The 1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 52nd season, the franchise's 58th.

Offseason The Red Wings drafted Steve Yzerman in the first round, fourth overall.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 5, 1983||6–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) ||0–0–1

|2||L||October 8, 1983||3–6 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||0–1–1

|3||L||October 9, 1983||4–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||0–2–1

|4||L||October 12, 1983||3–8 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) ||0–3–1

|5||T||October 15, 1983||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||0–3–2

|6||W||October 19, 1983||4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||1–3–2

|7||W||October 22, 1983||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1983–84) ||2–3–2

|8||W||October 26, 1983||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) ||3–3–2

|9||W||October 29, 1983||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||4–3–2

|10||W||November 1, 1983||3–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||5–3–2

|11||W||November 3, 1983||7–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||6–3–2

|12||L||November 5, 1983||2–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||6–4–2

|13||L||November 6, 1983||2–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) ||6–5–2

|14||L||November 9, 1983||3–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||6–6–2

|15||L||November 12, 1983||3–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) ||6–7–2

|16||L||November 13, 1983||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1983–84) ||6–8–2

|17||W||November 15, 1983||3–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||7–8–2

|18||L||November 17, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) ||7–9–2

|19||L||November 19, 1983||4–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||7–10–2

|20||W||November 23, 1983||3–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||8–10–2

|21||W||November 25, 1983||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||9–10–2

|22||W||November 26, 1983||7–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||10–10–2

|23||L||November 30, 1983||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||10–11–2

|24||L||December 3, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1983–84) ||10–12–2

|25||L||December 4, 1983||0–6 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||10–13–2

|26||L||December 7, 1983||2–7 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||10–14–2

|27||L||December 10, 1983||3–8 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||10–15–2

|28||L||December 11, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||10–16–2

|29||L||December 13, 1983||5–7 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||10–17–2

|30||L||December 15, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1983–84) ||10–18–2

|31||T||December 17, 1983||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||10–18–3

|32||T||December 18, 1983||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||10–18–4

|33||L||December 21, 1983||5–9 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||10–19–4

|34||W||December 23, 1983||9–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||11–19–4

|35||L||December 26, 1983||2–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||11–20–4

|36||W||December 28, 1983||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) ||12–20–4

|37||W||December 29, 1983||6–1 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||13–20–4

|38||W||December 31, 1983||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||14–20–4

|39||W||January 3, 1984||7–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1983–84) ||15–20–4

|40||L||January 5, 1984||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) ||15–21–4

|41||L||January 7, 1984||4–8 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||15–22–4

|42||L||January 9, 1984||3–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) ||15–23–4

|43||L||January 11, 1984||2–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1983–84) ||15–24–4

|44||L||January 14, 1984||1–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) ||15–25–4

|45||L||January 16, 1984||5–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1983–84) ||15–26–4

|46||L||January 18, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1983–84) ||15–27–4

|47||L||January 20, 1984||5–8 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||15–28–4

|48||L||January 21, 1984||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||15–29–4

|49||W||January 24, 1984||4–0 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1983–84) ||16–29–4

|50||T||January 27, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) ||16–29–5

|51||W||January 28, 1984||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1983–84) ||17–29–5

|52||T||February 1, 1984||6–6 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1983–84) ||17–29–6

|53||L||February 4, 1984||3–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||17–30–6

|54||W||February 5, 1984||6–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) ||18–30–6

|55||L||February 7, 1984||1–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) ||18–31–6

|56||W||February 9, 1984||9–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||19–31–6

|57||W||February 11, 1984||6–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||20–31–6

|58||T||February 12, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) ||20–31–7

|59||L||February 15, 1984||3–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||20–32–7

|60||W||February 18, 1984||6–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||21–32–7

|61||W||February 19, 1984||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||22–32–7

|62||W||February 22, 1984||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||23–32–7

|63||W||February 25, 1984||4–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1983–84) ||24–32–7

|64||W||February 26, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||25–32–7

|65||L||February 28, 1984||2–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||25–33–7

|66||L||March 1, 1984||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) ||25–34–7

