2017–18_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

2017–18 Detroit Red Wings
2017–18 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	13th Eastern
2017–18 record	30–39–13
Home record	16–16–9
Road record	14–23–4
Goals for	217
Goals against	255
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Jeff Blashill
Captain	Henrik Zetterberg
Alternate captains	Justin Abdelkader; Niklas Kronwall
Arena	Little Caesars Arena
Average attendance	19,515
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL); Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Anthony Mantha (24)
Assists	Dylan Larkin (47)
Points	Dylan Larkin (63)
Penalty minutes	Justin Abdelkader (78)
Plus/minus	Joe Hicketts (+5)
Wins	Jimmy Howard (22)
Goals against average	Jimmy Howard (2.85)
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2017–18 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

The 2017–18 Detroit Red Wings season was the 92nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[2] It was also the Red Wings' first season at Little Caesars Arena. The team missed the playoffs for the second year in a row, marking the first time since 1982–83 that the Red Wings missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons.

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Schedule and results

Regular season

More information October: 6–6–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 4–4–0), # ...

2017–18 game log: 30–39–13 (Home: 16–16–9; Road: 14–23–4)^[6]

October: 6–6–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 4–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 5	Minnesota	2–4	Detroit		Howard	19,515	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 7	Detroit	2–1	Ottawa	SO	Howard	14,883	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 10	Detroit	2–4	Dallas		Mrazek	18,119	2–1–0	4	Recap
4	October 12	Detroit	4–2	Arizona		Howard	13,584	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 13	Detroit	6–3	Vegas		Mrazek	17,645	4–1–0	8	Recap
6	October 16	Tampa Bay	3–2	Detroit		Howard	19,515	4–2–0	8	Recap
7	October 18	Detroit	3–6	Toronto		Mrazek	19,158	4–3–0	8	Recap
8	October 20	Washington	4–3	Detroit	OT	Mrazek	19,515	4–3–1	9	Recap
9	October 22	Vancouver	4–1	Detroit		Howard	19,515	4–4–1	9	Recap
10	October 24	Detroit	0–1	Buffalo		Howard	16,882	4–5–1	9	Recap
11	October 26	Detroit	2–3	Tampa Bay		Howard	19,092	4–6–1	9	Recap
12	October 28	Detroit	3–2	Florida	SO	Howard	13,085	5–6–1	11	Recap
13	October 31	Arizona	3–5	Detroit		Howard	19,515	6–6–1	13	Recap

November: 4–5–4 (Home: 2–3–3 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
14	November 2	Detroit	1–3	Ottawa		Howard	14,724	6–7–1	13	Recap
15	November 5	Detroit	4–0	Edmonton		Mrazek	18,347	7–7–1	15	Recap
16	November 6	Detroit	3–2	Vancouver		Howard	17,836	8–7–1	17	Recap
17	November 9	Detroit	3–6	Calgary		Mrazek	18,788	8–8–1	17	Recap
18	November 11	Columbus	2–1	Detroit	SO	Howard	19,515	8–8–2	18	Recap
19	November 15	Calgary	2–8	Detroit		Howard	19,515	9–8–2	20	Recap
20	November 17	Buffalo	1–3	Detroit		Howard	19,515	10–8–2	22	Recap
21	November 19	Colorado	4–3	Detroit	OT	Howard	19,515	10–8–3	23	Recap
22	November 22	Edmonton	6–2	Detroit		Howard	19,515	10–9–3	23	Recap
23	November 24	Detroit	1–2	NY Rangers	OT	Howard	18,006	10–9–4	24	Recap
24	November 25	New Jersey	4–3	Detroit	OT	Howard	19,515	10–9–5	25	Recap
25	November 28	Los Angeles	4–1	Detroit		Howard	19,515	10–10–5	25	Recap
26	November 30	Montreal	6–3	Detroit		Howard	19,515	10–11–5	25	Recap

December: 5–5–2 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 1–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 2	Detroit	1–10	Montreal		Mrazek	21,302	10–12–5	25	Recap
28	December 5	Winnipeg	1–5	Detroit		Howard	19,515	11–12–5	27	Recap
29	December 9	St. Louis	6–1	Detroit		Howard	19,515	11–13–5	27	Recap
30	December 11	Florida	2–1	Detroit	OT	Howard	19,515	11–13–6	28	Recap
31	December 13	Boston	3–2	Detroit	OT	Howard	19,515	11–13–7	29	Recap
32	December 15	Toronto	1–3	Detroit		Howard	19,515	12–13–7	31	Recap
33	December 19	Detroit	6–3	NY Islanders		Mrazek	10,511	13–13–7	33	Recap
34	December 20	Detroit	3–4	Philadelphia		Howard	19,674	13–14–7	33	Recap
35	December 23	Detroit	1–3	Boston		Howard	17,565	13–15–7	33	Recap
36	December 27	Detroit	1–3	New Jersey		Howard	16,514	13–16–7	33	Recap
37	December 29	NY Rangers	2–3	Detroit	SO	Howard	19,515	14–16–7	35	Recap
38	December 31	Pittsburgh	1–4	Detroit		Howard	19,515	15–16–7	37	Recap

