2019–20 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2019–20 Detroit Red Wings season was the 94th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It was the Red Wings' third season at Little Caesars Arena. 
The Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention on February 21, 2020 following a 4–1 loss to the New York Islanders. On March 10, the Red Wings clinched the worst overall record in the NHL for the first time since the 1985–86 season. The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Red Wings missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year. This was the first time since the 1985–86 season that the Red Wings finished with fewer than 20 wins. The Red Wings also became the second team since the 2004–05 NHL lockout, and the subsequent start of the salary cap era, to finish with a sub-.300 points percentage, along with the 2016–17 Colorado Avalanche. Their .275 points percentage was the worst for an NHL team since the 1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers.
==Off-season==
On April 19, 2019, Steve Yzerman was named executive vice president and general manager of the Red Wings. Ken Holland was retained by the organization and promoted to the team's senior vice president. On May 7, 2019, Holland was named the general manager and president of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Eastern Conference===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)	2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)	2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)	2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)	2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)	2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)	2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)	2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)	2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)	2019 preseason game log: 3–3–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 0–3–1)										
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 										
1 	September 17 	Chicago 	3–5 	Detroit 	 	Pickard 	15,108 	1–0–0 	Recap 										
2 	September 18 	Detroit 	1–2 	Chicago 	 	Larsson 	20,523 	1–1–0 	Recap 										
3 	September 20 	NY Islanders 	4–3 	Detroit 	OT 	Howard 	15,427 	1–1–1 	Recap 										
4 	September 22 	Pittsburgh 	2–3 	Detroit 	OT 	Bernier 	16,093 	2–1–1 	Recap 										
5 	September 23 	Detroit 	2–3 	NY Islanders 	OT 	Howard 	— 	2–1–2 	Recap 										
6 	September 25 	Detroit 	2–4 	Pittsburgh 	 	Bernier 	15,112 	2–2–2 	Recap 										
7 	September 26 	St. Louis 	1–4 	Detroit 	 	Pickard 	— 	3–2–2 	Recap 										
8 	September 27 	Toronto 	4–3 	Detroit 	SO 	Bernier 	— 	3–2–3 	Recap 										
9 	September 28 	Detroit 	0–5 	Toronto 	 	Howard 	18,892 	3–3–3 	Recap 										
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.	
* Game was played at Calumet Colosseum in Calumet, Michigan.									
===Regular season===
2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)	2019–20 game log: 17–49–5 (Home: 12–23–2; Road: 5–26–3)
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October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0) 	October: 4–8–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 5 	Detroit 	5–3 	Nashville 	 	Howard 	17,539 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 6 	Dallas 	3–4 	Detroit 	 	Bernier 	19,515 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 8 	Anaheim 	3–1 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	18,209 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 10 	Detroit 	4–2 	Montreal 	 	Bernier 	21,302 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 12 	Toronto 	5–2 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	19,515 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 15 	Detroit 	1–5 	Vancouver 	 	Bernier 	18,183 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap
7 	October 17 	Detroit 	1–5 	Calgary 	 	Howard 	18,232 	3–4–0 	6 	Recap
8 	October 18 	Detroit 	1–2 	Edmonton 	 	Bernier 	17,420 	3–5–0 	6 	Recap
9 	October 22 	Vancouver 	5–2 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	18,455 	3–6–0 	6 	Recap
10 	October 23 	Detroit 	2–5 	Ottawa 	 	Bernier 	11,026 	3–7–0 	6 	Recap
11 	October 25 	Buffalo 	2–0 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	18,616 	3–8–0 	6 	Recap
12 	October 27 	St. Louis 	5–4 	Detroit 	OT 	Bernier 	18,331 	3–8–1 	7 	Recap
13 	October 29 	Edmonton 	1–3 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	19,515 	4–8–1 	9 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	71	19	34	53	−21	39
 	71	21	27	48	−23	40
 	43	16	22	38	−7 	34
† 	52	14	17	31	−29	18
 	65	9 	22	31	−38	46