|67||W||March 3, 1984||6–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) ||26–34–7

|68||L||March 5, 1984||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||26–35–7

|69||W||March 6, 1984||3–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||27–35–7

|70||W||March 8, 1984||6–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||28–35–7

|71||L||March 10, 1984||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||28–36–7

|72||L||March 14, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1983–84) ||28–37–7

|73||L||March 15, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||28–38–7

|74||L||March 17, 1984||3–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||28–39–7

|75||W||March 20, 1984||6–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||29–39–7

|76||W||March 22, 1984||6–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) ||30–39–7

|77||L||March 24, 1984||7–9 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||30–40–7

|78||W||March 28, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||31–40–7

|79||L||March 31, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||31–41–7

|80||L||April 1, 1984||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||31–42–7

Legend:

Playoffs

Since they last made it into the playoffs in 1978, they made it again this season but lost in the first round in a best of five series by St. Louis in 4 games, or 1–3.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 80 39 48 87 33-171302 C 75 35 48 83 2031204 C/RW 80 33 47 80 34-261311 LW 64 42 36 78 14-161935 D 78 23 39 62 122-101005 C 70 23 37 60 3416102 D 80 5 53 58 85-29400 RW 73 20 15 35 115-5102 RW 63 13 13 26 1473102 RW 46 12 11 23 543400 D 75 3 20 23 1086001 D 62 9 13 22 60-1014 RW 52 9 12 21 50-4021 C 57 6 14 20 20-13110 D 71 3 17 20 58-12000 C 28 4 6 10 324000 D 78 2 8 10 780000 C 25 2 8 10 4-4000 D 68 3 4 7 1080001 LW 41 2 5 7 1480000 LW 57 2 5 7 18-16000 LW 14 4 1 5 8-1000 C 19 1 3 4 17-3010 LW 15 0 4 4 62000 RW 8 2 1 3 36-2000 C 19 1 2 3 26-11001 G 50 0 3 3 140000 D 21 0 1 1 740000 G 14 0 1 1 20000 G 24 0 1 1 60000 RW 3 0 0 0 00000 G 3 0 0 0 00000 RW 3 0 0 0 5-3000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2600 50 19 22 2 152 3.51 2 1295 24 7 11 3 95 4.40 1 808 14 5 8 1 52 3.86 0 146 3 0 1 1 10 4.11 0 Team: 4849 80 31 42 7 309 3.82 3

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 4 3 3 6 0101 C/RW 4 2 3 5 2100 C 4 0 5 5 4000 D 4 0 3 3 0000 D 3 0 3 3 0000 RW 4 2 0 2 38000 D 4 2 0 2 21200 C 4 1 0 1 4000 D 4 1 0 1 6010 D 4 1 0 1 8000 C 4 0 1 1 4000 RW 3 0 1 1 0000 LW 3 0 0 0 2000 D 4 0 0 0 4000 D 4 0 0 0 21000 RW 2 0 0 0 0000 RW 4 0 0 0 10000 C 1 0 0 0 0000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 LW 4 0 0 0 0000 LW 3 0 0 0 7000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 210 3 1 2 8 2.29 0 7 1 0 0 2 17.14 0 63 1 0 1 3 2.86 0 Team: 280 4 1 3 13 2.79 0

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;

Awards and records Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: || Brad Park

Draft picks

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)14Steve YzermanPeterborough Petes (OHL) 2 25 Lane Lambert Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 3 46 Bob Probert Brantford Alexanders (OHL) 4 68 Dave Korol Winnipeg Warriors (WHL) 5 86 Petr Klíma Litvinov (Czechoslovakia) 5 88 Joey Kocur Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 6 106 Chris Pusey Brantford Alexanders (OHL) 7 126 Bob Pierson London Knights (OHL) 8 146 Craig Butz Kelowna Wings (WHL) 9 166 Dave Sikorski Cornwall Royals (OHL) 10 186 Stu Grimson Regina Pats (WHL) 11 206 Jeff Frank / Regina Pats (WHL) 12 226 Chuck Chiatto Cranbrook High School (USHS-MI)

References Red Wings on Hockey Database