2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season was the 91st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It was the Red Wings' final season at Joe Louis Arena before their move to Little Caesars Arena for the 2017–18 season. This season also marked the end of the Red Wings playoff streak at 25 consecutive seasons, and was their first losing season since 1990–91.
==Off-season==
On May 10, 2016, the Red Wings named Doug Houda as an assistant coach.
On May 17, 2016, the Red Wings named Jeff Salajko as their new goaltending coach, replacing long-time former coach Jim Bedard.
On June 9, 2016, the Red Wings named John Torchetti as an assistant coach.
On September 16, 2016, the Red Wings named Shawn Horcoff director of player development.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 6–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 27 	Pittsburgh 	2–4 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	16,279 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 28 	Detroit 	5–1 	Boston 	 	Coreau 	16,631 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 30 	Boston 	2–1 	Detroit 	OT 	Howard 	— 	2–0–1 	Recap
4 	October 2 	Chicago 	3–6 	Detroit 	 	Mrazek 	17,962 	3–0–1 	Recap
5 	October 4 	Detroit 	1–6 	Chicago 	 	Howard 	20,407 	3–1–1 	Recap
6 	October 5 	Detroit 	5–2 	Pittsburgh 	 	Coreau 	17,848 	4–1–1 	Recap
7 	October 7 	Detroit 	2–1 	Toronto 	 	— 	— 	5–1–1 	Recap
8 	October 8 	Toronto 	3–4 	Detroit 	 	Mrazek 	20,027 	6–1–1 	Recap
===Regular season===
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October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 13 	Detroit 	4–6 	Tampa Bay 	 	Mrazek 	19,092 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 15 	Detroit 	1–4 	Florida 	 	Mrazek 	16,868 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	October 17 	Ottawa 	1–5 	Detroit 	 	Mrazek 	20,027 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	October 19 	Detroit 	2–1 	NY Rangers 	 	Howard 	18,200 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 21 	Nashville 	3–5 	Detroit 	 	Mrazek 	20,027 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 22 	San Jose 	0–3 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	20,027 	4–2–0 	8 	Recap
7 	October 25 	Carolina 	2–4 	Detroit 	 	Mrazek 	20,027 	5–2–0 	10 	Recap
8 	October 27 	Detroit 	2–1 	St. Louis 	SO 	Mrazek 	19,229 	6–2–0 	12 	Recap
9 	October 29 	Boston 	1–0 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	20,027 	6–3–0 	12 	Recap
10 	October 30 	Florida 	5–2 	Detroit 	 	Mrazek 	20,027 	6–4–0 	12 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	17	51	68	15 	22
 	76	12	36	48	0 	18
 	82	25	21	46	−8 	26
 	79	17	24	41	−19	18
‡ 	48	15	23	38	2 	16
 	60	17	19	36	10 	53
 	72	14	22	36	−20	40
 	80	17	15	32	−28	37
 	64	18	11	29	−7 	28
 	64	7 	14	21	−20	50
 	50	8 	9 	17	−6 	20
 	74	3 	11	14	−10	26
 	49	4 	9 	13	−7 	12
 	80	2 	11	13	−29	14
 	57	2 	11	13	−7 	32
 	82	4 	8 	12	−22	33
 	66	3 	9 	12	2 	51
 	51	1 	8 	9 	−2 	63
 	55	5 	2 	7 	−12	18
 	27	1 	6 	7 	−8 	6
‡ 	30	0 	6 	6 	6 	12
‡ 	42	3 	3 	6 	−6 	63
‡ 	33	2 	3 	5 	−1 	34
 	11	1 	0 	1 	−1 	2
 	6 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
‡ 	16	0 	0 	0 	−8 	2
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	19	0 	0 	0 	2 	2
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	50	44	2,858	18	21	9	145	3.04	1,462	.901	1	0	0	2
 	26	24	1,397	10	11	1	49 	2.10	675 	.927	1	0	0	2
 	14	14	712 	5 	4 	3	41 	3.46	362 	.887	2	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Final roster==
Updated April 7, 2017.
