2018–19 Detroit Red Wings season

2018–19 Detroit Red Wings
Division7th Atlantic
Conference14th Eastern
2018–19 record32–40–10
Home record17–19–5
Road record15–21–5
Goals for227
Goals against277
Team information
General managerKen Holland
CoachJeff Blashill
CaptainVacant
Alternate captainsJustin Abdelkader
Niklas Kronwall
Dylan Larkin
Frans Nielsen
ArenaLittle Caesars Arena
Average attendance19,120[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsDylan Larkin (32)
AssistsDylan Larkin (41)
PointsDylan Larkin (73)
Penalty minutesDylan Larkin (75)
Plus/minusTyler Bertuzzi (11)
WinsJimmy Howard (23)
Goals against averageJimmy Howard (3.07)

The 2018–19 Detroit Red Wings season was the 93rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[2] It was also the Red Wings' second season at Little Caesars Arena. The team was eliminated from playoff contention on March 12, 2019, and missed the playoffs for the third year in a row.[3]

Off-season

On June 22, the Red Wings hired Dan Bylsma as an assistant coach.[4]

Standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 62 16 4 56 325 222 +103 128
2 x – Boston Bruins 82 49 24 9 47 259 215 +44 107
3 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 46 28 8 46 286 251 +35 100
4 Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
5 Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
6 Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
7 Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
8 Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League[5]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
 GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 44 245 223 +22 99
2 ME x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 47 31 4 45 258 232 +26 98
3 AT Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
4 AT Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 82 37 37 8 34 244 281 −37 82
6 ME New York Rangers 82 32 36 14 26 227 272 −45 78
7 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
8 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
9 ME New Jersey Devils 82 31 41 10 28 222 275 −53 72
10 AT Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular season

2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)[8]

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Dylan Larkin 76 32 41 73 −6 75
Andreas Athanasiou 76 30 24 54 −9 38
Gustav Nyquist‡ 62 16 33 49 0 8
Anthony Mantha 67 25 23 48 −8 30
Tyler Bertuzzi 73 21 26 47 11 36
Thomas Vanek 64 16 20 36 −12 26
Frans Nielsen 72 10 25 35 −7 14
Niklas Kronwall 79 3 24 27 −5 40
Mike Green 43 5 21 26 −1 28
Luke Glendening 78 10 13 23 2 15
Filip Hronek 46 5 18 23 −10 30
Danny DeKeyser 52 5 15 20 2 39
Justin Abdelkader 71 6 13 19 −14 38
Michael Rasmussen 62 8 10 18 −8 29
Darren Helm 61 7 10 17 −11 20
Dennis Cholowski 52 7 9 16 −20 16
Nick Jensen‡ 60 2 13 15 1 17
Jacob de la Rose 60 3 6 9 −13 16
Christoffer Ehn 60 3 6 9 −5 6
Trevor Daley 44 2 6 8 −3 12
Taro Hirose 10 1 6 7 0 2
Martin Frk 30 1 5 6 −9 4
Jonathan Ericsson 52 3 2 5 −10 35
Madison Bowey 17 1 3 4 −4 8
Filip Zadina 9 1 2 3 −5 0
Luke Witkowski 34 0 2 2 −5 23
Matt Puempel 8 1 0 1 −2 2
Wade Megan 11 0 1 1 −4 2
Brian Lashoff 3 0 1 1 0 2
Joe Hicketts 11 0 0 0 −9 0
Ryan Kuffner 10 0 0 0 −4 0
Dylan McIlrath 7 0 0 0 2 4
Libor Sulak 6 0 0 0 −4 6
Jake Chelios 5 0 0 0 0 2
Dominic Turgeon 4 0 0 0 −3 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jimmy Howard 55 52 3,053 23 22 5 156 3.07 1,709 .909 0 0 1 2
Jonathan Bernier 35 30 1,860 9 18 5 98 3.16 1,025 .904 1 0 0 0
Kaden Fulcher 1 0 28 0 0 0 2 4.44 11 .818 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.

