1973–74 Detroit Red Wings season

1973–74 Detroit Red Wings
Division	6th East
1973–74 record	29–39–10
Goals for	255
Goals against	319
Team information
General manager	Ned Harkness
Coach	Ted Garvin
Captain	Rotating Nick Libett Red Berenson Gary Bergman Ted Harris Mickey Redmond Larry Johnston
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Mickey Redmond (51)
Assists	Marcel Dionne (54)
Points	Marcel Dionne (78)
Penalty minutes	Larry Johnston (139)
Wins	Doug Grant (15)
Goals against average	Bill McKenzie (3.58)

The 1973–74 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 48th season. The Red Wings finished 6th in the East Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

East Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	78	52	17	9	349	221	113
Montreal Canadiens	78	45	24	9	293	240	99
New York Rangers	78	40	24	14	300	251	94
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	35	27	16	274	230	86
Buffalo Sabres	78	32	34	12	242	250	76
Detroit Red Wings	78	29	39	10	255	319	68
Vancouver Canucks	78	24	43	11	224	296	59
New York Islanders	78	19	41	18	182	247	56

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 10, 1973	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	0–1–0
2	L	October 13, 1973	4–9	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	0–2–0
3	L	October 14, 1973	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	0–3–0
4	L	October 16, 1973	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	0–4–0
5	T	October 18, 1973	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	0–4–1
6	W	October 21, 1973	11–2	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	1–4–1
7	L	October 24, 1973	3–7	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	1–5–1
8	L	October 26, 1973	3–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	1–6–1
9	W	October 27, 1973	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	2–6–1
10	L	October 30, 1973	0–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	2–7–1
11	L	November 4, 1973	0–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	2–8–1
12	L	November 7, 1973	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	2–9–1
13	W	November 10, 1973	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	3–9–1
14	W	November 11, 1973	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	4–9–1
15	W	November 14, 1973	4–3	New York Islanders (1973–74)	5–9–1
16	L	November 17, 1973	0–8	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	5–10–1
17	W	November 18, 1973	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	6–10–1
18	W	November 20, 1973	6–5	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	7–10–1
19	L	November 22, 1973	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	7–11–1
20	W	November 24, 1973	6–4	New York Islanders (1973–74)	8–11–1
21	W	November 25, 1973	3–2	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	9–11–1
22	L	November 29, 1973	3–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	9–12–1
23	L	December 1, 1973	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	9–13–1
24	L	December 2, 1973	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	9–14–1
25	L	December 5, 1973	2–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	9–15–1
26	T	December 7, 1973	1–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	9–15–2
27	L	December 8, 1973	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	9–16–2
28	W	December 13, 1973	7–3	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	10–16–2
29	W	December 15, 1973	2–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	11–16–2
30	W	December 16, 1973	7–5	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	12–16–2
31	T	December 18, 1973	4–4	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	12–16–3
32	L	December 20, 1973	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	12–17–3
33	W	December 22, 1973	4–2	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	13–17–3
34	T	December 26, 1973	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	13–17–4
35	L	December 27, 1973	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	13–18–4
36	W	December 30, 1973	4–2	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	14–18–4
37	L	December 31, 1973	5–6	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	14–19–4
38	L	January 2, 1974	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	14–20–4
39	W	January 6, 1974	9–6	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	15–20–4
40	T	January 9, 1974	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)	15–20–5
41	W	January 12, 1974	6–0	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	16–20–5
42	L	January 13, 1974	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	16–21–5
43	T	January 16, 1974	4–4	New York Rangers (1973–74)	16–21–6
44	W	January 19, 1974	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	17–21–6
45	L	January 20, 1974	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	17–22–6
46	W	January 23, 1974	6–2	California Golden Seals (1973–74)	18–22–6
47	T	January 25, 1974	2–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	18–22–7
48	W	January 27, 1974	6–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	19–22–7
49	L	January 30, 1974	3–7	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	19–23–7
50	L	February 2, 1974	2–12	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	19–24–7
51	L	February 3, 1974	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	19–25–7
52	T	February 6, 1974	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	19–25–8
53	L	February 9, 1974	4–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	19–26–8
54	L	February 13, 1974	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	19–27–8
55	L	February 15, 1974	4–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	19–28–8
56	L	February 17, 1974	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	19–29–8
57	L	February 20, 1974	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	19–30–8
58	W	February 23, 1974	5–3	St. Louis Blues (1973–74)	20–30–8
59	W	February 24, 1974	5–3	New York Islanders (1973–74)	21–30–8
60	W	February 26, 1974	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)	22–30–8
61	L	February 28, 1974	1–8	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	22–31–8
62	T	March 2, 1974	4–4	Boston Bruins (1973–74)	22–31–9
63	T	March 3, 1974	6–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	22–31–10
64	L	March 7, 1974	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)	22–32–10
65	W	March 9, 1974	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1973–74)	23–32–10
66	L	March 10, 1974	0–4	Atlanta Flames (1973–74)	23–33–10
67	W	March 12, 1974	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)	24–33–10
68	W	March 13, 1974	5–2	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	25–33–10
69	L	March 16, 1974	0–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)	25–34–10
70	W	March 20, 1974	7–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74)	26–34–10
71	W	March 23, 1974	5–3	New York Rangers (1973–74)	27–34–10
72	L	March 24, 1974	0–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)	27–35–10
73	W	March 27, 1974	3–1	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)	28–35–10
74	L	March 30, 1974	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	28–36–10
75	L	March 31, 1974	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)	28–37–10
76	L	April 3, 1974	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1973–74)	28–38–10
77	W	April 6, 1974	8–3	New York Rangers (1973–74)	29–38–10
78	L	April 7, 1974	4–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)	29–39–10

