1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season

With their 62 wins, the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings eclipsed the all-time record of most regular-season wins, which had been set at 60 by the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. Their 131 points during the regular season were the most since the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens accumulated 132 points (still an all-time record). They had two winning streaks of 9 games, and had a 13–game unbeaten streak from Sunday, March 3, 1996 to Sunday, March 31, 1996, going 12–0–1 during that stretch. Having the best record in the league, the Red Wings were awarded the President's Trophy. During the 1995–96 regular season, the Red Wings were the only team to score a goal in all 82 of its games.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Red Wings defeated the eighth-place Winnipeg Jets marking the Jets' final games in Winnipeg as the franchise relocated to Phoenix following their playoff defeat. The Wings then defeated the fifth-place St. Louis Blues in the second round. The latter series went to seven games, the seventh of which went to double overtime where Steve Yzerman's slap-shot goal beat Jon Casey in the top right-hand corner of the net. In the Western Conference Finals, the Red Wings were ousted in 6 games by the Colorado Avalanche who were in the first year after moving from Quebec. These two teams would start a rivalry which lasted nearly a decade. Currently, the rivalry has lessened due to poor performance of the Colorado Avalanche.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
*November 28, 1995: The Montreal Canadiens were playing the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena. The day before the match, Mario Tremblay spoke to Mario Leclerc of "Le Journal de Montreal" newspaper. Tremblay mentioned that he was resentful of current Red Wings head coach Scotty Bowman. The first five years of Tremblay’s career were played under Bowman, and Tremblay told Leclerc that Bowman would always threaten to send him to the minors.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.350 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2 When Leclerc approached Cournoyer, he stated that he did not want to speak about Bowman.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.351 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2 The Canadiens lost the game by a score of 3-2. The next day, the Journal de Montreal had a headline that stated, Bowman has the last word.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.351 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
*Against the Hartford Whalers on March 6, 1996, Chris Osgood became the third goaltender in NHL history to score a goal.http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18352
===Season standings===
===Game log===
====October====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record	Pts
1 	October 6 	Detroit 	2 – 3	Colorado 	 	0–1–0 	0
2 	October 8 	Detroit 	3 – 1	Edmonton 	 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 9 	Detroit 	5 – 3	Vancouver 	 	2–1–0 	4
4 	October 13	Edmonton	0 – 9	Detroit 	 	3–1–0 	6
5 	October 15	Detroit 	5 – 5	Winnipeg 	* 	3–1–1 	7
6 	October 17	Calgary 	3 – 3	Detroit 	* 	3–1–2 	8
7 	October 19	Detroit 	2 – 4	New Jersey	 	3–2–2 	8
8 	October 21	Boston 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	4–2–2 	10
9 	October 24	Ottawa 	2 – 1	Detroit 	 	4–3–2 	10
10	October 27	Detroit 	3 – 0	Calgary 	 	5–3–2 	12
11	October 30	Detroit 	2 – 3	Winnipeg 	 	5–4–2 	12
====November====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record	Pts
12	November 1 	Detroit 	1 – 2	Buffalo 	 	5–5–2 	12
13	November 2 	Detroit 	6 – 5	Boston 	* 	6–5–2 	14
