2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season was the 91st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It was the Red Wings' final season at Joe Louis Arena before their move to Little Caesars Arena for the 2017–18 season. This season also marked the end of the Red Wings playoff streak at 25 consecutive seasons as they missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1989–90 season, and was their first losing season since 1990–91. The longest active streak in major North American sports now belonged to the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA who made the playoffs every year since 1998 until 2020.

Off-season On May 10, 2016, the Red Wings named Doug Houda as an assistant coach.

On May 17, 2016, the Red Wings named Jeff Salajko as their new goaltending coach, replacing long-time former coach Jim Bedard.

On June 9, 2016, the Red Wings named John Torchetti as an assistant coach.

On September 16, 2016, the Red Wings named Shawn Horcoff director of player development.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season 2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 27 Pittsburgh 2–4 Detroit Howard 16,279 1–0–0 Recap 2 September 28 Detroit 5–1 Boston Coreau 16,631 2–0–0 Recap 3 September 30 Boston 2–1 Detroit OT Howard — 2–0–1 Recap 4 October 2 Chicago 3–6 Detroit Mrazek 17,962 3–0–1 Recap 5 October 4 Detroit 1–6 Chicago Howard 20,407 3–1–1 Recap 6 October 5 Detroit 5–2 Pittsburgh Coreau 17,848 4–1–1 Recap 7 October 7 Detroit 2–1 Toronto — — 5–1–1 Recap 8 October 8 Toronto 3–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 6–1–1 Recap

