2015–16 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2015–16 Detroit Red Wings season was the 90th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The regular season began on October 9, 2015 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and former Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock, with a 4–0 victory. This season also involved the Red Wings extending their playoff streak to 25 straight seasons.
==Off-season==
On June 9, 2015, Jeff Blashill was named the head coach of the Red Wings, following the departure of Mike Babcock to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
On June 23, 2015, the Red Wings finalized their coaching staff, Tony Granato will return as an assistant coach, along with Pat Ferschweiler, who was an assistant coach under Blashill with the Grand Rapids Griffins. Dave Noel-Bernier was named video coach, and Chris Chelios will evaluate in-game player performance, and will continue to play a role in player development, by working on-ice with the team's defensemen during practices. Jim Bedard will return for his 19th season with the organization as goaltending coach.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)	2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 22 	Detroit 	4–5 	Chicago 	OT 	McCollum 	20,736 	0–0–1 	Recap
2 	September 23 	Chicago 	1–4 	Detroit 	 	Coreau 	16,886 	1–0–1 	Recap
3 	September 24 	Pittsburgh 	1–6 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	15,677 	2–0–1 	Recap
4 	September 26 	Boston 	4–5 	Detroit 	OT 	Mrazek 	–– 	2–0–2 	Recap
5 	September 28 	Detroit 	3–1 	Boston 	 	Howard 	16,681 	3–0–2 	Recap
6 	September 30 	Detroit 	7–2 	Pittsburgh 	 	Mrazek 	18,207 	4–0–2 	Recap
7 	October 2 	Toronto 	2–4 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	19,149 	5–0–2 	Recap
8 	October 3 	Detroit 	2–1 	Toronto 	 	Mrazek 	17,879 	6–0–2 	Recap
===Regular season===
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October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)	October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 9 	Toronto 	0–4 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	20,027 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 10 	Detroit 	4–3 	Carolina 	 	Mrazek 	18,949 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 13 	Tampa Bay 	1–3 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	20,027 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 16 	Carolina 	5–3 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	20,027 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 17 	Detroit 	1–4 	Montreal 	 	Mrazek 	21,288 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 21 	Detroit 	1–3 	Edmonton 	 	Mrazek 	16,839 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap
7 	October 23 	Detroit 	2–3 	Calgary 	OT 	Howard 	19,158 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap
8 	October 24 	Detroit 	3–2 	Vancouver 	OT 	Mrazek 	18,312 	4–3–1 	9 	Recap
9 	October 27 	Carolina 	3–1 	Detroit 	 	Mrazek 	20,027 	4–4–1 	9 	Recap
10 	October 30 	Ottawa 	3–1 	Detroit 	 	Howard 	20,027 	4–5–1 	9 	Recap
11 	October 31 	Detroit 	5–3 	Ottawa 	 	Mrazek 	16,964 	5–5–1 	11 	Recap
===Playoffs===
2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 13 	Detroit 	2–3 	Tampa Bay 	 	Howard 	19,092 	0–1 	Recap 	
2 	April 15 	Detroit 	2–5 	Tampa Bay 	 	Howard 	19,092 	0–2 	Recap 	
3 	April 17 	Tampa Bay 	0–2 	Detroit 	 	Mrazek 	20,027 	1–2 	Recap 	
4 	April 19 	Tampa Bay 	3–2 	Detroit 	 	Mrazek 	20,027 	1–3 	Recap 	
5 	April 21 	Detroit 	0–1 	Tampa Bay 	 	Mrazek 	19,092 	1–4 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	13	37	50	−15	24
 	66	16	33	49	7 	14
 	80	23	22	45	11 	34
 	81	21	24	45	4 	24
 	82	17	26	43	−2 	34
 	82	19	23	42	−16	120
 	74	7 	28	35	−6 	38
 	68	10	18	28	4 	8
 	77	13	13	26	−2 	32
 	64	3 	23	26	−21	30
 	81	14	11	25	−8 	12
 	81	8 	13	21	4 	46
 	78	8 	12	20	2 	44
 	71	3 	12	15	2 	56
 	63	3 	12	15	1 	62
 	37	9 	5 	14	1 	5
 	36	6 	6 	12	2 	14
 	47	4 	7 	11	1 	36
 	66	2 	9 	11	−5 	10
 	44	4 	2 	6 	−6 	16
‡ 	25	2 	4 	6 	3 	14
 	10	2 	1 	3 	−6 	2
 	29	1 	2 	3 	1 	6
 	28	1 	1 	2 	−5 	2
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	−2 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	2
‡ 	11	0 	0 	0 	−3 	7
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	0	3	3	1 	2
 	5	1	1	2	−1	10
 	5	1	0	1	−4	7
 	5	1	0	1	3 	4
 	5	0	1	1	3 	8
 	5	0	1	1	0 	2
 	4	0	1	1	−2	4
 	5	1	0	1	−3	35
 	5	1	0	1	−1	6
 	3	0	1	1	2 	0
 	5	0	1	1	−1	2
 	5	1	0	1	2 	6
 	5	0	1	1	0 	4
 	5	0	1	1	−2	0
 	5	1	0	1	1 	0
 	5	0	1	1	−3	4
 	5	1	0	1	−2	18
 	5	0	0	0	2 	4
 	3	0	0	0	−1	10
===Goaltenders===
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	54	49	2961	27	16	6	115	2.33	1448	.921	4	0	2	2
 	37	33	1974	14	14	5	92 	2.80	979 	.906	2	0	1	2
;Goaltenders
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	177	1	2	4	1.36	73	.945	1	0	0	0
 	2	2	117	0	2	7	3.59	64	.891	0	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 20, 2016.