14	November 4 	Dallas 	1 – 5	Detroit 	 	7–5–2 	16
15	November 7 	Edmonton 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	8–5–2 	18
16	November 11	Detroit 	5 – 2	San Jose 	 	9–5–2 	20
17	November 14	Detroit 	6 – 5	Los Angeles 	 	10–5–2	22
18	November 17	Detroit 	5 – 4	Edmonton 	 	11–5–2	24
19	November 22	San Jose 	2 – 5	Detroit 	 	12–5–2	26
20	November 24	Detroit 	1 – 4	Philadelphia	 	12–6–2	26
21	November 25	NY Rangers	0 – 2	Detroit 	 	13–6–2	28
22	November 28	Montreal 	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	14–6–2	30
====December====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT	Record	Pts
23	December 1 	Anaheim 	2 – 5 	Detroit 	 	15–6–2	32
24	December 2 	Detroit 	11 – 1	Montreal 	 	16–6–2	34
25	December 5 	Philadelphia	3 – 5 	Detroit 	 	17–6–2	36
26	December 7 	Dallas 	1 – 3 	Detroit 	 	18–6–2	38
27	December 8 	Detroit 	1 – 2 	NY Rangers	* 	18–7–2	38
28	December 12	Detroit 	5 – 2 	St. Louis 	 	19–7–2	40
29	December 13	Chicago 	1 – 3 	Detroit 	 	20–7–2	42
30	December 15	New Jersey 	1 – 3 	Detroit 	 	21–7–2	44
31	December 20	Detroit 	6 – 1 	Anaheim 	 	22–7–2	46
32	December 22	Detroit 	5 – 1 	Calgary 	 	23–7–2	48
33	December 23	Detroit 	1 – 0 	Vancouver 	 	24–7–2	50
34	December 26	St. Louis 	2 – 3 	Detroit 	 	25–7–2	52
35	December 29	Detroit 	2 – 1 	Dallas 	 	26–7–2	54
36	December 31	Hartford 	2 – 3 	Detroit 	 	27–7–2	56
====January====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record	Pts
37	January 3 	Dallas 	3 – 3	Detroit 	* 	27–7–3	57
38	January 5 	Detroit 	2 – 5	Pittsburgh	 	27–8–3	57
39	January 6 	Chicago 	0 – 3	Detroit 	 	28–8–3	59
40	January 8 	Winnipeg 	6 – 4	Detroit 	 	28–9–3	59
41	January 10	Detroit 	4 – 0	Dallas 	 	29–9–3	61
42	January 12	Los Angeles	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	30–9–3	63
43	January 13	Detroit 	4 – 2	Washington	 	31–9–3	65
44	January 17	Colorado 	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	32–9–3	67
45	January 24	San Jose 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	33–9–3	69
46	January 25	Detroit 	4 – 2	Ottawa 	 	34–9–3	71
47	January 27	Detroit 	5 – 5	Chicago 	* 	34–9–4	72
48	January 30	Toronto 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	35–9–4	74
====February====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts
49	February 3 	Pittsburgh 	0 – 3	Detroit 	 	36–9–4 	76
50	February 6 	Florida 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	37–9–4 	78
51	February 8 	Detroit 	1 – 3	Florida 	 	37–10–4	78
52	February 10	Detroit 	3 – 2	Tampa Bay 	* 	38–10–4	80
53	February 13	Los Angeles 	4 – 9	Detroit 	 	39–10–4	82
54	February 15	Washington 	3 – 4	Detroit 	 	40–10–4	84
55	February 16	Detroit 	3 – 4	St. Louis 	 	40–11–4	84
56	February 18	Detroit 	3 – 2	Toronto 	 	41–11–4	86
57	February 19	Vancouver 	3 – 4	Detroit 	 	42–11–4	88
58	February 22	Toronto 	3 – 5	Detroit 	 	43–11–4	90
59	February 24	Tampa Bay 	0 – 2	Detroit 	 	44–11–4	92
60	February 27	Detroit 	6 – 2	NY Islanders	 	45–11–4	94
61	February 29	NY Islanders	1 – 5	Detroit 	 	46–11–4	96
====March====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts
62	March 2 	Vancouver	3 – 2	Detroit 	 	46–12–4	96
63	March 3 	Detroit 	6 – 2	Chicago 	 	47–12–4	98
64	March 6 	Detroit 	4 – 2	Hartford 	 	48–12–4	100
65	March 8 	Detroit 	4 – 2	Colorado 	 	49–12–4	102
66	March 10	Detroit 	5 – 2	Winnipeg 	 	50–12–4	104
67	March 12	Winnipeg 	2 – 5	Detroit 	 	51–12–4	106
68	March 17	Calgary 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	52–12–4	108
69	March 19	Toronto 	5 – 6	Detroit 	 	53–12–4	110
70	March 20	Detroit 	4 – 3	Toronto 	* 	54–12–4	112
71	March 22	Colorado 	0 – 7	Detroit 	 	55–12–4	114
72	March 24	Detroit 	2 – 2	St. Louis	* 	55–12–5	115
73	March 25	Anaheim 	1 – 5	Detroit 	 	56–12–5	117
