# 2017–18 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2017–18 Detroit Red Wings season was the 92nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It was also the Red Wings' first season at Little Caesars Arena. The team missed the playoffs for the second year in a row, marking the first time since 1982–83 that the Red Wings missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons.

## Standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | z – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 54 | 23 | 5 | 48 | 296 | 236 | +60 | 113 |
| 2 | x – Boston Bruins | 82 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 47 | 270 | 214 | +56 | 112 |
| 3 | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 42 | 277 | 232 | +45 | 105 |
| 4 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 248 | 246 | +2 | 96 |
| 5 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 25 | 217 | 255 | −38 | 73 |
| 6 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 27 | 209 | 264 | −55 | 71 |
| 7 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 26 | 221 | 291 | −70 | 67 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 24 | 199 | 280 | −81 | 62 |
Eastern Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | ME | x – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 39 | 242 | 230 | +12 | 97 |
| 2 | ME | x – New Jersey Devils | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 39 | 248 | 244 | +4 | 97 |
| 3 | AT | Florida Panthers | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 248 | 246 | +2 | 96 |
| 4 | ME | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 228 | 256 | −28 | 83 |
| 5 | ME | New York Islanders | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 264 | 296 | −32 | 80 |
| 6 | ME | New York Rangers | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 31 | 231 | 268 | −37 | 77 |
| 7 | AT | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 25 | 217 | 255 | −38 | 73 |
| 8 | AT | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 27 | 209 | 264 | −55 | 71 |
| 9 | AT | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 26 | 221 | 291 | −70 | 67 |
| 10 | AT | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 24 | 199 | 280 | −81 | 62 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2017–18 game log: 30–39–13 (Home: 16–16–9; Road: 14–23–4) :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Dylan Larkin | 82 | 16 | 47 | 63 | −9 | 61 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 82 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 1 | 14 |
| Anthony Mantha | 80 | 24 | 24 | 48 | −1 | 52 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 82 | 21 | 19 | 40 | −2 | 20 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 75 | 13 | 22 | 35 | −11 | 78 |
| Frans Nielsen | 79 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 14 |
| Andreas Athanasiou | 71 | 16 | 17 | 33 | −15 | 16 |
| Mike Green | 66 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −14 | 38 |
| Darren Helm | 75 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 39 |
| Tomas Tatar$^‡$ | 62 | 16 | 12 | 28 | −8 | 24 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 79 | 4 | 23 | 27 | −14 | 36 |
| Martin Frk | 68 | 11 | 14 | 25 | −14 | 14 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 48 | 7 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 39 |
| Luke Glendening | 69 | 11 | 8 | 19 | −14 | 17 |
| Trevor Daley | 77 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −5 | 36 |
| Nick Jensen | 81 | 0 | 15 | 15 | −8 | 27 |
| Jonathan Ericsson | 81 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −7 | 47 |
| Danny DeKeyser | 65 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| Xavier Ouellet | 45 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −3 | 6 |
| David Booth | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −5 | 10 |
| Evgeny Svechnikov | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 8 |
| Luke Witkowski | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 68 |
| Joe Hicketts | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Wilson$^{†‡}$ | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Dominic Turgeon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jimmy Howard | 60 | 57 | 3,368 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 160 | 2.85 | 1,770 | .910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Petr Mrazek$^‡$ | 22 | 18 | 1,184 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 2.89 | 573 | .910 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Coreau | 7 | 7 | 381 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 4.26 | 176 | .867 | 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

## Awards and honours
### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Martin Frk | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 5, 2017 |
| Mike Green | 300th career NHL assist | October 5, 2017 |
| Jimmy Howard | 200th career NHL win | October 5, 2017 |
| Xavier Ouellet | 100th career NHL game | October 12, 2017 |
| Trevor Daley | 900th career NHL game | October 16, 2017 |
| Luke Glendening | 300th career NHL game | October 16, 2017 |
| Darren Helm | 500th career NHL game | October 18, 2017 |
| Tomas Tatar | 100th career NHL goal | October 18, 2017 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 800th career NHL game | October 20, 2017 |
| Frans Nielsen | 700th career NHL game | November 5, 2017 |
| Tomas Tatar | 200th career NHL point | November 6, 2017 |
| Frans Nielsen | 400th career NHL point | November 28, 2017 |
| Dylan Larkin | 100th career NHL point | December 2, 2017 |
| Anthony Mantha | 100th career NHL game | December 11, 2017 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | December 27, 2017 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 100th career NHL goal | December 31, 2017 |
| Dylan Larkin | 200th career NHL game | January 5, 2018 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 600th career NHL assist | January 5, 2018 |
| Dominic Turgeon | 1st career NHL game | January 14, 2018 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi | 1st career NHL goal | January 14, 2018 |
| Joe Hicketts | 1st career NHL game | January 22, 2018 |
| Tomas Tatar | 400th career NHL game | February 13, 2018 |
| Luke Witkowski | 1st career NHL goal | February 17, 2018 |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 100th career NHL power-play goal | February 24, 2018 |
| Evgeny Svechnikov | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | March 20, 2018 |
| Joe Hicketts | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | March 27, 2018 |
| Niklas Kronwall | 400th career NHL point | March 27, 2018 |
| Evgeny Svechnikov | 1st career NHL assist | March 29, 2018 |
| Justin Abdelkader | 100th career NHL goal | April 7, 2018 |

