| 2021–22 Detroit Red Wings | |
|---|---|
| Division | 6th Atlantic |
| Conference | 12th Eastern |
| 2021–22 record | 32–40–10 |
| Home record | 18–16–7 |
| Road record | 14–24–3 |
| Goals for | 230 |
| Goals against | 312 |
| General Manager | Steve Yzerman |
| Coach | Jeff Blashill |
| Captain | Dylan Larkin |
| Alternate captains | Danny DeKeyser Marc Staal |
| Arena | Little Caesars Arena |
| Average attendance | 16,984[1] |
| Minor League Affiliate(s) | |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Dylan Larkin (31) |
| Assists | Moritz Seider (43) |
| Points | Dylan Larkin (69) |
| Penalties in minutes | Givani Smith (108) |
| Wins | Alex Nedeljkovic (20) |
| Goals against average | Magnus Hellberg (3.00) |
The 2021–22 Detroit Red Wings season was the 96th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[2] It is the Red Wings' fifth season at Little Caesars Arena.
The Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for the sixth consecutive season on April 9, 2022.[3]
Off-season[]
On June 30, 2021, the Red Wings hired Alex Tanguay as an assistant coach.[4]
On July 18, 2021, the NHL released the full list of players protected in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.[5]
On July 21, 2021, the Seattle Kraken selected defenseman Dennis Cholowski during their expansion draft.[6]
Standings[]
Divisional standings[]
| Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | p – Florida Panthers | 82 | 58 | 18 | 6 | 42 | 340 | 246 | +94 | 122 |
| 2 | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 54 | 21 | 7 | 45 | 315 | 253 | +62 | 115 |
| 3 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 51 | 23 | 8 | 39 | 287 | 233 | +54 | 110 |
| 4 | x – Boston Bruins | 82 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 40 | 255 | 220 | +35 | 107 |
| 5 | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 25 | 232 | 290 | −58 | 75 |
| 6 | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 21 | 230 | 312 | −82 | 74 |
| 7 | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 26 | 227 | 266 | −39 | 73 |
| 8 | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 22 | 49 | 11 | 16 | 221 | 319 | −98 | 55 |
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.
Conference standings[]
| Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | AT | x – Boston Bruins | 82 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 40 | 255 | 220 | +35 | 107 |
| 2 | ME | x – Washington Capitals | 82 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 35 | 275 | 245 | +30 | 100 |
| 3 | ME | e – New York Islanders | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 34 | 231 | 237 | −6 | 84 |
| 4 | ME | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 26 | 262 | 300 | −38 | 81 |
| 5 | AT | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 25 | 232 | 290 | −58 | 75 |
| 6 | AT | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 21 | 230 | 312 | −82 | 74 |
| 7 | AT | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 26 | 227 | 266 | −39 | 73 |
| 8 | ME | e – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 27 | 46 | 9 | 19 | 248 | 307 | −59 | 63 |
| 9 | ME | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 25 | 46 | 11 | 20 | 211 | 298 | −87 | 61 |
| 10 | AT | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 22 | 49 | 11 | 16 | 221 | 319 | −98 | 55 |
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot.
Schedule and results[]
Preseason[]
| 2021 preseason game log: 4–4–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–3–0)[9] | |||||||||
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| 1 | September 29 | Detroit | 4–3 | Chicago | SO | Pickard | — | 1–0–0 | [10] |
| 2 | September 30 | Buffalo | 2–6 | Detroit | Nedeljkovic | 14,352 | 2–0–0 | [11] | |
| 3 | October 2 | Columbus | 1–5 | Detroit | Greiss | 14,827 | 3–0–0 | [12] | |
| 4 | October 3 | Detroit | 1–5 | Pittsburgh | Nedeljkovic | 15,554 | 3–1–0 | [13] | |
| 5 | October 4 | Chicago | 6–4 | Detroit | Greiss | 14,769 | 3–2–0 | [14] | |
| 6 | October 6 | Detroit | 2–4 | Columbus | Nedeljkovic | 10,374 | 3–3–0 | [15] | |
| 7 | October 7 | Pittsburgh | 2–4 | Detroit | Greiss | 14,812 | 4–3–0 | [16] | |
| 8 | October 9 | Detroit | 1–3 | Buffalo | Nedeljkovic | 6,607 | 4–4–0 | [17] | |
Regular season[]
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Awards and honours[]
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Milestones[]
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Player statistics[]
Skaters[]
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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| Dylan Larkin | 71 | 31 | 38 | 69 | –18 | 47 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 68 | 30 | 32 | 62 | –11 | 47 |
| Lucas Raymond | 82 | 23 | 34 | 57 | –32 | 16 |
| Moritz Seider | 82 | 7 | 43 | 50 | –9 | 34 |
| Filip Hronek | 78 | 5 | 33 | 38 | –29 | 36 |
| Pius Suter | 82 | 15 | 21 | 36 | –11 | 22 |
| Sam Gagner | 81 | 13 | 18 | 31 | –4 | 32 |
| Robby Fabbri | 66 | 17 | 13 | 30 | –23 | 35 |
| Michael Rasmussen | 80 | 15 | 12 | 27 | –25 | 66 |