Regular season 2016–17 Game Log October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 13 Detroit 4–6 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 15 Detroit 1–4 Florida Mrazek 16,868 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 17 Ottawa 1–5 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 19 Detroit 2–1 NY Rangers Howard 18,200 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 21 Nashville 3–5 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 22 San Jose 0–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 25 Carolina 2–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 5–2–0 10 Recap 8 October 27 Detroit 2–1 St. Louis SO Mrazek 19,229 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 October 29 Boston 1–0 Detroit Howard 20,027 6–3–0 12 Recap 10 October 30 Florida 5–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 6–4–0 12 Recap November: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Detroit 3–4 Philadelphia OT Mrazek 19,309 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 November 4 Winnipeg 5–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 November 6 Edmonton 2–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 6–6–1 13 Recap 14 November 8 Detroit 3–2 Philadelphia SO Howard 19,598 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 November 10 Vancouver 1–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 November 12 Detroit 0–5 Montreal Howard 21,288 8–7–1 17 Recap 17 November 15 Tampa Bay 4–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 November 18 Detroit 0–1 Washington Howard 18,506 8–9–1 17 Recap 19 November 20 Calgary 3–2 Detroit Howard 20,027 8–10–1 17 Recap 20 November 23 Detroit 2–1 Buffalo SO Howard 18,360 9–10–1 19 Recap 21 November 25 Detroit 5–4 New Jersey OT Mrazek 15,612 10–10–1 21 Recap 22 November 26 Montreal 2–1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 10–10–2 22 Recap 23 November 29 Dallas 1–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 11–10–2 24 Recap December: 5–6–2 (Home: 1–4–2; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Florida 2–1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 11–10–3 25 Recap 25 December 3 Detroit 3–5 Pittsburgh Coreau 18,661 11–11–3 25 Recap 26 December 4 Detroit 4–3 NY Islanders OT Mrazek 13,789 12–11–3 27 Recap 27 December 6 Detroit 4–3 Winnipeg SO Mrazek 15,294 13–11–3 29 Recap 28 December 9 Columbus 4–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 13–12–3 29 Recap 29 December 11 Philadelphia 1–0 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 13–12–4 30 Recap 30 December 13 Arizona 4–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 13–13–4 30 Recap 31 December 15 Los Angeles 4–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 13–14–4 30 Recap 32 December 17 Anaheim 4–6 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 14–14–4 32 Recap — December 19 Detroit — Carolina Postponed due to poor ice conditions, rescheduled to March 27, 2017 33 December 20 Detroit 1–4 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 14–15–4 32 Recap 34 December 23 Detroit 4–3 Florida SO Coreau 15,374 15–15–4 34 Recap 35 December 27 Buffalo 4–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 15–16–4 34 Recap 36 December 29 Detroit 3–2 Ottawa OT Coreau 20,011 16–16–4 36 Recap January: 4–5–5 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 1–3–4) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 1 Detroit 4–5 Toronto OT Coreau 40,148(outdoors) 16–16–5 37 Recap 38 January 4 Detroit 0–2 Anaheim Mrazek 17,174 16–17–5 37 Recap 39 January 5 Detroit 4–0 Los Angeles Coreau 18,230 17–17–5 39 Recap 40 January 7 Detroit 3–6 San Jose Mrazek 17,562 17–18–5 39 Recap 41 January 10 Detroit 3–4 Chicago OT Mrazek 22,019 17–18–6 40 Recap 42 January 12 Detroit 2–5 Dallas Mrazek 18,532 17–19–6 40 Recap 43 January 14 Pittsburgh 3–6 Detroit Coreau 20,027 18–19–6 42 Recap 44 January 16 Montreal 0–1 Detroit Coreau 20,027 19–19–6 44 Recap 45 January 18 Boston 5–6 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 20–19–6 46 Recap 46 January 20 Detroit 2–3 Buffalo OT Mrazek 18,942 20–19–7 47 Recap 47 January 22 NY Rangers 1–0 Detroit OT Coreau 20,027 20–19–8 48 Recap 48 January 24 Detroit 3–4 Boston OT Coreau 17,565 20–19–9 49 Recap 49 January 25 Toronto 4–0 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 20–20–9 49 Recap All-Star Break in Los Angeles 50 January 31 New Jersey 4–3 Detroit Coreau 20,027 20–21–9 49 Recap NHL Centennial Classic, played at BMO Field. February: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 3 NY Islanders 4–5 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 21–21–9 51 Recap 52 February 4 Detroit 1–0 Nashville Mrazek 17,204 22–21–9 53 Recap 53 February 7 Columbus 3–2 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 22–21–10 54 Recap 54 February 9 Detroit 3–6 Washington Mrazek 18,506 22–22–10 54 Recap 55 February 11 Detroit 1–2 Columbus Mrazek 19,143 22–23–10 54 Recap 56 February 12 Detroit 3–6 Minnesota Coreau 19,141 22–24–10 54 Recap 57 February 15 St. Louis 2–0 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 22–25–10 54 Recap 58 February 18 Washington 2–3 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 23–25–10 56 Recap 59 February 19 Detroit 5–2 Pittsburgh Mrazek 18,664 24–25–10 58 Recap 60 February 21 NY Islanders 3–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 24–26–10 58 Recap 61 February 28 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver OT Mrazek 18,865 25–26–10 60 Recap March: 6–8–2 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 3 Detroit 2–3 Calgary OT Mrazek 19,289 25–26–11 61 Recap 63 March 4 Detroit 3–4 Edmonton Mrazek 18,347 25–27–11 61 Recap 64 March 7 Detroit 2–3 Toronto Mrazek 19,060 25–28–11 61 Recap 65 March 8 Detroit 1–6 Boston Coreau 17,565 25–29–11 61 Recap 66 March 10 Chicago 2–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 26–29–11 63 Recap 67 March 12 NY Rangers 4–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 26–30–11 63 Recap 68 March 15 Detroit 1–3 Colorado Howard 16,764 26–31–11 63 Recap 69 March 16 Detroit 5–4 Arizona SO Mrazek 15,036 27–31–11 65 Recap 70 March 18 Colorado 1−5 Detroit Howard 20,027 28−31−11 67 Recap 71 March 20 Buffalo 2−1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 28−32−11 67 Recap 72 March 21 Detroit 2−1 Montreal OT Howard 21,288 29−32−11 69 Recap 73 March 24 Tampa Bay 2−1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 29−32−12 70 Recap 74 March 26 Minnesota 2−3 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 30−32−12 72 Recap 75 March 27 Detroit 4−3 Carolina OT Mrazek 11,516 31−32−12 74 Recap 76 March 28 Detroit 1−4 Carolina Howard 9,427 31−33−12 74 Recap 77 March 30 Detroit 3−5 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 31−34−12 74 Recap April: 2–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Toronto 5–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 31–35–12 74 Recap 79 April 3 Ottawa 4–5 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 32–35–12 76 Recap 80 April 4 Detroit 0–2 Ottawa Howard 17,166 32–36–12 76 Recap 81 April 8 Montreal 3–2 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 32–36–13 77 Recap 82 April 9 New Jersey 1–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 33–36–13 79 RecapLegend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 17 51 68 15 22 76 12 36 48 0 18 82 25 21 46 −8 26 79 17 24 41 −19 18 ‡ 48 15 23 38 2 16 60 17 19 36 10 53 72 14 22 36 −20 40 80 17 15 32 −28 37 64 18 11 29 −7 28 64 7 14 21 −20 50 50 8 9 17 −6 20 74 3 11 14 −10 26 49 4 9 13 −7 12 80 2 11 13 −29 14 57 2 11 13 −7 32 82 4 8 12 −22 33 66 3 9 12 2 51 51 1 8 9 −2 63 55 5 2 7 −12 18 27 1 6 7 −8 6 ‡ 42 3 3 6 −6 63 ‡ 30 0 6 6 6 12 ‡ 33 2 3 5 −1 34 11 1 0 1 −1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 ‡ 16 0 0 0 −8 2 19 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 −1 0 5 0 0 0 −3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 50 44 2,858 18 21 9 145 3.04 1,462 .901 1 0 0 2 26 24 1,397 10 11 1 49 2.10 675 .927 1 0 0 2 14 14 712 5 4 3 41 3.46 362 .887 2 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only. ‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded NHL Third Star of the Week October 24, 2016

