2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season

2009–10 Detroit Red Wings
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 and 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 was the team's 84th season of play for the franchise (78th as the Detroit Red Wings). The Red Wings once again qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, but lost in the Western Conference Semifinal.

Regular season[]

During the regular season, the Red Wings were shut-out an NHL-high nine times. They also tied the Calgary Flames for the fewest shorthanded goals allowed, with just one.^[1]^[2]

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 against the Chicago Blackhawks.

2009–10 season standings[]

Divisional standings[]

**Central Division^[3]**
		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^[4]**
R		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – San Jose Sharks	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	y – Chicago Blackhawks	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	82	49	28	5	272	222	103
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
5	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
6	Los Angeles Kings	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
7	Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
8	Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	244	233	95
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9	St. Louis Blues	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
10	Calgary Flames	82	40	32	10	204	210	90
11	Anaheim Ducks	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
12	Dallas Stars	82	37	31	14	237	254	88
13	Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	219	246	84
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	32	35	15	216	259	79
15	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.^[5] As of 4 April 2010, the Red Wings have made the playoffs for 19 consecutive seasons.

2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

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

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

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

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

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Pavel Datsyuk	80	27	43	70	+17	18
Henrik Zetterberg	74	23	47	70	+12	26
Nicklas Lidstrom	82	9	40	49	+22	24
Tomas Holmstrom	68	25	20	45	+5	60
Todd Bertuzzi	82	18	26	44	-7	80
Brian Rafalski	78	8	34	42	+23	26
Valtteri Filppula	55	11	24	35	-4	24
Dan Cleary	64	15	19	34	-3	29
Darren Helm	75	11	13	24	-2	18
Kris Draper	81	7	15	22	-2	28
Niklas Kronwall	48	7	15	22	+5	32
Patrick Eaves	65	12	10	22	0	26
Johan Franzen	27	10	11	21	+1	22
Brad Stuart	82	4	16	20	-12	22
Drew Miller^†	66	10	9	19	5	10
Jason Williams	44	6	9	15	-7	8
Jonathan Ericsson	62	4	9	13	-15	44
Brett Lebda	63	1	7	8	-2	24
Ville Leino^‡	42	4	3	7	-10	6
Kirk Maltby	52	4	2	6	+1	32
Derek Meech	49	2	4	6	-12	19
Justin Abdelkader	50	3	3	6	-11	35
Doug Janik	13	0	2	2	-3	18
Andreas Lilja	20	1	1	2	-2	4
Brad May	40	0	1	1	-5	66
Kris Newbury^‡	4	1	0	1	+1	4
Mattias Ritola	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jakub Kindl	3	0	0	0	-2	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Johan Franzen	12	6	12	18	+8	16
Henrik Zetterberg	12	7	8	15	+11	6
Pavel Datsyuk	12	6	7	13	+3	8
Todd Bertuzzi	12	2	9	11	+4	12
Brian Rafalski	12	3	8	11	+4	2
Nicklas Lidstrom	12	4	6	10	+7	2
Valtteri Filppula	12	4	5	9	+1	6
Tomas Holmstrom	12	4	3	7	+3	12
Brad Stuart	12	2	4	6	+6	8
Niklas Kronwall	12	0	5	5	+2	12
Dan Cleary	12	2	0	2	+3	4
Jonathan Ericsson	12	0	2	2	+1	8
Drew Miller	12	1	1	2	+2	4
Justin Abdelkader	11	1	1	2	+1	36
Darren Helm	12	1	0	1	-4	4
Kris Draper	12	0	0	0	0	16
Andreas Lilja	11	0	0	0	+1	14
Jason Williams	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Patrick Eaves	8	0	0	0	-3	2
Brett Lebda	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mattias Ritola	1	0	0	0	0	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
Jimmy Howard	63	3740	37	15	10	141	2.26	1849	.924	3	0	2	2
Chris 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
Jimmy Howard	12	720	5	7	33	2.75	387	.915	1	0	0	2

^†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[]

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Nicklas Lidstrom	1,000th career NHL point	October 15, 2009
Tomas Holmstrom	200th career NHL goal	December 5, 2009
Henrik Zetterberg	200th career NHL goal	March 3, 2010

Awards[]