## Suspensions/fines

| Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued |
| Luke Witkowski | Returning to the ice to take part in an altercation after being escorted off by an official | 10 games | $40,322.58 | November 16, 2017 |
| Justin Abdelkader | Spearing New York Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield in New York on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at 19:17 of the first period. | — | $5,000.00 | December 20, 2017 |

## Transactions
### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| July 1, 2017 | To Calgary FlamesConditional 7th-round pick in 2018 | To Detroit Red WingsTom McCollum |
| October 21, 2017 | To New York RangersRyan Sproul | To Detroit Red WingsMatt Puempel |
| October 21, 2017 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsRiley Sheahan 5th-round pick in 2018 | To Detroit Red WingsScott Wilson 3rd-round pick in 2018 |
| December 4, 2017 | To Buffalo Sabres Scott Wilson | To Detroit Red Wings5th-round pick in 2019 |
| February 19, 2018 | To Philadelphia FlyersPetr Mrazek | To Detroit Red WingsConditional 4th-round pick in 2018 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2019 |
| February 26, 2018 | To Vegas Golden KnightsTomas Tatar | To Detroit Red Wings1st-round pick in 2018 2nd-round pick in 2019 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
Notes:
* $^a$ Detroit to retain 50% ($2 million) of salary as part of trade.

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27) | Ben Street | 1-year, $650,000 contract extension |
| June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29) | Brian Lashoff | 2-year, $1.3 million contract extension |
| June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29) | Dylan McIlrath | 2-year, $1.3 million contract extension |
| July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) | Xavier Ouellet | 2-year, $2.5 million contract extension |
| July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18) | Martin Frk | 1-year, $650,000 contract extension |
| July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21) | Tomas Tatar | 4-year, $21.2 million contract extension |
| August 5, 2017 (2017-08-05) | Michael Rasmussen | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05) | Robbie Russo | 2-year, $1.3 million contract extension |
| October 21, 2017 (2017-10-21) | Andreas Athanasiou | 1-year, $1.3875 million contract extension |
| May 7, 2018 (2018-05-07) | David Pope | 2-year, $2.875 million entry-level contract |
| May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25) | Gustav Lindstrom | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |

## Draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23–24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 9 | Michael Rasmussen | C | Canada | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
| 2 | 38 | Gustav Lindstrom | D | Sweden | Almtuna IS (Allsvenskan) |
| 3 | 71$^1$ | Kasper Kotkansalo | D | Finland | Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) |
| 3 | 79$^2$ | Lane Zablocki | C | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 3 | 83$^3$ | Zach Gallant | C | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 3 | 88$^4$ | Keith Petruzzelli | G | United States | Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) |
| 4 | 100 | Malte Setkov | D | Denmark | Malmö Redhawks (J20 SuperElit) |
| 5 | 131 | Cole Fraser | D | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 6 | 162 | John Adams | RW | United States | Fargo Force (USHL) |
| 6 | 164$^5$ | Reilly Webb | D | Canada | Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) |
| 7 | 193 | Brady Gilmour | C | Canada | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |

### Draft notes

* The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 1, 2017 that sent Thomas Vanek to Florida in exchange for Dylan McIlrath and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Detroit will receive a third-round pick in 2017 if Florida fails to qualify for the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on March 30, 2017.
* The Toronto Maple Leafs' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as compensation for Toronto hiring Mike Babcock as their head coach on May 20, 2015.
* The New York Rangers' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 28, 2017 that sent Brendan Smith to New York in exchange for Ottawa's second-round pick in 2018 and this pick.
* The Chicago Blackhawks' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 24, 2017 that sent Tomas Jurco to Chicago in exchange for this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' sixth-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 27, 2016 that sent Jakub Kindl to Florida in exchange for this pick.