| Vladislav Namestnikov
‡ || 60 || 13 || 12 || 25 || +1 || 34 | ||||||
| Filip Zadina | 74 | 10 | 14 | 24 | –24 | 10 |
| Jakub Vrána | 26 | 13 | 6 | 19 | –8 | 16 |
| Adam Erne | 79 | 6 | 13 | 19 | –22 | 34 |
| Nick Leddy
‡ || 55 || 1 || 15 || 16 || –33 || 16 | ||||||
| Marc Staal | 71 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| Joe Veleno | 66 | 8 | 7 | 15 | –14 | 22 |
| Gustav Lindstrom | 63 | 1 | 12 | 13 | –12 | 22 |
| Danny DeKeyser | 59 | 0 | 11 | 11 | –8 | 26 |
| Oskar Sundqvist
† || 18 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 1 || 17 | ||||||
| Jordan Oesterle | 45 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –7 | 4 |
| Givani Smith | 46 | 4 | 3 | 7 | –6 | 108 |
| Carter Rowney | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 0 |
| Mitchell Stephens | 27 | 0 | 6 | 6 | –8 | 8 |
| Taro Hirose | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –5 | 4 |
| Jake Walman
† || 19 || 0 || 4 || 4 || –6 || 4 | ||||||
| Kyle Criscuolo | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 |
| Gemel Smith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2 | 5 |
| Troy Stecher
‡ || 16 || 1 || 1 || 2 || –6 || 9 | ||||||
| Olli Juolevi
† || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || –1 || 4 | ||||||
| Dan Renouf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 7 |
| Riley Barber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 |
| Turner Elson | 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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| Magnus Hellberg | 1 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 20 | .870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 59 | 52 | 3,231 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 178 | 3.31 | 1,618 | .901 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Greiss | 31 | 28 | 1,508 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 92 | 3.66 | 750 | .891 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Pickard | 3 | 1 | 126 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4.29 | 72 | .875 | 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.
Transactions[]
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
Trades[]
| Date | Details | Ref | |
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| July 16, 2021 | To New York Islanders Richard Pánik 2nd-round pick in 2021 |
To Detroit Red Wings Nick Leddy |
[109] |
| July 22, 2021 | To Carolina Hurricanes Jonathan Bernier 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
To Detroit Red Wings Alex Nedeljkovic |
[110] |
| July 30, 2021 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2022 |
To Detroit Red Wings Mitchell Stephens |
[111] |
| March 20, 2022 | To Los Angeles Kings Troy Stecher |
To Detroit Red Wings 7th-round pick in 2022 |
[112] |
| March 21, 2022 | To St. Louis Blues Nick Leddy Luke Witkowski |
To Detroit Red Wings Oskar Sundqvist Jake Walman 2nd-round pick in 2023 |
[113] |
| March 21, 2022 | To Dallas Stars Vladislav Namestnikov |
To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2024 |
[114] |
Free agents[]
| Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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| July 28, 2021 | Luke Glendening | to Dallas Stars | 2-year | [115] |
| July 28, 2021 | Joe Hicketts | to Minnesota Wild | 2-year | [116] |
| July 28, 2021 | Jordan Oesterle | from Arizona Coyotes | 2-year | [117] |
| July 28, 2021 | Dominic Turgeon | to Minnesota Wild | 1-year | [118] |
| July 28, 2021 | Alex Biega | to Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | [119] |
| July 28, 2021 | Pius Suter | from Chicago Blackhawks | 2-year | [120] |
| July 28, 2021 | Dylan McIlrath | to Washington Capitals | 2-year | [121] |
| July 28, 2021 | Ryan Murphy | from Henderson Silver Knights | 1-year | [122] |
| July 29, 2021 | Darren Helm | to Colorado Avalanche | 1-year | [123] |
| July 29, 2021 | Dan Renouf | from Colorado Avalanche | 1-year | [124] |
| July 29, 2021 | Luke Witkowski | from Syracuse Crunch | 2-year | |
| July 30, 2021 | Brian Lashoff | from Tampa Bay Lightning | 1-year | [125] |
| August 20, 2021 | Kevin Boyle | to HC Bolzano | 1-year | [126] |
| August 24, 2021 | Valtteri Filppula | to Geneve-Servette HC | 1-year | [127] |
| September 2, 2021 | Carter Rowney | from Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | [128] |
| October 13, 2021 | Evgeny Svechnikov | to Winnipeg Jets | 1-year | [129] |
| April 13, 2022 | Magnus Hellberg | from HC Sochi | 1-year | [130] |
| April 25, 2022 | Turner Elson | Grand Rapids Griffins | 1-year | [131] |
Contract terminations[]
| Date | Player | Via | Ref |
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| August 19, 2021 | Frans Nielsen | Buyout | [132] |
Waivers[]
| Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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| January 19, 2022 | Gemel Smith | from Tampa Bay Lightning | [133] |
| February 19, 2022 | Gemel Smith | to Tampa Bay Lightning | [134] |
| March 7, 2022 | Olli Juolevi | from Florida Panthers | [135] |