2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season

	2009–10 Detroit Red Wings
Division	2nd Central
Conference	5th Western
2009–10 record	44–24–14
Home record	25–10–6
Road record	19–14–8
Goals for	229
Goals against	216
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Nicklas Lidstrom
Alternate captains	Pavel Datsyuk; Kris Draper; Henrik Zetterberg
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Pavel Datsyuk (27)
Assists	Henrik Zetterberg (47)
Points	Pavel Datsyuk & Henrik Zetterberg (70)
Penalty minutes	Todd Bertuzzi (80)
Plus/minus	Brian Rafalski (23)
Wins	Jimmy Howard (37)
Goals against average	Jimmy Howard (2.26)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season will see the Detroit Red Wings' attempt to win their 12th Stanley Cup title. It is the 83rd season for the franchise (77th as the Detroit Red Wings).

Regular season[]

October[]

As part of the NHL Premiere, the Red Wings began their season on Friday, October 2 in Stockholm, Sweden against the St. Louis Blues. Their home opener was on October 8 versus the Chicago Blackhawks.

2009–2010 Season Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

	Central Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	y–Chicago Blackhawks	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
2	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
3	Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
4	St. Louis Blues	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	32	35	15	216	259	79

Conference standings[]

Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
z–San Jose Sharks	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
y–Chicago Blackhawks	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
y–Vancouver Canucks	82	49	28	5	272	222	103
Phoenix Coyotes	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
Detroit Red Wings	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
Los Angeles Kings	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	244	233	95

St. Louis Blues	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
Calgary Flames	82	40	32	10	204	210	90
Anaheim Ducks	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
Dallas Stars	82	37	31	14	237	254	88
Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	219	246	84
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	32	35	15	216	259	79
Edmonton Oilers	82	27	47	8	214	284	62

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division)

Game log[]

2009–10 Game Log

October: 5–4–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–3–2)

November: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–3–1; Road: 3–2–0)

December: 7–5–2 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 2–2–2)

January: 6–5–4 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 4–4–2)

February: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–2–1)

March: 12–2–1 (Home: 7–2–0; Road: 5–0–1)

April: 4–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 3–1–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
77	April 1	Columbus	2 - 3	Detroit		Howard		41-23-13	95
78	April 3	Nashville	4 - 3	Detroit	OT	Rinne		41-23-14	96
79	April 4	Detroit	3 - 4	Philadelphia		Boucher		41-24-14	96
80	April 7	Columbus	3 - 4	Detroit		Howard		42-24-14	98
81	April 9	Detroit	1 - 0	Columbus	SO	Howard		43-24-14	100
82	April 11	Detroit	3 - 2	Chicago	OT	Howard		44-24-14	102

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs[]

See also: 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

As of the conclusion of the previous season, the Red Wings have made the Stanley Cup playoffs for 18 consecutive seasons, the longest current post-season streak for a single team in all of North American major professional sports.^[1] As of April 4, 2010, the Red Wings have made the playoffs for 19 consecutive seasons.

2009 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference quarter-final vs. (4) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	Apr 14	Detroit	2 – 3	Coyotes		Howard	17,125	0–1
2	Apr 16	Detroit	7 – 4	Coyotes		Howard	17,386	1–1
3	Apr 18	Coyotes	4 – 2	Detroit		Howard	20,066	1–2
4	Apr 20	Coyotes	0 – 3	Detroit		Howard	20,066	2–2
5	Apr 23	Detroit	4 – 1	Coyotes		Howard	17,458	3–2
6	Apr 25	Coyotes	5 – 2	Detroit		Howard	20,066	3–3
7	Apr 27	Detroit	6 – 1	Coyotes		Howard	17,543	4–3

Western Conference semi-final vs. (1) San Jose Sharks: San Jose wins series 4-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	Apr 29	Detroit	3 – 4	Sharks		Howard	17,562	0–1
2	May 2	Detroit	3 – 4	Sharks		Howard	17,562	0–2
3	May 4	Sharks	4 – 3	Detroit	OT	Howard	20,066	0–3
4	May 6	Sharks	1 – 7	Detroit		Howard	20,066	1–3
5	May 8	Detroit	1 - 2	Sharks		Howard		1-4

Legend: Win Loss

Player stats[]

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Datsyuk, PavelPavel Datsyuk	80	27	43	70	+17	18
Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg	74	23	47	70	+12	26
Lidström, NicklasNicklas Lidström	82	9	40	49	+22	24
Holmström, TomasTomas Holmström	68	25	20	45	+5	60
Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi	82	18	26	44	-7	80
Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski	78	8	34	42	+23	26
Filppula, ValtteriValtteri Filppula	55	11	24	35	-4	24
Cleary, DanDan Cleary	64	15	19	34	-3	29
Helm, DarrenDarren Helm	75	11	13	24	-2	18
Draper, KrisKris Draper	81	7	15	22	-2	28
Kronwall, NiklasNiklas Kronwall	48	7	15	22	+5	32
Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves	65	12	10	22	0	26
Franzen, JohanJohan Franzen	27	10	11	21	+1	22
Stuart, BradBrad Stuart	82	4	16	20	-12	22
Miller, DrewDrew Miller	66	10	9	19	5	10
Williams, JasonJason Williams	44	6	9	15	-7	8
Ericsson, JonathanJonathan Ericsson	62	4	9	13	-15	44
Lebda, BrettBrett Lebda	63	1	7	8	-2	24
Leino, VilleVille Leino	42	4	3	7	-10	6
Maltby, KirkKirk Maltby	52	4	2	6	+1	32
Meech, DerekDerek Meech	49	2	4	6	-12	19
Abdelkader, JustinJustin Abdelkader	50	3	3	6	-11	35
Janik, DougDoug Janik	13	0	2	2	-3	18
Lilja, AndreasAndreas Lilja	20	1	1	2	-2	4
May, BradBrad May	40	0	1	1	-5	66
Newbury, KrisKris Newbury	4	1	0	1	+1	4
Ritola, MattiasMattias Ritola	5	0	0	0	0	0
Kindl, JakubJakub Kindl	3	0	0	0	-2	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg	2	3	0	3	+3	0
Filppula, ValtteriValtteri Filppula	2	2	1	3	+2	0
Holmström, TomasTomas Holmström	2	1	1	2	+2	2
Datsyuk, PavelPavel Datsyuk	2	1	1	2	+1	0
Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi	2	0	2	2	+1	2
Kronwall, NiklasNiklas Kronwall	2	0	2	2	0	4
Franzen, JohanJohan Franzen	2	0	2	2	+2	4
Abdelkader, JustinJustin Abdelkader	1	1	0	1	+1	2
Lidström, NicklasNicklas Lidström	2	1	0	1	+1	0
Stuart, BradBrad Stuart	2	0	1	1	+1	2
Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski	2	0	1	1	0	0
Ericsson, JonathanJonathan Ericsson	2	0	1	1	+2	0
Draper, KrisKris Draper	2	0	0	0	+1	0
Cleary, DanDan Cleary	2	0	0	0	-2	0
Lilja, AndreasAndreas Lilja	2	0	0	0	0	2
Williams, JasonJason Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves	2	0	0	0	0	0
Miller, DrewDrew Miller	2	0	0	0	-2	0
Helm, DarrenDarren Helm	2	0	0	0	-3	0

Goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO	G	A	PIM
Howard, JimmyJimmy Howard	63	3740	37	15	10	141	2.26	1849	.924	3	0	2	2
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	23	1252	7	9	4	63	3.02	561	.888	1	0	1	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO	G	A	PIM
Howard, JimmyJimmy Howard	2	119	1	1	7	3.53	66	.894	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records[]

Records[]

Milestones[]

Awards[]

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Henrik Zetterberg^[2]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 16, 2009
Jimmy Howard^[3]	NHL Second Star of the Week	March 29, 2010
Jimmy Howard^[4]	NHL Second Star of the Month	March 2010
Jimmy Howard^[5]	NHL Rookie of the Month	March 2010

