2019–20 Detroit Red Wings
Division	8th Atlantic
Conference	16th Eastern
2019–20 record	17–49–5
Home record	12–23–2
Road record	5–26–3
Goals for	145
Goals against	267
Team information
General manager	Steve Yzerman
Coach	Jeff Blashill
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Justin Abdelkader Luke Glendening Dylan Larkin Frans Nielsen
Arena	Little Caesars Arena
Average attendance	18,716[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tyler Bertuzzi (21)
Assists	Dylan Larkin (34)
Points	Dylan Larkin (53)
Penalty minutes	Filip Hronek (46)
Plus/minus	Brian Lashoff (+1)
Wins	Jonathan Bernier (15)
Goals against average	Jonathan Bernier (2.95)
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The 2019–20 Detroit Red Wings season was the 94th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[2] It was the Red Wings' third season at Little Caesars Arena.

The Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention on February 21, 2020 following a 4–1 loss to the New York Islanders,^{[3][4][5][6][7]} marking the Red Wings' fourth season in a row out of the playoffs and the first team to be eliminated before trade deadline since 2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins. On March 10, the Red Wings clinched the worst overall record in the NHL for the first time since the 1985–86 season.^{[8][9][10][11]} The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[12][13] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled, and the Red Wings already missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year.^[14] This was the first time since the 1985–86 season that the Red Wings finished with fewer than 20 wins.^[15] The Red Wings also became the first team since the 2004–05 NHL lockout, and the subsequent start of the salary cap era, to finish with a sub-.280 points percentage.^[16][17] Their .275 points percentage was the worst for an NHL team since the 1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers.^[17]

On April 19, 2019, Steve Yzerman was named executive vice president and general manager of the Red Wings. Ken Holland was retained by the organization and promoted to the team's senior vice president.^[18][19] On May 7, 2019, Holland was named the general manager and president of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers.^[20][21]

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	100
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	92
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	81
4	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	78
5	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	71
6	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	68
7	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	62
8	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	39

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[23]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[23]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)[25]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Chicago	3–5	Detroit		Pickard	15,108	1–0–0	[26]
2	September 18	Detroit	1–2	Chicago		Larsson	20,523	1–1–0	[27]
3	September 20	NY Islanders	4–3	Detroit	OT	Howard	15,427	1–1–1	[28]
4	September 22	Pittsburgh	2–3	Detroit	OT	Bernier	16,093	2–1–1	[29]
5	September 23	Detroit	2–3	NY Islanders	OT	Howard	—	2–1–2	[30]
6	September 25	Detroit	2–4	Pittsburgh		Bernier	15,112	2–2–2	[31]
7	September 261	St. Louis	1–4	Detroit		Pickard	—	3–2–2	[32]
8	September 27	Toronto	4–3	Detroit	SO	Bernier	—	3–2–3	[33]
9	September 28	Detroit	0–5	Toronto		Howard	18,892	3–3–3	[34]
^ Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.

