1991–92 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1991–92 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 79th season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Chicago Blackhawks 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
In the Entry Draft, the Wings picked Martin Lapointe in the first round, 10th overall. In the third round, the Wings picked their goalie of the future Chris Osgood.
==Regular Season==
The Red Wings, along with the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins, had five 30-goal scorers.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
====October====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record	Pts
1 	October 3 	Detroit 	3 – 3	Chicago 	* 	0–0–1 	1
2 	October 5 	Detroit 	5 – 8	Toronto 	 	0–1–1 	1
3 	October 10	Montreal 	4 – 1	Detroit 	 	0–2–1 	1
4 	October 12	Detroit 	2 – 3	Minnesota	 	0–3–1 	1
5 	October 15	Edmonton 	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	1–3–1 	3
6 	October 17	St. Louis 	3 – 6	Detroit 	 	2–3–1 	5
7 	October 19	Detroit 	6 – 1	Quebec 	 	3–3–1 	7
8 	October 23	Winnipeg 	3 – 2	Detroit 	 	3–4–1 	7
9 	October 25	Toronto 	0 – 4	Detroit 	 	4–4–1 	9
10	October 26	Detroit 	1 – 6	Toronto 	 	4–5–1 	9
11	October 28	Los Angeles	4 – 3	Detroit 	 	4–6–1 	9
12	October 30	Buffalo 	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	5–6–1 	11
====November====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT	Record	Pts
13	November 1 	Hartford 	5 – 8 	Detroit 	 	6–6–1 	13
14	November 2 	Detroit 	1 – 4 	Boston 	 	6–7–1 	13
15	November 5 	Minnesota 	3 – 2 	Detroit 	 	6–8–1 	13
16	November 7 	St. Louis 	3 – 10	Detroit 	 	7–8–1 	15
17	November 8 	Detroit 	5 – 4 	Washington 	 	8–8–1 	17
18	November 10	St. Louis 	4 – 6 	Detroit 	 	9–8–1 	19
19	November 12	Detroit 	5 – 4 	Calgary 	* 	10–8–1	21
20	November 14	Detroit 	3 – 3 	San Jose 	* 	10–8–2	22
21	November 16	Detroit 	5 – 3 	Los Angeles	 	11–8–2	24
22	November 19	Chicago 	1 – 4 	Detroit 	 	12–8–2	26
23	November 22	Minnesota 	3 – 4 	Detroit 	 	13–8–2	28
24	November 23	Detroit 	2 – 2 	Minnesota 	* 	13–8–3	29
25	November 25	Washington	4 – 5 	Detroit 	 	14–8–3	31
26	November 30	Detroit 	3 – 7 	St. Louis 	 	14–9–3	31
====December====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts
27	December 3 	Calgary 	2 – 5	Detroit 	 	15–9–3 	33
28	December 6 	NY Rangers	5 – 6	Detroit 	* 	16–9–3 	35
29	December 7 	Detroit 	2 – 2	New Jersey 	* 	16–9–4 	36
30	December 10	Chicago 	3 – 5	Detroit 	 	17–9–4 	38
31	December 12	Quebec 	1 – 4	Detroit 	 	18–9–4 	40
32	December 14	Detroit 	4 – 3	Calgary 	* 	19–9–4 	42
33	December 15	Detroit 	4 – 1	Edmonton 	 	20–9–4 	44
34	December 17	Detroit 	1 – 2	Vancouver 	 	20–10–4	44
35	December 21	Detroit 	5 – 2	Los Angeles	 	21–10–4	46
36	December 28	Detroit 	5 – 4	Toronto 	 	22–10–4	48
37	December 29	Detroit 	6 – 4	Chicago 	 	23–10–4	50
38	December 31	Boston 	5 – 3	Detroit 	 	23–11–4	50
====January====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts
39	January 3 	Toronto 	4 – 6	Detroit 	 	24–11–4	52
40	January 4 	Detroit 	6 – 2	St. Louis 	 	25–11–4	54
41	January 7 	NY Islanders	5 – 2	Detroit 	 	25–12–4	54
42	January 9 	Minnesota 	4 – 9	Detroit 	 	26–12–4	56
43	January 11	Edmonton 	5 – 5	Detroit 	* 	26–12–5	57
44	January 14	Detroit 	2 – 6	NY Islanders	 	26–13–5	57
45	January 16	Pittsburgh 	3 – 3	Detroit 	* 	26–13–6	58
46	January 21	Philadelphia	3 – 7	Detroit 	 	27–13–6	60
47	January 23	Vancouver 	3 – 1	Detroit 	 	27–14–6	60
48	January 25	Detroit 	7 – 0	New Jersey 	 	28–14–6	62
49	January 29	Buffalo 	4 – 4	Detroit 	* 	28–14–7	63
50	January 31	New Jersey 	6 – 3	Detroit 	 	28–15–7	63
====February====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts
51	February 1 	Detroit 	3 - 4 	Montreal 	* 	28-16-7	63
52	February 3 	Detroit 	4 - 4 	Pittsburgh	* 	28-16-8	64
