2018–19 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2018–19 Detroit Red Wings season was the 93rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It was also the Red Wings' second season at Little Caesars Arena. The team was eliminated from playoff contention on March 12, 2019, and missed the playoffs for the third year in a row.
==Off-season==
On June 22, the Red Wings hired Dan Bylsma as an assistant coach.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)	2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)	2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)	2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)	2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)	2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)	2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)	2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)	2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)	2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 19 	Pittsburgh 	2–3 	Detroit 	OT 	Sateri 	15,107 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 20 	Chicago 	2–4 	Detroit 	 	Rybar 	16,475 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 22 	Boston 	3–4 	Detroit 	OT 	Howard 	16,855 	3–0–0 	Recap
4 	September 23 	Detroit 	3–2 	Pittsburgh 	 	Sateri 	18,306 	4–0–0 	Recap
5 	September 25 	Detroit 	8–6 	Chicago 	 	Howard 	19,864 	5–0–0 	Recap
6 	September 26 	Detroit 	3–2 	Boston 	OT 	Bernier 	17,565 	6–0–0 	Recap
7 	September 28 	Detroit 	2–6 	Toronto 	 	Howard 	18,889 	6–1–0 	Recap
8 	September 29 	Toronto 	1–5 	Detroit 	 	Bernier 	18,753 	7–1–0 	Recap
===Regular season===
2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)	2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)
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October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) 	October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 4 	Columbus 	3–2 	Detroit 	OT 	Howard 	19,515 	0–0–1 	1 	Recap
2 	October 7 	Detroit 	2–4 	Los Angeles 	 	Bernier 	18,230 	0–1–1 	1 	Recap
3 	October 8 	Detroit 	2–3 	Anaheim 	SO 	Howard 	17,436 	0–1–2 	2 	Recap
4 	October 11 	Toronto 	5–3 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	19,515 	0–2–2 	2 	Recap
5 	October 13 	Detroit 	2–8 	Boston 	 	Bernier 	17,565 	0–3–2 	2 	Recap
6 	October 15 	Detroit 	3–7 	Montreal 	 	Howard 	20,323 	0–4–2 	2 	Recap
7 	October 18 	Detroit 	1–3 	Tampa Bay 	 	Howard 	19,092 	0–5–2 	2 	Recap
8 	October 20 	Detroit 	4–3 	Florida 	OT 	Howard 	14,534 	1–5–2 	4 	Recap
9 	October 22 	Carolina 	3–1 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	19,515 	1–6–2 	4 	Recap
10 	October 26 	Winnipeg 	2–1 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	19,515 	1–7–2 	4 	Recap
11 	October 28 	Dallas 	2–4 	Detroit 	 	Bernier 	19,515 	2–7–2 	6 	Recap
12 	October 30 	Detroit 	5–3 	Columbus 	 	Howard 	14,288 	3–7–2 	8 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	76	32	41	73	−6 	75
 	76	30	24	54	−9 	38
‡ 	62	16	33	49	0 	8
 	67	25	23	48	−8 	30
 	73	21	26	47	11 	36
 	64	16	20	36	−12	26
 	72	10	25	35	−7 	14
 	79	3 	24	27	−5 	40
 	43	5 	21	26	−1 	28
 	78	10	13	23	2 	15
 	46	5 	18	23	−10	30
 	52	5 	15	20	2 	39
 	71	6 	13	19	−14	38
 	62	8 	10	18	−8 	29
 	61	7 	10	17	−11	20
 	52	7 	9 	16	−20	16
‡ 	60	2 	13	15	1 	17
 	60	3 	6 	9 	−13	16
 	60	3 	6 	9 	-5 	6
 	44	2 	6 	8 	-3 	12
 	10	1 	6 	7 	0 	2
 	30	1 	5 	6 	−9 	4
 	52	3 	2 	5 	−10	35
 	17	1 	3 	4 	−4 	8
 	9 	1 	2 	3 	−5 	0
 	34	0 	2 	2 	−5 	23
 	8 	1 	0 	1 	-2 	2
 	11	0 	1 	1 	−4 	2
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−9 	0
 	10	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	4
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	−4 	6
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	55	52	3,053	23	22	5	156	3.07	1,709	.909	0	0	1	2
 	35	30	1,860	9 	18	5	98 	3.16	1,025	.904	1	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	28 	0 	0 	0	2 	4.44	11 	.818	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	April 1, 2019
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	October 4, 2018
 	1st career NHL game 	October 4, 2018
 	1st career NHL game 	October 4, 2018
 	1st career NHL game 	October 4, 2018
 	1st career NHL game 	October 4, 2018
Dennis Cholowski 	1st career NHL assist 	October 7, 2018
 	100th career NHL point 	October 8, 2018
Michael Rasmussen	1st career NHL point1st career NHL assist 	October 8, 2018
Christoffer Ehn 	1st career NHL point1st career NHL assist 	October 11, 2018
Filip Hronek 	1st career NHL point1st career NHL assist 	October 11, 2018
Filip Hronek 	1st career NHL goal 	October 13, 2018
Michael Rasmussen	1st career NHL goal 	October 30, 2018
 	400th career NHL assist 	November 23, 2018
Danny DeKeyser 	400th career NHL game 	December 2, 2018
 	300th career NHL point 	December 15, 2018
Trevor Daley 	1,000th career NHL game 	December 23, 2018
Christoffer Ehn 	1st career NHL goal 	December 23, 2018
 	100th career NHL point 	January 2, 2019
Thomas Vanek 	1,000th career NHL game 	January 4, 2019
 	1st career NHL hat-trick 	January 12, 2019
 	500th career NHL game 	February 14, 2019
 	300th career NHL game 	February 16, 2019
Dylan Larkin 	200th career NHL point 	February 22, 2019
 	1st career NHL game 	February 24, 2019
Filip Zadina 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	March 5, 2019
Filip Zadina 	1st career NHL assist 	March 9, 2019
 	100th career NHL goal 	March 14, 2019
 	100th career NHL point 	March 14, 2019
 	1st career NHL game 	March 16, 2019
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL point1st career NHL assist	March 19, 2019
 	1st career NHL game 	March 29, 2019
Taro Hirose 	1st career NHL goal 	March 31, 2019
 	1st career NHL game 	April 6, 2019
===Records===
*On April 2, Tyler Bertuzzi recorded two goals and one assist in a 4–1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. He became the first player in Red Wings franchise history to record four consecutive three-point games.