Playoffs

• The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	74	24	54	78	10	-31	3	0	1
Redmond, MickeyMickey Redmond	RW	76	51	26	77	14	-21	21	0	9
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	76	24	42	66	28	-22	6	1	2
Charron, GuyGuy Charron	C	76	25	30	55	10	-31	6	0	2
Libett, NickNick Libett	LW	67	24	24	48	37	-26	3	1	5
Hogaboam, BillBill Hogaboam	C	47	18	23	41	12	-3	6	0	0
Jarry, PierrePierre Jarry	LW	52	15	23	38	17	-11	2	0	0
Roberts, DougDoug Roberts	RW	57	12	25	37	33	-9	2	0	1
Boucha, HenryHenry Boucha	C	70	19	12	31	32	-22	2	3	5
Collins, BillBill Collins	RW	54	13	15	28	37	-20	2	3	0
Bailey, GarnetGarnet Bailey	LW	45	9	14	23	33	-12	3	0	2
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	69	1	21	22	92	-28	0	0	0
Stackhouse, RonRon Stackhouse	D	33	2	14	16	33	1	0	0	0
Johnston, LarryLarry Johnston	D	65	2	12	14	139	-26	0	0	1
Lynch, JackJack Lynch	D	35	3	9	12	27	-14	1	0	1
Harris, TedTed Harris	D	41	0	11	11	66	-4	0	0	0
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	C/LW	12	2	5	7	4	1	1	0	0
Mellor, TomTom Mellor	D	25	2	4	6	25	-9	0	0	0
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman	D	11	0	6	6	18	-6	0	0	0
Debenedet, NelsonNelson Debenedet	LW	15	4	1	5	2	1	0	0	0
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	11	1	4	5	2	-13	1	0	0
Ecclestone, TimTim Ecclestone	LW	14	0	5	5	6	-6	0	0	0
McLeod, AlAl McLeod	D	26	2	2	4	24	-7	0	0	0
Gruen, DannyDanny Gruen	LW	18	1	3	4	7	0	0	0	0
Stewart, BlairBlair Stewart	C	17	0	4	4	16	-6	0	0	0
Watson, BryanBryan Watson	D	21	0	4	4	99	-1	0	0	0
Bergman, ThommieThommie Bergman	D	43	0	3	3	21	-15	0	0	0
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	22	0	3	3	40	-12	0	0	0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	G	25	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Lundstrom, TordTord Lundstrom	LW	11	1	1	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	23	0	2	2	2	-4	0	0	0
Wing, MurrayMurray Wing	D	1	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Fontaine, LenLen Fontaine	RW	7	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Richardson, TerryTerry Richardson	G	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Korney, MikeMike Korney	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Newell, RickRick Newell	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Lavender, BrianBrian Lavender	LW	4	0	0	0	11	-4	0	0	0
Pyatt, NelsonNelson Pyatt	C	5	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Foley, RickRick Foley	D	7	0	0	0	4	-7	0	0	0
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McKenzie, BillBill McKenzie	G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Grant, DougDoug Grant	G	37	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Grant, DougDoug Grant	2018	37	15	16	2	140	4.16	1
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	1420	25	9	11	4	86	3.63	0
McKenzie, BillBill McKenzie	720	13	4	4	4	43	3.58	1
Richardson, TerryTerry Richardson	315	9	1	4	0	28	5.33	0
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	20	1	0	1	0	4	12.00	0
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	187	4	0	3	0	18	5.78	0
Team:	4680	78	29	39	10	319	4.09	2

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• Lester Patrick Trophy: Alex Delvecchio
• Mickey Redmond, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Phil Esposito from Ken Hodge, February 28, 1974.

Phil Esposito scores his 67th goal of the season, March 31, 1974.

Pre-season @ Windsor, Ontario

See Also

• 1973–74 NHL season

External Links

• 1973–74 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.

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