74	March 27	Buffalo 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	57–12–5	119
75	March 31	St. Louis	1 – 8	Detroit 	 	58–12–5	121
====April====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts
76	April 2 	Detroit 	3 – 6	San Jose 	 	58–13–5	121
77	April 3 	Detroit 	2 – 2	Los Angeles	* 	58–13–6	122
78	April 5 	Detroit 	2 – 2	Anaheim 	* 	58–13–7	123
79	April 7 	Detroit 	4 – 1	Chicago 	 	59–13–7	125
80	April 10	Winnipeg	2 – 5	Detroit 	 	60–13–7	127
81	April 12	Chicago 	3 – 5	Detroit 	 	61–13–7	129
82	April 14	Detroit 	5 – 1	Dallas 	 	62–13–7	131
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Forwards
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Sergei Fedorov 	78	39	68	107	48
Steve Yzerman 	80	36	59	95 	64
Vyacheslav Kozlov	82	36	37	73 	70
Igor Larionov 	69	21	50	71 	34
Keith Primeau 	74	27	25	52 	168
Dino Ciccarelli 	64	22	21	43 	99
Greg Johnson 	60	18	22	40 	30
Bob Errey 	71	11	21	32 	66
Darren McCarty 	63	15	14	29 	158
Doug Brown 	62	12	15	27 	4
Tim Taylor 	72	11	14	25 	39
Kris Draper 	52	7 	9 	16 	32
Martin Lapointe 	58	6 	3 	9 	93
Ray Sheppard 	5 	2 	2 	4 	2
Stu Grimson 	56	0 	1 	1 	128
Kirk Maltby 	6 	1 	0 	1 	6
Wes Walz 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Defencemen
Note: GP = Games played; G= Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Paul Coffey 	76	14	60	74 	90
Nicklas Lidström 	81	17	50	67 	20
Viacheslav Fetisov 	69	7 	35	42 	96
Vladimir Konstantinov	81	14	20	34 	139
Mathieu Dandenault 	34	5 	7 	12 	6
Marc Bergevin 	70	1 	9 	10 	33
Bob Rouse 	58	0 	6 	6 	48
Mike Ramsey 	47	2 	4 	6 	35
Jamie Pushor 	5 	0 	1 	1 	17
Anders Eriksson 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
;Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	W 	L	T	SO	GAA 	Goals
Chris Osgood	50	39	6	5	5 	2.17	1
Mike Vernon 	32	21	7	2	3 	2.26	0
Kevin Hodson	4 	2 	0	0	1 	1.10	0
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	18	8	12	20 	4 	4 	0 	1
 	C 	19	2	18	20 	10 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	17	5	9 	14 	30 	3 	2 	1
 	D 	19	5	9 	14 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	19	6	7 	13 	6 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	19	5	7 	12 	10 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	19	4	5 	9 	28 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	17	6	2 	8 	26 	6 	0 	1
 	C 	18	4	2 	6 	18 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	13	3	3 	6 	4 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	19	3	2 	5 	20 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	19	1	4 	5 	34 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	17	1	4 	5 	28 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	3	1 	4 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0	4 	4 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0	4 	4 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	18	0	4 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1	2 	3 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	1	0 	1 	14 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	936 	15	8 	7	33	2.12	2 	322	289	.898
 	243 	4 	2 	2	11	2.72	0 	81 	70 	.864
Team: 	1179	19	10	9	44	2.24	2 	403	359	.891
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; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage; 
==Awards and records==
* Most Wins in One Season
* Presidents' Trophy
* Frank J. Selke Trophy, Sergei Fedorov
* Jack Adams Award, Scotty Bowman
* NHL Plus/Minus Award, Vladimir Konstantinov
* William M. Jennings Trophy, Chris Osgood and Mike Vernon
* Chris Osgood, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Vladimir Konstantinov, D, NHL Second Team All-Star
==References==
*Red Wings on Hockey Database
</div>
Detroit Red Wings season, 1995–96
Detroit Red Wings season, 1995–96
Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons