2021–22 Detroit Red Wings season

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2021–22 Detroit Red Wings
Division  Atlantic
Conference  Eastern
2021–22 record20–20–6
Home record14–7–3
Road record6–12–3
Goals for127
Goals against157
Team information
General managerSteve Yzerman
CoachJeff Blashill
CaptainDylan Larkin
Alternate captainsDanny DeKeyser
Marc Staal
ArenaLittle Caesars Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsDylan Larkin (23)
AssistsMoritz Seider (25)
PointsDylan Larkin (43)
Penalty minutesGivani Smith (87)
Plus/minusTyler Bertuzzi (+12)
WinsAlex Nedeljkovic (13)
Goals against averageAlex Nedeljkovic (2.90)

The 2021–22 Detroit Red Wings season is the 96th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[1] It is the Red Wings' fifth season at Little Caesars Arena.

Off-season[]

On June 30, 2021, the Red Wings hired Alex Tanguay as an assistant coach.[2]

On July 18, 2021, the NHL released the full list of players protected in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.[3]

On July 21, 2021, the Seattle Kraken selected defenseman Dennis Cholowski during their expansion draft.[4]

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Florida Panthers 46 32 9 5 24 192 134 +58 69
2 Tampa Bay Lightning 45 29 10 6 21 154 128 +26 64
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 41 28 10 3 23 146 111 +35 59
4 Boston Bruins 42 25 14 3 22 128 118 +10 53
5 Detroit Red Wings 46 20 20 6 11 127 157 −30 46
6 Buffalo Sabres 44 14 23 7 11 115 152 −37 35
7 Ottawa Senators 39 14 21 4 11 109 132 −23 32
8 Montreal Canadiens 44 8 29 7 7 99 172 −73 23
Updated to game(s) played on January 31, 2022. Source: National Hockey League[5]
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)

Conference standings[]

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME Washington Capitals 45 24 12 9 20 145 122 +23 57
2 AT Boston Bruins 42 25 14 3 22 128 118 +10 53
3 AT Detroit Red Wings 46 20 20 6 11 127 157 −30 46
4 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 43 20 22 1 13 136 159 −23 41
5 ME New York Islanders 37 15 16 6 13 89 101 −12 36
6 ME Philadelphia Flyers 44 14 22 8 10 110 151 −41 36
7 AT Buffalo Sabres 44 14 23 7 11 115 152 −37 35
8 ME New Jersey Devils 44 15 24 5 10 125 156 −31 35
9 AT Ottawa Senators 39 14 21 4 11 109 132 −23 32
10 AT Montreal Canadiens 44 8 29 7 7 99 172 −73 23
Updated to game(s) played on January 31, 2022. Source: National Hockey League[6]
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)

Schedule and results[]

Preseason[]

Regular season[]

2021–22 game log 20–20–6 (Home: 14–8–3; Road: 6–12–3)[16]
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
47 February 2 Los Angeles Detroit
48 February 9 Detroit Philadelphia
49 February 12 Philadelphia Detroit
50 February 14 Detroit Minnesota
51 February 17 Detroit NY Rangers
52 February 23 Colorado Detroit
53 February 26 Toronto Detroit

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

Awards and honours[]

Awards[]

Milestones[]

Roster[]

Updated January 31, 2022[71][72]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
26 United States Riley Barber Injured Reserve RW R 27 2020 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
59 Canada Tyler Bertuzzi LW L 26 2013 Sudbury, Ontario
65 United States Danny DeKeyser (A) D L 31 2013 Clay Township, Michigan
73 United States Adam Erne LW L 26 2019 New Haven, Connecticut
14 Canada Robby Fabbri C L 26 2019 Mississauga, Ontario
89 Canada Sam Gagner C R 32 2020 London, Ontario
29 Germany Thomas Greiss G L 36 2020 Füssen, West Germany
17 Czech Republic Filip Hronek D R 24 2016 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
71 United States Dylan Larkin (C) C L 25 2014 Waterford, Michigan
2 United States Nick Leddy D L 30 2021 Eden Prairie, Minnesota
28 Sweden Gustav Lindstrom D R 23 2017 Östervåla, Sweden
92 Russia Vladislav Namestnikov C L 29 2020 Voskresensk, Russia
39 United States Alex Nedeljkovic G L 26 2021 Parma, Ohio
82 United States Jordan Oesterle D L 29 2021 Dearborn Heights, Michigan
27 Canada Michael Rasmussen C L 22 2017 Vancouver, British Columbia
23 Sweden Lucas Raymond RW L 19 2020 Gothenburg, Sweden
37 Canada Carter Rowney Injured Reserve C R 32 2021 Sexsmith, Alberta
53 Germany Moritz Seider D R 20 2019 Zell, Germany
64 Canada Gemel Smith C L 27 2022 Toronto, Ontario
48 Canada Givani Smith RW L 23 2016 Thornhill, Ontario
18 Canada Marc Staal (A) D L 35 2020 Thunder Bay, Ontario
70 Canada Troy Stecher Injured Reserve D R 27 2020 Richmond, British Columbia
22 Canada Mitchell Stephens Injured Reserve C R 24 2021 Peterborough, Ontario
24 Switzerland Pius Suter C L 25 2021 Zurich, Switzerland
90 Canada Joe Veleno C L 22 2018 Montreal, Quebec
15 Czech Republic Jakub Vrana Injured Reserve LW L 25 2021 Prague, Czech Republic
20 United States Luke Witkowski D/RW R 31 2021 Holland, Michigan
11 Czech Republic Filip Zadina RW L 22 2018 Pardubice, Czech Republic


