# 2022–23 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2022–23 Detroit Red Wings season was the 97th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It was the Red Wings' sixth season at Little Caesars Arena. This was the Red Wings' first season under new head coach Derek Lalonde.
The Red Wings were failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season on April 6, 2023, after a 7–6 shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres. They finished the season with a 35–37–10 record.

## Off-season

On June 30, 2022, Derek Lalonde was named head coach following the departure of Jeff Blashill.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | p – Boston Bruins | 82 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 305 | 177 | +128 | 135 |
| 2 | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 42 | 279 | 222 | +57 | 111 |
| 3 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 38 | 283 | 254 | +29 | 98 |
| 4 | x – Florida Panthers | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 290 | 273 | +17 | 92 |
| 5 | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 296 | 300 | −4 | 91 |
| 6 | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 261 | 271 | −10 | 86 |
| 7 | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 240 | 279 | −39 | 80 |
| 8 | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 232 | 307 | −75 | 68 |

### Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | ME | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 243 | 222 | +21 | 93 |
| 2 | AT | x – Florida Panthers | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 290 | 273 | +17 | 92 |
| 3 | ME | e – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 262 | 264 | −2 | 91 |
| 4 | AT | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 296 | 300 | −4 | 91 |
| 5 | AT | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 261 | 271 | −10 | 86 |
| 6 | AT | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 240 | 279 | −39 | 80 |
| 7 | ME | e – Washington Capitals | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 27 | 255 | 265 | −10 | 80 |
| 8 | ME | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 26 | 222 | 277 | −55 | 75 |
| 9 | AT | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 232 | 307 | −75 | 68 |
| 10 | ME | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 15 | 214 | 330 | −116 | 59 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2022–23 game log 35–37–10 (Home: 19–17–5; Road: 16–20–5) :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Awards and honours
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Lucas Raymond | NHL Second Star of the Week | January 16, 2023 |
| Dylan Larkin | NHL Second Star of the Week | February 6, 2023 |
| Dylan Larkin | NHL Third Star of the Week | February 20, 2023 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Elmer Soderblom | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL goal | October 14, 2022 |
| Filip Hronek | 100th career NHL assist | October 21, 2022 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | 100th career NHL point | October 23, 2022 |
| Adam Erne | 300th career NHL game | October 25, 2022 |
| Gustav Lindstrom | 100th career NHL game | October 31, 2022 |
| Ben Chiarot | 500th career NHL game | November 5, 2022 |
| Jordan Oesterle | 300th career NHL game | November 6, 2022 |
| David Perron | 400th career NHL assist | November 12, 2022 |
| Andrew Copp | 500th career NHL game | November 17, 2022 |
| Lucas Raymond | 100th career NHL game | November 19, 2022 |
| Moritz Seider | 100th career NHL game | November 19, 2022 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | 300th career NHL game | November 23, 2022 |
| Michael Rasmussen | 200th career NHL game | November 25, 2022 |
| David Perron | 1,000th career NHL game | December 10, 2022 |
| Joe Veleno | 100th career NHL game | December 17, 2022 |
| Jake Walman | 100th career NHL game | January 12, 2023 |
| Simon Edvinsson | 1st career NHL game | March 18, 2023 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 100th career NHL game | March 28, 2023 |
| Matt Luff | 100th career NHL game | March 31, 2023 |
| Marco Kasper | 1st career NHL game | April 2, 2023 |

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Dylan Larkin | 80 | 32 | 47 | 79 | –7 | 45 |
| David Perron | 82 | 24 | 32 | 56 | –7 | 52 |
| Dominik Kubalik | 81 | 20 | 25 | 45 | –15 | 24 |
| Lucas Raymond | 74 | 17 | 28 | 45 | –17 | 24 |
| Andrew Copp | 82 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 2 | 25 |
| Moritz Seider | 82 | 5 | 37 | 42 | –11 | 40 |
| Filip Hronek‡ | 60 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 8 | 34 |
| Michael Rasmussen | 56 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 43 |
| Jonatan Berggren | 67 | 15 | 13 | 28 | –14 | 16 |
| Pius Suter | 79 | 14 | 10 | 24 | –3 | 6 |
| Olli Maatta | 78 | 6 | 17 | 23 | –9 | 14 |
| Oskar Sundqvist | 52 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 20 |
| Joe Veleno | 81 | 9 | 11 | 20 | –12 | 30 |
| Ben Chiarot | 76 | 5 | 14 | 19 | –31 | 51 |
| Jake Walman | 63 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| Adam Erne | 61 | 8 | 10 | 18 | –12 | 21 |
| Robby Fabbri | 28 | 7 | 9 | 16 | –1 | 22 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi‡ | 29 | 4 | 10 | 14 | –12 | 23 |
| Jordan Oesterle | 52 | 2 | 9 | 11 | –9 | 19 |
| Alex Chiasson | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | –8 | 6 |
| Elmer Soderblom | 21 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Gustav Lindstrom | 36 | 1 | 7 | 8 | –16 | 20 |
| Filip Zadina | 30 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –5 | 10 |
| Robert Hagg | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –5 | 26 |
| Austin Czarnik | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | –4 | 8 |
| Matt Luff | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –4 | 0 |
| Simon Edvinsson | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –7 | 12 |
| Jakub Vrana‡ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 |
| Marco Kasper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taro Hirose | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Givani Smith‡ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Ville Husso | 56 | 56 | 3,221 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 167 | 3.11 | 1,603 | .896 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Magnus Hellberg† | 17 | 13 | 877 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 48 | 3.29 | 416 | .885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 15 | 13 | 833 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 3.53 | 466 | .895 | 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.

## Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) | To St. Louis Blues3rd-round pick in 2022 | To Detroit Red WingsVille Husso |
| December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19) | To Florida PanthersGivani Smith | To Detroit Red WingsMichael Del Zotto |
| December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19) | To Anaheim DucksMichael Del Zotto | To Detroit Red WingsDanny O'Regan |
| March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01) | To Vancouver CanucksFilip Hronek 4th-round pick in 2023 | To Detroit Red Wings1st-round pick in 2023 2nd-round pick in 2023 |
| March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02) | To Boston BruinsTyler Bertuzzi | To Detroit Red Wings1st-round pick in 2024 4th-round pick in 2025 |

### Free agents

| Date | Player | Team | Contract term |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Ben Chiarot | from Florida Panthers | 4-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Andrew Copp | from New York Rangers | 5-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Austin Czarnik | from New York Islanders | 2-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Thomas Greiss | to St. Louis Blues | 1-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Magnus Hellberg | to Seattle Kraken | 2-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Dominik Kubalik | from Chicago Blackhawks | 2-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Matt Luff | from Nashville Predators | 1-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | David Perron | from St. Louis Blues | 2-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Calvin Pickard | to Edmonton Oilers | 2-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Dan Renouf | to Boston Bruins | 2-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Marc Staal | to Florida Panthers | 1-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Mitchell Stephens | to Montreal Canadiens | 1-year |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Riley Barber | to Dallas Stars | 1-year |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Olli Maatta | from Los Angeles Kings | 1-year |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Mark Pysyk | from Buffalo Sabres | 1-year |
| July 18, 2022 (2022-07-18) | Turner Elson | to New York Rangers | 1-year |
| July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25) | Robert Hagg | from Florida Panthers | 1-year |
| July 27, 2022 (2022-07-27) | Olli Juolevi | to Anaheim Ducks | 1-year |
| September 2, 2022 (2022-09-02) | Sam Gagner | to Winnipeg Jets | 1-year |
| September 12, 2022 (2022-09-12) | Carter Rowney | to Löwen Frankfurt | 1-year |
| December 23, 2022 (2022-12-23) | Amadeus Lombardi | from Flint Firebirds | 3-year |
| March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01) | Alexandre Doucet | from Halifax Mooseheads | 3-year |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Contract term |
| July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) | Ville Husso | 3-year |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Marco Kasper | 3-year |
| July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21) | Chase Pearson | 1-year |
| August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11) | Jake Walman | 1-year |
| August 26, 2022 (2022-08-26) | Filip Zadina | 3-year |
| February 16, 2023 (2023-02-16) | Olli Maatta | 2-year |
| March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01) | Dylan Larkin | 8-year |
| March 28, 2023 (2023-03-28) | Carter Mazur | 3-year |

## Draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 and 8, 2022, at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 8 | Marco Kasper | C | Austria | Rogle BK (SHL) |
| 2 | 40 | Dylan James | LW | Canada | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
| 2 | 52$^1$ | Dmitri Buchelnikov | LW | Russia | SKA-1946 (JHL) |
| 4 | 105 | Anton Johansson | D | Sweden | Leksands IF (SHL) |
| 4 | 113$^2$ | Amadeus Lombardi | C | Canada | Flint Firebirds (OHL) |
| 4 | 129$^3$ | Maximilian Kilpinen | LW | Sweden | Örebro HK (J20) |
| 5 | 137 | Tnias Mathruin | D | Canada | North Bay Battalion (OHL) |
| 7 | 201 | Owen Mehlenbacher | C | Canada | Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) |
| 7 | 212$^4$ | Brennan Ali | C | United States | Avon Old Farms (US-Prep) |
Notes:
* The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on April 12, 2021, that sent Anthony Mantha to Washington in exchange for Richard Panik, Jakub Vrana, a first-round pick in 2021 and this pick.
* The Vegas Golden Knights' fourth-round pick went go to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2020 (125th overall) to Vegas in exchange for this pick.
* The Colorado Avalanche's fourth-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on April 9, 2021, that sent Patrik Nemeth to Colorado in exchange for this pick.
* The Los Angeles Kings' seventh-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 20, 2022, that sent Troy Stecher to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.