
Tristan Luneau News


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Nick Jensen will join Anaheim's lineup on Thursday, sending Luneau to the sidelines as a healthy scratch. Luneau surprisingly signed a 6-year, $43,200,000 contract with the Anaheim Ducks after just 14 NHL games. He is averaging 21:10 time on ice, has two assists in nine games and will be a healthy scratch for the first time this season.

Luneau has only 14 NHL games of experience, but the Ducks have awarded him a significant six-year contract worth $43.2 million ($7.2M AAV). The Ducks clearly think highly of the 22-year-old defenseman, who was drafted 53rd overall in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and hope he develops into a prominent role on their blueline.

Luneau played in the Ducks' season finale, but returns to the AHL, signalling that either Olen Zellweger or Radko Gudas will be back in the lineup for Game 1. Luneau has spent the entire season in San Diego, where he has 41 points (10G / 31A) in 69 games.

Luneau will make his season debut for Anaheim's season finale in Nashville on Thursday. Drew Helleson will sit in his place.

Ahead of Game 82 of the regular season, Anaheim has called up Tristan Luneau from San Diego (AHL). The 22-year-old defensemen has yet to appear in a game with the Ducks this season but had previously appeared in 13 games across his two year career.

Luneau was the 53rd overall pick of the Ducks in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. The 20-year-old recorded zero points a -5 plus/minus in six games with the Ducks this season.

Luneau will take a seat on Tuesday as Jackson Lacombe draws back into the Ducks' lineup. Luneau is yet to register a point in six games this season.


Luneau will be the odd-man out on Tuesday as Pavel Mintyukov (food poisoning) returns to the lineup. Luneau is yet to register a point in five games this season.




Luneau was not originally set to appear in Wednesday's game vs. Montreal but due to it coming against his hometown club will draw back into the Ducks' lineup. The 19-year-old appeared in two games for the Ducks in October of this season and failed to pick up a point while collecting a SOG and a -1 plus/minus rating.

Luneau was originally assigned to San Diego (AHL) for a conditioning loan but has been recalled to Anaheim Friday. The 19-year-old defensemen was Anaheim's 2022 second-round pick (53rd overall) and returns to the NHL where he appeared in two games earlier in the season and failed to pick up a point while averaging 15:28 TOI.

Luneau has been assigned to the San Diego Gulls of the AHL for a conditioning stint after being a healthy scratch for the last six games. The 53rd overall pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft is playing his first professional season and has zero points through two games while averaging 15:29 time-on-ice with the Ducks.

Luneau was Anaheim's 2022 second-round pick (53rd overall) and is set to make his NHL debut Thursday vs. Dallas as he replaces Jamie Drysdale in the Ducks' lineup. The 19-year-old defensemen was not originally returned to Gatineau (QMJHL) as expected to start this season, where he had 20 goals, 63 assists, 31 PIMs and a +49 plus/minus through 65 games in 2022-23.

Luneau was Anaheim's 2022 second-round pick (53rd overall) and has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ducks. The 19-year-old defensemen finished 2022-23 with 20 goals, 83 points (most by a Defensemen in QMJHL), 31 PIMs, and a +49 plus/minus with Gatineau (QMJHL) and are expected to return to the club for a fourth season in 2023-24. He was the recipient of the Raymond Lagace Trophy in 2022-23 for the QMJHL's Defensemen of the Year.