2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)[35]
October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 5 Detroit 5–3 Nashville Howard 17,539 1–0–0 2 [36] 2 October 6 Dallas 3–4 Detroit Bernier 19,515 2–0–0 4 [37] 3 October 8 Anaheim 3–1 Detroit Howard 18,209 2–1–0 4 [38] 4 October 10 Detroit 4–2 Montreal Bernier 21,302 3–1–0 6 [39] 5 October 12 Toronto 5–2 Detroit Howard 19,515 3–2–0 6 [40] 6 October 15 Detroit 1–5 Vancouver Bernier 18,183 3–3–0 6 [41] 7 October 17 Detroit 1–5 Calgary Howard 18,232 3–4–0 6 [42] 8 October 18 Detroit 1–2 Edmonton Bernier 17,420 3–5–0 6 [43] 9 October 22 Vancouver 5–2 Detroit Howard 18,455 3–6–0 6 [44] 10 October 23 Detroit 2–5 Ottawa Bernier 11,026 3–7–0 6 [45] 11 October 25 Buffalo 2–0 Detroit Howard 18,616 3–8–0 6 [46] 12 October 27 St. Louis 5–4 Detroit OT Bernier 18,331 3–8–1 7 [47] 13 October 29 Edmonton 1–3 Detroit Howard 19,515 4–8–1 9 [48]
November: 3–11–2 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 1–6–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 Detroit 3–7 Carolina Howard 15,383 4–9–1 9 [49] 15 November 2 Detroit 0–4 Florida Bernier 14,411 4–10–1 9 [50] 16 November 4 Nashville 6–1 Detroit Howard 18,526 4–11–1 9 [51] 17 November 6 Detroit 1–5 NY Rangers Howard 16,804 4–12–1 9 [52] 18 November 8 Boston 2–4 Detroit Bernier 19,515 5–12–1 11 [53] 19 November 10 Vegas 2–3 Detroit Bernier 19,057 6–12–1 13 [54] 20 November 12 Detroit 4–3 Anaheim OT Bernier 15,046 7–12–1 15 [55] 21 November 14 Detroit 2–3 Los Angeles OT Bernier 16,871 7–12–2 16 [56] 22 November 16 Detroit 3–4 San Jose SO Howard 17,562 7–12–3 17 [57] 23 November 19 Ottawa 4–3 Detroit Bernier 19,156 7–13–3 17 [58] 24 November 21 Detroit 4–5 Columbus Howard 14,417 7–14–3 17 [59] 25 November 23 Detroit 1–5 New Jersey Bernier 16,514 7–15–3 17 [60] 26 November 24 Carolina 2–0 Detroit Howard 18,726 7–16–3 17 [61] 27 November 27 Toronto 6–0 Detroit Howard 19,515 7–17–3 17 [62] 28 November 29 Detroit 1–6 Philadelphia Pickard 18,566 7–18–3 17 [63] 29 November 30 Washington 5–2 Detroit Bernier 19,190 7–19–3 17 [64]
December: 3–9–0 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 December 2 NY Islanders 4–1 Detroit Bernier 17,510 7–20–3 17 [65] 31 December 7 Pittsburgh 5–3 Detroit Bernier 19,515 7–21–3 17 [66] 32 December 10 Detroit 1–5 Winnipeg Comrie 15,325 7–22–3 17 [67] 33 December 12 Winnipeg 2–5 Detroit Bernier 18,832 8–22–3 19 [68] 34 December 14 Detroit 2–1 Montreal Bernier 21,302 9–22–3 21 [69] 35 December 15 Los Angeles 4–2 Detroit Comrie 18,540 9–23–3 21 [70] 36 December 17 Columbus 5–3 Detroit Bernier 17,639 9–24–3 21 [71] 37 December 21 Detroit 1–4 Toronto Pickard 19,080 9–25–3 21 [72] 38 December 22 Arizona 5–2 Detroit Howard 19,515 9–26–3 21 [73] 39 December 28 Detroit 4–5 Florida Howard 17,731 9–27–3 21 [74] 40 December 29 Detroit 1–2 Tampa Bay Bernier 19,092 9–28–3 21 [75] 41 December 31 San Jose 0–2 Detroit Bernier 19,515 10–28–3 23 [76]
