1988–89 Detroit Red Wings season

	1988–89 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st Norris
Conference	4th Campbell
1988–89 record	34–34–12
Home record	20–14–6
Road record	14–20–6
Goals for	313
Goals against	316
Team information
General manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Gerard Gallant; Mike O'Connell
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Yzerman (65)
Assists	Steve Yzerman (90)
Points	Steve Yzerman (155)
Penalty minutes	Gerard Gallant (230)
Plus/minus	Larry Trader (20)
Wins	Greg Stefan (21)
Goals against average	Glen Hanlon (3.56)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 56th season. The Wings finished 1st in the Norris Division and lost the Division Semi-finals to the Chicago Blackhawks 4 games to 2.

Off-season[]

Draft Picks[]

See also: 1988 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	17.	Kory Kocur (R)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	38.	Serge Anglehart(D)	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)

Regular Season[]

October 6, 1988: In a game against the Detroit Red Wings, Wayne Gretzky made his debut as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky scored on his first shot, and contributed 3 assists in an 8-2 victory. ^[1]

Final Standings[]

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	34	12	313	316	80
St. Louis Blues	80	33	35	12	275	285	78
Minnesota North Stars	80	27	37	16	258	278	70
Chicago Blackhawks	80	27	41	12	297	335	66
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	28	46	6	259	342	62

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 6, 1988	2–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	0–1–0
2	T	October 8, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	0–1–1
3	L	October 10, 1988	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	0–2–1
4	T	October 14, 1988	8–8 OT	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	0–2–2
5	W	October 15, 1988	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	1–2–2
6	W	October 18, 1988	4–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	2–2–2
7	L	October 21, 1988	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	2–3–2
8	T	October 23, 1988	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	2–3–3
9	W	October 26, 1988	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	3–3–3
10	W	October 28, 1988	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	4–3–3
11	L	October 29, 1988	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	4–4–3
12	T	November 1, 1988	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	4–4–4
13	L	November 4, 1988	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	4–5–4
14	W	November 6, 1988	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	5–5–4
15	W	November 9, 1988	6–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	6–5–4
16	W	November 12, 1988	5–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	7–5–4
17	W	November 13, 1988	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	8–5–4
18	W	November 16, 1988	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	9–5–4
19	W	November 18, 1988	5–2	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	10–5–4
20	W	November 20, 1988	5–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	11–5–4
21	L	November 23, 1988	3–8	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	11–6–4
22	W	November 25, 1988	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	12–6–4
23	L	November 27, 1988	3–4	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	12–7–4
24	W	November 29, 1988	5–3	New York Islanders (1988–89)	13–7–4
25	W	December 1, 1988	7–3	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	14–7–4
26	L	December 3, 1988	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	14–8–4
27	L	December 5, 1988	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	14–9–4
28	W	December 9, 1988	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	15–9–4
29	W	December 10, 1988	8–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	16–9–4
30	W	December 13, 1988	5–4	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	17–9–4
31	L	December 16, 1988	4–6	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	17–10–4
32	L	December 17, 1988	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	17–11–4
33	W	December 20, 1988	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	18–11–4
34	T	December 22, 1988	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	18–11–5
35	L	December 23, 1988	2–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	18–12–5
36	L	December 28, 1988	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	18–13–5
37	L	December 30, 1988	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–14–5
38	L	December 31, 1988	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–15–5
39	W	January 4, 1989	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	19–15–5
40	T	January 6, 1989	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	19–15–6
41	L	January 7, 1989	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	19–16–6
42	W	January 9, 1989	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	20–16–6
43	T	January 11, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	20–16–7
44	T	January 14, 1989	5–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	20–16–8
45	W	January 15, 1989	8–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	21–16–8
46	L	January 17, 1989	1–7	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	21–17–8
47	L	January 20, 1989	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	21–18–8
48	W	January 22, 1989	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	22–18–8
49	L	January 25, 1989	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	22–19–8
50	W	January 27, 1989	8–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	23–19–8
51	L	January 28, 1989	5–10	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	23–20–8
52	L	January 30, 1989	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	23–21–8
53	L	February 2, 1989	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	23–22–8
54	L	February 3, 1989	5–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	23–23–8
55	W	February 5, 1989	6–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	24–23–8
56	L	February 9, 1989	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	24–24–8
57	W	February 11, 1989	5–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	25–24–8
58	T	February 13, 1989	2–2 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	25–24–9
59	W	February 15, 1989	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	26–24–9
60	L	February 17, 1989	3–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	26–25–9
61	L	February 19, 1989	4–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	26–26–9
62	W	February 21, 1989	6–5	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	27–26–9
63	T	February 23, 1989	6–6 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	27–26–10
64	W	February 25, 1989	5–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	28–26–10
65	T	February 26, 1989	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	28–26–11
66	W	March 1, 1989	6–5	New York Islanders (1988–89)	29–26–11
67	W	March 4, 1989	5–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	30–26–11
68	L	March 7, 1989	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	30–27–11
69	W	March 9, 1989	3–2	New York Rangers (1988–89)	31–27–11
70	L	March 11, 1989	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	31–28–11
71	T	March 14, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	31–28–12
72	W	March 15, 1989	8–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	32–28–12
73	L	March 18, 1989	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	32–29–12
74	L	March 19, 1989	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	32–30–12
75	W	March 24, 1989	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	33–30–12
76	L	March 25, 1989	5–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	33–31–12
77	L	March 27, 1989	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	33–32–12
78	W	March 29, 1989	4–3	New York Rangers (1988–89)	34–32–12
79	L	March 31, 1989	1–5	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	34–33–12
80	L	April 2, 1989	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	34–34–12

