2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season

2016–17 Detroit Red Wings
Division TBD Atlantic
Conference TBD Eastern
2016–17 record 11–11–3
Home record 5–6–2
Road record 4–6–1
Goals for 61
Goals against 66
Team information
General Manager Ken Holland
Coach Jeff Blashill
Captain Henrik Zetterberg
Alternate captains Justin Abdelkader
Niklas Kronwall
Arena Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals Dylan Larkin (8)
Assists Henrik Zetterberg (12)
Points Henrik Zetterberg (17)
Penalties in minutes Jonathan Ericsson (43)
Plus/minus Darren Helm (+6)
Wins Petr Mrazek (6)
Goals against average Jimmy Howard (1.82)
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The 2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season is the 91st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[1] This season will mark the Red Wings final season at Joe Louis Arena with their move to Little Caesars Arena for the 2017–18 season. This season will involve the Red Wings trying to extend their playoff streak to 26 straight seasons.

Off-season

On May 10, 2016, the Red Wings named Doug Houda as an assistant coach.[2]

On May 17, 2016, the Red Wings named Jeff Salajko as their new goaltending coach, replacing long-time former coach Jim Bedard.[3]

On June 9, 2016, the Red Wings named John Torchetti as an assistant coach.[4]

On September 16, 2016, the Red Wings named Shawn Horcoff director of player development.[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 24 16 6 2 16 69 52 +17 34
2 Ottawa Senators 24 14 8 2 11 57 59 2 30
3 Boston Bruins 24 13 10 1 11 57 54 +3 27
4 Tampa Bay Lightning 25 13 11 1 12 75 70 +5 27
5 Florida Panthers 24 12 10 2 10 60 61 1 26
6 Detroit Red Wings 24 11 10 3 8 58 61 3 25
7 Toronto Maple Leafs 23 10 9 4 10 70 74 4 24
8 Buffalo Sabres 23 9 9 5 8 48 60 12 23
Updated to game(s) played on December 2, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Rangers 25 16 8 1 16 91 63 +28 33
2 Pittsburgh Penguins 24 14 7 3 12 75 72 +3 31
3 Columbus Blue Jackets 22 13 5 4 13 70 50 +20 30
Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 24 16 6 2 16 69 52 +17 34
2 Ottawa Senators 24 14 8 2 11 57 59 2 30
3 Boston Bruins 24 13 10 1 11 57 54 +3 27
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME Washington Capitals 22 13 7 2 13 57 51 +6 28
2 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 25 13 11 1 12 75 70 +5 27
3 ME Philadelphia Flyers 25 12 10 3 9 80 82 2 27
4 ME New Jersey Devils 23 10 7 6 8 58 62 4 26
5 AT Florida Panthers 24 12 10 2 10 60 61 1 26
6 AT Detroit Red Wings 24 11 10 3 8 58 61 3 25
7 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 23 10 9 4 10 70 74 4 24
8 ME Carolina Hurricanes 23 9 9 5 8 55 61 6 23
9 AT Buffalo Sabres 23 9 9 5 8 48 60 12 23
10 ME New York Islanders 23 9 10 4 8 59 67 8 22
Updated to game(s) played on December 2, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log[7]
December: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–0–1 ; Road: 0–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
24 December 1 Florida 2–1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 11–10–3 25 Recap
25 December 3 Detroit 3–5 Pittsburgh Coreau 18,661 11–11–3 25 Recap
26 December 4 Detroit NY Islanders
27 December 6 Detroit Winnipeg
28 December 9 Columbus Detroit
29 December 11 Philadelphia Detroit
30 December 13 Arizona Detroit
31 December 15 Los Angeles Detroit
32 December 17 Anaheim Detroit
33 December 19 Detroit Carolina
34 December 20 Detroit Tampa Bay
35 December 23 Detroit Florida
36 December 27 Buffalo Detroit
37 December 29 Detroit Ottawa

