2019–20 Detroit Red Wings season
The 2019–20 Detroit Red Wings season was the 94th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[2] It was the Red Wings' third season at Little Caesars Arena.
2019–20 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Division | 8th Atlantic |
Conference | 16th Eastern |
2019–20 record | 17–49–5 |
Home record | 12–23–2 |
Road record | 5–26–3 |
Goals for | 145 |
Goals against | 267 |
Team information | |
General manager | Steve Yzerman |
Coach | Jeff Blashill |
Captain | Vacant |
Alternate captains | Justin Abdelkader Luke Glendening Dylan Larkin Frans Nielsen |
Arena | Little Caesars Arena |
Average attendance | 18,716[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Tyler Bertuzzi (21) |
Assists | Dylan Larkin (34) |
Points | Dylan Larkin (53) |
Penalty minutes | Filip Hronek (46) |
Plus/minus | Brian Lashoff (+1) |
Wins | Jonathan Bernier (15) |
Goals against average | Jonathan Bernier (2.95) |
The Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention on February 21, 2020 following a 4–1 loss to the New York Islanders,[3][4][5] marking the Red Wings' fourth season in a row out of the playoffs and the first team to be eliminated before trade deadline since 2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins. On March 10, the Red Wings clinched the worst overall record in the NHL for the first time since the 1985–86 season.[6][7] The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Red Wings missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year.[10] This was the first time since the 1985–86 season that the Red Wings finished with fewer than 20 wins.[11] The Red Wings also became the first team since the 2004–05 NHL lockout, and the subsequent start of the salary cap era, to finish with a sub-.280 points percentage.[12][13] Their .275 points percentage was the worst for an NHL team since the 1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers.[13]
Off-season
On April 19, 2019, Steve Yzerman was named executive vice president and general manager of the Red Wings. Ken Holland was retained by the organization and promoted to the team's senior vice president.[14][15] On May 7, 2019, Holland was named the general manager and president of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers.[16][17]
Standings
Divisional standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | p – Boston Bruins | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 227 | 174 | +53 | 100 |
2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 245 | 195 | +50 | 92 |
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 238 | 227 | +11 | 81 |
4 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 231 | 228 | +3 | 78 |
5 | Montreal Canadiens | 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 212 | 221 | −9 | 71 |
6 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 195 | 217 | −22 | 68 |
7 | Ottawa Senators | 71 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 191 | 243 | −52 | 62 |
8 | Detroit Red Wings | 71 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 145 | 267 | −122 | 39 |
Eastern Conference
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 227 | 174 | +53 | .714 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[19] |
2 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 245 | 195 | +50 | .657 | |
3 | Washington Capitals | 69 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 240 | 215 | +25 | .652 | |
4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 69 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 232 | 196 | +36 | .645 | |
5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 69 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 224 | 196 | +28 | .623 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[19] |
6 | Carolina Hurricanes | 68 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 222 | 193 | +29 | .596 | |
7 | New York Islanders | 68 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 192 | 193 | −1 | .588 | |
8 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 28 | 238 | 227 | +11 | .579 | |
9 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 70 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 180 | 187 | −7 | .579 | |
10 | Florida Panthers | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 231 | 228 | +3 | .565 | |
11 | New York Rangers | 70 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 234 | 222 | +12 | .564 | |
12 | Montreal Canadiens | 71 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 212 | 221 | −9 | .500 | |
13 | Buffalo Sabres | 69 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 195 | 217 | −22 | .493 | |
14 | New Jersey Devils | 69 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 189 | 230 | −41 | .493 | |
15 | Ottawa Senators | 71 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 191 | 243 | −52 | .437 | |
16 | Detroit Red Wings | 71 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 145 | 267 | −122 | .275 |
Schedule and results
Preseason
2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)[21] | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | September 17 | Chicago | 3–5 | Detroit | Pickard | 15,108 | 1–0–0 | [22] | |||||||||||
2 | September 18 | Detroit | 1–2 | Chicago | Larsson | 20,523 | 1–1–0 | [23] | |||||||||||
3 | September 20 | NY Islanders | 4–3 | Detroit | OT | Howard | 15,427 | 1–1–1 | [24] | ||||||||||
4 | September 22 | Pittsburgh | 2–3 | Detroit | OT | Bernier | 16,093 | 2–1–1 | [25] | ||||||||||
5 | September 23 | Detroit | 2–3 | NY Islanders | OT | Howard | — | 2–1–2 | [26] | ||||||||||
6 | September 25 | Detroit | 2–4 | Pittsburgh | Bernier | 15,112 | 2–2–2 | [27] | |||||||||||