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Henrik Zetterberg^[6]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 16, 2009
Jimmy Howard^[7]	NHL Second Star of the Week	March 29, 2010
Jimmy Howard^[8]	NHL Second Star of the Month	March 2010
Jimmy Howard^[9]	NHL Rookie of the Month	March 2010
Pavel Datsyuk^[10]	Selke Trophy winner	June 23, 2010

Transactions[]

The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades[]

Date	Details
February 6, 2010^[11]	To Philadelphia Flyers Ville Leino	To Detroit Red Wings Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 5th-round pick in 2011
March 3, 2010^[12]	To New York Rangers Kris Newbury	To Detroit Red Wings Jordan Owens
March 3, 2010^[13]	To Calgary Flames Andy Delmore	To Detroit Red Wings Riley Armstrong

Free agents acquired[]

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Doug Janik^[14]	Montreal Canadiens	One year, $500,000
Kris Newbury^[15]	Toronto Maple Leafs	One year, $500,000
Jeremy Williams^[15]	Toronto Maple Leafs	One year, $500,000
Travis Ehrhardt^[15]	Portland Winterhawks	Three year entry-level contract
Andy Delmore^[16]	Hamburg Freezers	One year, $500,000
Patrick Eaves^[17]	Boston Bruins	One year, $500,000
Jason Williams^[18]	Columbus Blue Jackets	One year, $1.5 million
Todd Bertuzzi^[19]	Calgary Flames	One year, $1.5 million
Brad May^[20]	Toronto Maple Leafs	One year, $500,000

Free agents lost[]

Player	New team	Contract terms
Marian Hossa^[21]	Chicago Blackhawks	12 years, $62.8 million
Tomas Kopecky^[21]	Chicago Blackhawks	Two years, $2.4 million
Ty Conklin^[22]	St. Louis Blues	Two years, $2.6 million
Mikael Samuelsson^[23]	Vancouver Canucks	Three years, $7.5 million
Darren Haydar^[24]	Colorado Avalanche	One year, $525,000

Claimed via waivers[]

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Drew Miller^[25]	Tampa Bay Lightning	November 11, 2009

Lost via waivers[]

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement[]

Player
Darren McCarty^[26]

Player signings[]

Player	Contract terms
Ville Leino^[27]	Two years, $1.6 million
Jakub Kindl^[28]	Three years, $2.65 million contract extension
Tomas Tatar^[29]	Three years, entry-level contract

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 (QMJHL)
3	90	Gleason Fournier	D	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
5	150	Nick Jensen	D	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
6	180	Mitch Callahan	RW	United States	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
7	210	Adam Almqvist	D	Sweden	HV71 (Elitserien)

Final roster[]

Updated April 12, 2010.^[30]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
8	Justin Abdelkader	C	L	23	2005	Muskegon, Michigan
44	Todd Bertuzzi	RW	L	35	2009	Sudbury, Ontario
11	Daniel Cleary	RW	L	31	2005	Carbonear, Newfoundland
13	Pavel Datsyuk (A)	C	L	31	1998	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
33	Kris Draper (A)	C	L	38	1993	Toronto, Ontario
17	Patrick Eaves	RW	R	25	2009	Calgary, Alberta
52	Jonathan Ericsson	D	L	26	2002	Karlskrona, Sweden
51	Valtteri Filppula	C	L	26	2002	Vantaa, Finland
93	Johan Franzen	LW	L	30	2004	Vetlanda, Sweden
43	Darren Helm	C	L	23	2005	St. Andrews, Manitoba
96	Tomas Holmstrom	RW	L	37	1994	Piteå, Sweden
35	Jimmy Howard	G	L	26	2003	Ogdensburg, New York
37	Doug Janik	D	L	30	2009	Agawam, Massachusetts
46	Jakub Kindl	D	L	23	2005	Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	L	29	2000	Stockholm, Sweden
31	Daniel Larsson	G	L	24	2006	Boden, Sweden
22	Brett Lebda	D	L	28	2004	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
5	Nicklas Lidstrom (C)	D	L	39	1989	Västerås, Sweden
3	Andreas Lilja	D	L	34	2005	Helsingborg, Sweden
18	Kirk Maltby	RW	R	48	1996	Guelph, Ontario
24	Brad May	LW	L	38	2009	Toronto, Ontario
14	Derek Meech	D	L	25	2002	Winnipeg, Manitoba
20	Drew Miller	LW	L	26	2009	Dover, New Jersey
30	Chris Osgood	G	L	37	2005	Peace River, Alberta
28	Brian Rafalski	D	R	36	2007	Dearborn, Michigan
42	Mattias Ritola	C	L	23	2005	Borlänge, Sweden
23	Brad Stuart	D	L	30	2008	Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
29	Jason Williams	RW	R	29	2009	London, Ontario
40	Henrik Zetterberg (A)	LW/C	L	29	1999	Njurunda, Sweden

