1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 43rd season. The Red Wings finished 5th in the East Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Pre-season==
The Red Wings held their training camp in Port Huron, Michigan.
==Regular Season==
Gordie Howe scored the 700th goal of his career during the 7-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on December 4, 1968.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 11, 1968 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 13, 1968 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 17, 1968 	7–2 	New York Rangers (1968–69) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 20, 1968 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	1–3–0
5 	W 	October 27, 1968 	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	2–3–0
6 	W 	October 31, 1968 	7–5 	Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	3–3–0
7 	L 	November 2, 1968 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	3–4–0
8 	T 	November 3, 1968 	4–4 	St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	3–4–1
9 	W 	November 6, 1968 	6–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	4–4–1
10 	W 	November 7, 1968 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 	5–4–1
11 	L 	November 9, 1968 	4–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	5–5–1
12 	T 	November 10, 1968 	4–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	5–5–2
13 	L 	November 13, 1968 	1–2 	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	5–6–2
14 	W 	November 14, 1968 	5–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	6–6–2
15 	T 	November 16, 1968 	1–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	6–6–3
16 	L 	November 20, 1968 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	6–7–3
17 	W 	November 23, 1968 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	7–7–3
18 	W 	November 27, 1968 	5–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	8–7–3
19 	L 	November 28, 1968 	1–3 	St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	8–8–3
20 	T 	December 1, 1968 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	8–8–4
21 	W 	December 4, 1968 	7–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	9–8–4
22 	W 	December 5, 1968 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1968–69) 	10–8–4
23 	L 	December 7, 1968 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	10–9–4
24 	W 	December 8, 1968 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1968–69) 	11–9–4
25 	L 	December 11, 1968 	3–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	11–10–4
26 	L 	December 12, 1968 	0–6 	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	11–11–4
27 	W 	December 14, 1968 	3–1 	Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	12–11–4
28 	W 	December 15, 1968 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 	13–11–4
29 	L 	December 19, 1968 	0–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	13–12–4
30 	L 	December 21, 1968 	3–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	13–13–4
31 	W 	December 22, 1968 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	14–13–4
32 	L 	December 25, 1968 	3–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	14–14–4
33 	T 	December 27, 1968 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	14–14–5
34 	T 	December 29, 1968 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	14–14–6
35 	W 	December 31, 1968 	6–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 	15–14–6
36 	L 	January 1, 1969 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	15–15–6
37 	L 	January 4, 1969 	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	15–16–6
38 	W 	January 5, 1969 	2–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	16–16–6
39 	W 	January 9, 1969 	6–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	17–16–6
40 	W 	January 11, 1969 	3–2 	New York Rangers (1968–69) 	18–16–6
41 	W 	January 12, 1969 	5–1 	Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	19–16–6
42 	W 	January 15, 1969 	4–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	20–16–6
43 	W 	January 16, 1969 	3–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	21–16–6
44 	T 	January 18, 1969 	1–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	21–16–7
45 	L 	January 19, 1969 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	21–17–7
46 	T 	January 23, 1969 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	21–17–8
47 	W 	January 25, 1969 	5–3 	Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	22–17–8
48 	W 	January 26, 1969 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	23–17–8
49 	L 	January 29, 1969 	0–2 	@ New York Rangers (1968–69) 	23–18–8
50 	L 	February 1, 1969 	0–2 	St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	23–19–8
51 	L 	February 2, 1969 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	23–20–8
52 	W 	February 4, 1969 	2–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	24–20–8
53 	W 	February 6, 1969 	6–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	25–20–8
54 	W 	February 8, 1969 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	26–20–8
55 	W 	February 9, 1969 	5–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	27–20–8
56 	L 	February 13, 1969 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	27–21–8
57 	L 	February 15, 1969 	2–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	27–22–8
58 	W 	February 16, 1969 	6–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	28–22–8
59 	T 	February 19, 1969 	1–1 	@ New York Rangers (1968–69) 	28–22–9
60 	W 	February 20, 1969 	3–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	29–22–9
61 	L 	February 22, 1969 	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 	29–23–9
62 	W 	February 23, 1969 	9–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 	30–23–9
63 	L 	February 26, 1969 	2–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	30–24–9
64 	W 	March 1, 1969 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	31–24–9
65 	W 	March 2, 1969 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 	32–24–9
66 	T 	March 5, 1969 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	32–24–10
67 	L 	March 6, 1969 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1968–69) 	32–25–10
68 	W 	March 8, 1969 	7–4 	Boston Bruins (1968–69) 	33–25–10
69 	L 	March 15, 1969 	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 	33–26–10
70 	L 	March 16, 1969 	4–6 	@ New York Rangers (1968–69) 	33–27–10
71 	T 	March 19, 1969 	4–4 	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 	33–27–11
72 	L 	March 20, 1969 	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 	33–28–11
73 	L 	March 22, 1969 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	33–29–11
74 	L 	March 27, 1969 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 	33–30–11
75 	T 	March 29, 1969 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	33–30–12
76 	L 	March 30, 1969 	5–9 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 	33–31–12
==Playoffs==
*The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	76	44	59	103	58 	9 	0 	6
 	C/LW	72	25	58	83 	8 	7 	0 	2
 	LW 	76	49	29	78 	38 	7 	0 	5
 	C 	71	21	31	52 	81 	3 	2 	4
 	C 	76	24	20	44 	33 	5 	1 	4
 	C 	69	18	23	41 	14 	2 	3 	3
 	D 	76	7 	30	37 	80 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	74	14	20	34 	18 	2 	1 	1
 	D 	69	2 	29	31 	97 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	75	10	14	24 	34 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	76	4 	16	20 	121	0 	0 	0
 	D 	73	3 	13	16 	91 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	62	2 	13	15 	82 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	19	4 	9 	13 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	44	5 	7 	12 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	34	1 	9 	10 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	43	2 	3 	5 	62 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	30	2 	2 	4 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	2 	1 	3 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2099	40	18	11	6 	89 	2.54	4
 	1820	38	12	16	3 	101	3.33	0
 	641 	13	3 	4 	3 	28 	2.62	0
Team: 	4560	76	33	31	12	218	2.87	4
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Alex Delvecchio
*Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Frank Mahovlich, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Trivia==
*Red Wings who recorded a hat trick this season include:
**Frank Mahovlich during the 7-5 win over the Boston Bruins on October 31, 1968.
**Garry Unger during the 5-2 win over the Minnesota North Stars on December 15, 1968.
**Frank Mahovlich during the 6-3 win over Minnesota on December 31, 1968.
**Pete Stemkowski during the 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings on January 9, 1969.
**Frank Mahovlich had a four goal game during the 5-1 win over Oakland Seals on January 12, 1969.
**Gordie Howe during the 6-1 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on February 6, 1969.
**Frank Mahovlich during the 5-0 win over Los Angeles on February 9, 1969.
**Gordie Howe during the 6-3 win over Los Angeles on February 16, 1969.
==Gallery==
1968-69-Cheevers_Howe_Green_Westfall.jpg|Gerry Cheevers, Ted Green, Gordie Howe and Ed Westfall during the 1968-69 season.
68-69NHLExhDetroitGameAd.jpg|Pre-season
68-69NHLDetroitGameAd.jpg|Home opener
==See Also==
*1968–69 NHL season
==References==
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