# 2012–13 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2012–13 Detroit Red Wings season was the 87th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout. This was the first time in a long time that the Red Wings did not have Nicklas Lidstrom on their roster, lost to retirement. Henrik Zetterberg was appointed as team captain.
As of 2024, this is the most recent season that the Red Wings won a playoff series.

## Off-season

On May 31, 2012, defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom announced his retirement from the NHL after 20 seasons. Lidstrom won four Stanley Cups and seven Norris Trophies during his Hall of Fame career, all with the Red Wings.

## Regular season

Central Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | p – Chicago Blackhawks | 48 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 155 | 102 | +53 | 77 |
| 2 | x – St. Louis Blues | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 129 | 115 | +14 | 60 |
| 3 | x – Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 124 | 115 | +9 | 56 |
| 4 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 120 | 119 | +1 | 55 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 111 | 139 | −28 | 41 |
Western Conference :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | p – Chicago Blackhawks | 48 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 155 | 102 | +53 | 77 |
| 2 | PA | y – Anaheim Ducks | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 140 | 118 | +22 | 66 |
| 3 | NW | y – Vancouver Canucks | 48 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 127 | 121 | +6 | 59 |
| 4 | CE | x – St. Louis Blues | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 129 | 115 | +14 | 60 |
| 5 | PA | x – Los Angeles Kings | 48 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 133 | 118 | +15 | 59 |
| 6 | PA | x – San Jose Sharks | 48 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 124 | 116 | +8 | 57 |
| 7 | CE | x – Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 124 | 115 | +9 | 56 |
| 8 | NW | x – Minnesota Wild | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 122 | 127 | −5 | 55 |
| 9 | CE | Columbus Blue Jackets | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 120 | 119 | +1 | 55 |
| 10 | PA | Phoenix Coyotes | 48 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 125 | 131 | −6 | 51 |
| 11 | PA | Dallas Stars | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 130 | 142 | −12 | 48 |
| 12 | NW | Edmonton Oilers | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 125 | 134 | −9 | 45 |
| 13 | NW | Calgary Flames | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 128 | 160 | −32 | 42 |
| 14 | CE | Nashville Predators | 48 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 111 | 139 | −28 | 41 |
| 15 | NW | Colorado Avalanche | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 116 | 152 | −36 | 39 |

### Schedule and results

2012–13 Game Log :

## Playoffs

2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 47 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 21 | 14 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 46 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 2 | 18 |
| Johan Franzen | 41 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 13 | 41 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 48 | 5 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 44 |
| Damien Brunner | 44 | 12 | 14 | 26 | −6 | 12 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 41 | 9 | 8 | 17 | −4 | 6 |
| Daniel Cleary | 48 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −6 | 40 |
| Jonathan Ericsson | 45 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| Jakub Kindl | 41 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 48 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| Jordin Tootoo | 42 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 78 |
| Patrick Eaves | 34 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
| Drew Miller | 44 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −8 | 2 |
| Cory Emmerton | 48 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
| Brendan Smith | 34 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 36 |
| Joakim Andersson | 38 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| Tomas Tatar | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Brian Lashoff | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −10 | 15 |
| Ian White | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Kyle Quincey | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| Mikael Samuelsson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| Carlo Colaiacovo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
| Danny DeKeyser | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Darren Helm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jan Mursak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Riley Sheahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Huskins$^‡$ | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 8 |
| Daniel Cleary | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −1 | 2 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Damien Brunner | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 4 |
| Johan Franzen | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −7 | 8 |
| Jakub Kindl | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Brendan Smith | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −3 | 10 |
| Joakim Andersson | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Jonathan Ericsson | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Patrick Eaves | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 33 |
| Mikael Samuelsson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
| Kyle Quincey | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 12 |
| Drew Miller | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Carlo Colaiacovo | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Cory Emmerton | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Jordin Tootoo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Lashoff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny DeKeyser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jimmy Howard | 42 | 42 | 2445:44 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 87 | 2.13 | 1,129 | .923 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonas Gustavsson | 7 | 4 | 349:15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2.92 | 140 | .879 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Petr Mrazek | 2 | 2 | 119:09 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.02 | 51 | .922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jimmy Howard | 14 | 14 | 859:28 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 2.44 | 461 | .924 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
$^†$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

## Awards and records
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Jimmy Howard | NHL First Star of the Week | April 29, 2013 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | NHL Second Star of the Week | April 29, 2013 |

