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2008–09 Detroit Red Wings season

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The 2008–09 Detroit Red Wings season was the 83rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The Detroit Red Wings attempted to defend their Stanley Cup title, but they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games in the Stanley Cup Finals, the team they defeated in the finals the previous season. The Red Wings roster featured former Penguin Marian Hossa, who signed a one-year contract with Detroit during the summer of 2008, as well as former Penguins backup Ty Conklin. With the elimination of the MLB's New York Yankees from the playoffs for the first time since 1993, the Red Wings owned the longest active playoff streak in North American sports, qualifying every year since 1991.

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2008–09 Detroit Red Wings
Western Conference champions
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	2nd Western
2008–09 record	51–21–10
Home record	27–9–5
Road record	24–12–5
Goals for	297
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Nicklas Lidstrom
Alternate captains	Pavel Datsyuk Kris Draper Henrik Zetterberg
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	19,865 Capacity: 20,066 (99.0%) Total: 814,474
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Hossa (40)
Assists	Pavel Datsyuk (65)
Points	Pavel Datsyuk (97)
Penalty minutes	Andreas Lilja (66)
Plus/minus	Pavel Datsyuk (34)
Wins	Chris Osgood (26)
Goals against average	Ty Conklin (2.51)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

They won 51 games during the regular season, their fourth consecutive season of 50 or more victories.

Off-season

June 9: Dominik Hasek announced his retirement from the NHL.^[1]

June 10: Detroit signed head coach Mike Babcock to three-year contract extension.^[2]

June 11: Assistant coach Todd McLellan signed with the San Jose Sharks as their new head coach.^[3]

June 30: The Detroit Red Wings re-signed defenseman Andreas Lilja to a two-year contract.^[4]

July 1: Brad Stuart re-signed with the Detroit Red Wings. It is a four-year deal worth $3.75 million per season, and a no-trade clause for the first two.^[5]

July 2: Marian Hossa signed a one-year, $7.45 million contract.

July 15: Dallas Drake announced his retirement from the NHL.^[6]

July 23: Ryan Oulahen re-signed with the Detroit Red Wings with a one-year deal.^[7]

July 30: Valtteri Filppula re-signed on a five-year, $15 million contract.^[8]

Regular season

Excluding six shootout-winning goals, the Red Wings scored 289 goals during the regular season, the most of all 30 teams in the NHL. They also scored the most power-play goals, with 90, and had the best power-play percentage, at 25.50% (90 for 353).^[9]^[10]

Divisional standings

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Central Division
		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Detroit Red Wings	82	51	21	10	295	244	112
2	Chicago Blackhawks	82	46	24	12	264	216	104
3	St. Louis Blues	82	41	31	10	233	233	92
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	41	31	10	226	230	92
5	Nashville Predators	82	40	34	8	213	233	88

Conference standings

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Western Conference
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	51	21	10	295	244	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	27	10	246	220	100
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	46	24	12	264	216	104
5	Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	30	6	254	248	98
6	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	31	10	233	233	92
7	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	41	31	10	226	230	92
8	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
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9	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	40	33	9	219	200	89
10	Nashville Predators	CE	82	40	34	8	213	233	88
11	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	35	9	234	248	85
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
14	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	34	37	11	207	234	79
15	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	32	45	5	199	257	69

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

Schedule and results

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2008–09 Game Log

Preseason: 6–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 3–0–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record
1	September 24	Montreal	3 – 2	Detroit	SO	Howard	15,319	0–0–1
2	September 25	Detroit	4 – 3	Boston		Larsson		1–0–1
3	September 26	Boston	2 – 1	Detroit		Conklin	15,266	1–1–1
4	September 28	Atlanta	0 – 4	Detroit		Osgood	17,714	2–1–1
5	September 30	Detroit	1 – 2	Montreal	SO	Howard	21,273	2–1–2
6	October 1	Detroit	4 – 1	Atlanta		Osgood	10,817	3–1–2
7	October 3	Toronto	3 – 5	Detroit		Conklin	17,913	4–1–2
8	October 4	Detroit	4 – 3	Toronto		Osgood	18,878	5–1–2
9	October 5	Buffalo	0 – 3	Detroit		Conklin	15,983	6–1–2

