Here endeth the lesson.

5/01/2021: Ryan Miller plays his final #NHL game at Honda Center, in a 6-2 win against the Los Angeles Kings.

5/01/2009: Mike Brown sets a #NHLducks playoff record for most penalty minutes in a game by a rookie, with 15 against the Detroit Red Wings.

5/01/1997: #NHLducks sign an affiliation agreement with the AHL's Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. (Prior to this, the franchise was known as the Baltimore Bandits. Today, it is known as the Rockford IceHogs.)

4/30/2017: Rickard Rakell sets a #NHLducks record for fastest playoff goal to open a game, at 25 seconds against the Edmonton Oilers.

4/29/2025: The #NHLducks and Honda Center announce a $1 billion plan called Honda Center Encore to renovate the arena, to take place through 2027.

4/29/2022: Thomas Hodges becomes the 1st emergency backup goalie in #NHLducks history (4th in NHL history) to play a game – 2 saves on 3 shots in a 4-2 loss against the Dallas Stars. For Ducks goalies with 1 NHL career game, he holds the record for lowest GAA (3.11) and GA (1).

4/29/2021: #NHLducks goaltender Ryan Miller announces he will retire at the end of the 2020-21 season.

4/29/2016: #NHLducks fire head coach Bruce Boudreau.

4/29/1997: #NHLducks record their first playoff shutout, in a 3-0 win against the Phoenix Coyotes.

4/29/1997: #NHLducks win the first playoff series in franchise history, against the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1997 Western Conference Quarterfinals, 4 games to 3.

4/27/2016: #NHLducks lose to the Nashville Predators in the 2016 Western Conference 1st round, 4 games to 3.

4/27/2014: #NHLducks defeat the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference 1st round, 4 games to 2. In the final game, the Ducks' comeback started at 57:50, which is the 4th latest multi-goal comeback in #NHL playoff history.

4/27/1999: #NHLducks lose to the Detroit Red Wings in the 1999 Western Conference Quarterfinal, 4 games to 0.

With 7 goals scored, that sets a new #NHLducks playoff record for most goals in a game. The previous record was 6 – most recently accomplished just TWO days ago! #flytogether

4/25/2014: Rickard Rakell scores his first career #NHL goal, in a 6-2 playoff win against the Dallas Stars.

4/25/2007: Andy McDonald scores the second (and most recent) playoff hat trick in #NHLducks history, in a 5-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks in Game 1 of the 2007 Western Conference Quarterfinals.

4/24/2022: Longtime #NHLducks captain Ryan Getzlaf plays his final #NHL game, in a 6-3 loss against the St. Louis Blues.

4/24/2011: #NHLducks lose to the Nashville Predators in the 2011 Western Conference Quarterfinal, 4 games to 2.

4/24/2003: Jean-Sebastien Giguere sets a #NHLducks playoff goalie record for most minutes played in a game (140:48) in a a 4-3 win against the Dallas Stars.

4/24/2003: Petr Sykora scores against the Dallas Stars 80:48 into OT to end the then-4th longest playoff game in #NHL history, with a 4-3 score.

4/23/2022: Trevor Zegras sets a new #NHLducks rookie record for points in a season, with 58, in a 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Kings. The record was previously solely held by Bobby Ryan.

4/22/2015: #NHLducks defeat the Winnipeg Jets in the 2015 Western Conference 1st round, 4 games to 0.

4/22/2011: #NHLducks tie a playoff record for fewest shots in an OT period with 0, in a 4-3 loss against the Nashville Predators.

4/22/2013: #NHLducks clinch their 2nd-ever Pacific Division title.

4/21/2009: Bobby Ryan sets a #NHLducks playoff record for most shots in a game by a rookie with 7, in a 4-3 loss against the San Jose Sharks.

4/20/2008: #NHLducks lose to the Dallas Stars in the 2008 Western Conference Quarterfinal, 4 games to 2.

4/19/2025: #NHLducks announce the firing of head coach Greg Cronin.

4/19/2017: #NHLducks defeat the Calgary Flames in the 2017 Western Conference 1st round, 4 games to 0.

4/19/2007: #NHLducks defeat the Minnesota Wild in the 2007 Western Conference Quarterfinal, 4 games to 1.

4/18/2024: Frank Vatrano becomes the first #NHLducks player to score a hat trick in a season finale. The Ducks won over the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1.

4/18/2018: #NHLducks lose to the San Jose Sharks in the 2018 Western Conference 1st round, 4 games to 0.

Whenever the #NHLducks franchise has faced a higher-seeded team in the playoffs (which isn't that often), the results tend to be okay.

4/17/2022: Trevor Zegras records his 19th multi-point game of the season, setting a new single-season #NHLducks record by a rookie. At the same time, he also ties a #NHLducks rookie record for most points in a season with 57. The Ducks won 6-4 against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

4/17/2017: #NHLducks mount the biggest playoff comeback in team history, turning a 4-1 deficit into a 5-4 win against the Calgary Flames.

4/17/2013: Sami Vatanen scores his first career #NHL goal, in a 3-2 loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

4/17/2006: #NHLducks set a record for the most powerplays in a game with 13; they score on 3 of them in a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames.

4/16/2021: #NHLducks and Honda Center welcome fans back in attendance for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

4/16/2003: #NHLducks defeat the Detroit Red Wings in the 2003 Western Conference Quarterfinals, 4 games to 0.

4/16/1997: #NHLducks play and win the first playoff game in franchise history, 4-2 against the Phoenix Coyotes.

4/15/1998: #NHLducks fail to score on a penalty shot for the first time; the Edmonton Oilers' Curtis Joseph stops JF Jomphe.

4/15/1999: #NHLducks visit Los Angeles's Great Western Forum for the last time, losing to the Los Angeles Kings 4-3.

4/14/1996: Paul Kariya becomes the first in #NHLducks history to score 50 goals in a season, in a 5-2 win against the original Winnipeg Jets.

4/13/2023: #NHLducks finish the 2022-23 season with a 13-game losing streak, setting a new franchise record and finishing last in the NHL standings for the first time ever.

4/13/2014: #NHLducks finish the 2013-14 season with 116 points, which is still the record for most points in a season in franchise history. In the process, they also finish at the top of the Western Conference for the first-time.

4/13/2014: Teemu Selanne and Jean-Sebastien Giguere play their final #NHL regular season game, in a 3-2 Ducks win against the Colorado Avalanche.

4/12/2021: Anthony Stolarz sets a #NHLducks record for most saves in a shutout with 46, in a 4-0 win against the San Jose Sharks.

4/12/2021: #NHLducks trade Jani Hakanpää and a draft pick (Jakub Vondras) to the Carolina Hurricanes for Haydn Fleury.

4/12/2021: #NHLducks trade Ben Hutton to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a draft pick (Michael Callow).

4/11/2023: Drew Helleson scores his first #NHL goal, in a 3-2 loss against the Vancouver Canucks.