January: 2–8–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 0–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 3 Detroit 1–4 Dallas Bernier 18,532 10–29–3 23 [77] 43 January 5 Detroit 2–4 Chicago Howard 21,493 10–30–3 23 [78] 44 January 7 Montreal 3–4 Detroit Bernier 17,538 11–30–3 25 [79] 45 January 10 Ottawa 2–3 Detroit SO Bernier 18,724 12–30–3 27 [80] 46 January 12 Buffalo 5–1 Detroit Howard 18,312 12–31–3 27 [81] 47 January 14 Detroit 2–8 NY Islanders Howard 12,542 12–32–3 27 [82] 48 January 17 Pittsburgh 2–1 Detroit OT Howard 19,515 12–32–4 28 [83] 49 January 18 Florida 4–1 Detroit Howard 19,231 12–33–4 28 [84] 50 January 20 Detroit 3–6 Colorado Howard 18,110 12–34–4 28 [85] 51 January 22 Detroit 2–4 Minnesota Howard 17,212 12–35–4 28 [86] All-Star Break in St. Louis 52 January 31 Detroit 2–4 NY Rangers Howard 17,169 12–36–4 28 [87]
February: 3–11–1 (Home: 2–5–0; Road: 1–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 NY Rangers 1–0 Detroit Bernier 19,515 12–37–4 28 [88] 54 February 3 Philadelphia 3–0 Detroit Bernier 17,526 12–38–4 28 [89] 55 February 6 Detroit 4–3 Buffalo SO Bernier 16,607 13–38–4 30 [90] 56 February 7 Detroit 0–2 Columbus Howard 18,978 13–39–4 30 [91] 57 February 9 Boston 1–3 Detroit Bernier 19,515 14–39–4 32 [92] 58 February 11 Detroit 2–3 Buffalo Bernier 16,588 14–40–4 32 [93] 59 February 13 Detroit 1–4 New Jersey Bernier 12,941 14–41–4 32 [94] 60 February 15 Detroit 1–4 Boston Bernier 17,850 14–42–4 32 [95] 61 February 16 Detroit 1–5 Pittsburgh Howard 18,654 14–43–4 32 [96] 62 February 18 Montreal 3–4 Detroit Bernier 18,947 15–43–4 34 [97] 63 February 21 Detroit 1–4 NY Islanders Bernier 13,917 15–44–4 34 [98] 64 February 23 Calgary 4–2 Detroit Bernier 18,022 15–45–4 34 [99] 65 February 25 New Jersey 4–1 Detroit Bernier 17,525 15–46–4 34 [100] 66 February 27 Minnesota 7–1 Detroit Howard 17,663 15–47–4 34 [101] 67 February 29 Detroit 3–4 Ottawa SO Bernier 15,505 15–47–5 35 [102]
March: 2–2–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 68 March 2 Colorado 2–1 Detroit Bernier 17,708 15–48–5 35 [103] 69 March 6 Chicago 1–2 Detroit Bernier 19,515 16–48–5 37 [104] 70 March 8 Tampa Bay 4–5 Detroit SO Bernier 18,841 17–48–5 39 [105] 71 March 10 Carolina 5–2 Detroit Bernier 17,511 17–49–5 39 [106]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 72 March 12 Detroit Washington 73 March 14 Detroit Tampa Bay 74 March 16 Florida Detroit 75 March 20 Detroit Arizona 76 March 21 Detroit Vegas 77 March 24 Detroit Boston 78 March 26 Philadelphia Detroit 79 March 28 Washington Detroit 80 March 31 Detroit St. Louis 81 April 2 Detroit Toronto 82 April 4 Tampa Bay Detroit
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Dylan Larkin	71	19	34	53	−21	39
Tyler Bertuzzi	71	21	27	48	−23	40
Anthony Mantha	43	16	22	38	−7	34
Robby Fabbri†	52	14	17	31	−29	18
Filip Hronek	65	9	22	31	−38	46
Andreas Athanasiou‡	46	10	14	24	−45	26
Valtteri Filppula	70	6	15	21	−42	24
Madison Bowey	53	3	14	17	−16	34
Darren Helm	68	9	7	16	−6	37
Filip Zadina	28	8	7	15	−13	2
Mike Green‡	48	3	8	11	−32	32
Luke Glendening	60	6	3	9	−29	14
Frans Nielsen	60	4	5	9	−13	8
Patrik Nemeth	64	1	8	9	−10	28
Dennis Cholowski	36	2	6	8	−26	6
Taro Hirose	26	2	5	7	−12	6
Trevor Daley	43	0	7	7	−22	20
Adam Erne	56	2	3	5	−24	28
Christoffer Ehn	54	2	2	4	−21	2
Brendan Perlini†	39	1	3	4	−18	10
Jacob de la Rose‡	16	1	3	4	3	4
Danny DeKeyser	8	0	4	4	0	4
Givani Smith	21	2	1	3	−2	9
Justin Abdelkader	49	0	3	3	−14	25
Alex Biega	49	0	3	3	−9	24
Joe Hicketts	6	0	2	2	−5	2
Sam Gagner	6	1	0	1	−1	2
Brian Lashoff	9	0	1	1	1	6
Gustav Lindstrom	16	0	1	1	−6	14
Jonathan Ericsson	18	0	0	0	−12	4
Dylan McIlrath	16	0	0	0	−4	23
Evgeny Svechnikov	4	0	0	0	−1	2
Dmytro Timashov	5	0	0	0	0	0
Cody Goloubef	2	0	0	0	−1	0