53	February 5 	Washington	1 - 4 	Detroit 	 	29-16-8	66
54	February 7 	Toronto 	4 - 3 	Detroit 	 	29-17-8	66
55	February 9 	Detroit 	5 - 5 	NY Rangers	* 	29-17-9	67
56	February 11	Detroit 	3 - 4 	Toronto 	 	29-18-9	67
57	February 12	Detroit 	9 - 4 	Buffalo 	 	30-18-9	69
58	February 15	San Jose 	1 - 11	Detroit 	 	31-18-9	71
59	February 17	St. Louis 	3 - 5 	Detroit 	 	32-18-9	73
60	February 20	Toronto 	2 - 3 	Detroit 	 	33-18-9	75
61	February 22	Chicago 	1 - 2 	Detroit 	 	34-18-9	77
62	February 23	Detroit 	4 - 0 	Hartford 	 	35-18-9	79
63	February 27	Detroit 	2 - 4 	Chicago 	 	35-19-9	79
64	February 29	Detroit 	3 - 2 	St. Louis 	 	36-19-9	81
====March====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts
65	March 3 	Winnipeg 	4 - 3	Detroit 	 	36-20-9 	81
66	March 5 	Minnesota 	4 - 2	Detroit 	 	36-21-9 	81
67	March 7 	Detroit 	4 - 4	Quebec 	* 	36-21-10	82
68	March 8 	Detroit 	1 - 4	Montreal 	 	36-22-10	82
69	March 12	Detroit 	5 - 4	St. Louis	 	37-22-10	84
70	March 14	Detroit 	1 - 4	Minnesota	 	37-23-10	84
71	March 15	Detroit 	1 - 1	Winnipeg 	* 	37-23-11	85
72	March 17	Detroit 	5 - 4	San Jose 	 	38-23-11	87
73	March 20	NY Rangers 	4 - 2	Detroit 	 	38-24-11	87
74	March 22	Philadelphia	4 - 3	Detroit 	 	38-25-11	87
75	March 24	Pittsburgh 	2 - 4	Detroit 	 	39-25-11	89
76	March 28	Vancouver 	1 - 3	Detroit 	 	40-25-11	91
77	March 29	Detroit 	6 - 2	Vancouver	 	41-25-11	93
78	March 31	Chicago 	3 - 3	Detroit 	* 	41-25-12	94
====April====
# 	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT	Record 	Pts
79	April 12	Detroit	2 - 1	Chicago 	 	42-25-12	96
80	April 14	Detroit	7 - 4	Minnesota	 	43-25-12	98
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Minnesota North Stars 3===
===Chicago Blackhawks 4, Detroit Red Wings 0===
The Wings won the Division Semi-Finals (4-3) against the Minnesota North Stars but lost the Division Finals (4-0) to the Chicago Blackhawks.
==Player Stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Steve Yzerman 	79	45	58	103	64
Sergei Fedorov	80	32	54	86 	72
Paul Ysebaert 	79	35	40	75 	55
Jimmy Carson 	80	34	35	69 	30
Ray Sheppard 	74	36	26	62 	27
Shawn Burr 	79	19	32	51 	118
Kevin Miller 	80	20	26	46 	53
Bob Probert 	63	20	24	44 	276
Gerard Gallant	69	14	22	36 	187
Keith Primeau 	35	6 	10	16 	83
===Defencemen===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Nicklas Lidstrom 	80	11	49	60 	22
Steve Chiasson 	62	10	24	34 	136
Vladimir Konstantinov	79	8 	25	33 	172
Brad McCrimmon 	79	7 	22	29 	118
Yves Racine 	61	2 	22	24 	94
Doug Crossman 	26	0 	8 	8 	14
===Goaltending===
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T	SO	GAA
Tim Cheveldae	72	38	23	9	2 	3.20
Greg Millen 	10	3 	2 	3	0 	2.71
==Awards and Records==
*NHL Plus-Minus Award: Paul Ysebaert
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
;NHL Draft
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	10.	Martin Lapointe	 	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
2 	32.	Jamie Pushor 	 	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
3 	54.	Chris Osgood 	 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4 	76.	Mike Knuble 	 	Kalamazoo (NAHL)
5 	98.	Dmitri Motkov 	 	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
1991 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com
Other Picks
* 7th Rd, 142nd pick, Igor Malykhin D CSKA Moscow (Russia)
* 9th Rd, 186nd pick, Jim Bermingham C Laval Titan (QMJHL)
* 10th Rd, 208th pick, Jason Firth C Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
* 11th Rd, 230th pick, Bart Turner Michigan State University (NCAA)
* 12th Rd, 252nd pick, Andrew Miller C Wexford (MTJHL)
==References==
* Red Wings on Hockey Database
Detroit Red Wings season, 1991–92
Detroit Red Wings season, 1991–92
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