1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 42nd season of competition, 36th season as the Red Wings. The Wings finished last in the East Division, and missed the play-offs for the second straight season for the first time since the 1929–30 season and the 1930–31 season.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 11, 1967||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||0–0–1

|2||L||October 14, 1967||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||0–1–1

|3||W||October 15, 1967||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||1–1–1

|4||W||October 18, 1967||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||2–1–1

|5||L||October 19, 1967||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||2–2–1

|6||W||October 22, 1967||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||3–2–1

|7||W||October 26, 1967||8–2 || style="text-align:left;"| California Seals (1967–68) ||4–2–1

|8||W||October 28, 1967||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||5–2–1

|9||W||October 29, 1967||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||6–2–1

|10||L||November 2, 1967||3–9 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||6–3–1

|11||L||November 4, 1967||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||6–4–1

|12||L||November 5, 1967||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||6–5–1

|13||W||November 9, 1967||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||7–5–1

|14||W||November 12, 1967||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||8–5–1

|15||T||November 16, 1967||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ California Seals (1967–68) ||8–5–2

|16||W||November 17, 1967||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||9–5–2

|17||T||November 19, 1967||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||9–5–3

|18||L||November 22, 1967||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||9–6–3

|19||L||November 25, 1967||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||9–7–3

|20||L||November 26, 1967||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||9–8–3

|21||W||November 29, 1967||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||10–8–3

|22||T||November 30, 1967||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||10–8–4

|23||W||December 3, 1967||6–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||11–8–4

|24||T||December 6, 1967||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||11–8–5

|25||T||December 7, 1967||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||11–8–6

|26||W||December 9, 1967||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||12–8–6

|27||L||December 14, 1967||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||12–9–6

|28||L||December 16, 1967||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||12–10–6

|29||W||December 17, 1967||8–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||13–10–6

|30||L||December 20, 1967||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||13–11–6

|31||L||December 23, 1967||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||13–12–6

|32||L||December 25, 1967||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||13–13–6

|33||W||December 28, 1967||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||14–13–6

|34||W||December 30, 1967||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||15–13–6

|35||W||December 31, 1967||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||16–13–6

|36||W||January 4, 1968||9–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||17–13–6

|37||L||January 6, 1968||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||17–14–6

|38||L||January 7, 1968||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||17–15–6

|39||L||January 10, 1968||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||17–16–6

|40||L||January 11, 1968||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||17–17–6

|41||T||January 13, 1968||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||17–17–7

|42||L||January 17, 1968||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||17–18–7

|43||L||January 20, 1968||5–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||17–19–7

|44||L||January 21, 1968||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||17–20–7

|45||W||January 24, 1968||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||18–20–7

|46||T||January 25, 1968||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||18–20–8

|47||W||January 27, 1968||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||19–20–8

|48||L||January 28, 1968||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||19–21–8

|49||L||February 1, 1968||6–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||19–22–8

|50||W||February 3, 1968||8–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||20–22–8

|51||L||February 4, 1968||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||20–23–8

|52||L||February 8, 1968||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||20–24–8

|53||T||February 10, 1968||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||20–24–9

|54||T||February 11, 1968||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||20–24–10

|55||L||February 15, 1968||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||20–25–10

|56||L||February 17, 1968||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||20–26–10

|57||L||February 18, 1968||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||20–27–10

|58||L||February 22, 1968||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||20–28–10

|59||W||February 24, 1968||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||21–28–10

|60||L||February 29, 1968||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||21–29–10

|61||W||March 3, 1968||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||22–29–10

|62||L||March 6, 1968||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||22–30–10

|63||L||March 9, 1968||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||22–31–10

|64||W||March 10, 1968||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||23–31–10

|65||T||March 12, 1968||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||23–31–11

|66||W||March 13, 1968||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||24–31–11

|67||W||March 16, 1968||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||25–31–11

|68||L||March 17, 1968||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||25–32–11

|69||L||March 21, 1968||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||25–33–11

|70||L||March 23, 1968||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||25–34–11

|71||W||March 24, 1968||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1967–68) ||26–34–11

|72||W||March 28, 1968||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||27–34–11

|73||L||March 30, 1968||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||27–35–11

|74||T||March 31, 1968||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||27–35–12

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 74 39 43 82 531004 C/LW 74 22 48 70 14302 C 58 30 25 55 26704 LW 69 17 38 55 42412 D 74 13 28 41 109523 LW 68 18 21 39 20102 RW 57 18 21 39 14512 C 71 15 24 39 13100 RW 50 13 20 33 35402 C 37 9 18 27 10002 D/RW 62 2 17 19 112000 RW 37 8 9 17 12101 D 36 7 10 17 46000 LW 13 7 9 16 2001 D 57 2 14 16 18000 C 13 5 10 15 2000 C 45 5 6 11 8101 C 15 6 4 10 13000 C 13 3 6 9 4000 D 37 1 5 6 56000 LW 6 1 3 4 4001 LW 22 2 1 3 12100 D 20 0 3 3 10000 D 32 0 3 3 10000 D 61 0 3 3 87000 RW 18 2 0 2 13000 LW 9 0 2 2 0000 D 12 0 1 1 0000 D 5 0 1 1 4000 G 34 0 0 0 2000 G 41 0 0 0 0000 G 12 0 0 0 0000 RW 1 0 0 0 0000 RW 1 0 0 0 0000 C 3 0 0 0 0000 D 3 0 0 0 2000 LW 1 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2177 41 15 15 8 127 3.50 0 1729 34 9 18 2 95 3.30 1 534 12 3 2 2 32 3.60 0 Team: 4440 74 27 35 12 254 3.43 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 1967 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)19 Ron Barkwell Flin Flon Bombers (MJHL)217 Al Karlander Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)

See also 1967–68 NHL season

References