2019–20 Detroit Red Wings season

2019–20 Detroit Red Wings
2019–20 record	15–47–5
Home record	10–21–2
Road record	5–26–3
Goals for	135
Goals against	255
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
Minor league affiliations	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tyler Bertuzzi Dylan Larkin (18)
Assists	Dylan Larkin (30)
Points	Dylan Larkin (48)
Penalties in minutes	Filip Hronek (44)
Plus/minus	Brian Lashoff Dmytro Timashov (+1)
Wins	Jonathan Bernier (13)
Goals against average	Jonathan Bernier (2.94)
<2018–19	2020–21>

The 2019–20 Detroit Red Wings season is the 94th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It is 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.

Off-season

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. On May 7, 2019, Holland was named the general manager and president of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers.

Standings

File:Arizona Coyotes vs. Detroit Red Wings December 2019 11 (in-game action).jpg

Detroit in action against Arizona on December 22, 2019

File:Detroit Red Wings vs. Dallas Stars January 2020 03 (in-game action).jpg

Detroit in action at Dallas on January 3, 2020

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	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

Schedule and results

Preseason

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

Regular season

2019–20 game log: 15–47–5 (Home: 10–21–2; Road: 5–26–3)
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 Recap 2 October 6 Dallas 3–4 Detroit Bernier 19,515 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 8 Anaheim 3–1 Detroit Howard 18,209 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 10 Detroit 4–2 Montreal Bernier 21,302 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 12 Toronto 5–2 Detroit Howard 19,515 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 15 Detroit 1–5 Vancouver Bernier 18,183 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 17 Detroit 1–5 Calgary Howard 18,232 3–4–0 6 Recap 8 October 18 Detroit 1–2 Edmonton Bernier 17,420 3–5–0 6 Recap 9 October 22 Vancouver 5–2 Detroit Howard 18,455 3–6–0 6 Recap 10 October 23 Detroit 2–5 Ottawa Bernier 11,026 3–7–0 6 Recap 11 October 25 Buffalo 2–0 Detroit Howard 18,616 3–8–0 6 Recap 12 October 27 St. Louis 5–4 Detroit OT Bernier 18,331 3–8–1 7 Recap 13 October 29 Edmonton 1–3 Detroit Howard 19,515 4–8–1 9 Recap
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 Recap 15 November 2 Detroit 0–4 Florida Bernier 14,411 4–10–1 9 Recap 16 November 4 Nashville 6–1 Detroit Howard 18,526 4–11–1 9 Recap 17 November 6 Detroit 1–5 NY Rangers Howard 16,804 4–12–1 9 Recap 18 November 8 Boston 2–4 Detroit Bernier 19,515 5–12–1 11 Recap 19 November 10 Vegas 2–3 Detroit Bernier 19,057 6–12–1 13 Recap 20 November 12 Detroit 4–3 Anaheim OT Bernier 15,046 7–12–1 15 Recap 21 November 14 Detroit 2–3 Los Angeles OT Bernier 16,871 7–12–2 16 Recap 22 November 16 Detroit 3–4 San Jose SO Howard 17,562 7–12–3 17 Recap 23 November 19 Ottawa 4–3 Detroit Bernier 19,156 7–13–3 17 Recap 24 November 21 Detroit 4–5 Columbus Howard 14,417 7–14–3 17 Recap 25 November 23 Detroit 1–5 New Jersey Bernier 16,514 7–15–3 17 Recap 26 November 24 Carolina 2–0 Detroit Howard 18,726 7–16–3 17 Recap 27 November 27 Toronto 6–0 Detroit Howard 19,515 7–17–3 17 Recap 28 November 29 Detroit 1–6 Philadelphia Pickard 18,566 7–18–3 17 Recap 29 November 30 Washington 5–2 Detroit Bernier 19,190 7–19–3 17 Recap