7 | September 261 | St. Louis | 1–4 | Detroit | Pickard | — | 3–2–2 | [28] | |||||||||||
8 | September 27 | Toronto | 4–3 | Detroit | SO | Bernier | — | 3–2–3 | [29] | ||||||||||
9 | September 28 | Detroit | 0–5 | Toronto | Howard | 18,892 | 3–3–3 | [30] | |||||||||||
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Regular season
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Dylan Larkin | 71 | 19 | 34 | 53 | −21 | 39 |
Tyler Bertuzzi | 71 | 21 | 27 | 48 | −23 | 40 |
Anthony Mantha | 43 | 16 | 22 | 38 | −7 | 34 |
Robby Fabbri† | 52 | 14 | 17 | 31 | −29 | 18 |
Filip Hronek | 65 | 9 | 22 | 31 | −38 | 46 |
Andreas Athanasiou‡ | 46 | 10 | 14 | 24 | −45 | 26 |
Valtteri Filppula | 70 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −42 | 24 |
Madison Bowey | 53 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −16 | 34 |
Darren Helm | 68 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −6 | 37 |
Filip Zadina | 28 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −13 | 2 |
Mike Green‡ | 48 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −32 | 32 |
Luke Glendening | 60 | 6 | 3 | 9 | −29 | 14 |
Frans Nielsen | 60 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −13 | 8 |
Patrik Nemeth | 64 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −10 | 28 |
Dennis Cholowski | 36 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −26 | 6 |
Taro Hirose | 26 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −12 | 6 |
Trevor Daley | 43 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −22 | 20 |
Adam Erne | 56 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −24 | 28 |
Christoffer Ehn | 54 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −21 | 2 |
Brendan Perlini† | 39 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −18 | 10 |
Jacob de la Rose‡ | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Danny DeKeyser | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Givani Smith | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 9 |
Justin Abdelkader | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −14 | 25 |
Alex Biega | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −9 | 24 |
Joe Hicketts | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 2 |
Sam Gagner | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
Brian Lashoff | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Gustav Lindström | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 14 |
Jonathan Ericsson | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | 4 |
Dylan McIlrath | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 23 |
Evgeny Svechnikov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
Dmytro Timashov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cody Goloubef | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Jonathan Bernier | 46 | 41 | 2,566 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 126 | 2.95 | 1,353 | .907 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Jimmy Howard | 27 | 27 | 1,372 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 96 | 4.20 | 817 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Comrie† | 3 | 2 | 127 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.28 | 66 | .864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Calvin Pickard | 3 | 1 | 165 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5.46 | 74 | .797 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Awards and honours
Awards
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Milestones
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Transactions
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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October 7, 2019 | To Vancouver Canucks David Pope |
To Detroit Red Wings Alex Biega |
[117] |
October 28, 2019 | To Chicago Blackhawks Alec Regula |
To Detroit Red Wings Brendan Perlini |
[118] |
November 6, 2019 | To St. Louis Blues Jacob de la Rose |
To Detroit Red Wings Robby Fabbri |
[119] |
November 30, 2019 | To Arizona Coyotes Vili Saarijarvi |
To Detroit Red Wings Eric Comrie |
[120] |
December 12, 2019 | To Carolina Hurricanes Oliwer Kaski |
To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Wood |
[121] |
February 24, 2020 | To Edmonton Oilers Mike Green[a] |
To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Brodziak Conditional draft pick in 2020 or 2021 |
[122] |
February 24, 2020 | To Edmonton Oilers Andreas Athanasiou Ryan Kuffner |
To Detroit Red Wings Sam Gagner 2020 2nd-round pick 2021 2nd-round pick |
[123] |
September 26, 2020 | To New York Rangers Future considerations |
To Detroit Red Wings Marc Staal 2021 2nd-round pick |
[124] |
Notes:
- a Detroit to retain 50% ($2.6875 million) of salary as part of trade.
Free agents
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2019 | Valtteri Filppula | from New York Islanders | 2-year | [125] |
July 1, 2019 | Patrik Nemeth | from Colorado Avalanche | 2-year | [125] |
July 1, 2019 | Calvin Pickard | from Arizona Coyotes | 2-year | [125] |
July 1, 2019 | Martin Frk | to Los Angeles Kings | 1-year | [126] |
July 1, 2019 | Luke Witkowski | to Tampa Bay Lightning | 2-year | [127] |
July 1, 2019 | Zachary Gallant | to San Jose Sharks | 1-year | [128] |
Retirement
Date | Player | Ref |
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September 3, 2019 | Niklas Kronwall | [129] |
Waivers
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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February 21, 2020 | Cody Goloubef | from Ottawa Senators | [130] |
February 24, 2020 | Dmytro Timashov | from Toronto Maple Leafs | [131] |