The 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 43rd season of competition, 37th season as the Red Wings. The team missed the playoffs for the third year in a row for the first time in franchise history.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|1||L||October 11, 1968||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||0–1–0
|2||L||October 13, 1968||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||0–2–0
|3||W||October 17, 1968||7–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||1–2–0
|4||L||October 20, 1968||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||1–3–0
|5||W||October 27, 1968||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||2–3–0
|6||W||October 31, 1968||7–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||3–3–0
|7||L||November 2, 1968||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||3–4–0
|8||T||November 3, 1968||4–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||3–4–1
|9||W||November 6, 1968||6–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||4–4–1
|10||W||November 7, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||5–4–1
|11||L||November 9, 1968||4–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||5–5–1
|12||T||November 10, 1968||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||5–5–2
|13||L||November 13, 1968||1–2 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||5–6–2
|14||W||November 14, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||6–6–2
|15||T||November 16, 1968||1–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||6–6–3
|16||L||November 20, 1968||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||6–7–3
|17||W||November 23, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||7–7–3
|18||W||November 27, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||8–7–3
|19||L||November 28, 1968||1–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||8–8–3
|20||T||December 1, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||8–8–4
|21||W||December 4, 1968||7–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||9–8–4
|22||W||December 5, 1968||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||10–8–4
|23||L||December 7, 1968||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||10–9–4
|24||W||December 8, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||11–9–4
|25||L||December 11, 1968||3–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||11–10–4
|26||L||December 12, 1968||0–6 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||11–11–4
|27||W||December 14, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||12–11–4
|28||W||December 15, 1968||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||13–11–4
|29||L||December 19, 1968||0–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||13–12–4
|30||L||December 21, 1968||3–8 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||13–13–4
|31||W||December 22, 1968||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||14–13–4
|32||L||December 25, 1968||3–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||14–14–4
|33||T||December 27, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||14–14–5
|34||T||December 29, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||14–14–6
|35||W||December 31, 1968||6–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||15–14–6
|36||L||January 1, 1969||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||15–15–6
|37||L||January 4, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||15–16–6
|38||W||January 5, 1969||2–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||16–16–6
|39||W||January 9, 1969||6–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||17–16–6
|40||W||January 11, 1969||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||18–16–6
|41||W||January 12, 1969||5–1 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||19–16–6
|42||W||January 15, 1969||4–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||20–16–6
|43||W||January 16, 1969||3–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||21–16–6
|44||T||January 18, 1969||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||21–16–7
|45||L||January 19, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||21–17–7
|46||T||January 23, 1969||2–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||21–17–8
|47||W||January 25, 1969||5–3 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||22–17–8
|48||W||January 26, 1969||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||23–17–8
|49||L||January 29, 1969||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||23–18–8
|50||L||February 1, 1969||0–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||23–19–8
|51||L||February 2, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||23–20–8
|52||W||February 4, 1969||2–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||24–20–8
|53||W||February 6, 1969||6–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||25–20–8
|54||W||February 8, 1969||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||26–20–8
|55||W||February 9, 1969||5–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||27–20–8
|56||L||February 13, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||27–21–8
|57||L||February 15, 1969||2–6 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||27–22–8
|58||W||February 16, 1969||6–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||28–22–8
|59||T||February 19, 1969||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||28–22–9
|60||W||February 20, 1969||3–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||29–22–9
|61||L||February 22, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) ||29–23–9
|62||W||February 23, 1969||9–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) ||30–23–9
|63||L||February 26, 1969||2–7 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||30–24–9
|64||W||March 1, 1969||4–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) ||31–24–9
|65||W||March 2, 1969||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) ||32–24–9
|66||T||March 5, 1969||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||32–24–10
|67||L||March 6, 1969||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1968–69) ||32–25–10
|68||W||March 8, 1969||7–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1968–69) ||33–25–10
|69||L||March 15, 1969||2–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) ||33–26–10
|70||L||March 16, 1969||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1968–69) ||33–27–10
|71||T||March 19, 1969||4–4 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) ||33–27–11
|72||L||March 20, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) ||33–28–11
|73||L||March 22, 1969||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||33–29–11
|74||L||March 27, 1969||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) ||33–30–11
|75||T||March 29, 1969||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||33–30–12
|76||L||March 30, 1969||5–9 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) ||33–31–12
Legend:
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 76 44 59 103 58906 C/LW 72 25 58 83 8702 LW 76 49 29 78 38705 C 71 21 31 52 81324 C 76 24 20 44 33514 C 69 18 23 41 14233 D 76 7 30 37 80202 LW 74 14 20 34 18211 D 69 2 29 31 97100 LW 75 10 14 24 34102 D 76 4 16 20 121000 D 73 3 13 16 91001 D 62 2 13 15 82002 C 19 4 9 13 0100 RW 44 5 7 12 21000 LW 34 1 9 10 6000 RW 43 2 3 5 62000 C 30 2 2 4 21000 RW 16 2 1 3 2001 D 8 0 1 1 4000 RW 7 0 0 0 8000 D 1 0 0 0 0000 G 38 0 0 0 0000 G 40 0 0 0 0000 D 5 0 0 0 0000 D 1 0 0 0 2000 C 3 0 0 0 0000 G 13 0 0 0 0000 RW 3 0 0 0 2000 C 5 0 0 0 2000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2099 40 18 11 6 89 2.54 4 1820 38 12 16 3 101 3.33 0 641 13 3 4 3 28 2.62 0 Team: 4560 76 33 31 12 218 2.87 4
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 1968 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)111 Steve Andrascik Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)217 Herb Boxer Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)
See also 1968–69 NHL season
References