# 1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 52nd season, the franchise's 58th.

## Offseason

The Red Wings drafted Steve Yzerman in the first round, fourth overall.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Norris Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 345 | 344 | 88 |
| St. Louis Blues | 80 | 32 | 41 | 7 | 293 | 316 | 71 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 31 | 42 | 7 | 298 | 323 | 69 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 277 | 311 | 68 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 303 | 387 | 61 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Chicago
—4−42−64−3−15−2−115−15−2
Detroit
4−4—2−65−33−514−18−0
Minnesota
6−26−2—5−2−15−2−122−8−2
St. Louis
3−4−13−52−5−1—6−214−16−2
Toronto
2−5−15−32−5−12−6—11−19−2
Vs. Smythe Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Chicago
1−21−20−32−11−25−10−0
Detroit
2−10−30−2−11−21−0−24−8−3
Minnesota
1−20−2−11−1−11−1−12−15−7−3
St. Louis
0−2−12−11−1−12−11−26−7−2
Toronto
0−1−21−22−0−10−1−20−33−7−5
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Chicago
2−12−11−20−2−11−1−16−7−2
Detroit
1−21−1−11−1−10−32−15−8−2
Minnesota
2−12−10−32−10−2−16−8−1
St. Louis
0−31−21−20−30−2−12−12−1
Toronto
2−10−2−11−21−21−25−9−1
Vs. Patrick Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Chicago
1−20−31−20−1−21−1−11−1−14−10−4
Detroit
1−22−10−30−1−23−02−18−8−2
Minnesota
2−10−2−11−1−11−0−22−10−36−8−4
St. Louis
3−01−1−11−22−12−0−11−210−6−2
Toronto
3−01−22−10−31−1−10−37−10−1 :

