13–3–1 27 W3 18 November 8 Buffalo 2–6 Anaheim Andersen 15,577 14–3–1 29 W4 19 November 10 Vancouver 1–3 Anaheim Andersen 17,174 15–3–1 31 W5 20 November 12 Anaheim 2–3 Florida Andersen 13,354 15–4–1 31 L1 21 November 14 Anaheim 1–5 Tampa Bay Hiller 17,763 15–5–1 31 L2 22 November 15 Anaheim 2–3 Carolina SO Fasth 14,802 15–5–2 32 O1 23 November 18 Anaheim 1–3 Pittsburgh Fasth 18,614 15–6–2 32 L1 24 November 20 New Jersey 4–3 Anaheim OT Hiller 14,306 15–6–3 33 O1 25 November 22 Tampa Bay 0–1 Anaheim OT Hiller 16,648 16–6–3 35 W1 26 November 23 Anaheim 4–2 Phoenix Hiller 13,490 17–6–3 37 W2 27 November 26 Anaheim 3–6 Dallas Hiller 15,792 17–7–3 37 L1 28 November 29 Calgary 2–5 Anaheim Andersen 17,174 18–7–3 39 W1 29 November 30 Anaheim 3–4 San Jose SO Hiller 17,562 18–7–4 40 O1
December: 11–1–1 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 6–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 December 3 Los Angeles 3–2 Anaheim SO Hiller 17,294 18–7–5 41 O2 31 December 6 Anaheim 3–2 Chicago SO Hiller 21,586 19–7–5 43 W1 32 December 7 Anaheim 5–2 St. Louis Andersen 17,646 20–7–5 45 W2 33 December 9 NY Islanders 2–5 Anaheim Hiller 14,830 21–7–5 47 W3 34 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 Anaheim Hiller 15,252 22–7–5 49 W4 35 December 15 Edmonton 2–3 Anaheim Hiller 16,301 23–7–5 51 W5 36 December 17 Anaheim 5–2 Detroit Hiller 20,066 24–7–5 53 W6 37 December 20 Anaheim 3–2 New Jersey OT Hiller 15,723 25–7–5 55 W7 38 December 21 Anaheim 5–3 NY Islanders Andersen 13,108 26–7–5 57 W8 39 December 23 Anaheim 3–2 Washington Hiller 18,506 27–7–5 59 W9 40 December 28 Phoenix 2–3 Anaheim OT Hiller 17,442 28–7–5 61 W10 41 December 29 Anaheim 1–3 San Jose Andersen 17,562 28–8–5 61 L1 42 December 31 San Jose 3–6 Anaheim Hiller 17,442 29–8–5 63 W1
January: 11–3–0 (Home: 7–2–0; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 3 Edmonton 2–5 Anaheim Hiller 17,174 30–8–5 65 W2 44 January 5 Vancouver 3–4 Anaheim OT Hiller 17,174 31–8–5 67 W3 45 January 7 Boston 2–5 Anaheim Hiller 17,238 32–8–5 69 W4 46 January 9 Anaheim 4–3 Nashville Andersen 15,892 33–8–5 71 W5 47 January 11 Anaheim 5–3 Phoenix Hiller 13,289 34–8–5 73 W6 48 January 12 Detroit 0–1 Anaheim Hiller 17,375 35–8–5 75 W7 49 January 15 Vancouver 1–9 Anaheim Andersen 17,145 36–8–5 77 W8 50 January 17 Anaheim 2–4 Chicago Hiller 22,064 36–9–5 77 L1 51 January 18 Anaheim 3–2 St. Louis Andersen 19,910 37–9–5 79 W1 52 January 21 Winnipeg 3–2 Anaheim Hiller 15,046 37–10–5 79 L1 53 January 23 Los Angeles 1–2 Anaheim Andersen 17,503 38–10–5 81 W1 54 January 25 (outdoor game) Anaheim 3–0 Los Angeles Hiller 54,099 (at Dodger Stadium) 39–10–5 83 W2 55 January 28 Minnesota 4–2 Anaheim Hiller 15,020 39–11–5 83 L1 56 January 30 Philadelphia 3–5 Anaheim Andersen 16,007 40–11–5 85 W1