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

Player statistics

As of December 3, 2016

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg 25 5 12 17 3 6
Nielsen, FransFrans Nielsen 25 6 8 14 −7 0
Green, MikeMike Green 25 4 10 14 1 16
Nyquist, GustavGustav Nyquist 25 4 10 14 0 4
Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek 14 4 7 11 4 10
Larkin, DylanDylan Larkin 25 8 1 9 −6 17
Abdelkader, JustinJustin Abdelkader 22 4 4 8 −4 13
Tatar, TomasTomas Tatar 25 3 5 8 −8 12
Helm, DarrenDarren Helm 17 4 3 7 6 8
Glendening, LukeLuke Glendening 25 1 6 7 −1 10
Mantha, AnthonyAnthony Mantha 10 3 3 6 1 0
Athanasiou, AndreasAndreas Athanasiou 13 4 1 5 1 0
Sproul, RyanRyan Sproul 14 1 4 5 −7 4
Sheahan, RileyRiley Sheahan 25 0 5 5 −10 12
Marchenko, AlexeiAlexei Marchenko 19 0 5 5 0 10
Smith, BrendanBrendan Smith 20 2 2 4 −3 15
DeKeyser, DannyDanny DeKeyser 25 1 3 4 −4 15
Ericsson, JonathanJonathan Ericsson 25 0 4 4 3 43
Ott, SteveSteve Ott 21 2 1 3 −1 28
Miller, DrewDrew Miller 18 2 0 2 −8 2
Kronwall, NiklasNiklas Kronwall 12 0 2 2 −2 8
Ouellet, XavierXavier Ouellet 10 0 1 1 4 5
Bertuzzi, TylerTyler Bertuzzi 7 0 0 0 −1 0
Jurco, TomasTomas Jurco 3 0 0 0 −1 2

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Howard, JimmyJimmy Howard 12 11 627 5 5 0 19 1.82 318 .940 1 0 0 0
Mrazek, PetrPetr Mrazek 15 13 827 6 5 3 39 2.83 419 .907 0 0 0 2
Coreau, JaredJared Coreau 1 1 59 0 1 0 4 4.14 36 .889 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Roster

Updated December 3, 2016.[8]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
8 United States Abdelkader, JustinJustin Abdelkader (A)  LW L 29 2005 Muskegon, Michigan
72 Canada Athanasiou, AndreasAndreas Athanasiou  C L 22 2012 London, Ontario
59 Canada Bertuzzi, TylerTyler Bertuzzi  LW L 21 2015 Sudbury, Ontario
31 Canada Coreau, JaredJared Coreau G L 25 2013 Perth, Ontario
65 United States DeKeyser, DannyDanny DeKeyser D L 26 2013 Clay Township, Michigan
52 Sweden Ericsson, JonathanJonathan Ericsson D L 32 2002 Karlskrona, Sweden
93 Sweden Franzen, JohanJohan Franzen  RW L 36 2004 Vetlanda, Sweden
41 United States Glendening, LukeLuke Glendening C R 27 2013 Grand Rapids, Michigan
25 Canada Green, MikeMike Green D R 31 2015 Calgary, Alberta
43 Canada Helm, DarrenDarren Helm  C L 29 2005 St. Andrews, Manitoba
35 United States Howard, JimmyJimmy Howard  G L 32 2003 Ogdensburg, New York
26 Slovakia Jurco, TomasTomas Jurco RW L 23 2011 Košice, Czechoslovakia
55 Sweden Kronwall, NiklasNiklas Kronwall (A) D L 35 2000 Stockholm, Sweden
71 United States Larkin, DylanDylan Larkin C L 20 2014 Waterford, Michigan
23 United States Lashoff, BrianBrian Lashoff D L 26 2008 Albany, New York
39 Canada Mantha, AnthonyAnthony Mantha RW L 22 2013 Longueuil, Quebec
53 Russia Marchenko, AlexeiAlexei Marchenko  D R 24 2011 Moscow, Russia
20 United States Miller, DrewDrew Miller LW L 32 2009 Dover, New Jersey
34 Czech Republic Mrazek, PetrPetr Mrazek G L 24 2010 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
51 Denmark Nielsen, FransFrans Nielsen C L 32 2016 Herning, Denmark
83 Czech Republic Nosek, TomasTomas Nosek C L 24 2014 Pardubice, Czech Republic
14 Sweden Nyquist, GustavGustav Nyquist RW L 27 2008 Halmstad, Sweden
29 Canada Ott, SteveSteve Ott C L 34 2016 Summerside, Prince Edward Island
61 France Ouellet, XavierXavier Ouellet D L 23 2011 Bayonne, France
15 Canada Sheahan, RileyRiley Sheahan C L 24 2010 St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Canada Smith, BrendanBrendan Smith  D L 27 2007 Etobicoke, Ontario
48 Canada Sproul, RyanRyan Sproul D R 23 2011 Mississauga, Ontario
21 Slovakia Tatar, TomasTomas Tatar LW L 26 2009 Ilava, Czechoslovakia
62 Austria Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek LW R 32 2016 Baden bei Wien, Austria
46 United States Vitale, JoeJoe Vitale  C R 31 2016 St. Louis, Missouri
40 Sweden Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg (C) C L 36 1999 Njurunda, Sweden