‡ 	46	10	14	24	−45	26
 	70	6 	15	21	−42	24
 	53	3 	14	17	−16	34
 	68	9 	7 	16	−6 	37
 	28	8 	7 	15	−13	2
‡ 	48	3 	8 	11	−32	32
 	60	6 	3 	9 	−29	14
 	60	4 	5 	9 	−13	8
 	64	1 	8 	9 	−10	28
 	36	2 	6 	8 	−26	6
 	26	2 	5 	7 	−12	6
 	43	0 	7 	7 	−22	20
 	56	2 	3 	5 	−24	28
 	54	2 	2 	4 	−21	2
† 	39	1 	3 	4 	−18	10
‡ 	16	1 	3 	4 	3 	4
 	8 	0 	4 	4 	0 	4
 	21	2 	1 	3 	−2 	9
 	49	0 	3 	3 	−14	25
 	49	0 	3 	3 	−9 	24
 	6 	0 	2 	2 	−5 	2
 	6 	1 	0 	1 	−1 	2
 	9 	0 	1 	1 	1 	6
 	16	0 	1 	1 	−6 	14
 	18	0 	0 	0 	−12	4
 	16	0 	0 	0 	−4 	23
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	2
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	46	41	2,566	15	22	3	126	2.95	1,353	.907	1	0	3	4
 	27	27	1,372	2 	23	2	96 	4.20	817 	.882	0	0	0	0
† 	3 	2 	127 	0 	2 	0	9 	4.28	66 	.864	0	0	0	0
 	3 	1 	165 	0 	2 	0	15 	5.46	74 	.797	0	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL Second Star of the Week	October 7, 2019
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	700th career NHL game 	October 23, 2019
 	1st career NHL game 	October 25, 2019
 	500th career NHL point 	November 4, 2019
Givani Smith 	1st career NHL point1st career NHL assist	January 7, 2020
Givani Smith 	1st career NHL goal 	January 14, 2020
 	300th career NHL assist 	January 17, 2020
 	100th career NHL goal 	January 18, 2020
 	1,000th career NHL game 	February 1, 2020
 	1st career NHL game 	February 6, 2020
 	100th career NHL point 	February 6, 2020
Mike Green 	500th career NHL point 	February 18, 2020
Gustav Lindström	1st career NHL point1st career NHL assist	March 6, 2020
 	500th career NHL game 	March 10, 2020
==Transactions==
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Vancouver CanucksDavid Pope 	To Detroit Red WingsAlex Biega 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksAlec Regula 	To Detroit Red WingsBrendan Perlini 	
 	To St. Louis BluesJacob de la Rose 	To Detroit Red WingsRobby Fabbri 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesVili Saarijarvi 	To Detroit Red WingsEric Comrie 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesOliwer Kaski 	To Detroit Red WingsKyle Wood 	
 	To Edmonton OilersMike Green 	To Detroit Red WingsKyle BrodziakConditional draft pick in 2020 or 2021	
 	To Edmonton OilersAndreas AthanasiouRyan Kuffner	To Detroit Red WingsSam Gagner2020 2nd-round pick2021 2nd-round pick 	
Notes:
* Detroit to retain 50% ($2.6875 million) of salary as part of trade.
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Valtteri Filppula	from New York Islanders	2-year 	
 	Patrik Nemeth 	from Colorado Avalanche	2-year 	
 	Calvin Pickard 	from Arizona Coyotes 	2-year 	
 	Martin Frk 	to Los Angeles Kings 	1-year 	
 	Luke Witkowski 	to Tampa Bay Lightning 	2-year 	
 	Zachary Gallant 	to San Jose Sharks 	1-year 	
===Retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Niklas Kronwall	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Cody Goloubef 	from Ottawa Senators 	
 	Dmytro Timashov	from Toronto Maple Leafs	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	6 	Moritz Seider 	D 	 	Adler Mannheim (DEL)
2 	35 	Antti Tuomisto 	D 	 	Ässät U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
2 	541 	Robert Mastrosimone	LW 	 	Chicago Steel (USHL)
2 	602 	Albert Johansson 	D 	 	Färjestad BK J20 (J20 SuperElit)
3 	66 	Albin Grewe 	RW 	 	Djurgårdens IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
4 	97 	Ethan Phillips 	C 	 	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
5 	128 	Cooper Moore 	D 	 	Brunswick (USHS)
6 	159 	Elmer Soderblom 	RW 	 	Frölunda J20 (SuperElit)
6 	1773	Gustav Berglund 	D 	 	Frölunda J18 (J18 Elit)
7 	190 	Kirill Tyutyayev 	LW 	 	JHC Avto (MHL)
7 	1914	Carter Gylander 	G 	 	Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL)
Notes:
# The New York Islanders' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 26, 2018, that sent Tomas Tatar to Vegas in exchange for a first-round pick in 2018, a third-round pick in 2021 and this pick.
# The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 24, 2019, that sent Gustav Nyquist to San Jose in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2020 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
# The Toronto Maple Leafs' sixth-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Columbus' fifth-round pick in 2019 (143rd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2019 (191st overall) and this pick.
# The Buffalo Sabres' seventh-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Columbus' fifth-round pick in 2019 (143rd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for Toronto's sixth-round pick in 2019 (177th overall) and this pick.
==References==
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