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==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL Third Star of the Week	October 24, 2016
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	400th career NHL point1st career NHL hat-trick 	October 17, 2016
 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	October 21, 2016
 	100th career NHL point 	October 22, 2016
 	800th career NHL game 	October 27, 2016
 	100th career NHL game 	October 27, 2016
 	1st career NHL game 	November 8, 2016
Ryan Sproul 	1st career NHL goal 	November 15, 2016
 	100th career NHL game 	November 23, 2016
 	500th career NHL game 	November 26, 2016
Jonathan Ericsson	500th career NHL game 	November 26, 2016
 	1st career NHL game 	December 3, 2016
 	100th career NHL game 	December 9, 2016
 	1st career NHL hat-trick 	December 17, 2016
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	December 20, 2016
Jared Coreau 	1st career NHL win 	December 23, 2016
Tomas Tatar 	300th career NHL game 	January 1, 2017
Jared Coreau 	1st career NHL shutout 	January 5, 2017
 	300th career NHL game 	January 5, 2017
Justin Abdelkader	100th career NHL assist 	January 20, 2017
Gustav Nyquist 	100th career NHL assist 	January 24, 2017
Nick Jensen 	1st career NHL goal 	January 31, 2017
Mike Green 	700th career NHL game 	February 28, 2017
 	1st career NHL game 	March 7, 2017
 	300th career NHL assist 	March 18, 2017
 	1st career NHL game 	March 27, 2017
 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	March 28, 2017
 	900th career NHL point 	March 30, 2017
 	1st career NHL game 	April 3, 2017
 	400th career NHL game 	April 4, 2017
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	April 8, 2017
Henrik Zetterberg	1,000th career NHL game 	April 9, 2017
== Suspensions/fines ==
Player 	Explanation 	Length 	Salary 	Date issued
Steve Ott 	Spearing Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara during NHL Game No. 115 in Detroit on Saturday, October 29, 2016, at 0:12 of the first period. 	— 	$2,222.22 	October 30, 2016
Gustav Nyquist	High-sticking Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon during NHL Game No. 829 in Minnesota on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at 14:13 of the first period.	6 games	$158,333.34	February 15, 2017
==Transactions==
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
June 24, 2016 	To Arizona Coyotes Pavel Datsyuk16th overall pick in 2016	To Detroit Red Wings Joe VitaleNYR's 20th overall pick in 201653rd overall pick in 2016	
February 24, 2017	To Chicago Blackhawks Tomas Jurco 	To Detroit Red Wings 3rd round pick in 2017 	
February 28, 2017	To New York Rangers Brendan Smith 	To Detroit Red Wings 3rd round pick in 2017OTT's 2nd round pick in 2018 	
February 28, 2017	To Montreal Canadiens Steve Ott 	To Detroit Red Wings 6th round pick in 2018 	
March 1, 2017 	To Florida Panthers Thomas Vanek 	To Detroit Red Wings Dylan McIlrathConditional 3rd round pick in 2017 	
;Notes
*Detroit to retain 50% ($1.3 million) of salary as part of trade.
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Frans Nielsen 	New York Islanders 	6 years, $31.5 million 	
 	Thomas Vanek 	Minnesota Wild 	1 year, $2.6 million 	
 	Steve Ott 	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $800,000 	
 	Ben Street 	San Antonio Rampage	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Edward Pasquale	St. John's IceCaps 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Matt Lorito 	Albany Devils 	2 years, two-way contract 	
 	Matej Machovsky	HC Plzen 	1 year, $925,000 	
 	Libor Sulak 	Orli Znojmo 	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Andy Miele 	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Kyle Quincey	New Jersey Devils 	1 year, $1.25 million 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Former team 	Date 	Ref
Martin Frk	Carolina Hurricanes	November 1, 2016	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date 	Ref
Martin Frk 	Carolina Hurricanes	October 9, 2016 	
Teemu Pulkkinen 	Minnesota Wild 	October 11, 2016	
Alexei Marchenko	Toronto Maple Leafs	February 4, 2017	
===Lost via retirement===
Player 	Ref
Brad Richards	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Drew Miller 	1 year, $1.025 million contract extension 	
 	Darren Helm 	5 years, $19.25 million contract extension 	
 	Alexei Marchenko	2 years, $2.9 million contract extension 	
 	Jared Coreau 	2 years, $1.225 million contract extension 	
 	Teemu Pulkkinen 	1 year, $812,500 contract extension 	
 	Luke Glendening 	4 years, $7.2 million contract extension 	
 	Filip Hronek 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Mitch Callahan 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Danny DeKeyser 	6 years, $30 million 	
 	Petr Mrazek 	2 years, $8 million 	
 	Ryan Sproul 	2 years, $1.25 million 	
 	Givani Smith 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Nick Jensen 	2 years, $1.625 million contract extension 	
 	Dennis Cholowski	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Christoffer Ehn 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Matej Machovsky 	1 year, $925,000 	
 	Libor Sulak 	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	20 	Dennis Cholowski	D 	 	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
2 	46 	Givani Smith 	RW 	 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
2 	53 	Filip Hronek 	D 	 	Mountfield HK (CZE)
4 	107	Alfons Malmstrom	D 	 	Örebro HK (J20 SuperElit)
5 	137	Jordan Sambrook 	D 	 	Erie Otters (OHL)
6 	167	Filip Larsson 	G 	 	Djurgården (Swedish Junior)
7 	197	Mattias Elfstrom	C 	 	Malmö Redhawks (J20 SuperElit)
;Draft notes
* The Detroit Red Wings' first-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Joe Vitale, the Rangers' first-round pick and a compensatory second-round pick both in 2016 (20th and 53rd overall) to Detroit in exchange for Pavel Datsyuk and this pick.
* The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Pavel Datsyuk and a first-round pick in 2016 (16th overall) to Arizona in exchange for Joe Vitale, a compensatory second-round pick in 2016 (53rd overall) and this pick.
:Arizona previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Keith Yandle, Chris Summers and a fourth-round pick in 2016 to New York in exchange for John Moore, Anthony Duclair, Tampa Bay's second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Arizona will receive a first-round pick in 2016 if New York qualifies for the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 4, 2016.
* The Arizona Coyotes' compensatory second-round pick (53rd overall) went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Pavel Datsyuk and a first-round pick in 2016 (16th overall) to Arizona in exchange for Joe Vitale, the Rangers' first-round pick in 2016 (20th overall) and this pick.
:Arizona previously received this pick as compensation for not signing 2014 first-round draft pick Conner Bleackley, whom they acquired in an earlier trade with Colorado.
* The Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Beau Bennett to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.
:New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Marek Zidlicky to Detroit in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – New Jersey will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Detroit does not advance to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals – was converted on April 29, 2015 when Detroit was eliminated from the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs.
==References==
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