The 1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 53rd season, the franchise's 59th.
Regular season On October 26, 1984, Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers would be the last defenseman in the 20th Century to score four goals in one game. It occurred in a game versus the Detroit Red Wings.Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.27, James Duplacey, JG Press,
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|1||L||October 11, 1984||3–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||0–1–0
|2||W||October 13, 1984||4–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||1–1–0
|3||L||October 14, 1984||4–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||1–2–0
|4||L||October 17, 1984||4–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1984–85) ||1–3–0
|5||L||October 18, 1984||3–7 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||1–4–0
|6||W||October 20, 1984||7–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||2–4–0
|7||L||October 24, 1984||1–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||2–5–0
|8||W||October 26, 1984||7–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||3–5–0
|9||L||October 30, 1984||3–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||3–6–0
|10||L||November 1, 1984||5–9 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||3–7–0
|11||T||November 2, 1984||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||3–7–1
|12||W||November 6, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||4–7–1
|13||L||November 8, 1984||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) ||4–8–1
|14||L||November 10, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1984–85) ||4–9–1
|15||L||November 13, 1984||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||4–10–1
|16||L||November 14, 1984||2–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||4–11–1
|17||T||November 17, 1984||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||4–11–2
|18||W||November 21, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||5–11–2
|19||W||November 23, 1984||6–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||6–11–2
|20||L||November 24, 1984||4–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||6–12–2
|21||T||November 28, 1984||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||6–12–3
|22||L||November 30, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||6–13–3
|23||L||December 1, 1984||5–10 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||6–14–3
|24||W||December 4, 1984||7–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||7–14–3
|25||W||December 5, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||8–14–3
|26||W||December 7, 1984||5–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||9–14–3
|27||L||December 9, 1984||0–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||9–15–3
|28||W||December 10, 1984||4–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||10–15–3
|29||L||December 12, 1984||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||10–16–3
|30||T||December 14, 1984||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||10–16–4
|31||L||December 16, 1984||2–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||10–17–4
|32||W||December 20, 1984||5–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||11–17–4
|33||L||December 22, 1984||4–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||11–18–4
|34||W||December 26, 1984||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1984–85) ||12–18–4
|35||W||December 28, 1984||4–3 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||13–18–4
|36||L||December 29, 1984||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||13–19–4
|37||T||December 31, 1984||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||13–19–5
|38||L||January 2, 1985||2–7 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1984–85) ||13–20–5
|39||L||January 3, 1985||2–6 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||13–21–5
|40||L||January 5, 1985||3–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||13–22–5
|41||L||January 8, 1985||2–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||13–23–5
|42||L||January 12, 1985||3–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) ||13–24–5
|43||L||January 13, 1985||2–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||13–25–5
|44||T||January 16, 1985||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||13–25–6
|45||L||January 17, 1985||5–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||13–26–6
|46||L||January 19, 1985||5–8 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||13–27–6
|47||L||January 21, 1985||3–6 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||13–28–6
|48||W||January 22, 1985||5–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1984–85) ||14–28–6
|49||L||January 24, 1985||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||14–29–6
|50||T||January 26, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||14–29–7
|51||W||January 29, 1985||4–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||15–29–7
|52||L||January 31, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||15–30–7
|53||W||February 2, 1985||6–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||16–30–7
|54||T||February 3, 1985||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||16–30–8
|55||T||February 7, 1985||5–5 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||16–30–9
|56||L||February 9, 1985||5–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||16–31–9
|57||T||February 14, 1985||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||16–31–10
|58||W||February 16, 1985||7–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||17–31–10
|59||T||February 17, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||17–31–11
|60||W||February 20, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||18–31–11
|61||L||February 23, 1985||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||18–32–11
|62||L||February 24, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||18–33–11
|63||W||February 27, 1985||11–5 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||19–33–11
|64||W||March 1, 1985||6–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||20–33–11
|65||L||March 2, 1985||2–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||20–34–11
|66||W||March 6, 1985||5–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||21–34–11
|67||L||March 9, 1985||5–8 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1984–85) ||21–35–11
|68||L||March 10, 1985||2–6 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||21–36–11
|69||L||March 13, 1985||6–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||21–37–11
|70||W||March 15, 1985||6–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||22–37–11
|71||L||March 16, 1985||3–8 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||22–38–11
|72||W||March 20, 1985||8–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||23–38–11
|73||W||March 22, 1985||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1984–85) ||24–38–11
|74||L||March 24, 1985||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||24–39–11
|75||W||March 26, 1985||5–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||25–39–11
|76||L||March 28, 1985||1–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||25–40–11
|77||W||March 30, 1985||9–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||26–40–11
|78||W||April 3, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||27–40–11
|79||T||April 6, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||27–40–12
|80||L||April 7, 1985||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||27–41–12
Legend:
Playoffs They made it into the playoffs again and got swept in the first round in a best of five series by Chicago in 3 games, or 0–3.