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 Recap 31 December 7 Pittsburgh 5–3 Detroit Bernier 19,515 7–21–3 17 Recap 32 December 10 Detroit 1–5 Winnipeg Comrie 15,325 7–22–3 17 Recap 33 December 12 Winnipeg 2–5 Detroit Bernier 18,832 8–22–3 19 Recap 34 December 14 Detroit 2–1 Montreal Bernier 21,302 9–22–3 21 Recap 35 December 15 Los Angeles 4–2 Detroit Comrie 18,540 9–23–3 21 Recap 36 December 17 Columbus 5–3 Detroit Bernier 17,639 9–24–3 21 Recap 37 December 21 Detroit 1–4 Toronto Pickard 19,080 9–25–3 21 Recap 38 December 22 Arizona 5–2 Detroit Howard 19.515 9–26–3 21 Recap 39 December 28 Detroit 4–5 Florida Howard 17,731 9–27–3 21 Recap 40 December 29 Detroit 1–2 Tampa Bay Bernier 19,092 9–28–3 21 Recap 41 December 31 San Jose 0–2 Detroit Bernier 19,515 10–28–3 23 Recap
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 Recap 43 January 5 Detroit 2–4 Chicago Howard 21,493 10–30–3 23 Recap 44 January 7 Montreal 3–4 Detroit Bernier 17,538 11–30–3 25 Recap 45 January 10 Ottawa 2–3 Detroit SO Bernier 18,724 12–30–3 27 Recap 46 January 12 Buffalo 5–1 Detroit Howard 18,312 12–31–3 27 Recap 47 January 14 Detroit 2–8 NY Islanders Howard 12,542 12–32–3 27 Recap 48 January 17 Pittsburgh 2–1 Detroit OT Howard 19,515 12–32–4 28 Recap 49 January 18 Florida 4–1 Detroit Howard 19,231 12–33–4 28 Recap 50 January 20 Detroit 3–6 Colorado Howard 18,110 12–34–4 28 Recap 51 January 22 Detroit 2–4 Minnesota Howard 17,212 12–35–4 28 Recap All-Star Break in St. Louis 52 January 31 Detroit 2–4 NY Rangers Howard 17,169 12–36–4 28 Recap
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 Recap 54 February 3 Philadelphia 3–0 Detroit Bernier 17,526 12–38–4 28 Recap 55 February 6 Detroit 4–3 Buffalo SO Bernier 16,607 13–38–4 30 Recap 56 February 7 Detroit 0–2 Columbus Howard 18,978 13–39–4 30 Recap 57 February 9 Boston 1–3 Detroit Bernier 19,515 14–39–4 32 Recap 58 February 11 Detroit 2–3 Buffalo Bernier 16,588 14–40–4 32 Recap 59 February 13 Detroit 1–4 New Jersey Bernier 12,941 14–41–4 32 Recap 60 February 15 Detroit 1–4 Boston Bernier 17,850 14–42–4 32 Recap 61 February 16 Detroit 1–5 Pittsburgh Howard 18,654 14–43–4 32 Recap 62 February 18 Montreal 3–4 Detroit Bernier 18,947 15–43–4 34 Recap 63 February 21 Detroit 1–4 NY Islanders Bernier 13,917 15–44–4 34 Recap 64 February 23 Calgary 4–2 Detroit Bernier 18,022 15–45–4 34 Recap 65 February 25 New Jersey 4–1 Detroit Bernier 17,525 15–46–4 34 Recap 66 February 27 Minnesota 7–1 Detroit Howard 17,663 15–47–4 34 Recap 67 February 29 Detroit 3–4 Ottawa SO Bernier 15,505 15–47–5 35 Recap
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 68 March 2 Colorado – Detroit 69 March 6 Chicago – Detroit 70 March 8 Tampa Bay – Detroit 71 March 10 Carolina – Detroit 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
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 81 April 2 Detroit – Toronto 82 April 4 Tampa Bay – Detroit
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of February 27, 2020

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Dylan Larkin	66	17	29	46	−23	37
Tyler Bertuzzi	66	18	23	41	−25	28
Anthony Mantha	38	14	18	32	−11	28
Filip Hronek	60	9	20	29	−34	44
Robby Fabbri†	47	12	16	28	−26	10
Andreas Athanasiou‡	46	10	14	24	−45	26
Valtteri Filppula	65	6	15	21	−42	24
Madison Bowey	50	3	13	16	−16	32
Darren Helm	63	9	6	15	−2	35
Filip Zadina	28	8	7	15	−13	2
Mike Green‡	48	3	8	11	−32	32
Luke Glendening	55	6	3	9	−23	14
Patrik Nemeth	60	1	8	9	−12	28
Dennis Cholowski	34	2	6	8	−27	6
Frans Nielsen	55	3	4	7	−13	8
Taro Hirose	26	2	5	7	−12	6
Trevor Daley	38	0	6	6	−22	16
Adam Erne	55	2	2	4	−25	28
Brendan Perlini†	38	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
Christoffer Ehn	53	1	2	3	−22	2
Justin Abdelkader	46	0	3	3	−13	25
Alex Biega	44	0	2	2	−11	20
Joe Hicketts	6	0	2	2	−5	2
Brian Lashoff	9	0	1	1	1	6
Dylan McIlrath	16	0	0	0	−4	23
Jonathan Ericsson	13	0	0	0	−9	0
Gustav Lindström	11	0	0	0	−7	10
Evgeny Svechnikov	4	0	0	0	−1	2
Cody Goloubef	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Sam Gagner	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jonathan Bernier	41	36	2,259	13	20	2	111	2.95	1,181	.906	1	0	3	2
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.