February: 2–3–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 57 February 1 Dallas 2–0 Anaheim Hiller 17,174 40–12–5 85 L1 58 February 3 Columbus 4–2 Anaheim Andersen 14,044 40–13–5 85 L2 59 February 5 Chicago 2–0 Anaheim Hiller 17,446 40–14–5 85 L3 60 February 8 Anaheim 5–2 Nashville Hiller 17,139 41–14–5 87 W1 61 February 28 St. Louis 0–1 Anaheim Hiller 17,369 42–14–5 89 W2
March: 7–4–3 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Carolina 3–5 Anaheim Andersen 17,174 43–14–5 91 W3 63 March 5 Montreal 4–3 Anaheim SO Hiller 17,174 43–14–6 92 O1 64 March 7 Pittsburgh 3–2 Anaheim SO Hiller 17,518 43–14–7 93 O2 65 March 10 Toronto 1–3 Anaheim Andersen 17,229 43–15–7 93 L1 66 March 12 Anaheim 2–7 Calgary Hiller 19,289 43–16–7 93 L2 67 March 14 Anaheim 6–4 Colorado Hiller 18,030 44–16–7 95 W1 68 March 15 Anaheim 2–1 Los Angeles Andersen 18,278 45–16–7 97 W2 69 March 18 Washington 3–2 Anaheim Hiller 17,174 45–17–7 97 L1 70 March 20 Anaheim 3–2 San Jose Andersen 17,562 45–18–7 97 L2 71 March 23 Florida 2–6 Anaheim Hiller 17,281 46–18–7 99 W1 72 March 26 Anaheim 3–2 Calgary Hiller 19,289 47–18–7 101 W2 73 March 28 Anaheim 3–4 Edmonton OT Hiller 16,839 47–18–8 102 O1 74 March 29 Anaheim 5–1 Vancouver Andersen 18,910 48–18–8 104 W1 75 March 31 Winnipeg 4–5 Anaheim OT Andersen 17,174 49–18–8 106 W2
April: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Edmonton 2–3 Anaheim Andersen 17,174 50–18–8 108 W3 77 April 4 Nashville 5–2 Anaheim Hiller 17,174 50–19–8 108 L1 78 April 6 Anaheim 2–4 Edmonton Hiller 16,839 50–20–8 108 L2 79 April 7 Anaheim 3–0 Vancouver Gibson 18,910 51–20–8 110 W1 80 April 9 San Jose 2–5 Anaheim Gibson 17,322 52–20–8 112 W2 81 April 12 Anaheim 4–3 Los Angeles SO Andersen 18,372 53–20–8 114 W3 82 April 13 Colorado 2–3 Anaheim OT Gibson 17,528 54–20–8 116 W4
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Anaheim Ducks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's first seed. They defeated the Dallas Stars in the first round, winning the best-of-seven series four games to two. The series included a Game 6 comeback wherein the Ducks scored a game-tying goal with 24 seconds remaining and then won the game in overtime.