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=== Suspensions/fines ===
Player 	Explanation 	Length	Salary 	Date issued
Teemu Pulkkinen	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 211 in Dallas on Sunday, November 8, 2015, at 12:36 of the first period.	— 	$2,000.00	November 13, 2015
==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	October 12, 2015
 	NHL Rookie of the Month 	December 1, 2015
 	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
 	NHL Second Star of the Week	January 11, 2016
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	February 15, 2016
===Milestones===
 Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point	October 9, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Win (coach) 	October 9, 2015
 	400th Career NHL Game 	October 10, 2015
 	100th Career NHL Game 	October 13, 2015
 	200th Career NHL Game 	October 23, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point 	October 24, 2015
 	500th Career NHL Assist800th Career NHL Point 	October 31, 2015
 	500th Career NHL Game 	November 3, 2015
Henrik Zetterberg 	300th Career NHL Goal 	November 6, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	November 8, 2015
Andreas Athanasiou	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	November 10, 2015
 	200th Career NHL Game 	November 16, 2015
 	200th Career NHL Game 	November 21, 2015
 	300th Career NHL Goal 	November 25, 2015
Drew Miller 	100th Career NHL Point with Detroit 	December 1, 2015
 	700th Career NHL Game 	December 3, 2015
Pavel Datsyuk 	900th Career NHL Game 	December 8, 2015
 	600th Career NHL Game 	December 14, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	December 26, 2015
 	200th Career NHL Game 	January 20, 2016
 	200th Career NHL Game 	January 23, 2016
Andreas Athanasiou	1st Career NHL Assist 	February 6, 2016
 	1,100th Career NHL Game 	February 14, 2016
Pavel Datsyuk 	900th Career NHL Point 	February 14, 2016
Henrik Zetterberg 	900th Career NHL Game 	March 2, 2016
 	1st Career NHL Game 	March 15, 2016
Anthony Mantha 	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point 	March 22, 2016
Anthony Mantha 	1st Career NHL Goal 	March 24, 2016
Pavel Datsyuk 	600th Career NHL Assist 	March 26, 2016
 Playoffs
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Dylan Larkin 	1st Career NHL Playoff Game 	April 13, 2016
Andreas Athanasiou	1st Career NHL Playoff Game 	April 13, 2016
Dylan Larkin 	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 15, 2016
Andreas Athanasiou	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 17, 2016
==Transactions==
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:
=== Trades ===
Date 	Details 	Details 	Ref
January 15, 2016 	To St. Louis Blues Richard Nedomlel 	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations 	
February 27, 2016	To Florida Panthers Jakub Kindl 	To Detroit Red Wings 6th round pick in 2017	
May 26, 2016 	To San Jose Sharks 3rd round pick in 2017	To Detroit Red Wings Dylan Sadowy 	
;Notes
*Detroit to retain 15% ($720,000) of salary as part of trade.
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Mike Green 	Washington Capitals 	3 years, $18 million 	
 	Brad Richards	Chicago Blackhawks 	1 year, $4 million 	
 	Eric Tangradi	Montreal Canadiens 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Robbie Russo 	University of Notre Dame	2 years, entry-level contract 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Kevin Porter 	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Jonas Gustavsson	Boston Bruins 	1 year, $750,000 	
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=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date 	Ref
Landon Ferraro	Boston Bruins	November 22, 2015	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Joakim Andersson 	1 year, $815,000 contract extension 	
 	Brendan Smith 	2 years, $5.5 million contract extension 	
 	Andy Miele 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Tom McCollum 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Vili Saarijarvi 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Landon Ferraro 	1 year, two-way contract 	
 	Jared Coreau 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Gustav Nyquist 	4 years, $19 million contract extension 	
 	Mitch Callahan 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Nick Jensen 	2 years, $1.764 million 	
 	Louis-Marc Aubry 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Teemu Pulkkinen 	1 year, $735,000 	
 	Tomas Jurco 	2 years, $1.8 million 	
 	Daniel Cleary 	1 year, $950,000 	
 	Evgeny Svechnikov	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Justin Abdelkader	7 years, $29.75 million contract extension	
 	Xavier Ouellet 	1 year, $715,000 contract extension 	
 	Eric Tangradi 	2 years, $1.25 million contract extension 	
 	Tomas Nosek 	2 years, $1.225 million contract extension	
 	Dylan Sadowy 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Riley Sheahan 	2 years, $4.15 million contract extension 	
 	Brian Lashoff 	1 year, $650,000 contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
The Detroit Red Wings' picks at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	19 	Evgeny Svechnikov 	LW 	 	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
3 	73 	Vili Saarijärvi 	D 	 	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
4 	110	Joren Van Pottelberghe	G 	 	Linköpings HC (J20 SuperElit)
5 	140	Chase Pearson 	C 	 	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
6 	170	Patrick Holway 	D 	 	Boston Advantage U18 (MWEHL)
7 	200	Adam Marsh 	LW 	 	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
;Draft notes
* The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Erik Cole and a conditional third-round pick in 2015 to Detroit in exchange for Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman and this pick.
* The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman, and a second-round pick in 2015 to Dallas in exchange for Erik Cole and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Detroit will receive a third-round pick in 2015 if they do not qualify for the 2015 Eastern Conference Final and Cole does not play in 50% of Detroit's playoff games – was converted on April 8, 2015 when Cole was injured for the remainder of the season.
* The Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Rene Bourque, William Karlsson and a second-round pick in 2015 to Columbus in exchange for James Wisniewski and this pick.
*:Columbus previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent Edmonton's third-round pick in 2014 to Detroit in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.
==References==
Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons
Detroit Red Wings season, 2015-16