Roster

Updated July 14, 2022

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
59		Tyler Bertuzzi	LW	L	29	2013	Sudbury, Ontario
–		Ben Chiarot	D	L	32	2022	Hamilton, Ontario
–		Andrew Copp	C	L	29	2022	Ann Arbor, Michigan
73		Adam Erne	LW	L	28	2019	New Haven, Connecticut
14		Robby Fabbri Injured Reserve	C	L	28	2019	Mississauga, Ontario
17		Filip Hronek	D	R	26	2016	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
–		Ville Husso	G	R	29	2022	Helsinki, Finland
–		Dominik Kubalík	LW	L	28	2022	Plzeň, Czech Republic
71		Dylan Larkin (C) Injured Reserve	C	L	27	2014	Waterford, Michigan
28		Gustav Lindstrom	D	R	25	2017	Östervåla, Sweden
–		Olli Määttä	D	L	29	2022	Jyvaskyla, Finland
39		Alex Nedeljkovic	G	L	28	2021	Parma, Ohio
82		Jordan Oesterle	D	L	31	2021	Dearborn Heights, Michigan
57		David Perron	LW	R	35	2022	Sherbrooke, Quebec
–		Mark Pysyk	D	R	32	2022	Sherwood Park, Alberta
27		Michael Rasmussen	C	L	25	2017	Vancouver, British Columbia
23		Lucas Raymond	LW	R	22	2020	Gothenburg, Sweden
53		Moritz Seider	D	R	23	2019	Zell, Germany
48		Givani Smith	RW	L	26	2016	Thornhill, Ontario
70		Oskar Sundqvist	C	R	30	2022	Boden, Sweden
24		Pius Suter	C	L	27	2021	Zurich, Switzerland
90		Joe Veleno	C	L	24	2018	Montreal, Quebec
15		Jakub Vrana	LW	L	28	2021	Prague, Czech Republic
8		Jake Walman Injured Reserve (RFA)	D	L	28	2022	Toronto, Ontario
11		Filip Zadina (RFA)	RW	L	24	2018	Pardubice, Czech Republic

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Anthony Mantha	NHL Second Star of the Week	October 7, 2019

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Justin Abdelkader	700th career NHL game	October 23, 2019
Givani Smith	1st career NHL game	October 25, 2019
Valtteri Filppula	500th career NHL point	November 4, 2019
Givani Smith	1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist	January 7, 2020
Givani Smith	1st career NHL goal	January 14, 2020
Frans Nielsen	300th career NHL assist	January 17, 2020
Dylan Larkin	100th career NHL goal	January 18, 2020
Valtteri Filppula	1,000th career NHL game	February 1, 2020
Gustav Lindström	1st career NHL game	February 6, 2020
Robby Fabbri	100th career NHL point	February 6, 2020
Mike Green	500th career NHL point	February 18, 2020

Transactions

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

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 28, 2019 (2019-10-28)	To Chicago Blackhawks Alec Regula	To Detroit Red Wings Brendan Perlini
November 6, 2019 (2019-11-06)	To St. Louis Blues Jacob de la Rose	To Detroit Red Wings Robby Fabbri
November 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)	To Arizona Coyotes Vili Saarijarvi	To Detroit Red Wings Eric Comrie
December 12, 2019 (2019-12-12)	To Carolina Hurricanes Oliwer Kaski	To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Wood
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Edmonton Oilers Mike Green	To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Brodziak Conditional draft pick in 2020 or 2021
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

Notes:

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

Free agents

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

Retirement

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

Waivers

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

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

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.
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).
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.
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.

References