# 2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season was the 85th season of play for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926, and saw the Red Wings equal the Dallas Cowboys (from 1966 to 1985) in second place for the most consecutive winning seasons in major North American professional sports.

## Off season

The 2010 Detroit Red Wings off-season saw the acquisitions of Joey MacDonald from the Anaheim Ducks and Mike Modano from the Dallas Stars. In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Red Wings picked Riley Sheahan out of the University of Notre Dame for their first round pick. The Red Wings looked to improve off of their 44–24–14 record in the 2009–10 season and make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th consecutive season.

## Regular season

On January 18, Nicklas Lidstrom was voted by the players to represent one of the teams as captain during the 2011 NHL All-Star Game.

### Divisional standings

Central Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | y-Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 43 | 261 | 241 | 104 |
| 2 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 219 | 194 | 99 |
| 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 258 | 225 | 97 |
| 4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 34 | 240 | 234 | 87 |
| 5 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 29 | 215 | 258 | 81 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 50 | 262 | 185 | 117 |
| 2 | y – San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 43 | 261 | 241 | 104 |
| 4 | Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 219 | 194 | 99 |
| 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 258 | 225 | 97 |
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| 9 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |
| 10 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 32 | 250 | 237 | 94 |
| 11 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 34 | 240 | 234 | 87 |
| 12 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 206 | 233 | 86 |
| 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 29 | 215 | 258 | 81 |
| 14 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 227 | 288 | 68 |
| 15 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 23 | 193 | 269 | 62 |
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL) CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

## Schedule and results

2010–11 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th consecutive season. The Red Wings currently hold the longest current streak of post-season appearances in all of North American professional sports.
2011 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :
* *Denotes if necessary

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 80 | 24 | 56 | 80 | -1 | 40 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 82 | 16 | 46 | 62 | -2 | 20 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 56 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 11 | 15 |
| Johan Franzen | 76 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 5 | 58 |
| Brian Rafalski | 63 | 4 | 44 | 48 | 11 | 22 |
| Daniel Cleary | 68 | 26 | 20 | 46 | -1 | 20 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 81 | 16 | 29 | 45 | -7 | 71 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 71 | 16 | 23 | 39 | -1 | 22 |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 73 | 18 | 19 | 37 | -6 | 62 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 77 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 5 | 36 |
| Jiri Hudler | 73 | 10 | 27 | 37 | -7 | 28 |
| Darren Helm | 82 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 16 |
| Brad Stuart | 67 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| Patrick Eaves | 63 | 13 | 7 | 20 | -2 | 14 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 74 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 61 |
| Drew Miller | 67 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -2 | 13 |
| Mike Modano | 40 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 8 |
| Jonathan Ericsson | 74 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 87 |
| Kris Draper | 47 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Ruslan Salei | 75 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 48 |
| Jakub Kindl | 48 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 36 |
| Cory Emmerton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan Mursak | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| Tomas Tatar | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Janik | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 11 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 8 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| Daniel Cleary | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Darren Helm | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Patrick Eaves | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Brian Rafalski | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| Jiri Hudler | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| Jonathan Ericsson | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| Johan Franzen | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| Brad Stuart | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Drew Miller | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Kris Draper | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Modano | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ruslan Salei | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 22 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Regular season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jimmy Howard | 63 | 3615 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 168 | 2.79 | 1830 | .908 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Joey MacDonald | 15 | 721 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 2.58 | 372 | .917 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Osgood | 11 | 629 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 2.77 | 298 | .903 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Thomas McCollum | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12.00 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jimmy Howard | 11 | 673:22 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 2.50 | 364 | .923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining 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 |
| Brian Rafalski | NHL Third Star of the Week | November 22, 2010 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | NHL Third Star of the Week | December 27, 2010 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | NHL Third Star of the Week | January 3, 2011 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | NHL Third Star of the Month | December 2010 |
| Johan Franzen | NHL First Star of the Week | February 7, 2011 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | James Norris Memorial Trophy | June 2011 |

### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Brad Stuart | 200th Career NHL Assist | October 8, 2010 |
| Darren Helm | 100th Career NHL Game | October 9, 2010 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 200th Career NHL Goal | October 12, 2010 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 400th Career NHL Assist | October 14, 2010 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 600th Career NHL Point | October 28, 2010 |
| Pavel Datsyuk | 400th Career NHL Assist | November 3, 2010 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 300th Career NHL Game | November 3, 2010 |
| Johan Franzen | 100th Career NHL Goal | November 11, 2010 |
| Brian Rafalski | 400th Career NHL Assist | November 21, 2010 |
| Jonathan Ericsson | 100th Career NHL Game | November 24, 2010 |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 900th Career NHL Game | November 28, 2010 |
| Danny Cleary | 700th Career NHL Game 300th Career NHL Point | November 30, 2010 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 500th Career NHL Point | December 3, 2010 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 1st Career NHL Hat Trick | December 15, 2010 |
| Ruslan Salei | 200th Career NHL Point | December 22, 2010 |
| Jan Mursak | 1st Career NHL Game | December 27, 2010 |
| Chris Osgood | 400th Career NHL Win | December 27, 2010 |
| Jimmy Howard | 100th Career NHL Game | December 29, 2010 |
| Tomas Tatar | 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | December 31, 2010 |
| Brian Rafalski | 800th Career NHL Game | January 7, 2011 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 300th Career NHL Assist | January 7, 2011 |
| Jan Mursak | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | January 10, 2011 |
| Kris Draper | 200th Career NHL Assist | January 15, 2011 |
| Jakub Kindl | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | January 20, 2011 |
| Cory Emmerton | 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | January 22, 2011 |
| Johan Franzen | 200th Career NHL Point | January 26, 2011 |
| Jiri Hudler | 300th Career NHL Game | February 2, 2011 |
| Brian Rafalski | 500th Career NHL Point | February 2, 2011 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 100th Career NHL Game | February 9, 2011 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 700th Career NHL Point | February 11, 2011 |
| Jakub Kindl | 1st Career NHL Assist | February 17, 2011 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 1,000th Career NHL Game | February 20, 2011 |
| Ruslan Salei | 900th Career NHL Game | February 22, 2011 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom | 1,100th Career NHL Point | March 5, 2011 |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 500th Career NHL Point | March 21, 2011 |
| Jiri Hudler | 100th Career NHL Assist | March 26, 2011 |
| Thomas McCollum | 1st Career NHL Game | March 30, 2011 |
| Drew Miller | 200th Career NHL Game | April 10, 2011 |
| Valtteri Filppula | 100th Career NHL Assist | April 10, 2011 |
Playoffs :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 100th Career NHL Playoff Game | May 4, 2011 |
| Brian Rafalski | 100th Career NHL Playoff Point | May 6, 2011 |
| Daniel Cleary | 100th Career NHL Playoff Game | May 8, 2011 |

## Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
Lost via retirement
Player
Kirk Maltby
Player signings
PlayerContract terms
Mitchell Callahan3 years, $1.675 million entry-level contract
Mattias Ritola3 years, $1.55 million
Brendan Smith3 years, $2.625 million entry-level contract
Nicklas Lidstrom1 year, $6.2 million
Tomas Holmstrom2 years, $3.75 million
Ilari Filppula1 year, $500,000
Todd Bertuzzi2 years, $3.875 million
Drew Miller1 year, $650,000
Patrick Eaves1 year, $750,000
Derek Meech1 year, $500,000
Sergei Kolosov1 year, $500,000
Darren Helm2 years, $1.825 million
Jamie Tardif1 year, $550,000
Justin Abdelkader2 years, $1.575 million
Kirk Maltby1 year, $525,000
Landon Ferraro3 years, $2.145 million entry-level contract
Louis-Marc Aubry3 years, $1.845 million entry-level contract
Gleason Fournier3 years, $1.82 million entry-level contract
Jan Mursak2 years, $1.1 million contract extension
Jimmy Howard2 years, $4.5 million contract extension
Gustav Nyquist2 years, $1.525 million entry-level contract :

## Draft picks

The 2010 NHL Entry Draft was held in Los Angeles on June 25–26, 2010.
| Round | Overall Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 21 | Riley Sheahan | C | Canada | University of Notre Dame (CCHA) |
| 2 | 51 | Calle Jarnkrok | C | Sweden | Brynäs IF (Elitserien) |
| 3 | 81 | Louis-Marc Aubry | C | Canada | Montreal Junior Hockey Club (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 111 | Teemu Pulkkinen | LW | Finland | Jokerit (SM-liiga) |
| 5 | 141 | Petr Mrazek | G | Czech Republic | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 6 | 171 | Brooks Macek | C | Canada | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
| 7 | 201 | Ben Marshall | D | United States | Mahtomedi Senior High School (USHS-MN) |