The Ducks faced their crosstown rival Los Angeles Kings in the second round. The Ducks would fall behind 2–0 to begin the series, tie the series 2–2 and take their first lead after Game 5. They would not win again, however, as the Kings won the series 4–3 in a Game 7 decision.

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Dallas Stars: Anaheim won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 16 Dallas 3–4 Anaheim Andersen 17,294 1–0 Recap 2 April 18 Dallas 2–3 Anaheim Andersen 17,426 2–0 Recap 3 April 21 Anaheim 0–3 Dallas Andersen 19,120 2–1 Recap 4 April 23 Anaheim 2–4 Dallas Andersen 18,962 2–2 Recap 5 April 25 Dallas 2–6 Anaheim Andersen 17,334 3–2 Recap 6 April 27 Anaheim 5–4 Dallas OT Hiller 19,323 4–2 Recap
Western Conference Second Round vs. (P3) Los Angeles Kings: Los Angeles won Series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 3 Los Angeles 3–2 Anaheim OT Hiller 17,393 0–1 Recap 2 May 5 Los Angeles 3–1 Anaheim Hiller 17,281 0–2 Recap 3 May 8 Anaheim 3–2 Los Angeles Hiller 18,822 1–2 Recap 4 May 10 Anaheim 2–0 Los Angeles Gibson 18,889 2–2 Recap 5 May 12 Los Angeles 3–4 Anaheim Gibson 17,233 3–2 Recap 6 May 14 Anaheim 1–2 Los Angeles Gibson 18,880 3–3 Recap 7 May 16 Los Angeles 6–2 Anaheim Gibson 17,395 3–4 Recap * if necessary Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	/−	PIM
Ryan Getzlaf	77	31	56	87	28	31
Corey Perry	81	43	39	82	32	65
Nick Bonino	77	22	27	49	14	22
Mathieu Perreault	69	18	25	43	13	36
Andrew Cogliano	82	21	21	42	13	26
Cam Fowler	70	6	30	36	15	14
Dustin Penner‡	49	13	19	32	22	28
Kyle Palmieri	71	14	17	31	9	38
Daniel Winnik	76	6	24	30	6	23
Hampus Lindholm	78	6	24	30	29	36
Saku Koivu	65	11	18	29	3	46
Patrick Maroon	62	11	18	29	11	101
Teemu Selanne	64	9	18	27	8	12
Matt Beleskey	55	9	15	24	8	64
Jakob Silfverberg	52	10	13	23	2	12
Sami Vatanen	48	6	15	21	9	22
Ben Lovejoy	78	5	13	18	21	39
Francois Beauchemin	70	4	13	17	26	39
Emerson Etem	29	7	4	11	3	4
Devante Smith-Pelly	19	2	8	10	5	2
Bryan Allen	68	0	10	10	20	75
Luca Sbisa	30	1	5	6	0	43
Stephane Robidas†	14	1	4	5	3	8
Mark Fistric	34	1	4	5	9	28
Tim Jackman†	26	3	1	4	−2	62
Rickard Rakell	18	0	4	4	−3	2
Alex Grant‡	2	2	0	2	3	2
Peter Holland‡	4	1	0	1	−1	2
Nolan Yonkman	2	0	1	1	−1	0
Dave Steckel	6	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	/−	PIM
Ryan Getzlaf	12	4	11	15	−2	10
Corey Perry	13	4	7	11	−2	19
Nick Bonino	13	4	4	8	3	8
Patrick Maroon	13	2	5	7	−2	38
Andrew Cogliano	13	1	6	7	−2	8
Teemu Selanne	12	2	4	6	−2	4
Devante Smith-Pelly	12	5	0	5	−1	24
Mathieu Perreault	11	2	3	5	−4	18
Matt Beleskey	5	2	2	4	0	8
Cam Fowler	13	0	4	4	2	4
Francois Beauchemin	13	0	4	4	−4	2
Kyle Palmieri	9	3	0	3	1	14
Ben Lovejoy	13	2	0	2	1	8
Jakob Silfverberg	13	2	0	2	−3	4
Rickard Rakell	4	1	1	2	−2	0
Hampus Lindholm	11	0	2	2	−2	0
Bryan Allen	13	1	0	1	−4	28
Saku Koivu	13	0	1	1	−3	8
Daniel Winnik	9	0	1	1	1	2
Luca Sbisa	2	0	1	1	−2	5
Sami Vatanen	5	0	1	1	−2	0
Stephane Robidas	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Fistric	5	0	0	0	−1	6
Emerson Etem	4	0	0	0	0	12

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jonas Hiller	50	50	2,908:48	29	13	7	120	2.48	1348	0.911	5	0	2	0
Frederik Andersen	28	24	1,569:26	20	5	0	60	2.29	783	0.923	0	0	1	0
Viktor Fasth‡	5	5	304:47	2	2	1	15	2.95	131	0.885	0	0	0	0
John Gibson	3	3	181:07	3	0	0	4	1.33	87	.954	1	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Frederik Andersen	7	7	368	3	2	19	3.10	189	.899	0	0	0	0
Jonas Hiller	6	2	219	2	2	8	2.19	85	.906	0	0	0	0
John Gibson	4	4	200	2	2	9	2.70	111	.919	1	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.