January: 5–5–1 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 3	Ottawa	1–2	Detroit	OT	Howard	19,515	16–16–7	39	Recap
40	January 5	Florida	2–4	Detroit		Howard	19,515	17–16–7	41	Recap
41	January 7	Tampa Bay	5–2	Detroit		Mrazek	19,515	17–17–7	41	Recap
42	January 13	Detroit	1–4	Pittsburgh		Howard	18,637	17–18–7	41	Recap
43	January 14	Detroit	4–0	Chicago		Mrazek	21,830	18–18–7	43	Recap
44	January 16	Dallas	4–2	Detroit		Howard	19,515	18–19–7	43	Recap
45	January 20	Carolina	3–1	Detroit		Howard	19,515	18–20–7	43	Recap
46	January 22	Detroit	3–0	New Jersey		Mrazek	13,847	19–20–7	45	Recap
47	January 23	Philadelphia	3–2	Detroit	OT	Mrazek	19,515	19–20–8	46	Recap
48	January 25	Chicago	5–1	Detroit		Howard	19,515	19–21–8	46	Recap
All-Star Break in Tampa
49	January 31	San Jose	1–2	Detroit	SO	Mrazek	19,515	20–21–8	48	Recap

February: 6–6–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 4–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 2	Detroit	4–1	Carolina		Mrazek	18,126	21–21–8	50	Recap
51	February 3	Detroit	2–3	Florida		Mrazek	17,987	21–22–8	50	Recap
52	February 6	Boston	3–2	Detroit		Howard	19,515	21–23–8	50	Recap
53	February 9	Detroit	6–7	NY Islanders	OT	Mrazek	11,847	21–23–9	51	Recap
54	February 11	Detroit	5–4	Washington	OT	Howard	18,506	22–23–9	53	Recap
55	February 13	Anaheim	1–2	Detroit		Howard	19,515	23–23–9	55	Recap
56	February 15	Detroit	1–4	Tampa Bay		Howard	19,092	23–24–9	55	Recap
57	February 17	Detroit	3–1	Nashville		Mrazek	17,561	24–24–9	57	Recap
58	February 18	Toronto	3–2	Detroit		Mrazek	19,515	24–25–9	57	Recap
59	February 20	Nashville	3–2	Detroit		Howard	19,515	24–26–9	57	Recap
60	February 22	Buffalo	3–2	Detroit	OT	Howard	19,515	24–26–10	58	Recap
61	February 24	Carolina	1–3	Detroit		Howard	19,515	25–26–10	60	Recap
62	February 25	Detroit	3–2	NY Rangers	OT	Howard	18,006	26–26–10	62	Recap
63	February 28	Detroit	1–2	St. Louis		Howard	18,813	26–27–10	62	Recap

March: 4–11–1 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–9–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 2	Detroit	3–4	Winnipeg		Howard	15,321	26–28–10	62	Recap
65	March 4	Detroit	1–4	Minnesota		Howard	19,037	26–29–10	62	Recap
66	March 6	Detroit	5–6	Boston	OT	Howard	17,565	26–29–11	63	Recap
67	March 8	Vegas	4–0	Detroit		Howard	19,515	26–30–11	63	Recap
68	March 9	Detroit	2–3	Columbus		Coreau	17,284	26–31–11	63	Recap
69	March 12	Detroit	3–5	San Jose		Howard	17,199	26–32–11	63	Recap
70	March 15	Detroit	1–4	Los Angeles		Coreau	18,230	26–33–11	63	Recap
71	March 16	Detroit	2–4	Anaheim		Howard	17,243	26–34–11	63	Recap
72	March 18	Detroit	1–5	Colorado		Coreau	18,032	26–35–11	63	Recap
73	March 20	Philadelphia	4–5	Detroit	SO	Howard	19,515	27–35–11	65	Recap
74	March 22	Washington	1–0	Detroit		Howard	19,515	27–36–11	65	Recap
75	March 24	Detroit	3–4	Toronto		Howard	19,154	27–37–11	65	Recap
76	March 26	Detroit	2–4	Montreal		Coreau	21,302	27–38–11	65	Recap
77	March 27	Pittsburgh	2–5	Detroit		Howard	19,515	28–38–11	67	Recap
78	March 29	Detroit	6–3	Buffalo		Howard	18,493	29–38–11	69	Recap
79	March 31	Ottawa	0–2	Detroit		Howard	19,515	30–38–11	71	Recap

April: 0–1–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 3	Detroit	4–5	Columbus	OT	Howard	18,477	30–38–12	72	Recap
81	April 5	Montreal	4–3	Detroit		Coreau	19,515	30–39–12	72	Recap
82	April 7	NY Islanders	4–3	Detroit	OT	Coreau	19,515	30–39–13	73	Recap

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

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Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Jimmy Howard	60	57	3,368	22	27	9	160	2.85	1,770	.910	0	6
Petr Mrazek^‡	22	18	1,184	8	7	3	57	2.89	573	.910	3	0
Jared Coreau	7	7	381	0	5	1	27	4.26	176	.867	0	0

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Luke Witkowski	Returning to the ice to take part in an altercation after being escorted off by an official	10 games	$40,322.58	November 16, 2017^[7]
Justin Abdelkader	Spearing New York Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield in New York on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at 19:17 of the first period.	—	$5,000.00	December 20, 2017^[8]

2017–18_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

2017–18 Detroit Red Wings season

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular season

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and honours

Milestones

Suspensions/fines

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Player signings

Draft picks

References

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	54	23	5	48	296	236	+60	113
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	50	20	12	47	270	214	+56	112
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	49	26	7	42	277	232	+45	105
4	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
5	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
6	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
7	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
2	ME	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97

3	AT	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
5	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77
7	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
8	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
9	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62