== Suspensions/fines ==
Player 	Explanation 	Length 	Salary 	Date issued
Tyler Bertuzzi	Roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct against Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Calvert during NHL game No. 410 in Detroit on Sunday, December 2, 2018, at 12:45 of the third period.	2 games	$15,053.76	December 3, 2018
==Transactions==
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsMTL's 6th-round pick in 2018 	To Detroit Red Wings5th-round pick in 2019 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesRobbie Russo 	To Detroit Red WingsConditional 7th-round pick in 2019 	
 	To Washington CapitalsNick JensenBUF's 5th-round pick in 2019	To Detroit Red WingsMadison Bowey2nd-round pick in 2020 	
 	To San Jose SharksGustav Nyquist 	To Detroit Red WingsConditional 2nd-round pick in 2019Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Jonathan Bernier	from Colorado Avalanche 	3-year 	
 	Jake Chelios 	from Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year 	
 	Wade Megan 	from St. Louis Blues 	1-year 	
 	Xavier Ouellet 	to Montreal Canadiens 	1-year 	
 	Harri Sateri 	from Florida Panthers 	1-year 	
 	Chris Terry 	from Montreal Canadiens 	2-year 	
 	Thomas Vanek 	from Columbus Blue Jackets 	1-year 	
 	Jared Coreau 	to Anaheim Ducks 	1-year 	
 	Matt Lorito 	to New York Islanders 	2-year 	
 	Dan Renouf 	to Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year 	
 	Ben Street 	to Anaheim Ducks 	1-year 	
 	Tom McCollum 	to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Eric Tangradi 	to New Jersey Devils 	1-year 	
 	Zach Nastasiuk 	to Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Turner Elson 	from Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) 	2-year 	
 	Taro Hirose 	from Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten)	2-year 	
 	Ryan Kuffner 	from Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey) 	2-year 	
 	Filip Larsson 	from Denver Pioneers (NCHC) 	3-year 	
 	Jake Chelios 	to Kunlun Red Star (KHL) 	2-year 	
 	Harri Sateri 	to Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL) 	1-year 	
 	Oliwer Kaski 	from Lahti Pelicans (Liiga) 	1-year 	
 	Libor Sulak 	to Severstal Cherepovets (KHL) 	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Jacob de la Rose	from Montreal Canadiens	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Xavier Ouellet	Buyout	
===Retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Henrik Zetterberg	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Tyler Bertuzzi 	2-year 	
 	Martin Frk 	1-year 	
 	Mike Green 	2-year 	
 	Andreas Athanasiou	2-year 	
 	Filip Zadina 	3-year 	
 	Anthony Mantha 	2-year 	
 	Dylan Larkin 	5-year 	
 	Matt Puempel 	2-year 	
 	Brian Lashoff 	2-year 	
 	Chase Pearson 	2-year 	
 	Jimmy Howard 	1-year 	
 	Filip Larsson 	3-year 	
 	Joe Veleno 	3-year 	
 	Dylan McIlrath 	2-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	6 	Filip Zadina 	RW 	 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
1 	301 	Joe Veleno 	C 	 	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
2 	332 	Jonatan Berggren 	RW 	 	Skellefteå AIK J20 (SuperElit)
2 	36 	Jared McIsaac 	D 	 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3 	67 	Alec Regula 	D 	 	London Knights (OHL)
3 	813 	Seth Barton 	D 	 	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)
3 	844 	Jesper Eliasson 	G 	 	IF Troja/Ljungby J20 (SuperElit)
4 	98 	Ryan O'Reilly 	RW 	 	Madison Capitols (USHL)
6 	1605	Victor Brattstrom	G 	 	Timra IK (Allsvenskan)
7 	191 	Otto Kivenmaki 	C 	 	Assat U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
Notes:
# The Vegas Golden Knights' first-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 the Islanders' second-round pick in 2019, a third-round pick in 2021 and this pick.
# The Ottawa Senators' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 28, 2017, that sent Brendan Smith to the New York Rangers in exchange for a third-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
# The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 19, 2018, that sent Petr Mrazek to Philadelphia in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2019 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).
# The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on October 21, 2017, that sent Riley Sheahan and a fifth-round pick in 2018 to Pittsburgh in exchange for Scott Wilson and this pick.
# The Montreal Canadiens' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a fifth-round pick in 2019 to Detroit in exchange for this pick. The Red Wings acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2017, that sent Steve Ott to Montreal.
==References==
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