2021–22 Detroit Red Wings season
2021–22 Detroit Red Wings | |
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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 |
Team information | |
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) | Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Dylan Larkin (31) |
Assists | Moritz Seider (43) |
Points | Dylan Larkin (69) |
Penalty minutes | Givani Smith (108) |
Plus/minus | Kyle Criscuolo Oskar Sundqvist (+1) |
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[edit]
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[edit]
Divisional standings[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Preseason[edit]
2021 preseason game log: 4–4–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–3–0)[9] | |||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
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[edit]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Awards and honours[edit]
Awards[edit]
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Milestones[edit]
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Player statistics[edit]
Skaters[edit]
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 Vrana | 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[edit]
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[edit]
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.
Trades[edit]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 16, 2021 | To New York Islanders Richard Panik 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[edit]
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 | from Grand Rapids Griffins | 1-year | [131] |
May 16, 2022 | Pontus Andreasson | from Lulea HF | 1-year | [132] |
May 22, 2022 | Steven Kampfer | from Ak Bars Kazan | 1-year | [133] |
May 25, 2022 | Brian Lashoff | to Grand Rapids Griffins | 1-year | [134] |
June 29, 2022 | Ryan Murphy | to Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 1-year | [135] |
Contract terminations[edit]
Date | Player | Via | Ref |
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August 19, 2021 | Frans Nielsen | Buyout | [136] |
Waivers[edit]
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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January 19, 2022 | Gemel Smith | from Tampa Bay Lightning | [137] |
February 19, 2022 | Gemel Smith | to Tampa Bay Lightning | [138] |
March 7, 2022 | Olli Juolevi | from Florida Panthers | [139] |
Signings[edit]
Draft picks[edit]Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held on July 23 and 24, 2021, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notes:
References[edit]
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