Awards and honours

Awards

Milestones

Records

  • On April 2, Tyler Bertuzzi recorded two goals and one assist in a 4–1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. He became the first player in Red Wings franchise history to record four consecutive three-point games.[10]

Suspensions/fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
Tyler Bertuzzi Roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct against Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Calvert during NHL game No. 410 in Detroit on Sunday, December 2, 2018, at 12:45 of the third period. 2 games $15,053.76 December 3, 2018[11]

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Columbus Blue Jackets
MTL's 6th-round pick in 2018 		To Detroit Red Wings
5th-round pick in 2019 		[12]
June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24) To Arizona Coyotes
Robbie Russo 		To Detroit Red Wings
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2019 		[13]
February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22) To Washington Capitals
Nick Jensen
BUF's 5th-round pick in 2019 		To Detroit Red Wings
Madison Bowey
2nd-round pick in 2020 		[14]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25) To San Jose Sharks
Gustav Nyquist 		To Detroit Red Wings
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020 		[15]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jonathan Bernier from Colorado Avalanche 3-year [16]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jake Chelios from Carolina Hurricanes 1-year [17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Wade Megan from St. Louis Blues 1-year [17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Xavier Ouellet to Montreal Canadiens 1-year [18]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Harri Sateri from Florida Panthers 1-year [17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Chris Terry from Montreal Canadiens 2-year [17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Thomas Vanek from Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year [16]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Jared Coreau to Anaheim Ducks 1-year [19]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Matt Lorito to New York Islanders 2-year [20]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Dan Renouf to Carolina Hurricanes 1-year [21]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02) Ben Street to Anaheim Ducks 1-year [19]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) Tom McCollum to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) 1-year [22]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) Eric Tangradi to New Jersey Devils 1-year [23]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30) Zach Nastasiuk to Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 1-year [24]
February 5, 2019 (2019-02-05) Turner Elson from Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) 2-year [25]
March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12) Taro Hirose from Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten) 2-year [26]
March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12) Ryan Kuffner from Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey) 2-year [27]
April 15, 2019 (2019-04-15) Filip Larsson from Denver Pioneers (NCHC) 3-year [28]
May 23, 2019 (2019-05-23) Jake Chelios to Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 2-year [29][30]
May 27, 2019 (2019-05-27) Harri Sateri to Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL) 1-year [31]
May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28) Oliwer Kaski from Lahti Pelicans (Liiga) 1-year [32]
June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04) Libor Sulak to Severstal Cherepovets (KHL) 1-year [33][34]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17) Jacob de la Rose from Montreal Canadiens [35]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25) Tyler Bertuzzi 2-year [38]
June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25) Martin Frk 1-year [38]
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30) Mike Green 2-year [39]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05) Andreas Athanasiou 2-year [40]
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07) Filip Zadina 3-year [41]
July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11) Anthony Mantha 2-year [42]
August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10) Dylan Larkin 5-year [43]
September 9, 2018 (2018-09-09) Matt Puempel 2-year [44]
March 13, 2019 (2019-03-13) Brian Lashoff 2-year [45]
March 18, 2019 (2019-03-18) Chase Pearson 2-year [46]
March 20, 2019 (2019-03-20) Jimmy Howard 1-year [47]
April 15, 2019 (2019-04-15) Filip Larsson 3-year [48]
May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01) Joe Veleno 3-year [49]
May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09) Dylan McIlrath 2-year [50]

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 6 Filip Zadina RW  Czech Republic Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
1 301 Joe Veleno C  Canada Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
2 332 Jonatan Berggren RW  Sweden Skellefteå AIK J20 (SuperElit)
2 36 Jared McIsaac D  Canada Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3 67 Alec Regula D  United States London Knights (OHL)
3 813 Seth Barton D  Canada Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)
3 844 Jesper Eliasson G  Sweden IF Troja/Ljungby J20 (SuperElit)
4 98 Ryan O'Reilly RW  United States Madison Capitols (USHL)
6 1605 Victor Brattstrom G  Sweden Timra IK (Allsvenskan)
7 191 Otto Kivenmaki C  Finland Assat U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)

Notes:

  1. The Vegas Golden Knights' first-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 26, 2018, that sent Tomas Tatar to Vegas in exchange for the Islanders' second-round pick in 2019, a third-round pick in 2021 and this pick.[51]
  2. The Ottawa Senators' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 28, 2017, that sent Brendan Smith to the New York Rangers in exchange for a third-round pick in 2017 and this pick.[52]
  3. The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 19, 2018, that sent Petr Mrazek to Philadelphia in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2019 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[53]
  4. The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on October 21, 2017, that sent Riley Sheahan and a fifth-round pick in 2018 to Pittsburgh in exchange for Scott Wilson and this pick.[54]
  5. The Montreal Canadiens' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a fifth-round pick in 2019 to Detroit in exchange for this pick.[12] The Red Wings acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2017, that sent Steve Ott to Montreal.[12][55]

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