Farm teams[]

The Grand Rapids Griffins remain Detroit's American Hockey League affiliate in 2009–10^[31] and the Toledo Walleye will become the team's ECHL affiliate in 2009-10.^[32]

References[]

^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2010_games.html
^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2010.html
^ "2009–2010 Standings by Division". National Hockey League.
^ "2009–2010 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League.
^ "Red Wings vs. Blue Jackets Series Storylines". NHL. Retrieved 2009-04-28.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 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
^ Datsyuk wins third straight Selke
^ Red Wings trade Leino to Flyers
^ Wings acquire Owens from NY Rangers
^ Wings acquire Riley Armstrong
^ Wings sign Janik to one-year contract
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Wings agree to terms with three players
^ Red Wings sign Andy Delmore
^ Wings sign Eaves to one-year deal
^ Red Wings reunite with Williams
^ Bertuzzi signs one-year deal with Wings
^ Red Wings sign Brad May
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Blackhawks Sign Hossa To 12-Year Deal
^ Blues Sign Goaltender Ty Conklin
^ Canucks sign Mikael Samuelsson
^ Avs Agree to Terms With Six Players
^ Wings claim Miller off waivers
^ McCarty makes it official: he retires
^ Red Wings sign Leino to two-year deal
^ Red Wings extend Kindl's contract
^ Tatar signed to 3-year entry level deal
^ "Detroit Red Wings - Team - Roster". Detroit Red Wings. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
^ "Minor League Affiliates". Detroit Red Wings. Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
^ Sipple, George (June 19, 2009). "Alex Ovechkin has fun beating Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk". Detroit Free Press.

External links[]

[1] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2010_games.html

[2] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2010.html

[standings-div-3] "2009–2010 Standings by Division". National Hockey League.

[standings-conf-4] "2009–2010 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League.

[5] "Red Wings vs. Blue Jackets Series Storylines". NHL. Retrieved 2009-04-28.^{[permanent dead link]}

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

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

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

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

[10] Datsyuk wins third straight Selke

[11] Red Wings trade Leino to Flyers

[12] Wings acquire Owens from NY Rangers

[13] Wings acquire Riley Armstrong

[14] Wings sign Janik to one-year contract

[Sign_Three-15] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Wings agree to terms with three players

[16] Red Wings sign Andy Delmore

[17] Wings sign Eaves to one-year deal

[18] Red Wings reunite with Williams

[19] Bertuzzi signs one-year deal with Wings

[20] Red Wings sign Brad May

[HossaKopecky-21] Jump up to: ^a ^b Blackhawks Sign Hossa To 12-Year Deal

[22] Blues Sign Goaltender Ty Conklin

[23] Canucks sign Mikael Samuelsson

[24] Avs Agree to Terms With Six Players

[25] Wings claim Miller off waivers

[26] McCarty makes it official: he retires

[27] Red Wings sign Leino to two-year deal

[28] Red Wings extend Kindl's contract

[29] Tatar signed to 3-year entry level deal

[30] "Detroit Red Wings - Team - Roster". Detroit Red Wings. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2010-04-12.

[31] "Minor League Affiliates". Detroit Red Wings. Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

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

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Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks
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2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season

Contents

Regular season[]

October[]

2009–10 season standings[]

Divisional standings[]

Conference standings[]

Game log[]

Playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Goaltenders[]

Awards and records[]

Records[]

Milestones[]

Awards[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Free agents acquired[]

Free agents lost[]

Claimed via waivers[]

Lost via waivers[]

Lost via retirement[]

Player signings[]

Draft picks[]

Final roster[]

See also[]

Farm teams[]

References[]

External links[]