1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1965–66 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 31 wins, 27 losses, and 12 ties for 74 points. They defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in six games in the semifinals before falling to the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in six games. The Red Wings would not appear in the Finals again until the 1995 Finals.

Regular season Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 23, 1965||1–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||0–1–0

|2||W||October 24, 1965||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||1–1–0

|3||L||October 28, 1965||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||1–2–0

|4||L||October 30, 1965||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||1–3–0

|5||T||October 31, 1965||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||1–3–1

|6||W||November 4, 1965||8–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||2–3–1

|7||L||November 7, 1965||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||2–4–1

|8||L||November 10, 1965||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||2–5–1

|9||T||November 11, 1965||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||2–5–2

|10||T||November 14, 1965||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||2–5–3

|11||W||November 20, 1965||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||3–5–3

|12||T||November 21, 1965||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||3–5–4

|13||L||November 23, 1965||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||3–6–4

|14||L||November 25, 1965||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||3–7–4

|15||L||November 27, 1965||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||3–8–4

|16||W||November 28, 1965||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||4–8–4

|17||W||December 2, 1965||10–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||5–8–4

|18||W||December 4, 1965||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||6–8–4

|19||W||December 5, 1965||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||7–8–4

|20||W||December 9, 1965||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||8–8–4

|21||W||December 11, 1965||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||9–8–4

|22||W||December 12, 1965||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||10–8–4

|23||L||December 15, 1965||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||10–9–4

|24||W||December 16, 1965||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||11–9–4

|25||W||December 18, 1965||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||12–9–4

|26||L||December 19, 1965||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||12–10–4

|27||W||December 23, 1965||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||13–10–4

|28||L||December 25, 1965||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||13–11–4

|29||W||December 26, 1965||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||14–11–4

|30||W||December 28, 1965||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||15–11–4

|31||L||December 31, 1965||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||15–12–4

|32||W||January 2, 1966||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||16–12–4

|33||W||January 6, 1966||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||17–12–4

|34||W||January 8, 1966||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||18–12–4

|35||W||January 9, 1966||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||19–12–4

|36||T||January 15, 1966||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||19–12–5

|37||W||January 16, 1966||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||20–12–5

|38||W||January 20, 1966||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||21–12–5

|39||W||January 22, 1966||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||22–12–5

|40||W||January 23, 1966||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||23–12–5

|41||L||January 26, 1966||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||23–13–5

|42||T||January 29, 1966||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||23–13–6

|43||L||January 30, 1966||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||23–14–6

|44||W||February 3, 1966||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||24–14–6

|45||T||February 5, 1966||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||24–14–7

|46||T||February 6, 1966||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||24–14–8

|47||L||February 9, 1966||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||24–15–8

|48||W||February 10, 1966||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||25–15–8

|49||T||February 12, 1966||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||25–15–9

|50||L||February 13, 1966||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||25–16–9

|51||L||February 16, 1966||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||25–17–9

|52||L||February 19, 1966||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||25–18–9

|53||W||February 20, 1966||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||26–18–9

|54||L||February 23, 1966||0–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||26–19–9

|55||L||February 26, 1966||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||26–20–9

|56||L||February 27, 1966||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||26–21–9

|57||L||March 2, 1966||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||26–22–9

|58||L||March 5, 1966||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||26–23–9

|59||T||March 6, 1966||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||26–23–10

|60||L||March 9, 1966||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||26–24–10

|61||L||March 12, 1966||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1965–66) ||26–25–10

|62||W||March 13, 1966||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||27–25–10

|63||L||March 16, 1966||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||27–26–10

|64||W||March 17, 1966||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1965–66) ||28–26–10

|65||W||March 20, 1966||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||29–26–10

|66||W||March 23, 1966||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1965–66) ||30–26–10

|67||L||March 26, 1966||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||30–27–10

|68||T||March 27, 1966||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1965–66) ||30–27–11

|69||W||March 31, 1966||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1965–66) ||31–27–11

|70||T||April 3, 1966||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1965–66) ||31–27–12

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 70 29 46 75 83703 C 70 31 41 72 35702 C/LW 70 31 38 69 16946 RW 66 21 28 49 20203 RW 70 15 32 47 25403 RW 69 22 24 46 34509 C 70 20 14 34 28112 LW 43 6 16 22 6100 D 43 5 15 20 65100 D 61 3 16 19 96100 D 61 0 19 19 45000 LW 32 10 7 17 10201 D 58 5 12 17 72000 C 37 5 12 17 24000 LW 19 6 9 15 8011 LW 59 5 10 15 0100 D 70 2 7 9 133010 C 24 1 6 7 0000 C 24 1 4 5 6000 D 16 0 5 5 16000 D 26 0 4 4 22000 C 10 1 1 2 0001 C 6 1 1 2 2100 D 8 1 1 2 8000 D 13 0 2 2 14000 D 9 0 2 2 16000 C 3 0 1 1 0000 G 11 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 G 64 0 0 0 4000 D 4 0 0 0 12000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 RW 1 0 0 0 0000 RW 1 0 0 0 0000 D 2 0 0 0 4000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3734 64 27 24 12 173 2.78 7 406 11 3 3 0 17 2.51 0 60 1 1 0 0 1 1.00 0 Team: 4200 70 31 27 12 191 2.73 7

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 12 6 9 15 12 C/LW 12 0 11 11 4 LW 12 5 5 10 4 RW 12 4 6 10 12 RW 12 6 3 9 6 RW 12 5 2 7 4 RW 12 3 3 6 10 C 12 1 4 5 2 LW 10 1 4 5 2 D 12 1 3 4 12 D 12 1 3 4 16 D 12 0 3 3 14 D 12 2 0 2 30 LW 12 1 0 1 4 D 12 0 1 1 16 G 1 0 0 0 0 G 12 0 0 0 0 D 4 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 RW 1 0 0 0 0 C 9 0 0 0 2 D 3 0 0 0 2 D 6 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 668 12 6 5 26 2.34 1 54 1 0 1 2 2.22 0 Team: 722 12 6 6 28 2.33 1

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;       MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; Draft picks Detroit's draft picks at the 1965 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)13 George Forgie Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL)28 Bob Birdsell Stettler Midgets (MAAAMHL)

References Red Wings on Hockey Database