### Records

24 consecutive home wins

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Brian Lashoff | 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal | January 21, 2013 |
| Damien Brunner | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | January 22, 2013 |
| Kent Huskins | 300th Career NHL Game | January 22, 2013 |
| Damien Brunner | 1st Career NHL Assist | January 27, 2013 |
| Daniel Cleary | 500th Career NHL Game | February 2, 2013 |
| Jimmy Howard | 200th Career NHL Game | February 2, 2013 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 1,100th Career NHL Game | February 7, 2013 |
| Petr Mrazek | 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Win | February 7, 2013 |
| Tomas Tatar | 1st Career NHL Assist | February 7, 2013 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 50th Career NHL Goal | February 9, 2013 |
| Jordin Tootoo | 500th Career NHL Game | February 15, 2013 |
| Joakim Andersson | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | February 15, 2013 |
| Brian Lashoff | 1st Career NHL Assist | February 17, 2013 |
| Drew Miller | 300th Career NHL Game | February 27, 2013 |
| Cory Emmerton | 100th Career NHL Game | March 13, 2013 |
| Patrick Eaves | 400th career NHL Game | March 16, 2013 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 250th Career NHL Goal 500th Career NHL Assist | March 22, 2013 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 700th Career NHL Game | March 24, 2013 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 500th Career NHL Game | March 25, 2013 |
| Ian White | 500th Career NHL Game | March 31, 2013 |
| Johan Franzen | 500th Career NHL Game | March 31, 2013 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 400th Career NHL Assist | April 11, 2013 |
| Danny DeKeyser | 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point | April 14, 2013 |
| Johan Franzen | 300th Career NHL Point | April 14, 2013 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 100th Career NHL Goal | April 25, 2013 |
Playoffs :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Danny DeKeyser | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 30, 2013 |
| Jakub Kindl | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist | April 30, 2013 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal | May 2, 2013 |
| Damien Brunner | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal | May 2, 2013 |
| Brian Lashoff | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | May 4, 2013 |
| Mikael Samuelsson | 100th Career NHL Playoff Game | May 4, 2013 |
| Joakim Andersson | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist | May 6, 2013 |
| Brendan Smith | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist | May 6, 2013 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist | May 6, 2013 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 100th Career NHL Playoff Point | May 10, 2013 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 100th Career NHL Playoff Game | May 18, 2013 |
| Cory Emmerton | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist | May 20, 2013 |
| Jakub Kindl | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal | May 23, 2013 |
| Johan Franzen | 100th Career NHL Playoff Game | May 25, 2013 |
| Joakim Andersson | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal | May 27, 2013 |

## Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 10, 2012 | To San Jose Sharks Brad Stuart | To Detroit Red Wings Andrew Murray Conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 |
| March 30, 2013 | To Philadelphia Flyers Kent Huskins | To Detroit Red Wings Conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 |
Player signings
PlayerDateContract terms
Darren HelmJune 19, 20124 years, $8.5 million
Max NicastroJuly 3, 20122 years, $1.225 million entry-level contract
Marek TvrdonJuly 3, 20123 years, entry-level contract
Kyle QuinceyJuly 18, 20122 years, $7.55 million
Martin FrkJuly 31, 20123 years, $2.1025 million entry-level contract
Tomas JurcoAugust 7, 20123 years, $2.1275 million entry-level contract
Justin AbdelkaderSeptember 14, 20124 years, $7.2 million
Nick JensenMay 2, 20132 years, $1.53 million entry-level contract
Mattias BackmanMay 21, 20133 years, $2.1525 million entry-level contract
Alexey MarchenkoMay 30, 20133 years, $2 million entry-level contract
Pavel DatsyukJune 18, 20133 years, $22.5 million contract extension
Jakub KindlJune 29, 20134 years, $9.6 million contract extension
Drew MillerJune 29, 20133 years, $4.05 million contract extension :

## Draft picks

The Detroit Red Wings' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 49 | Martin Frk | RW | Czech Republic | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
| 3 | 80 | Jake Paterson | G | Canada | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
| 4 | 110 | Andreas Athanasiou | C/LW | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 5 | 140 | Michael McKee | D | Canada | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
| 6 | 170 | James De Haas | D | Canada | Toronto Lakeshore Patriots (OJHL) |
| 7 | 200 | Rasmus Bodin | LW | Sweden | Ostersunds IK (Division 1) |

### Draft notes

* The Red Wings' first-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a February 21, 2012, trade that sent Kyle Quincey to the Red Wings in exchange for Sebastien Piche and this pick.