Player statistics[]

As of December 22, 2021[73]

Skaters[]

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Dylan Larkin 34 16 18 34 +4 25
Lucas Raymond 39 11 21 32 +2 6
Tyler Bertuzzi 31 18 13 31 +13 30
Moritz Seider 39 3 21 24 2 22
Vladislav Namestnikov 39 10 9 19 +1 23
Filip Hronek 37 4 16 20 -11 26
Pius Suter 31 5 10 15 –4 2
Robby Fabbri 29 8 6 14 −11 12
Sam Gagner 31 4 8 12 −8 16
Filip Zadina 30 4 6 10 −9 4
Michael Rasmussen 29 3 7 10 −7 20
Adam Erne 30 3 6 9 −10 12
Nick Leddy 31 0 8 8 −14 12
Joe Veleno 15 3 1 4 –3 4
Givani Smith 24 2 2 4 −1 26
Marc Staal 24 1 3 4 6 4
Gustav Lindstrom 22 0 4 4 4 8
Mitchell Stephens 16 0 4 4 −5 4
Carter Rowney 19 2 1 3 −3 0
Danny DeKeyser 25 0 2 2 −8 10
Jordan Oesterle 16 0 2 2 –1 4
Troy Stecher 6 0 1 1 +1 2

Goaltenders[]

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Alex Nedeljkovic 21 18 1164:22 9 7 3 54 2.78 645 .916 0 0 0 0
Thomas Greiss 14 13 697:58 6 6 0 41 3.52 383 .893 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
July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16) To New York Islanders
Richard Pánik
2nd-round pick in 2021
To Detroit Red Wings
Nick Leddy
[74]
July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22) To Carolina Hurricanes
Jonathan Bernier
3rd-round pick in 2021
To Detroit Red Wings
Alex Nedeljkovic
[75]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30) To Tampa Bay Lightning
6th-round pick in 2022
To Detroit Red Wings
Mitchell Stephens
[76]

Free agents[]

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Luke Glendening to Dallas Stars 2-year [77]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Joe Hicketts to Minnesota Wild 2-year [78]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Jordan Oesterle from Arizona Coyotes 2-year [79]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Dominic Turgeon to Minnesota Wild 1-year [80]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Alex Biega to Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year [81]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Pius Suter from Chicago Blackhawks 2-year [82]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Dylan McIlrath to Washington Capitals 2-year [83]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Ryan Murphy from Henderson Silver Knights 1-year [84]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) Darren Helm to Colorado Avalanche 1-year [85]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) Dan Renouf from Colorado Avalanche 1-year [86]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) Luke Witkowski from Syracuse Crunch 2-year
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30) Brian Lashoff from Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year [87]
August 20, 2021 (2021-08-20) Kevin Boyle to HC Bolzano 1-year [88]
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) Valtteri Filppula to Geneve-Servette HC 1-year [89]
September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02) Carter Rowney from Anaheim Ducks 1-year [90]
October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13) Evgeny Svechnikov to Winnipeg Jets 1-year [91]

Contract terminations[]

Date Player Via Ref
August 19, 2021 (2021-08-19) Frans Nielsen Buyout [92]

Waivers[]

Date Player Team Ref
January 19, 2022 (2022-01-19) Gemel Smith from Tampa Bay Lightning [93]
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