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Detroit Red Wings 2[]

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 5	Chicago Blackhawks	2	Detroit Red Wings	3
April 6	Chicago Blackhawks	5	Detroit Red Wings	4	(OT)
April 8	Detroit Red Wings	2	Chicago Blackhawks	4
April 9	Detroit Red Wings	2	Chicago Blackhawks	3
April 11	Chicago Blackhawks	4	Detroit Red Wings	6
April 13	Detroit Red Wings	1	Chicago Blackhawks	7

Player Stats[]

Forwards[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Steve Yzerman	80	65	90	155	61
Gerard Gallant	76	39	54	93	230
Adam Oates	69	16	62	78	14
Paul MacLean	76	36	35	71	118
Dave Barr	73	27	32	59	69
Shawn Burr	79	19	27	46	78
Petr Klíma	51	25	16	41	44
Joe Kocur	60	9	9	18	213
Miroslav Fryčer	23	7	8	15	47
Jim Nill	71	8	7	15	83
Tim Higgins	42	5	9	14	62
Adam Graves	56	7	5	12	60
John Chabot	52	2	10	12	6
Joe Murphy	26	1	7	8	28
Bob Probert	25	4	2	6	106
Dale Krentz	16	3	3	6	4
Kris King	55	2	3	5	168
Torrie Robertson	12	2	2	4	63
Brent Fedyk	5	2	0	2	0
Jeff Brubaker	1	0	0	0	0
Miroslav Ihnacák	1	0	0	0	0
Randy McKay	3	0	0	0	0

Defense[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Steve Chiasson	65	12	35	47	149
Lee Norwood	66	10	32	42	100
Rick Zombo	75	1	20	21	106
Mike O'Connell	66	1	15	16	41
Jeff Sharples	46	4	9	13	26
Doug Houda	57	2	11	13	67
Jim Pavese	39	3	6	9	130
Gilbert Delorme	42	1	3	4	51
John Mokosak	8	0	1	1	14
Doug Halward	18	0	1	1	36
John Blum	6	0	0	0	8

Goaltending[]

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Greg Stefan	46	2499	21	17	3	0	4.01
Glen Hanlon	39	2092	13	14	8	1	3.56
Sam St. Laurent	4	141	0	1	1	0	3.83
Tim Cheveldae	2	122	0	2	0	0	4.43

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Awards and Records[]

Steve Yzerman, Club Record, Most Points in One Season (155)
Lester B. Pearson Award: Steve Yzerman
Gerard Gallant, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

References[]

Red Wings on Hockey Database

↑ Gretzky’s Tears, Stephen Brunt, pp.182-183, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, Toronto, Canada, 2009, ISBN 978-0-307-39729-4
↑ 1988–89 Detroit Red Wings at Hockey Reference

Detroit Red Wings Seasons
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Detroit Red Wings
Team	Franchise • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Draft Picks • Little Caesars Arena
Stanley Cups	1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008
Affiliates	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL), Toledo Walleye (ECHL)

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[1] Gretzky’s Tears, Stephen Brunt, pp.182-183, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, Toronto, Canada, 2009, ISBN 978-0-307-39729-4

[2] 1988–89 Detroit Red Wings at Hockey Reference

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1988–89 NHL season by team
Patrick	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington
Adams	Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Quebec
Norris	Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto
Smythe	Calgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Vancouver • Winnipeg
See also	1988 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1989 Stanley Cup Finals