October: 7–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 5–1–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 9	Toronto	3 – 2	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	0–1–0	0
2	October 11	Detroit	3 – 2	Ottawa		Osgood	20,182	1–1–0	2
3	October 13	Detroit	3 – 1	Carolina		Conklin	18,680	2–1–0	4
4	October 16	Vancouver	4 – 3	Detroit	OT	Osgood	19,011	2–1–1	5
5	October 18	NY Rangers	4 – 5	Detroit	OT	Osgood	20,066	3–1–1	7
6	October 22	Detroit	4 – 3	St. Louis		Conklin	19,150	4–1–1	9
7	October 24	Atlanta	3 - 5	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	5–1–1	11
8	October 25	Detroit	6 – 5	Chicago	SO	Conklin	22,690	6–1–1	13
9	October 27	Detroit	4 – 3	Los Angeles	SO	Osgood	17,671	7–1–1	15
10	October 29	Detroit	4 – 5	Anaheim	OT	Osgood	17,174	7–1–2	16
11	October 30	Detroit	2 – 4	San Jose		Conklin	17,496	7–2–2	16

November: 8–2–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 5–1–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
12	November 2	Detroit	3 – 2	Vancouver		Osgood	18,630	8–2–2	18
13	November 8	New Jersey	1 – 3	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	9–2–2	20
14	November 11	Pittsburgh	7 – 6	Detroit	OT	Osgood	20,066	9–2–3	21
15	November 13	Detroit	4 – 3	Tampa Bay		Osgood	20,544	10–2–3	23
16	November 14	Detroit	3 – 2	Florida		Conklin	18,637	11–2–3	25
17	November 17	Edmonton	0 – 4	Detroit		Conklin	18,934	12–2–3	27
18	November 20	Detroit	4 – 3	Edmonton		Osgood	16,839	13–2–3	29
19	November 22	Detroit	5 – 2	Calgary		Conklin	19,289	14–2–3	31
20	November 24	Detroit	2 – 3	Vancouver	OT	Osgood	18,630	14–2–4	32
21	November 26	Montreal	3 – 1	Detroit		Conklin	20,066	14–3–4	32
22	November 28	Columbus	3 – 5	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	15–3–4	34
23	November 29	Detroit	1 – 3	Boston		Conklin	17,565	15–4–4	34

December: 9–3–1 (Home: 8–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
24	December 1	Anaheim	1 – 2	Detroit		Osgood	18,862	16–4–4	36
25	December 4	Vancouver	5 – 6	Detroit		Osgood	19,116	17–4–4	38
26	December 6	Chicago	4 – 5	Detroit	SO	Conklin	20,066	18–4–4	40
27	December 10	Calgary	3 - 4	Detroit	OT	Conklin	19,335	19–4–4	42
28	December 12	Detroit	1 – 3	Dallas		Conklin	18,532	19–5–4	42
29	December 13	Detroit	5 – 4	Phoenix	SO	Osgood	16,339	20–5–4	44
30	December 15	Colorado	3 – 2	Detroit		Osgood	19,154	20–6–4	44
31	December 18	San Jose	0 – 6	Detroit		Conklin	19,507	21–6–4	46
32	December 20	Los Angeles	4 – 6	Detroit		Conklin	19,784	22–6–4	48
33	December 23	St. Louis	1 – 4	Detroit		Conklin	20,066	23–6–4	50
34	December 26	Detroit	2 – 3	Nashville		Conklin	17,113	23–7–4	50
35	December 27	Detroit	3 – 4	Colorado	SO	Conklin	18,007	23–7–5	51
36	December 30	Chicago	0 – 4	Detroit		Conklin	20,066	24–7–5	53

January: 7–4–2 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 4–3–2)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
37	January 1	Detroit	6 – 4	Chicago		Conklin	40,818	25–7–5	55
38	January 3	Detroit	3 – 2	Minnesota	SO	Osgood	18,568	26–7–5	57
39	January 6	Columbus	0 – 3	Detroit		Conklin	19,717	27–7–5	59
40	January 8	Dallas	1 – 6	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	28–7–5	61
41	January 10	Buffalo	1 – 3	Detroit		Conklin	20,066	29–7–5	63
42	January 12	Detroit	4 – 5	Dallas	OT	Osgood	17,648	29–7–6	64
43	January 14	Detroit	4 – 3	Anaheim		Osgood	17,525	30–7–6	66
44	January 15	Detroit	4 – 0	Los Angeles		Conklin	18,118	31–7–6	68
45	January 17	Detroit	5 – 6	San Jose		Osgood	17,496	31–8–6	68
46	January 20	Detroit	3 – 6	Phoenix		Conklin	16,368	31–9–6	68
47	January 27	Detroit	2 – 3	Columbus	OT	Osgood	16,348	31–9–7	69
48	January 29	Dallas	2 – 4	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	31–10–7	69
49	January 31	Detroit	2 – 4	Washington		Conklin	18,277	31–11–7	69
\|^1 2009 NHL Winter Classic, played at Wrigley Field.