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jonathan Bernier	46	41	2,566	15	22	3	126	2.95	1,353	.907	1	0	3	4
Jimmy Howard	27	27	1,372	2	23	2	96	4.20	817	.882	0	0	0	0
Eric Comrie†	3	2	127	0	2	0	9	4.28	66	.864	0	0	0	0
Calvin Pickard	3	1	165	0	2	0	15	5.46	74	.797	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.

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Date	Details		Ref
October 7, 2019 (2019-10-07)	To Vancouver Canucks David Pope	To Detroit Red Wings Alex Biega	[121]
October 28, 2019 (2019-10-28)	To Chicago Blackhawks Alec Regula	To Detroit Red Wings Brendan Perlini	[122]
November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06)	To St. Louis Blues Jacob de la Rose	To Detroit Red Wings Robby Fabbri	[123]
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	To Arizona Coyotes Vili Saarijarvi	To Detroit Red Wings Eric Comrie	[124]
December 12, 2019 (2019-12-12)	To Carolina Hurricanes Oliwer Kaski	To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Wood	[125]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Edmonton Oilers Mike Green[a]	To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Brodziak Conditional draft pick in 2020 or 2021	[126]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Edmonton Oilers Andreas Athanasiou Ryan Kuffner	To Detroit Red Wings Sam Gagner 2020 2nd-round pick 2021 2nd-round pick	[127]
September 26, 2020 (2020-09-26)	To New York Rangers Future considerations	To Detroit Red Wings Marc Staal 2021 2nd-round pick	[128]

Notes:

• ^a Detroit to retain 50% ($2.6875 million) of salary as part of trade.

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Valtteri Filppula	from New York Islanders	2-year	[129]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Patrik Nemeth	from Colorado Avalanche	2-year	[129]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Calvin Pickard	from Arizona Coyotes	2-year	[129]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Martin Frk	to Los Angeles Kings	1-year	[130]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Luke Witkowski	to Tampa Bay Lightning	2-year	[131]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Zachary Gallant	to San Jose Sharks	1-year	[132]

Date	Player	Ref
September 3, 2019 (2019-09-03)	Niklas Kronwall	[133]

Date	Player	Team	Ref
February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)	Cody Goloubef	from Ottawa Senators	[134]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	Dmytro Timashov	from Toronto Maple Leafs	[135]

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	6	Moritz Seider	D	Germany	Adler Mannheim (DEL)
2	35	Antti Tuomisto	D	Finland	Ässät U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
2	541	Robert Mastrosimone	LW	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
2	602	Albert Johansson	D	Sweden	Färjestad BK J20 (J20 SuperElit)
3	66	Albin Grewe	RW	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
4	97	Ethan Phillips	C	Canada	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
5	128	Cooper Moore	D	United States	Brunswick (USHS)
6	159	Elmer Soderblom	RW	Sweden	Frölunda J20 (SuperElit)
6	1773	Gustav Berglund	D	Sweden	Frölunda J18 (J18 Elit)
7	190	Kirill Tyutyayev	LW	Russia	JHC Avto (MHL)
7	1914	Carter Gylander	G	Canada	Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL)

Notes:

1. The New York Islanders' second-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 a first-round pick in 2018, a third-round pick in 2021 and this pick.^[136]
2. The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 24, 2019, that sent Gustav Nyquist to San Jose in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2020 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[137]
3. The Toronto Maple Leafs' sixth-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Columbus' fifth-round pick in 2019 (143rd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2019 (191st overall) and this pick.^[138]
4. The Buffalo Sabres' seventh-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Columbus' fifth-round pick in 2019 (143rd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for Toronto's sixth-round pick in 2019 (177th overall) and this pick.^[138]