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Bob Murray	2013–14 NHL General Manager of the Year Award	June 24, 2014

Transactions

The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades

Date	Details
July 5, 2013	To Ottawa Senators Bobby Ryan	To Anaheim Ducks Jakob Silfverberg Stefan Noesen 1st-round pick in 2014
September 29, 2013	To Washington Capitals John Mitchell 4th-round pick in 2014	To Anaheim Ducks Mathieu Perreault
November 16, 2013	To Toronto Maple Leafs Peter Holland Brad Staubitz	To Anaheim Ducks Jesse Blacker Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2014 7th-round pick in 2014
November 21, 2013	To Calgary Flames 6th-round pick in 2014	To Anaheim Ducks Tim Jackman
March 4, 2014	To Washington Capitals Dustin Penner	To Anaheim Ducks 4th-round pick in 2014
March 4, 2014	To Dallas Stars Conditional 4th-round pick in 2014	To Anaheim Ducks Stephane Robidas
March 4, 2014	To Edmonton Oilers Viktor Fasth	To Anaheim Ducks 5th-round pick in 2014 3rd-round pick in 2015
March 5, 2014	To Ottawa Senators Alex Grant	To Anaheim Ducks Andre Petersson
June 14, 2014	To Montreal Canadiens Conditional 5th-round pick in 2015	To Anaheim Ducks Louis Leblanc

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Zack Stortini	Hamilton Bulldogs	1 year, $600,000
Nolan Yonkman	Florida Panthers	1 year, $600,000
Alex Grant	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1 year, $550,000
Dustin Penner	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $2 million
Mark Fistric	Edmonton Oilers	1 year, $900,000
Matt Bailey	University of Alaska Anchorage	2 years, $1.385 million entry-level contract
Ryan Faragher	St. Cloud State University	1 year, $615,000 entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Radek Dvorak	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $600,000

Players signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Saku Koivu	July 5, 2013	1 year, $3.5 million
Matt Beleskey	July 5, 2013	2 years, $2.7 million
Mat Clark	July 15, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Kyle Palmieri	July 26, 2013	3 years, $4.4 million
Teemu Selanne	August 30, 2013	1 year, $2 million
Shea Theodore	September 24, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Dave Steckel	November 11, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Nick Bonino	November 28, 2013	3 years, $5.7 million contract extension
Andrew Cogliano	January 4, 2014	4 years, $12 million contract extension
Tim Jackman	March 1, 2014	1 year, $637,500 contract extension
Josh Manson	March 25, 2014	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
Nick Sorensen	April 3, 2014	3 years, $2.41 million entry-level contract
Jaycob Megna	April 4, 2014	3 years, $2.36 million entry-level contract
Nic Kerdiles	April 5, 2014	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Kenton Helgesen	April 19, 2014	3 years, $1.88 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Anaheim Ducks draft picks

Anaheim Ducks' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	26	Shea Theodore	Defense	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2	45[a]	Nick Sorensen	Right wing	Denmark	Quebec Remparts QMJHL
3	87	Keaton Thompson	Defense	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
5	147	Grant Besse	Right wing	United States	Benilde-St. Margaret's (USHS-MN)
6	177	Miro Aaltonen	Center	Finland	Blues (SM-liiga)

Draft notes

• ^a The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as a result of a June 22, 2012, trade that sent Lubomir Visnovsky to the Islanders in exchange for this pick.
• The Anaheim Ducks' second-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a July 12, 2011, trade that sent Andrew Cogliano to the Ducks in exchange for this pick.
• The Anaheim Ducks' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks (via Toronto and Chicago), Anaheim traded this pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a February 9, 2011, trade that sent Francois Beauchemin to the Ducks in exchange for Joffrey Lupul, Jake Gardiner and this pick.
• The Anaheim Ducks' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks (via Colorado), Anaheim traded this pick to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of an October 8, 2011, trade that sent Kyle Cumiskey to the Ducks in exchange for Jake Newton and this pick.