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG LW 79 55 50 105 3011516 C/RW 80 38 51 89 51-161134 C 80 30 59 89 58-17903 D 77 17 45 62 1397700 C 75 20 41 61 562500 RW 71 27 29 56 1635303 C 75 19 30 49 16-251103 D 67 13 30 43 53-15600 RW 50 16 16 32 5612030 D 74 10 22 32 320031 D 80 3 27 30 1083101 C 61 11 16 27 37-10402 RW 69 14 11 25 104-3001 D 71 6 19 25 117-15001 D 73 2 18 20 117-26000 LW 32 6 12 18 669002 LW 55 3 8 11 158-16000 D 40 3 7 10 3911100 C 30 8 1 9 45-5000 W 49 5 4 9 13-7000 D 57 1 5 6 124-14000 D 14 0 5 5 64000 LW 25 2 2 4 33-1000 G 36 0 3 3 60000 RW 12 2 0 2 10-6000 G 46 0 2 2 230000 RW 17 1 0 1 64-4000 RW 1 1 0 1 50000 LW/C 9 0 0 0 2-4000 G 7 0 0 0 20000 D 1 0 0 0 0-3000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2635 46 21 19 3 190 4.33 0 1856 36 5 19 7 136 4.40 0 376 7 1 3 2 27 4.31 0 Team: 4867 80 27 41 12 353 4.35 0
Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG C 3 2 1 3 2000 D 3 1 2 3 20000 LW 3 1 1 2 0000 C 3 0 2 2 2000 C 3 0 2 2 0000 C 2 0 2 2 0000 C/RW 3 1 0 1 7100 RW 3 1 0 1 5000 D 3 1 0 1 0000 D 3 1 0 1 0000 D 3 0 1 1 11000 C 2 0 1 1 0000 RW 3 0 1 1 5000 RW 3 0 0 0 0000 LW 3 0 0 0 11000 RW 2 0 0 0 10000 G 2 0 0 0 0000 D 3 0 0 0 11000 D 3 0 0 0 7000 G 3 0 0 0 0000 D 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 42 2 0 0 6 8.57 0 138 3 0 3 17 7.39 0 Team: 180 3 0 3 23 7.67 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; Draft picks Detroit's draft picks at the 1984 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.
Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)17Shawn BurrKitchener Rangers (OHL)228Doug HoudaCalgary Wranglers (WHL)349Milan ChalupaHC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)591Mats LundstromSkelleftea AIK (Sweden)6112Randy HanschVictoria Cougars (WHL)7133Stefan LarssonFrolunda (Sweden)8152Lars KarlssonFärjestad BK (Sweden)8154Urban NordinModo Hockey (Sweden)9175Bill ShibickyMichigan State University (CCHA)10195Jay RoseNew Preparatory School (USHS-MA)11216Tim KaiserGuelph Platers (OHL)12236Tom NickolauGuelph Platers (OHL)
See also 1984–85 NHL season
References