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Date	Details
February 6, 2010^[6]	To Philadelphia Flyers Ville Leino	To Detroit Red Wings Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 5th-round pick in 2011
March 3, 2010^[7]	To New York Rangers Kris Newbury	To Detroit Red Wings Jordan Owens

Free Agents[]

Acquired by Detroit
Player	Former team	Contract Terms
Doug Janik	Montreal Canadiens	1 year ^[8]
Kris Newbury	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year
Jeremy Williams	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year
Todd Bertuzzi	Calgary Flames	1 year; $1.5 million ^[9]

Re-signed by Detroit
Player	Contract terms
Ville Leino	2 years ^[10]

Leaving Detroit
Player	New team
Ty Conklin	St. Louis Blues ^[11]
Darren Haydar	Colorado Avalanche
Marian Hossa	Chicago Blackhawks
Tomas Kopecky	Chicago Blackhawks
Mikael Samuelsson	Vancouver Canucks

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

The 2009 NHL Entry Draft was held in Montreal, Quebec on June 26–27, 2009. Detroit made following picks:

Round	Overall Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	32 (from Tampa Bay)	Landon Ferraro	C	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2	60	Tomas Tatar	C	Slovakia	HKm Zvolen (Slovak Extraliga)
3	75 (from Florida)	Andrej Nestrasil	C/RW	Czech Republic	Victoriaville Tigres (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
3	90	Gleason Fournier	D	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
5	150	Nick Jensen	D	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
6	180	Mitchell Callahan	RW	United States	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
7	210	Adam Almqvist	D	Sweden	HV71 (Elitserien)

Roster[]

Updated July 15, 2010.^[12]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
8	United States	Abdelkader, JustinJustin Abdelkader (RFA)	4.0 C	L	37	2005	Muskegon, Michigan
44	Canada	Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi	7.0 RW	L	49	2009	Sudbury, Ontario
11	Canada	Cleary, DanielDaniel Cleary	7.0 RW	L	45	2005	Carbonear, Newfoundland
13	Russia	Datsyuk, PavelPavel Datsyuk (A)	4.0 C	L	46	1998	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
33	Canada	Draper, KrisKris Draper (A)	4.0 C	L	53	1993	Toronto, Ontario
17	USA	Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves	7.0 RW	R	40	2009	Calgary, Alberta
52	Sweden	Ericsson, JonathanJonathan Ericsson	2.0 D	L	40	2002	Karlskrona, Sweden
51	Finland	Filppula, ValtteriValtteri Filppula	4.0 C	L	40	2002	Vantaa, Finland
93	Sweden	Franzen, JohanJohan Franzen	6.0 LW	L	44	2004	Vetlanda, Sweden
43	Canada	Helm, DarrenDarren Helm (RFA)	4.0 C	L	37	2005	St. Andrews, Manitoba
96	Sweden	Holmstrom, TomasTomas Holmstrom	7.0 RW	L	51	1994	Piteå, Sweden
35	United States	Howard, JimmyJimmy Howard	1.0 G	L	40	2003	Ogdensburg, New York
37	United States	Janik, DougDoug Janik (UFA)	2.0 D	L	44	2009	Agawam, Massachusetts
46	Czech Republic	Kindl, JakubJakub Kindl	2.0 D	L	37	2005	Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
55	Sweden	Kronwall, NiklasNiklas Kronwall	2.0 D	L	43	2000	Stockholm, Sweden
5	Sweden	Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidstrom (C)	2.0 D	L	54	1989	Västerås, Sweden
3	Sweden	Lilja, AndreasAndreas Lilja (UFA)	2.0 D	L	49	2005	Helsingborg, Sweden
18	Canada	Maltby, KirkKirk Maltby (UFA)	7.0 RW	R	51	1996	Guelph, Ontario
24	Canada	May, BradBrad May (UFA)	6.0 LW	L	53	2009	Toronto, Ontario
14	Canada	Meech, DerekDerek Meech	2.0 D	L	40	2002	Winnipeg, Manitoba
20	United States	Miller, DrewDrew Miller (RFA)	6.0 LW	L	40	2009	Dover, New Jersey
61	Slovenia	Mursak, JanJan Mursak	6.0 LW	R	36	2006	Maribor, Czechoslovakia
30	Canada	Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	1.0 G	L	52	2005	Peace River, Alberta
28	United States	Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski	2.0 D	R	51	2007	Dearborn, Michigan
42	Sweden	Ritola, MattiasMattias Ritola	4.0 C	L	37	2005	Borlänge, Sweden
23	Canada	Stuart, BradBrad Stuart	2.0 D	L	45	2008	Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
29	Canada	Williams, JasonJason Williams (UFA)	7.0 RW	R	44	2009	London, Ontario
40	Sweden	Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg (A)	6.2 LW/C	L	44	1999	Njurunda, Sweden