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached 400th career NHL point1st career NHL hat-trick October 17, 2016 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point October 21, 2016 100th career NHL point October 22, 2016 800th career NHL game October 27, 2016 100th career NHL game October 27, 2016 1st career NHL game November 8, 2016 Ryan Sproul 1st career NHL goal November 15, 2016 100th career NHL game November 23, 2016 500th career NHL game November 26, 2016 Jonathan Ericsson 500th career NHL game November 26, 2016 1st career NHL game December 3, 2016 100th career NHL game December 9, 2016 1st career NHL hat-trick December 17, 2016 1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point December 20, 2016 Jared Coreau 1st career NHL win December 23, 2016 Tomas Tatar 300th career NHL game January 1, 2017 Jared Coreau 1st career NHL shutout January 5, 2017 300th career NHL game January 5, 2017 Justin Abdelkader 100th career NHL assist January 20, 2017 Gustav Nyquist 100th career NHL assist January 24, 2017 Nick Jensen 1st career NHL goal January 31, 2017 Mike Green 700th career NHL game February 28, 2017 1st career NHL game March 7, 2017 300th career NHL assist March 18, 2017 1st career NHL game March 27, 2017 1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point March 28, 2017 900th career NHL point March 30, 2017 1st career NHL game April 3, 2017 400th career NHL game April 4, 2017 1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point April 8, 2017 Henrik Zetterberg 1,000th career NHL game April 9, 2017

Suspensions/fines Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued Steve Ott Spearing Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara during NHL Game No. 115 in Detroit on Saturday, October 29, 2016, at 0:12 of the first period. — $2,222.22 October 30, 2016 Gustav Nyquist High-sticking Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon during NHL Game No. 829 in Minnesota on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at 14:13 of the first period. 6 games $158,333.34 February 15, 2017

Transactions

Trades DateRef June 24, 2016 To Arizona Coyotes Pavel Datsyuk16th overall pick in 2016 To Detroit Red Wings Joe VitaleNYR's 20th overall pick in 201653rd overall pick in 2016 February 24, 2017 To Chicago Blackhawks Tomas Jurco To Detroit Red Wings 3rd round pick in 2017 February 28, 2017 To New York Rangers Brendan Smith To Detroit Red Wings 3rd round pick in 2017OTT's 2nd round pick in 2018 February 28, 2017 To Montreal Canadiens Steve Ott To Detroit Red Wings 6th round pick in 2018 March 1, 2017 To Florida Panthers Thomas Vanek To Detroit Red Wings Dylan McIlrathConditional 3rd round pick in 2017 Notes Detroit to retain 50% ($1.3 million) of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired