2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season was the 85th season of play for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926, and saw the Red Wings equal the Dallas Cowboys (from 1966 to 1985) in second place for the most consecutive winning seasons in major North American professional sports. 
==Off season==
The 2010 Detroit Red Wings off-season saw the acquisitions of Joey MacDonald from the Anaheim Ducks and Mike Modano from the Dallas Stars. In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Red Wings picked Riley Sheahan out of the University of Notre Dame for their first round pick. The Red Wings looked to improve off of their 44–24–14 record in the 2009–10 season and make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th consecutive season.
==Regular season==
On January 18, Nicklas Lidstrom was voted by the players to represent one of the teams as captain during the 2011 NHL All-Star Game.
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
2010–11 Game Log 	2010–11 Game Log 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	OT 	Decision 	Arena 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 8 	Anaheim Ducks 	W 4–0 	 	Howard 	Joe Louis Arena 	20,066 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 9 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	W 3–2 	 	Osgood 	United Center 	22,161 	2–0–0 	4 	
3 	October 12 	Colorado Avalanche 	L 4–5 	SO 	Howard 	Joe Louis Arena 	19,651 	2–0–1 	5 	
4 	October 14 	@ Dallas Stars 	L 1–4 	 	Osgood 	American Airlines Arena 	18,532 	2–1–1 	5 	
5 	October 16 	@ Phoenix Coyotes 	W 2-1 	OT 	Howard 	Jobing.com Arena 	17,125 	3-1-1 	7 	
6 	October 21 	Calgary Flames 	W 4–2 	 	Howard 	Joe Louis Arena 	18,399 	4-1-1 	9 	
7 	October 23 	Anaheim Ducks 	W 5–4 	 	Howard 	Joe Louis Arena 	19,401 	5-1-1 	11 	
8 	October 28 	Phoenix Coyotes 	L 2–4 	 	Osgood 	Joe Louis Arena 	18,165 	5-2-1 	11 	
9 	October 30 	Nashville Predators 	W 5–2 	 	Osgood 	Joe Louis Arena 	18,771 	6-2-1 	13 	
==Playoffs==
The Detroit Red Wings have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th consecutive season. The Red Wings currently hold the longest current streak of post-season appearances in all of North American professional sports.
2011 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2011 Stanley Cup playoffs 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0	Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0
Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	OT 	Decision 	Arena 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 13 	Phoenix Coyotes 	W 4–2 	 	Howard 	Joe Louis Arena 	20,066 	1–0 	 	
2 	April 16 	Phoenix Coyotes 	W 4–3 	 	Howard 	Joe Louis Arena 	20,066 	2–0 	 	
3 	April 18 	@ Phoenix Coyotes 	W 4–2 	 	Howard 	Jobing.com Arena 	17,130 	3–0 	 	
4 	April 20 	@ Phoenix Coyotes 	W 6–3 	 	Howard 	Jobing.com Arena 	17,314 	4–0 	 	
* *Denotes if necessary
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	80	24	56	80 	-1 	40
 	82	16	46	62 	-2 	20
 	56	23	36	59 	11 	15
 	76	28	27	55 	5 	58
 	63	4 	44	48 	11 	22
 	68	26	20	46 	-1 	20
 	81	16	29	45 	-7 	71
 	71	16	23	39 	-1 	22
 	73	18	19	37 	-6 	62
 	77	11	26	37 	5 	36
 	73	10	27	37 	-7 	28
 	82	12	20	32 	9 	16
 	67	3 	17	20 	4 	40
 	63	13	7 	20 	-2 	14
 	74	7 	12	19 	15 	61
 	67	10	8 	18 	-2 	13
 	40	4 	11	15 	-4 	8
 	74	3 	12	15 	8 	87
 	47	6 	5 	11 	1 	12
 	75	2 	8 	10 	0 	48
 	48	2 	2 	4 	-6 	36
 	2 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	19	1 	0 	1 	-3 	4
 	9 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	7
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	11	4	11	15 	10 	8
 	11	4	4 	8 	8 	4
 	7 	3	5 	8 	6 	2
 	11	2	6 	8 	5 	6
 	11	3	4 	7 	7 	8
 	11	2	4 	6 	1 	15
 	11	2	4 	6 	2 	6
 	11	2	4 	6 	5 	4
 	11	3	3 	6 	1 	8
 	11	3	1 	4 	1 	6
 	11	2	1 	3 	-1 	4
 	10	1	2 	3 	-1 	6
 	11	1	2 	3 	-2 	4
 	8 	2	1 	3 	-1 	6
 	11	0	2 	2 	6 	8
 	9 	1	1 	2 	3 	4
 	8 	0	1 	1 	2 	2
 	2 	0	1 	1 	1 	0
 	11	1	0 	1 	6 	0
 	11	0	0 	0 	-4 	22
=== Goaltenders ===
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO	G	A	PIM
 	63	3615	37	17	5 	168	2.79 	1830	.908	2 	0	1	4
 	15	721 	5 	5 	3 	31 	2.58 	372 	.917	1 	0	0	0
 	11	629 	5 	3 	2 	29 	2.77 	298 	.903	0 	0	0	4
 	1 	15 	0 	0 	0 	3 	12.00	8 	.625	0 	0	0	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	TOI 	W	L	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO	G	A	PIM
 	11	673:22	7	4	28	2.50	364	.923	0 	0	0	2
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
== Awards and records ==
===Awards===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Award 	Awarded 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brian RafalskiNash, Liles and Rafalski top week's 'Three Stars' 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	November 22, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Henrik ZetterbergRoloson tops NHL's 'Three Stars of the Week' 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	December 27, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nicklas LidstromVarlamov tops NHL's 'Three Stars of the Week' 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	January 3, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nicklas LidstromCrosby tops 'Three Stars' for the month of December	NHL Third Star of the Month 	December 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Johan FranzenJohan Franzen tops NHL's 'Three Stars of the Week' 	NHL First Star of the Week 	February 7, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nicklas Lidstrom2011 NHL Awards winners 	James Norris Memorial Trophy	June 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brad Stuart 	200th Career NHL Assist 	October 8, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Darren Helm 	100th Career NHL Game 	October 9, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pavel Datsyuk 	200th Career NHL Goal 	October 12, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Todd Bertuzzi 	400th Career NHL Assist 	October 14, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pavel Datsyuk 	600th Career NHL Point 	October 28, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Pavel Datsyuk 	400th Career NHL Assist 	November 3, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Valtteri Filppula	300th Career NHL Game 	November 3, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Johan Franzen 	100th Career NHL Goal 	November 11, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brian Rafalski 	400th Career NHL Assist 	November 21, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jonathan Ericsson	100th Career NHL Game 	November 24, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tomas Holmstrom 	900th Career NHL Game 	November 28, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Danny Cleary 	700th Career NHL Game300th Career NHL Point 	November 30, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Henrik Zetterberg	500th Career NHL Point 	December 3, 2010 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nicklas Lidstrom 	1st Career NHL Hat Trick 	December 15, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ruslan Salei 	200th Career NHL Point 	December 22, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jan Mursak 	1st Career NHL Game 	December 27, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chris Osgood 	400th Career NHL Win 	December 27, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jimmy Howard 	100th Career NHL Game 	December 29, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tomas Tatar 	1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point	December 31, 2010	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brian Rafalski 	800th Career NHL Game 	January 7, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Henrik Zetterberg	300th Career NHL Assist 	January 7, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jan Mursak 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	January 10, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kris Draper 	200th Career NHL Assist 	January 15, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jakub Kindl 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	January 20, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cory Emmerton 	1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point	January 22, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Johan Franzen 	200th Career NHL Point 	January 26, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jiri Hudler 	300th Career NHL Game 	February 2, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brian Rafalski 	500th Career NHL Point 	February 2, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Justin Abdelkader	100th Career NHL Game 	February 9, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Todd Bertuzzi 	700th Career NHL Point 	February 11, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jakub Kindl 	1st Career NHL Assist 	February 17, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Todd Bertuzzi 	1,000th Career NHL Game 	February 20, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ruslan Salei 	900th Career NHL Game 	February 22, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nicklas Lidstrom 	1,100th Career NHL Point 	March 5, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tomas Holmstrom 	500th Career NHL Point 	March 21, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jiri Hudler 	100th Career NHL Assist 	March 26, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Thomas McCollum 	1st Career NHL Game 	March 30, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Drew Miller 	200th Career NHL Game 	April 10, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Valtteri Filppula	100th Career NHL Assist 	April 10, 2011 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Henrik Zetterberg	100th Career NHL Playoff Game 	May 4, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brian Rafalski 	100th Career NHL Playoff Point	May 6, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Daniel Cleary 	100th Career NHL Playoff Game 	May 8, 2011	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.
===Trades===
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===Free agents acquired===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Joey MacDonaldWings add depth, sign Joey MacDonald	Anaheim Ducks 	1 year, $550,000
Chris Minard 	Edmonton Oilers 	2 years, $1.05 million
Jamie Johnson 	Rochester Americans 	2 years, $1 million
Mike ModanoWings, Modano agree on one-year deal 	Dallas Stars 	1 year, $1.25 million
Ruslan SaleiWings sign defenseman Salei for 1-year	Colorado Avalanche 	1 year, $750,000
Trevor ParkesWings sign prospect Parkes 	Montreal Junior Hockey Club	3 years, $1.625 million entry-level contract
Evgeni NabokovWings sign Nabokov to one-year deal 	SKA Saint Petersburg 	1 year, $570,000
===Free agents lost===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Brett LebdaBrett Lebda Signs With Maple Leafs 	Toronto Maple Leafs	2 years, $2.9 million
Jeremy WilliamsRangers add winger Jeremy Williams	New York Rangers 	1 year, $515,000
Andreas LiljaDucks Sign Lilja to One-Year Deal 	Anaheim Ducks 	1 year, $600,000
===Claimed via waivers===
Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers
Mattias RitolaLightning Claim Forward Mattias Ritola Off Waivers	Tampa Bay Lightning	October 5, 2010
Evgeni NabokovIslanders Claim Nabokov Off Waivers 	New York Islanders 	January 22, 2011
===Lost via retirement===
Player
Kirk MaltbyMaltby ends fulfilling career
===Player signings===
Player 	Contract terms
Mitchell CallahanRed Wings sign Mitchell Callahan 	3 years, $1.675 million entry-level contract
Mattias RitolaWings sign Ritola to three-year deal 	3 years, $1.55 million
Brendan SmithWings sign Wisconsin's Brendan Smith 	3 years, $2.625 million entry-level contract
Nicklas LidstromLidstrom to return for 2010-11 season 	1 year, $6.2 million
Tomas HolmstromHolmstrom agrees to two-year deal 	2 years, $3.75 million
Ilari FilppulaWings sign Filppula's older brother 	1 year, $500,000
Todd BertuzziWings agree to 2-year deal with Bertuzzi 	2 years, $3.875 million
Drew MillerWings, Miller agree on one-year deal 	1 year, $650,000
Patrick EavesWings sign Eaves to one-year deal 	1 year, $750,000
Derek MeechWings sign Meech to one-year deal 	1 year, $500,000
Sergei KolosovWings re-sign Kolosov to one-year deal 	1 year, $500,000
Darren HelmHelm signs two-year contract 	2 years, $1.825 million
Jamie TardifWings sign Tardif to one-year contract 	1 year, $550,000
Justin AbdelkaderWings, Abdelkader agree on new deal 	2 years, $1.575 million
Kirk MaltbyMaltby signed one-year deal 	1 year, $525,000
Landon FerraroWings sign Landon Ferraro 	3 years, $2.145 million entry-level contract
Louis-Marc AubryWings sign Louis-Marc Aubry 	3 years, $1.845 million entry-level contract
Gleason FournierWings sign Fournier to entry-level deal	3 years, $1.82 million entry-level contract
Jan MursakMursak receives two-year extension 	2 years, $1.1 million contract extension
Jimmy HowardHoward gets two-year extension 	2 years, $4.5 million contract extension
Gustav NyquistNyquist signed to entry-level deal 	2 years, $1.525 million entry-level contract
== Draft picks ==
The 2010 NHL Entry Draft was held in Los Angeles on June 25–26, 2010.
Round	Overall Pick	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	21 	Riley Sheahan 	C 	 	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
2 	51 	Calle Jarnkrok 	C 	 	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)
3 	81 	Louis-Marc Aubry	C 	 	Montreal Junior Hockey Club (QMJHL)
4 	111 	Teemu Pulkkinen 	LW 	 	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
5 	141 	Petr Mrazek 	G 	 	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6 	171 	Brooks Macek 	C 	 	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
7 	201 	Ben Marshall 	D 	 	Mahtomedi Senior High School (USHS-MN)
== See also ==
* 2010–11 NHL season
== Farm teams ==
The Grand Rapids Griffins remain Detroit's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in 2010–11 and the Toledo Walleye will become the team's ECHL affiliate in 2010–11.
== References ==
==External links==
*2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season at ESPN
*2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season at Hockey Reference
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