# 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 42nd season of competition, 36th season as the Red Wings. The Wings finished last in the East Division, and missed the play-offs for the second straight season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

East Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 74 | 42 | 22 | 10 | 236 | 167 | +69 | 94 |
| 2 | New York Rangers | 74 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 226 | 183 | +43 | 90 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 74 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 259 | 216 | +43 | 84 |
| 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 74 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 212 | 222 | −10 | 80 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 74 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 209 | 176 | +33 | 76 |
| 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 74 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 245 | 257 | −12 | 66 |

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 11, 1967 | 4–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | L | October 14, 1967 | 2–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | W | October 15, 1967 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | W | October 18, 1967 | 3–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | L | October 19, 1967 | 3–6 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 2–2–1 |
| 6 | W | October 22, 1967 | 1–0 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 3–2–1 |
| 7 | W | October 26, 1967 | 8–2 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 4–2–1 |
| 8 | W | October 28, 1967 | 3–1 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | W | October 29, 1967 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 6–2–1 |
| 10 | L | November 2, 1967 | 3–9 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 6–3–1 |
| 11 | L | November 4, 1967 | 2–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 6–4–1 |
| 12 | L | November 5, 1967 | 4–6 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 6–5–1 |
| 13 | W | November 9, 1967 | 5–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 7–5–1 |
| 14 | W | November 12, 1967 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 8–5–1 |
| 15 | T | November 16, 1967 | 1–1 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 8–5–2 |
| 16 | W | November 17, 1967 | 4–1 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 9–5–2 |
| 17 | T | November 19, 1967 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 9–5–3 |
| 18 | L | November 22, 1967 | 2–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 9–6–3 |
| 19 | L | November 25, 1967 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 9–7–3 |
| 20 | L | November 26, 1967 | 5–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 9–8–3 |
| 21 | W | November 29, 1967 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 10–8–3 |
| 22 | T | November 30, 1967 | 3–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 10–8–4 |
| 23 | W | December 3, 1967 | 6–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 11–8–4 |
| 24 | T | December 6, 1967 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 11–8–5 |
| 25 | T | December 7, 1967 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 11–8–6 |
| 26 | W | December 9, 1967 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 12–8–6 |
| 27 | L | December 14, 1967 | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 12–9–6 |
| 28 | L | December 16, 1967 | 3–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 12–10–6 |
| 29 | W | December 17, 1967 | 8–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 13–10–6 |
| 30 | L | December 20, 1967 | 0–2 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 13–11–6 |
| 31 | L | December 23, 1967 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 13–12–6 |
| 32 | L | December 25, 1967 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 13–13–6 |
| 33 | W | December 28, 1967 | 5–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 14–13–6 |
| 34 | W | December 30, 1967 | 5–2 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 15–13–6 |
| 35 | W | December 31, 1967 | 6–4 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 16–13–6 |
| 36 | W | January 4, 1968 | 9–3 | Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 17–13–6 |
| 37 | L | January 6, 1968 | 2–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 17–14–6 |
| 38 | L | January 7, 1968 | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 17–15–6 |
| 39 | L | January 10, 1968 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 17–16–6 |
| 40 | L | January 11, 1968 | 4–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 17–17–6 |
| 41 | T | January 13, 1968 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 17–17–7 |
| 42 | L | January 17, 1968 | 1–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 17–18–7 |
| 43 | L | January 20, 1968 | 5–8 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) | 17–19–7 |
| 44 | L | January 21, 1968 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 17–20–7 |
| 45 | W | January 24, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 18–20–7 |
| 46 | T | January 25, 1968 | 4–4 | St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 18–20–8 |
| 47 | W | January 27, 1968 | 3–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) | 19–20–8 |
| 48 | L | January 28, 1968 | 1–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 19–21–8 |
| 49 | L | February 1, 1968 | 6–8 | Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 19–22–8 |
| 50 | W | February 3, 1968 | 8–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 20–22–8 |
| 51 | L | February 4, 1968 | 4–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 20–23–8 |
| 52 | L | February 8, 1968 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 20–24–8 |
| 53 | T | February 10, 1968 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 20–24–9 |
| 54 | T | February 11, 1968 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 20–24–10 |
| 55 | L | February 15, 1968 | 0–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 20–25–10 |
| 56 | L | February 17, 1968 | 4–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 20–26–10 |
| 57 | L | February 18, 1968 | 1–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 20–27–10 |
| 58 | L | February 22, 1968 | 2–3 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 20–28–10 |
| 59 | W | February 24, 1968 | 3–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 21–28–10 |
| 60 | L | February 29, 1968 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 21–29–10 |
| 61 | W | March 3, 1968 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 22–29–10 |
| 62 | L | March 6, 1968 | 1–6 | @ New York Rangers (1967–68) | 22–30–10 |
| 63 | L | March 9, 1968 | 5–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 22–31–10 |
| 64 | W | March 10, 1968 | 7–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 23–31–10 |
| 65 | T | March 12, 1968 | 2–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) | 23–31–11 |
| 66 | W | March 13, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) | 24–31–11 |
| 67 | W | March 16, 1968 | 6–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) | 25–31–11 |
| 68 | L | March 17, 1968 | 1–5 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) | 25–32–11 |
| 69 | L | March 21, 1968 | 2–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) | 25–33–11 |
| 70 | L | March 23, 1968 | 4–7 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) | 25–34–11 |
| 71 | W | March 24, 1968 | 5–3 | Boston Bruins (1967–68) | 26–34–11 |
| 72 | W | March 28, 1968 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 27–34–11 |
| 73 | L | March 30, 1968 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1967–68) | 27–35–11 |
| 74 | T | March 31, 1968 | 5–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) | 27–35–12 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 74 | 39 | 43 | 82 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 74 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 58 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Dean Prentice | LW | 69 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Gary Bergman | D | 74 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 109 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Gary Jarrett | LW | 68 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Floyd Smith | RW | 57 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Bruce MacGregor | C | 71 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Henderson | RW | 50 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Ted Hampson | C | 37 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Howie Young | D/RW | 62 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Roberts | RW | 37 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kent Douglas | D | 36 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Mahovlich | LW | 13 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bart Crashley | D | 57 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | C | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Peters | C | 45 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | C | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Stemkowski | C | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Marshall | D | 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Marsh | LW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Libett | LW | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Falkenberg | D | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Watson | D | 61 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Anderson | RW | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Brenneman | LW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Spencer | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Crozier | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Edwards | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gardner | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Galen Head | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Lawson | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick McCann | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob McCord | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Richardson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Roy Edwards | 2177 | 41 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 127 | 3.50 | 0 |
| Roger Crozier | 1729 | 34 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 95 | 3.30 | 1 |
| George Gardner | 534 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 3.60 | 0 |
| Team: | 4440 | 74 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 254 | 3.43 | 1 |
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;

## Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 9 | Ron Barkwell | Canada | Flin Flon Bombers (MJHL) |
| 2 | 17 | Al Karlander | Canada | Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA) |