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 5, 1983 | 6–6 OT | @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | L | October 8, 1983 | 3–6 | New Jersey Devils (1983–84) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | L | October 9, 1983 | 4–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 0–2–1 |
| 4 | L | October 12, 1983 | 3–8 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 0–3–1 |
| 5 | T | October 15, 1983 | 3–3 OT | @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 0–3–2 |
| 6 | W | October 19, 1983 | 4–2 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 1–3–2 |
| 7 | W | October 22, 1983 | 4–1 | Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 2–3–2 |
| 8 | W | October 26, 1983 | 6–5 OT | Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) | 3–3–2 |
| 9 | W | October 29, 1983 | 4–3 OT | Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) | 4–3–2 |
| 10 | W | November 1, 1983 | 3–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 5–3–2 |
| 11 | W | November 3, 1983 | 7–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 6–3–2 |
| 12 | L | November 5, 1983 | 2–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 6–4–2 |
| 13 | L | November 6, 1983 | 2–3 | @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) | 6–5–2 |
| 14 | L | November 9, 1983 | 3–5 | Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 6–6–2 |
| 15 | L | November 12, 1983 | 3–7 | Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 6–7–2 |
| 16 | L | November 13, 1983 | 3–6 | @ New York Rangers (1983–84) | 6–8–2 |
| 17 | W | November 15, 1983 | 3–1 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) | 7–8–2 |
| 18 | L | November 17, 1983 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) | 7–9–2 |
| 19 | L | November 19, 1983 | 4–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 7–10–2 |
| 20 | W | November 23, 1983 | 3–0 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 8–10–2 |
| 21 | W | November 25, 1983 | 5–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) | 9–10–2 |
| 22 | W | November 26, 1983 | 7–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) | 10–10–2 |
| 23 | L | November 30, 1983 | 3–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 10–11–2 |
| 24 | L | December 3, 1983 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1983–84) | 10–12–2 |
| 25 | L | December 4, 1983 | 0–6 | @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) | 10–13–2 |
| 26 | L | December 7, 1983 | 2–7 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 10–14–2 |
| 27 | L | December 10, 1983 | 3–8 | @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 10–15–2 |
| 28 | L | December 11, 1983 | 2–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 10–16–2 |
| 29 | L | December 13, 1983 | 5–7 | Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 10–17–2 |
| 30 | L | December 15, 1983 | 2–4 | @ New York Islanders (1983–84) | 10–18–2 |
| 31 | T | December 17, 1983 | 3–3 OT | Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) | 10–18–3 |
| 32 | T | December 18, 1983 | 3–3 OT | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) | 10–18–4 |
| 33 | L | December 21, 1983 | 5–9 | Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 10–19–4 |
| 34 | W | December 23, 1983 | 9–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 11–19–4 |
| 35 | L | December 26, 1983 | 2–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 11–20–4 |
| 36 | W | December 28, 1983 | 3–2 OT | @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) | 12–20–4 |
| 37 | W | December 29, 1983 | 6–1 | @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) | 13–20–4 |
| 38 | W | December 31, 1983 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 14–20–4 |
| 39 | W | January 3, 1984 | 7–1 | Hartford Whalers (1983–84) | 15–20–4 |
| 40 | L | January 5, 1984 | 1–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) | 15–21–4 |
| 41 | L | January 7, 1984 | 4–8 | Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) | 15–22–4 |
| 42 | L | January 9, 1984 | 3–7 | Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 15–23–4 |
| 43 | L | January 11, 1984 | 2–7 | Boston Bruins (1983–84) | 15–24–4 |
| 44 | L | January 14, 1984 | 1–2 | Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) | 15–25–4 |
| 45 | L | January 16, 1984 | 5–8 | @ New York Rangers (1983–84) | 15–26–4 |
| 46 | L | January 18, 1984 | 2–4 | Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 15–27–4 |
| 47 | L | January 20, 1984 | 5–8 | Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 15–28–4 |
| 48 | L | January 21, 1984 | 1–5 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 15–29–4 |
| 49 | W | January 24, 1984 | 4–0 | New York Islanders (1983–84) | 16–29–4 |
| 50 | T | January 27, 1984 | 2–2 OT | @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) | 16–29–5 |
| 51 | W | January 28, 1984 | 4–3 | @ New York Islanders (1983–84) | 17–29–5 |
| 52 | T | February 1, 1984 | 6–6 OT | Hartford Whalers (1983–84) | 17–29–6 |
| 53 | L | February 4, 1984 | 3–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 17–30–6 |
| 54 | W | February 5, 1984 | 6–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) | 18–30–6 |
| 55 | L | February 7, 1984 | 1–4 | @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) | 18–31–6 |
| 56 | W | February 9, 1984 | 9–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) | 19–31–6 |
| 57 | W | February 11, 1984 | 6–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 20–31–6 |
| 58 | T | February 12, 1984 | 2–2 OT | @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) | 20–31–7 |
| 59 | L | February 15, 1984 | 3–4 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 20–32–7 |
| 60 | W | February 18, 1984 | 6–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 21–32–7 |
| 61 | W | February 19, 1984 | 6–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 22–32–7 |
| 62 | W | February 22, 1984 | 5–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 23–32–7 |
| 63 | W | February 25, 1984 | 4–1 | Washington Capitals (1983–84) | 24–32–7 |
| 64 | W | February 26, 1984 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 25–32–7 |
| 65 | L | February 28, 1984 | 2–6 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) | 25–33–7 |
| 66 | L | March 1, 1984 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) | 25–34–7 |
| 67 | W | March 3, 1984 | 6–1 | Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) | 26–34–7 |
| 68 | L | March 5, 1984 | 1–5 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 26–35–7 |
| 69 | W | March 6, 1984 | 3–1 | @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 27–35–7 |
| 70 | W | March 8, 1984 | 6–3 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 28–35–7 |
| 71 | L | March 10, 1984 | 3–4 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 28–36–7 |
| 72 | L | March 14, 1984 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1983–84) | 28–37–7 |
| 73 | L | March 15, 1984 | 3–5 | @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 28–38–7 |
| 74 | L | March 17, 1984 | 3–4 | Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 28–39–7 |
| 75 | W | March 20, 1984 | 6–3 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 29–39–7 |
| 76 | W | March 22, 1984 | 6–4 | @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 30–39–7 |
| 77 | L | March 24, 1984 | 7–9 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 30–40–7 |
| 78 | W | March 28, 1984 | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) | 31–40–7 |
| 79 | L | March 31, 1984 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 31–41–7 |
| 80 | L | April 1, 1984 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 31–42–7 |

