1973–74 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1973–74 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 48th season. The Red Wings finished 6th in the East Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 10, 1973 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1973–74) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 13, 1973 	4–9 	Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 14, 1973 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	0–3–0
4 	L 	October 16, 1973 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	0–4–0
5 	T 	October 18, 1973 	4–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	0–4–1
6 	W 	October 21, 1973 	11–2 	California Golden Seals (1973–74) 	1–4–1
7 	L 	October 24, 1973 	3–7 	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	1–5–1
8 	L 	October 26, 1973 	3–8 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	1–6–1
9 	W 	October 27, 1973 	3–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	2–6–1
10 	L 	October 30, 1973 	0–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	2–7–1
11 	L 	November 4, 1973 	0–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	2–8–1
12 	L 	November 7, 1973 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	2–9–1
13 	W 	November 10, 1973 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	3–9–1
14 	W 	November 11, 1973 	5–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	4–9–1
15 	W 	November 14, 1973 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1973–74) 	5–9–1
16 	L 	November 17, 1973 	0–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	5–10–1
17 	W 	November 18, 1973 	6–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	6–10–1
18 	W 	November 20, 1973 	6–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	7–10–1
19 	L 	November 22, 1973 	3–5 	@ New York Islanders (1973–74) 	7–11–1
20 	W 	November 24, 1973 	6–4 	New York Islanders (1973–74) 	8–11–1
21 	W 	November 25, 1973 	3–2 	California Golden Seals (1973–74) 	9–11–1
22 	L 	November 29, 1973 	3–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	9–12–1
23 	L 	December 1, 1973 	1–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	9–13–1
24 	L 	December 2, 1973 	1–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	9–14–1
25 	L 	December 5, 1973 	2–8 	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	9–15–1
26 	T 	December 7, 1973 	1–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	9–15–2
27 	L 	December 8, 1973 	0–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	9–16–2
28 	W 	December 13, 1973 	7–3 	St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	10–16–2
29 	W 	December 15, 1973 	2–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	11–16–2
30 	W 	December 16, 1973 	7–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	12–16–2
31 	T 	December 18, 1973 	4–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	12–16–3
32 	L 	December 20, 1973 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1973–74) 	12–17–3
33 	W 	December 22, 1973 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	13–17–3
34 	T 	December 26, 1973 	2–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	13–17–4
35 	L 	December 27, 1973 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	13–18–4
36 	W 	December 30, 1973 	4–2 	Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	14–18–4
37 	L 	December 31, 1973 	5–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	14–19–4
38 	L 	January 2, 1974 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	14–20–4
39 	W 	January 6, 1974 	9–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	15–20–4
40 	T 	January 9, 1974 	2–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 	15–20–5
41 	W 	January 12, 1974 	6–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	16–20–5
42 	L 	January 13, 1974 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	16–21–5
43 	T 	January 16, 1974 	4–4 	New York Rangers (1973–74) 	16–21–6
44 	W 	January 19, 1974 	5–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	17–21–6
45 	L 	January 20, 1974 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	17–22–6
46 	W 	January 23, 1974 	6–2 	California Golden Seals (1973–74) 	18–22–6
47 	T 	January 25, 1974 	2–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	18–22–7
48 	W 	January 27, 1974 	6–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	19–22–7
49 	L 	January 30, 1974 	3–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	19–23–7
50 	L 	February 2, 1974 	2–12 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	19–24–7
51 	L 	February 3, 1974 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	19–25–7
52 	T 	February 6, 1974 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	19–25–8
53 	L 	February 9, 1974 	4–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	19–26–8
54 	L 	February 13, 1974 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	19–27–8
55 	L 	February 15, 1974 	4–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	19–28–8
56 	L 	February 17, 1974 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	19–29–8
57 	L 	February 20, 1974 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	19–30–8
58 	W 	February 23, 1974 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 	20–30–8
59 	W 	February 24, 1974 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1973–74) 	21–30–8
60 	W 	February 26, 1974 	7–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 	22–30–8
61 	L 	February 28, 1974 	1–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	22–31–8
62 	T 	March 2, 1974 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	22–31–9
63 	T 	March 3, 1974 	6–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	22–31–10
64 	L 	March 7, 1974 	1–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 	22–32–10
65 	W 	March 9, 1974 	3–1 	@ New York Islanders (1973–74) 	23–32–10
66 	L 	March 10, 1974 	0–4 	Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 	23–33–10
67 	W 	March 12, 1974 	2–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 	24–33–10
68 	W 	March 13, 1974 	5–2 	@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)	25–33–10
69 	L 	March 16, 1974 	0–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 	25–34–10
70 	W 	March 20, 1974 	7–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 	26–34–10
71 	W 	March 23, 1974 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1973–74) 	27–34–10
72 	L 	March 24, 1974 	0–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 	27–35–10
73 	W 	March 27, 1974 	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 	28–35–10
74 	L 	March 30, 1974 	1–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	28–36–10
75 	L 	March 31, 1974 	1–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 	28–37–10
76 	L 	April 3, 1974 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1973–74) 	28–38–10
77 	W 	April 6, 1974 	8–3 	New York Rangers (1973–74) 	29–38–10
78 	L 	April 7, 1974 	4–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 	29–39–10
==Playoffs==
*The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	74	24	54	78 	10 	-31	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	76	51	26	77 	14 	-21	21 	0 	9
 	C 	76	24	42	66 	28 	-22	6 	1 	2
 	C 	76	25	30	55 	10 	-31	6 	0 	2
 	LW 	67	24	24	48 	37 	-26	3 	1 	5
 	C 	47	18	23	41 	12 	-3 	6 	0 	0
 	LW 	52	15	23	38 	17 	-11	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	57	12	25	37 	33 	-9 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	70	19	12	31 	32 	-22	2 	3 	5
 	RW 	54	13	15	28 	37 	-20	2 	3 	0
 	LW 	45	9 	14	23 	33 	-12	3 	0 	2
 	D 	69	1 	21	22 	92 	-28	0 	0 	0
 	D 	33	2 	14	16 	33 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	65	2 	12	14 	139	-26	0 	0 	1
 	D 	35	3 	9 	12 	27 	-14	1 	0 	1
 	D 	41	0 	11	11 	66 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	12	2 	5 	7 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	25	2 	4 	6 	25 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	6 	6 	18 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	4 	1 	5 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	11	1 	4 	5 	2 	-13	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0 	5 	5 	6 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	2 	2 	4 	24 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	1 	3 	4 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	0 	4 	4 	16 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	4 	4 	99 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	0 	3 	3 	21 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	3 	3 	40 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	3 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	1 	1 	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	2 	2 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	11 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2018	37	15	16	2 	140	4.16 	1
 	1420	25	9 	11	4 	86 	3.63 	0
 	720 	13	4 	4 	4 	43 	3.58 	1
 	315 	9 	1 	4 	0 	28 	5.33 	0
 	20 	1 	0 	1 	0 	4 	12.00	0
 	187 	4 	0 	3 	0 	18 	5.78 	0
Team: 	4680	78	29	39	10	319	4.09 	2
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==
*Lester Patrick Trophy: Alex Delvecchio Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.424, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
*Mickey Redmond, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
Espo_goal-28Feb1974.gif|Phil Esposito from Ken Hodge, February 28, 1974.
Espo_goal-31Mar1974.gif|Phil Esposito scores his 67th goal of the season, March 31, 1974.
73-74NHLExhDetRWWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor, Ontario
==See Also==
*1973–74 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Category:1973 in hockey
Category:1974 in hockey