The 2022–23 Detroit Red Wings season was the 97th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It was the Red Wings' sixth season at Little Caesars Arena. This was the Red Wings' first season under new head coach Derek Lalonde.

The Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for the seventh consecutive season 1970–71 season and the 1976–77 season on April 6, 2023, after a 7–6 shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres. They finished the season with a 35–37–10 record.

Off-season On June 30, 2022, Derek Lalonde was named head coach following the departure of Jeff Blashill.

Standings Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results Preseason 2022 preseason game log: 3–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 27 Detroit 6–2 Pittsburgh Brattström 13,020 1–0–0 2 September 28 Chicago 4–2 Detroit Olkinuora 12,782 1–1–0 3 September 30 Washington 2–0 Detroit Brattström 13,426 1–2–0 4 October 1 Detroit 3–0 Chicago Cossa 15,735 2–2–0 5 October 3 Pittsburgh 3–2 Detroit Husso — 2–3–0 6 October 5 Detroit 2–4 Washington Husso — 2–4–0 7 October 7 Toronto 2–4 Detroit Nedeljkovic — 3–4–0 8 October 8 Detroit 1–5 Toronto Brattström 18,347 3–5–0

Regular season 2022–23 game log 35–37–10 (Home: 19–17–5; Road: 16–20–5)October: 4–3–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Montreal 0–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 1–0–0 2 2 October 15 Detroit 5–2 New Jersey Nedeljkovic 16,514 2–0–0 4 3 October 17 Los Angeles 5–4 Detroit OT Husso 15,919 2–0–1 5 4 October 21 Detroit 3–4 Chicago OT Nedeljkovic 18,753 2–0–2 6 5 October 23 Anaheim 1–5 Detroit Husso 17,932 3–0–2 8 6 October 25 New Jersey 6–2 Detroit Nedeljkovic 16,546 3–1–2 8 7 October 27 Detroit 1–5 Boston Husso 17,850 3–2–2 8 8 October 29 Minnesota 1–2 Detroit Husso 17,364 4–2–2 10 9 October 31 Detroit 3–8 Buffalo Nedeljkovic 9,673 4–3–2 10 November: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 3 Washington 1–3 Detroit Husso 18,527 5–3–2 12 11 November 5 NY Islanders 0–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 6–3–2 14 12 November 6 Detroit 3–2 NY Rangers OT Nedeljkovic 18,006 7–3–2 16 13 November 8 Montreal 3–2 Detroit SO Husso 17,033 7–3–3 17 14 November 10 NY Rangers 8–2 Detroit Husso 18,869 7–4–3 17 15 November 12 Detroit 3–4 Los Angeles Nedeljkovic 18,230 7–5–3 17 16 November 15 Detroit 2–3 Anaheim OT Husso 15,198 7–5–4 18 17 November 17 Detroit 7–4 San Jose Husso 14,134 8–5–4 20 18 November 19 Detroit 6–1 Columbus Husso 18,693 9–5–4 22 19 November 23 Nashville 0–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 10–5–4 24 20 November 25 Arizona 3–4 Detroit SO Husso 19,515 11–5–4 26 21 November 28 Toronto 4–2 Detroit Husso 19,515 11–6–4 26 22 November 30 Buffalo 5–4 Detroit SO Nedeljkovic 19,515 11–6–5 27 December: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 3–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 3 Vegas 4–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 11–7–5 27 24 December 4 Detroit 4–2 Columbus Husso 16,087 12–7–5 29 25 December 6 Detroit 4–2 Tampa Bay Husso 19,092 13–7–5 31 26 December 8 Detroit 1–5 Florida Nedeljkovic 14,961 13–8–5 31 27 December 10 Detroit 2–3 Dallas OT Husso 18,532 13–8–6 32 28 December 13 Carolina 1–0 Detroit Husso 19,515 13–9–6 32 29 December 14 Detroit 1–4 Minnesota Hellberg 18,324 13–10–6 32 30 December 17 Ottawa 6–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 13–11–6 32 31 December 19 Detroit 3–4 Washington OT Husso 18,573 13–11–7 33 32 December 21 Tampa Bay 4–7 Detroit Husso 19,515 14–11–7 35 — December 23 Detroit Ottawa Postponed due to winter storm. Rescheduled to February 27. 33 December 28 Detroit 5–4 Pittsburgh OT Hellberg 18,387 15–11–7 37 34 December 29 Detroit 3–6 Buffalo Hellberg 19,070 15–12–7 37 35 December 31 Ottawa 2–4 Detroit Hellberg 19,515 16–12–7 39 January: 5–7–1 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 4 New Jersey 5–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 16–13–7 39 37 January 6 Florida 3–2 Detroit Husso 19,515 16–14–7 39 38 January 7 Detroit 1–4 Toronto Hellberg 19,101 16–15–7 39 39 January 10 Winnipeg 5–7 Detroit Husso 19,515 17–15–7 41 40 January 12 Toronto 1–4 Detroit Husso 19,515 18–15–7 43 41 January 14 Columbus 4–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 18–16–7 43 42 January 16 Detroit 3–6 Colorado Husso 18,117 18–17–7 43 43 January 17 Detroit 3–4 Arizona SO Hellberg 4,600 18–17–8 44 44 January 19 Detroit 3–2 Vegas Husso 17,911 19–17–8 46 45 January 21 Philadelphia 2–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 19–18–8 46 46 January 24 San Jose 2–3 Detroit OT Husso 19,515 20–18–8 48 47 January 26 Detroit 4–3 Montreal OT Husso 21,105 21–18–8 50 48 January 27 Detroit 0–2 NY Islanders Hellberg 17,255 21–19–8 50 February: 7–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap All-Star Break in Sunrise, Florida 49 February 7 Edmonton 5–2 Detroit Husso 19,515 21–20–8 50 50 February 9 Calgary 1–2 Detroit Husso 19,515 22–20–8 52 51 February 11 Vancouver 2–5 Detroit Husso 19,515 23–20–8 54 52 February 13 Detroit 6–1 Vancouver Husso 18,465 24–20–8 56 53 February 15 Detroit 5–4 Edmonton SO Husso 17,627 25–20–8 58 54 February 16 Detroit 5–2 Calgary Hellberg 17,713 26–20–8 60 55 February 18 Detroit 2–4 Seattle Husso 17,151 26–21–8 60 56 February 21 Detroit 3–1 Washington Husso 18,573 27–21–8 62 57 February 23 NY Rangers 1–4 Detroit Husso 19,515 28–21–8 64 58 February 25 Tampa Bay 3–0 Detroit Husso 19,515 28–22–8 64 59 February 27 Detroit 2–6 Ottawa Hellberg 16,214 28–23–8 64 60 February 28 Detroit 1–6 Ottawa Husso 14,071 28–24–8 64 March: 5–9–1 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 1–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Seattle 5–4 Detroit OT Husso 19,515 28–24–9 65 62 March 4 Detroit 1–4 NY Islanders Hellberg 17,255 28–25–9 65 63 March 5 Detroit 1–3 Philadelphia Husso 17,630 28–26–9 65 64 March 8 Chicago 3–4 Detroit Husso 19,181 29–26–9 67 65 March 11 Detroit 2–3 Boston Hellberg 17,850 29–27–9 67 66 March 12 Boston 3–5 Detroit Husso 19,515 30–27–9 69 67 March 14 Detroit 1–2 Nashville Husso 17,644 30–28–9 69 68 March 18 Colorado 5–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 30–29–9 69 69 March 20 Florida 5–2 Detroit Husso 15,198 30–30–9 69 70 March 21 Detroit 3–2 St. Louis SO Hellberg 18,096 31–30–9 71 71 March 23 St. Louis 4–3 Detroit Nedeljkovic 17,036 31–31–9 71 72 March 25 Detroit 0–3 Philadelphia Nedeljkovic 18,216 31–32–9 71 73 March 28 Pittsburgh 4–7 Detroit Nedeljkovic 19,353 32–32–9 73 74 March 30 Carolina 2–3 Detroit Nedeljkovic 19,183 33–32–9 75 75 March 31 Detroit 2–6 Winnipeg Hellberg 14,389 33–33–9 75 April: 2–4–1 (Home: 0–2–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Detroit 5–2 Toronto Nedeljkovic 18,675 34–33–9 77 77 April 4 Detroit 5–0 Montreal Husso 21,105 35–33–9 79 78 April 6 Buffalo 7–6 Detroit SO Husso 19,367 35–33–10 80 79 April 8 Pittsburgh 5–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 35–34–10 80 80 April 10 Dallas 6–1 Detroit Husso 17,861 35–35–10 80 81 April 11 Detroit 1–4 Carolina Nedeljkovic 18,680 35–36–10 80 82 April 13 Detroit 0–5 Tampa Bay Husso 19,092 35–37–10 80 Legend:

Awards and honours Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded NHL Second Star of the Week January 16, 2023 NHL Second Star of the Week February 6, 2023 NHL Third Star of the Week February 20, 2023

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached 1st career NHL game1st career NHL point1st career NHL goal October 14, 2022 100th career NHL assist October 21, 2022 100th career NHL point October 23, 2022 300th career NHL game October 25, 2022 100th career NHL game October 31, 2022 500th career NHL game November 5, 2022 300th career NHL game November 6, 2022 400th career NHL assist November 12, 2022 500th career NHL game November 17, 2022 100th career NHL game November 19, 2022 100th career NHL game November 19, 2022 300th career NHL game November 23, 2022 200th career NHL game November 25, 2022 David Perron 1,000th career NHL game December 10, 2022 100th career NHL game December 17, 2022 100th career NHL game January 12, 2023 1st career NHL game March 18, 2023 100th career NHL game March 28, 2023 100th career NHL game March 31, 2023 1st career NHL game April 2, 2023

Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player 80 32 47 79 –7 45 82 24 32 56 –7 52 81 20 25 45 –15 24 74 17 28 45 –17 24 82 9 33 42 2 25 82 5 37 42 –11 40 ‡ 60 9 29 38 8 34 56 10 19 29 2 43 67 15 13 28 –14 16 79 14 10 24 –3 6 78 6 17 23 –9 14 52 7 14 21 -4 20 81 9 11 20 –12 30 76 5 14 19 –31 51 63 9 9 18 10 45 61 8 10 18 –12 21 28 7 9 16 –1 22 ‡ 29 4 10 14 –12 23 52 2 9 11 –9 19 20 6 3 9 –8 6 21 5 3 8 0 8 36 1 7 8 –16 20 30 3 4 7 –5 10 38 2 5 7 –5 26 29 3 2 5 –4 8 19 2 2 4 –4 0 9 2 0 2 –7 12 ‡ 5 1 1 2 +1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -2 2 ‡ 2 0 0 0 -3 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 56 56 3,221 26 22 7 167 3.11 1,603 .896 4 0 0 0 † 17 13 877 4 8 0 48 3.29 416 .885 0 0 0 0 15 13 833 5 7 2 49 3.53 466 .895 0 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To St. Louis Blues3rd-round pick in 2022 To Detroit Red WingsVille Husso To Florida PanthersGivani SmithTo Detroit Red WingsMichael Del Zotto To Anaheim DucksMichael Del ZottoTo Detroit Red WingsDanny O'Regan To Vancouver CanucksFilip Hronek4th-round pick in 2023To Detroit Red Wings1st-round pick in 20232nd-round pick in 2023 To Boston BruinsTyler BertuzziTo Detroit Red Wings1st-round pick in 20244th-round pick in 2025

Free agents Date Player Team Contract term Ref Ben Chiarot from Florida Panthers 4-year Andrew Copp from New York Rangers 5-year Austin Czarnik from New York Islanders 2-year Thomas Greiss to St. Louis Blues 1-year Magnus Hellberg to Seattle Kraken 2-year Dominik Kubalik from Chicago Blackhawks 2-year Matt Luff from Nashville Predators 1-year David Perron from St. Louis Blues 2-year Calvin Pickard to Edmonton Oilers 2-year Dan Renouf to Boston Bruins 2-year Marc Staal to Florida Panthers 1-year Mitchell Stephens to Montreal Canadiens 1-year Riley Barber to Dallas Stars 1-year Olli Maatta from Los Angeles Kings 1-year Mark Pysyk from Buffalo Sabres 1-year Turner Elson to New York Rangers 1-year Robert Hagg from Florida Panthers 1-year Olli Juolevi to Anaheim Ducks 1-year Sam Gagner to Winnipeg Jets 1-year Carter Rowney to Löwen Frankfurt 1-year Amadeus Lombardi from Flint Firebirds 3-year Alexandre Doucet from Halifax Mooseheads 3-year

Signings Date Player Contract term Ref Ville Husso 3-year Marco Kasper 3-year Chase Pearson 1-year Jake Walman 1-year Filip Zadina 3-year Olli Maatta 2-year Dylan Larkin 8-year Carter Mazur 3-year

Draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2022 NHL entry draft, which was held on July 7 and 8, 2022, at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)18 Marco Kasper C Rogle BK (SHL)240 Dylan James LW Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)2521 Dmitri Buchelnikov LW SKA-1946 (JHL)4105 Anton Johansson D Leksands IF (SHL)41132 Amadeus Lombardi C Flint Firebirds (OHL)41293 Maximilian Kilpinen LW Örebro HK (J20)5137 Tnias Mathruin D North Bay Battalion (OHL)7201 Owen Mehlenbacher C Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) 72124 Brennan Ali C Avon Old Farms (US-Prep) Notes: The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on April 12, 2021, that sent Anthony Mantha to Washington in exchange for Richard Panik, Jakub Vrana, a first-round pick in 2021 and this pick.