## Playoffs

Since they last made it into the playoffs in 1978, they made it again this season but lost in the first round in a best of five series by St. Louis in 4 games, or 1–3.

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Steve Yzerman | C | 80 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 33 | -17 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Ivan Boldirev | C | 75 | 35 | 48 | 83 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Ron Duguay | C/RW | 80 | 33 | 47 | 80 | 34 | -26 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| John Ogrodnick | LW | 64 | 42 | 36 | 78 | 14 | -16 | 19 | 3 | 5 |
| Reed Larson | D | 78 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 122 | -10 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Kelly Kisio | C | 70 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Park | D | 80 | 5 | 53 | 58 | 85 | -29 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Lambert | RW | 73 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 115 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Danny Gare | RW | 63 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 147 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddie Johnstone | RW | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | D | 75 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 108 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Manno | D | 62 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 60 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dwight Foster | RW | 52 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 50 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Blake Dunlop | C | 57 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 20 | -13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 71 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 58 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Loiselle | C | 28 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Barrett | D | 78 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick MacLeish | C | 25 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Campbell | D | 68 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Paterson | LW | 41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Woods | LW | 57 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Aubry | LW | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre St. Laurent | C | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Murray Craven | LW | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Smith | RW | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 36 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Nolan | C | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Stefan | G | 50 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Melrose | D | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corrado Micalef | G | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Mio | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jody Gage | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Holland | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Johnson | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Greg Stefan | 2600 | 50 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 152 | 3.51 | 2 |
| Eddie Mio | 1295 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 95 | 4.40 | 1 |
| Corrado Micalef | 808 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 3.86 | 0 |
| Ken Holland | 146 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4.11 | 0 |
| Team: | 4849 | 80 | 31 | 42 | 7 | 309 | 3.82 | 3 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Steve Yzerman | C | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Duguay | C/RW | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Boldirev | C | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Manno | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | D | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Gare | RW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Larson | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly Kisio | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Dunlop | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Foster | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Aubry | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Barrett | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Campbell | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Johnstone | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Lambert | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick MacLeish | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corrado Micalef | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Mio | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ogrodnick | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Paterson | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Stefan | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Greg Stefan | 210 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2.29 | 0 |
| Corrado Micalef | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.14 | 0 |
| Eddie Mio | 63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.86 | 0 |
| Team: | 280 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2.79 | 0 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;  MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

## Awards and records

* Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: || Brad Park

## Draft picks

| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 4 | Steve Yzerman | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 2 | 25 | Lane Lambert | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 3 | 46 | Bob Probert | Canada | Brantford Alexanders (OHL) |
| 4 | 68 | Dave Korol | Canada | Winnipeg Warriors (WHL) |
| 5 | 86 | Petr Klíma | Czechoslovakia | Litvinov (Czechoslovakia) |
| 5 | 88 | Joey Kocur | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 6 | 106 | Chris Pusey | Canada | Brantford Alexanders (OHL) |
| 7 | 126 | Bob Pierson | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 8 | 146 | Craig Butz | Canada | Kelowna Wings (WHL) |
| 9 | 166 | Dave Sikorski | United States | Cornwall Royals (OHL) |
| 10 | 186 | Stu Grimson | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 11 | 206 | Jeff Frank | Canada/ United States | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 12 | 226 | Chuck Chiatto | United States | Cranbrook High School (USHS-MI) |