The 1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 25 wins, 29 losses, and 16 ties for 66 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games in the Semi-finals before losing the Stanley Cup Final in six games to the Chicago Black Hawks.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Playoffs
Schedule and results
|1||T||October 5, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||0–0–1
|2||L||October 6, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||0–1–1
|3||T||October 9, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||0–1–2
|4||T||October 11, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||0–1–3
|5||L||October 13, 1960||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||0–2–3
|6||W||October 16, 1960||6–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||1–2–3
|7||W||October 20, 1960||5–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||2–2–3
|8||W||October 22, 1960||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||3–2–3
|9||L||October 23, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||3–3–3
|10||L||October 26, 1960||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||3–4–3
|11||W||October 30, 1960||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||4–4–3
|12||W||November 3, 1960||8–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||5–4–3
|13||W||November 6, 1960||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||6–4–3
|14||W||November 9, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||7–4–3
|15||W||November 10, 1960||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||8–4–3
|16||L||November 12, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||8–5–3
|17||L||November 13, 1960||1–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||8–6–3
|18||W||November 15, 1960||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||9–6–3
|19||T||November 16, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||9–6–4
|20||L||November 19, 1960||4–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||9–7–4
|21||W||November 20, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||10–7–4
|22||W||November 24, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||11–7–4
|23||T||November 26, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||11–7–5
|24||W||November 27, 1960||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||12–7–5
|25||L||December 1, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||12–8–5
|26||L||December 4, 1960||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||12–9–5
|27||W||December 7, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||13–9–5
|28||L||December 10, 1960||4–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||13–10–5
|29||L||December 11, 1960||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||13–11–5
|30||T||December 15, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||13–11–6
|31||W||December 18, 1960||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||14–11–6
|32||T||December 24, 1960||4–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||14–11–7
|33||L||December 25, 1960||0–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||14–12–7
|34||W||December 28, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||15–12–7
|35||T||December 29, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||15–12–8
|36||L||December 31, 1960||0–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||15–13–8
|37||L||January 1, 1961||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||15–14–8
|38||L||January 4, 1961||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||15–15–8
|39||L||January 5, 1961||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||15–16–8
|40||W||January 8, 1961||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||16–16–8
|41||T||January 11, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||16–16–9
|42||T||January 14, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||16–16–10
|43||T||January 15, 1961||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||16–16–11
|44||L||January 19, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||16–17–11
|45||W||January 21, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||17–17–11
|46||L||January 22, 1961||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||17–18–11
|47||T||January 26, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||17–18–12
|48||T||January 28, 1961||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||17–18–13
|49||W||January 29, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||18–18–13
|50||L||February 2, 1961||0–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||18–19–13
|51||L||February 4, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||18–20–13
|52||W||February 5, 1961||7–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||19–20–13
|53||L||February 8, 1961||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||19–21–13
|54||W||February 9, 1961||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||20–21–13
|55||L||February 12, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||20–22–13
|56||W||February 18, 1961||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||21–22–13
|57||L||February 19, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||21–23–13
|58||T||February 23, 1961||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||21–23–14
|59||L||February 25, 1961||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||21–24–14
|60||T||February 26, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||21–24–15
|61||W||February 28, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||22–24–15
|62||L||March 2, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||22–25–15
|63||L||March 4, 1961||4–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||22–26–15
|64||L||March 5, 1961||3–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||22–27–15
|65||W||March 7, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||23–27–15
|66||W||March 9, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||24–27–15
|67||L||March 12, 1961||3–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||24–28–15
|68||W||March 14, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||25–28–15
|69||T||March 15, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||25–28–16
|70||L||March 19, 1961||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||25–29–16
Legend:
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 64 23 49 72 30 C 70 28 42 70 34 C/LW 70 27 35 62 26 RW/C 70 16 21 37 14 D 67 5 29 34 78 RW 66 21 8 29 46 C 70 14 12 26 6 C 70 9 16 25 2 C 49 11 12 23 8 LW 23 10 13 23 16 D 63 3 16 19 62 C 53 6 12 18 10 LW 66 6 11 17 4 D 70 6 11 17 44 RW 24 2 9 11 32 LW 49 2 6 8 16 D/RW 29 0 8 8 108 D 68 1 4 5 45 RW 16 3 1 4 13 LW 26 0 2 2 10 RW 3 1 0 1 2 LW 10 1 0 1 2 G 35 0 1 1 6 C 12 0 1 1 0 D 38 0 1 1 8 G 37 0 1 1 8 LW 12 0 0 0 19 D 1 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2050 35 13 13 8 100 2.93 0 2150 37 12 16 8 112 3.13 2 Team: 4200 70 25 29 16 212 3.03 2
Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 11 4 11 15 10 C/LW 11 4 5 9 0 LW 11 2 5 7 4 RW 11 3 2 5 4 LW 11 2 3 5 0 D 9 2 3 5 0 RW/C 11 2 2 4 6 D/RW 11 2 2 4 30 C 11 0 4 4 4 RW 11 1 2 3 2 C 8 1 2 3 6 C 10 2 0 2 0 D 11 0 2 2 18 C 9 1 0 1 0 C 11 1 0 1 2 D 11 0 1 1 18 G 4 0 0 0 0 D 10 0 0 0 4 G 8 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 465 8 5 3 18 2.32 1 220 4 1 2 9 2.45 0 Team: 685 11 6 5 27 2.36 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;
References Red Wings on Hockey Database