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded
Green, MikeMike Green NHL Third Star of the Week[9] October 24, 2016

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Green, MikeMike Green 400th career NHL point October 17, 2016
Sproul, RyanRyan Sproul 1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point
October 21, 2016
Ericsson, JonathanJonathan Ericsson 100th career NHL point October 22, 2016
Ott, SteveSteve Ott 800th career NHL game October 27, 2016
Mrazek, PetrPetr Mrazek 100th career NHL game October 27, 2016
Bertuzzi, TylerTyler Bertuzzi 1st career NHL game November 8, 2016
Ryan Sproul 1st career NHL goal November 15, 2016
Larkin, DylanDylan Larkin 100th career NHL game November 23, 2016
Abdelkader, JustinJustin Abdelkader 500th career NHL game November 26, 2016
Ericsson, JonathanJonathan Ericsson 500th career NHL game November 26, 2016
Coreau, JaredJared Coreau 1st career NHL game December 3, 2016

Suspensions/fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
Steve Ott Spearing Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara during NHL Game No. 115 in Detroit on Saturday, October 29, 2016, at 0:12 of the first period. $2,222.22 October 30, 2016[10]

Transactions

Trades

Date
Details
Ref
June 24, 2016 To Arizona Coyotes
Pavel Datsyuk
16th overall pick in 2016
To Detroit Red Wings
Joe Vitale
NYR's 20th overall pick in 2016
53rd overall pick in 2016
[11]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Frans Nielsen New York Islanders 6 years, $31.5 million [12]
Thomas Vanek Minnesota Wild 1 year, $2.6 million [13]
Steve Ott St. Louis Blues 1 year, $800,000 [14]
Ben Street San Antonio Rampage 1 year, $600,000 [15]
Edward Pasquale St. John's IceCaps 1 year, $575,000
Matt Lorito Albany Devils 2 years, two-way contract

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Andy Miele Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $600,000 [16]
September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28) Kyle Quincey New Jersey Devils 1 year, $1.25 million [17]

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date Ref

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date Ref
Martin Frk Carolina Hurricanes October 9, 2016 [18]
Teemu Pulkkinen Minnesota Wild October 11, 2016 [19]

Lost via retirement

Player Ref
Brad Richards [20]

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27) Drew Miller 1 year, $1.025 million contract extension [21]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Darren Helm 5 years, $19.25 million contract extension [22]
Alexei Marchenko 2 years, $2.9 million contract extension
July 6, 2016 (2016-07-06) Jared Coreau 2 years, $1.225 million contract extension [23]
July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13) Teemu Pulkkinen 1 year, $812,500 contract extension [24]
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14) Luke Glendening 4 years, $7.2 million contract extension [25]
Filip Hronek 3 years, entry-level contract [26]
July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21) Mitch Callahan 1 year, $600,000 [27]
July 26, 2016 (2016-07-26) Danny DeKeyser 6 years, $30 million [28]
July 27, 2016 (2016-07-27) Petr Mrazek 2 years, $8 million [29]
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23) Ryan Sproul 2 years, $1.25 million [30]
October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17) Givani Smith 3 years, entry-level contract [31]

Draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 20[a] Dennis Cholowski D  Canada Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
2 46 Givani Smith RW  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
2 53[b] Filip Hronek D  Czech Mountfield HK (CZE)
4 107 Alfons Malmstrom D  Sweden Örebro HK (J20 SuperElit)
5 137 Jordan Sambrook D  Canada Erie Otters (OHL)
6 167 Filip Larsson G  Sweden Djurgårdens (Swedish Junior)
7 197 Mattias Elfstrom C  Sweden Malmö Redhawks (J20 SuperElit)
Draft notes
Arizona previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Keith Yandle, Chris Summers and a fourth-round pick in 2016 to New York in exchange for John Moore, Anthony Duclair, Tampa Bay's second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[32] The condition – Arizona will receive a first-round pick in 2016 if New York qualifies for the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs[33] – was converted on April 4, 2016.[34]
  • [b] The Arizona Coyotes' compensatory second-round pick (53rd overall) went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Pavel Datsyuk and a first-round pick in 2016 (16th overall) to Arizona in exchange for Joe Vitale, the Rangers' first-round pick in 2016 (20th overall) and this pick.[11]
Arizona previously received this pick as compensation for not signing 2014 first-round draft pick Conner Bleackley, whom they acquired in an earlier trade with Colorado.[35]
New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Marek Zidlicky to Detroit in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[37] The condition – New Jersey will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Detroit does not advance to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals[37] – was converted on April 29, 2015 when Detroit was eliminated from the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs.

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