Farm teams[]

The Grand Rapids Griffins remain Detroit's American Hockey League affiliate in 2009–10^[13] and the Toledo Walleye will become the team's ECHL affiliate in 2009-10.^[14]

References[]

↑ Red Wings vs. Blue Jackets Series Storylines. NHL. Retrieved on 2009-04-28.
↑ Zetterberg, Kovalchuk, Miller top NHL's 3 Stars
↑ Brian Elliott, Jimmy Howard, Ilya Kovalchuk named NHL's three stars
↑ Stempniak, Howard, Sedin named March 'Three Stars'
↑ Red Wings' Howard named NHL Rookie of the Month
↑ Red Wings trade Leino to Flyers
↑ Wings acquire Owens from NY Rangers
↑ Red Wings sign defenceman Janik to one-year contract (2009-07-08). Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
↑ Lage, Larry (2009-08-18). Bertuzzi signs 1-year, $1.5M deal with Red Wings. Associated Press. Retrieved on 2009-09-12.
↑ Red Wings sign RFA Leino to two-year contract. TSN (2009-07-06). Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
↑ Blues sign free-agent goalie Conklin. USA Today (2009-07-01). Retrieved on 2009-09-12.
↑ Detroit Red Wings - Team - Roster. Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved on 2010-07-15.
↑ Minor League Affiliates. Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved on 2009-06-17.
↑ Sipple, George (June 19, 2009). Alex Ovechkin has fun beating Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk. Detroit Free Press.

External links[]

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[1] Red Wings vs. Blue Jackets Series Storylines. NHL. Retrieved on 2009-04-28.

[2] Zetterberg, Kovalchuk, Miller top NHL's 3 Stars

[3] Brian Elliott, Jimmy Howard, Ilya Kovalchuk named NHL's three stars

[4] Stempniak, Howard, Sedin named March 'Three Stars'

[5] Red Wings' Howard named NHL Rookie of the Month

[6] Red Wings trade Leino to Flyers

[7] Wings acquire Owens from NY Rangers

[8] Red Wings sign defenceman Janik to one-year contract (2009-07-08). Retrieved on 2009-07-08.

[9] Lage, Larry (2009-08-18). Bertuzzi signs 1-year, $1.5M deal with Red Wings. Associated Press. Retrieved on 2009-09-12.

[10] Red Wings sign RFA Leino to two-year contract. TSN (2009-07-06). Retrieved on 2009-07-07.

[11] Blues sign free-agent goalie Conklin. USA Today (2009-07-01). Retrieved on 2009-09-12.

[12] Detroit Red Wings - Team - Roster. Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved on 2010-07-15.

[13] Minor League Affiliates. Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved on 2009-06-17.

[14] Sipple, George (June 19, 2009). Alex Ovechkin has fun beating Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk. Detroit Free Press.

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2009–10 NHL season by team
Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins
Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs
Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals
Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues
Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks
Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks
See also	2009 NHL Entry Draft • Winter Classic • Playoffs • Transactions • Three Star Awards