# 2014–15 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2014–15 Detroit Red Wings season was the 89th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.

## Off-season

On May 23, 2014, it was announced that restricted free agent centre Cory Emmerton had signed with HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for the 2014–15 season.
On June 19, 2014, former Red Wings assistant coach, Bill Peters, was hired as the new head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes. On July 15, 2014, the Red Wings hired Tony Granato as an assistant coach. On July 30, 2014, the Red Wings hired Jim Hiller and Andrew Brewer as assistant coaches.
On August 14, 2014, the Red Wings signed executive vice president and general manager Ken Holland to a four-year contract extension through the end of the 2017–18 season.

## Standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 43 | 221 | 189 | +32 | 110 |
| 2 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 47 | 262 | 211 | +51 | 108 |
| 3 | x – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 235 | 221 | +14 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 37 | 238 | 215 | +23 | 99 |
| 5 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 37 | 213 | 211 | +2 | 96 |
| 6 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 30 | 206 | 223 | −17 | 91 |
| 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 25 | 211 | 262 | −51 | 68 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 23 | 51 | 8 | 15 | 161 | 274 | −113 | 54 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2014–15 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 77 | 17 | 49 | 66 | −6 | 32 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 63 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 12 | 8 |
| Tomas Tatar | 82 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 6 | 28 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 82 | 27 | 27 | 54 | −11 | 26 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 71 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 3 | 72 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 80 | 9 | 35 | 44 | −4 | 40 |
| Riley Sheahan | 79 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −3 | 16 |
| Darren Helm | 75 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 12 |
| Danny DeKeyser | 80 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 42 |
| Stephen Weiss | 52 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −2 | 16 |
| Johan Franzen | 33 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −12 | 30 |
| Luke Glendening | 82 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 34 |
| Kyle Quincey | 73 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 77 |
| Tomas Jurco | 63 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 14 |
| Jonathan Ericsson | 82 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −5 | 70 |
| Drew Miller | 82 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −3 | 25 |
| Jakub Kindl | 35 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| Brendan Smith | 76 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −2 | 68 |
| Marek Zidlicky$^†$ | 21 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −2 | 14 |
| Teemu Pulkkinen | 31 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Joakim Andersson | 68 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −4 | 22 |
| Erik Cole$^†$ | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −2 | 0 |
| Xavier Ouellet | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Daniel Cleary | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 6 |
| Alexei Marchenko | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Lashoff | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Andrej Nestrasil$^‡$ | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
| Landon Ferraro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| Tomas Tatar | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| Jonathan Ericsson | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Riley Sheahan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Luke Glendening | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 8 |
| Kyle Quincey | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| Darren Helm | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 4 |
| Drew Miller | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Joakim Andersson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| Tomas Jurco | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 |
| Danny DeKeyser | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 12 |
| Stephen Weiss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Marek Zidlicky | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jakub Kindl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Brendan Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Landon Ferraro | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Alexei Marchenko | 3 | 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 | 53 | 50 | 2971 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 121 | 2.44 | 1350 | .910 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Petr Mrazek | 29 | 26 | 1585 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 63 | 2.38 | 768 | .918 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Gustavsson | 7 | 6 | 351 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 2.56 | 168 | .911 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom McCollum | 2 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.91 | 25 | .960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Petr Mrazek | 7 | 7 | 398 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2.11 | 186 | .925 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Howard | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 12 | .917 | 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

## Notable achievements
### Awards

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Pavel Datsyuk | NHL Second Star of the Week | November 3, 2014 |
| Tomas Tatar | NHL Second Star of the Week | November 24, 2014 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | NHL First Star of the Week | December 8, 2014 |
| Jimmy Howard | NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2015 |
| Tomas Tatar | NHL Second Star of the Week | January 19, 2015 |

### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Andrej Nestrasil | 1st Career NHL Game | October 9, 2014 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 100th Career NHL Game | October 15, 2014 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 600th Career NHL Game | October 21, 2014 |
| Andrej Nestrasil | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | October 25, 2014 |
| Darren Helm | 300th Career NHL Game | October 29, 2014 |
| Jimmy Howard | 300th Career NHL Game | November 18, 2014 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 100th Career NHL Point | November 18, 2014 |
| Xavier Ouellet | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | November 22, 2014 |
| Stephen Weiss | 400th Career NHL Point | November 24, 2014 |
| Xavier Ouellet | 1st Career NHL Goal | November 28, 2014 |
| Petr Mrazek | 1st Career NHL Shootout Win | November 28, 2014 |
| Mike Babcock | 500th Career NHL Win | December 6, 2014 |
| Daniel Cleary | 600th Career NHL Game with Detroit | December 13, 2014 |
| Darren Helm | 50th Career NHL Goal | December 31, 2014 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 800th Career NHL Game | January 7, 2015 |
| Tom McCollum | 1st Career NHL Win | January 18, 2015 |
| Teemu Pulkkinen | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | January 20, 2015 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 50th Career NHL Goal | February 5, 2015 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 100th Career NHL Point | February 5, 2015 |
| Alexei Marchenko | 1st Career NHL Point | February 21, 2015 |
| Drew Miller | 400th Career NHL Game with Detroit | February 28, 2015 |
| Alexei Marchenko | 1st Career NHL Goal | February 28, 2015 |
| Marek Zidlicky | 400th Career NHL Point | April 2, 2015 |
| Landon Ferraro | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | April 11, 2015 |
Playoffs :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Landon Ferraro | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 16, 2015 |
| Alexei Marchenko | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 16, 2015 |
| Petr Mrazek | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game 1st Career NHL Playoff Win | April 16, 2015 |
| Tomas Jurco | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 16, 2015 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 100th Career NHL Playoff Game | April 18, 2015 |
| Tomas Tatar | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 18, 2015 |
| Riley Sheahan | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 21, 2015 |
| Tomas Tatar | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist | April 21, 2015 |
| Petr Mrazek | 1st Career NHL Playoff Shutout | April 21, 2015 |
| Tomas Jurco | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist | April 23, 2015 |
| Riley Sheahan | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist | April 23, 2015 |

## Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 28, 2014 | To Columbus Blue Jackets 3rd-round pick in 2014 3rd-round pick in 2015 | To Detroit Red Wings EDM's 3rd-round pick in 2014 |
| March 1, 2015 | To Dallas Stars Mattias Backman Mattias Janmark 2nd-round pick in 2015 | To Detroit Red Wings Erik Cole Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015 |
| March 2, 2015 | To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 | To Detroit Red Wings Marek Zidlicky |
Lost via waivers
PlayerNew teamDate claimed off waiversRef
Andrej NestrasilCarolina HurricanesNovember 20, 2014 :
Player signings
DatePlayerContract terms (in U.S. dollars)Ref
June 27, 2014Jonas Gustavsson1 year, $1.85 million contract extension
July 1, 2014Riley Sheahan2 years, $1.9 million contract extension
July 1, 2014Petr Mrazek1 year, $737,500 contract extension
July 2, 2014Kyle Quincey2 years, $8.5 million
July 10, 2014Daniel Cleary1 year, $1.5 million
July 11, 2014Tom McCollum1 year, $600,000
July 17, 2014Mitch Callahan1 year, $555,000
July 17, 2014Andrej Nestrasil1 year, $550,000
July 25, 2014Landon Ferraro1 year, $550,000
July 28, 2014Tomas Tatar3 years, $8.25 million
September 16, 2014Danny DeKeyser2 years, $4.375 million
September 24, 2014Joe Hicketts3 years, entry-level contract
October 17, 2014Tyler Bertuzzi3 years, entry-level contract
May 9, 2015Dominic Turgeon3 years, entry-level contract
May 21, 2015Dylan Larkin3 years, entry-level contract
June 15, 2015Axel Holmstrom3 years, entry-level contract :

### Suspensions/fines

| Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued |
| Gustav Nyquist | Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 529 in Boston on Monday, December 29, 2014, at 15:55 of the second period. | — | $2,000.00 | January 7, 2015 |
| Niklas Kronwall | Charging Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov during Game Six of the First Round of the Eastern Conference series in Detroit on Monday, April 27, 2015, at 18:55 of the second period. | 1 game | N/A | April 28, 2015 |

## Draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 15 | Dylan Larkin | C | United States | USA U-18 (USHL) |
| 3 | 63 | Dominic Turgeon | C | United States | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
| 4 | 106 | Christoffer Ehn | C | Sweden | Frölunda HC (J20 SuperElit) |
| 5 | 136 | Chase Perry | G | United States | Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) |
| 6 | 166 | Julius Vahatalo | LW | Finland | HC TPS (SM-liiga) |
| 7 | 196 | Axel Holmstrom | C | Sweden | Skellefteå AIK (SHL) |
| 7 | 201 | Alexander Kadeikin | C | Russia | Atlant Moscow Oblast (KHL) |

### Draft notes

* Detroit's second-round pick will go to the Nashville Predators, as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent David Legwand to Detroit, in exchange for Patrick Eaves, Calle Jarnkrok, and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Nashville will receive a second-round pick in 2014 if Detroit qualifies for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 9, 2014.
* $^a$ San Jose's seventh-round pick will go to Detroit, as the result of a trade on June 10, 2012, that sent Brad Stuart to San Jose, in exchange for Andrew Murray and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Stuart is re-signed by San Jose for the 2012–13 season – was converted on June 18, 2012.