February: 10–3–1 (Home: 8–0–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
50	February 2	St. Louis	3 – 4	Detroit	SO	Osgood	19,384	32–11–7	71
51	February 4	Phoenix	4 – 5	Detroit		Osgood	19,821	33–11–7	73
52	February 7	Edmonton	3 – 8	Detroit		Conklin	20,066	34–11–7	75
53	February 8	Detroit	3 – 0	Pittsburgh		Conklin	17,132	35–11–7	77
54	February 10	Detroit	5 – 3	Nashville		Conklin	15,077	36–11–7	79
55	February 12	Minnesota	2 – 4	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	37–11–7	81
56	February 13	Detroit	2 – 3	Columbus		Osgood	18,802	37–12–7	81
57	February 15	Colorado	6 – 5	Detroit	SO	Osgood	20,066	37–12–8	82
58	February 18	Nashville	2 – 6	Detroit		Conklin	20,066	38–12–8	84
59	February 20	Anaheim	2 – 5	Detroit		Conklin	20,066	39–12–8	86
60	February 21	Detroit	2 – 5	Minnesota		Howard	18,568	39–13–8	86
61	February 25	San Jose	1 – 4	Detroit		Conklin	20,066	40–13–8	88
62	February 27	Los Angeles	1 – 2	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	41–13–8	90
63	February 28	Detroit	0 – 8	Nashville		Conklin	17,113	41–14–8	90

March: 8–4–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 6–1–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
64	March 3	Detroit	5 – 0	St. Louis		Osgood	19,250	42–14–8	92
65	March 4	Detroit	3 – 2	Colorado		Conklin	18,007	43–14–8	94
66	March 7	Columbus	8 – 2	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	43–15–8	94
67	March 10	Phoenix	2 – 3	Detroit	OT	Conklin	20,066	44–15–8	96
68	March 12	Calgary	6 – 5	Detroit	SO	Conklin	20,066	44–15–9	97
69	March 14	Detroit	5 – 2	St. Louis		Osgood	19,250	45–15–9	99
70	March 15	Detroit	4 – 0	Columbus		Osgood	18,685	46–15–9	101
71	March 17	Philadelphia	2 – 3	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	47–15–9	103
72	March 20	Detroit	6 – 3	Atlanta		Osgood	18,545	48–15–9	105
73	March 23	Detroit	3 – 5	Calgary		Osgood	19,289	48–16–9	105
74	March 24	Detroit	3 – 2	Edmonton		Conklin	16,839	49–16–9	107
75	March 27	NY Islanders	2 – 0	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	49–17–9	107
76	March 29	Nashville	4 – 3	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	49–18–9	107

April: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
77	April 2	St. Louis	5 – 4	Detroit		Conklin	19,935	49–19–9	107
78	April 5	Minnesota	2 – 3	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	50–19–9	109
79	April 6	Detroit	4 – 1	Buffalo		Osgood	18,690	51–19–9	111
80	April 9	Nashville	4 – 3	Detroit	SO	Osgood	20,066	51–19–10	112
81	April 11	Chicago	4 – 2	Detroit		Conklin	20,066	51–20–10	112
82	April 12	Detroit	0 – 3	Chicago		Osgood	22,376	51–21–10	112

Legend: Win (2 points)

Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

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Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Pavel Datsyuk	81	32	65	97	+34	22
Henrik Zetterberg	77	31	42	73	+13	36
Marian Hossa	74	40	31	71	+27	63
Nicklas Lidstrom	78	16	43	59	+31	30
Brian Rafalski	78	10	49	59	+17	20
Johan Franzen	71	34	25	59	+21	44
Jiri Hudler	82	23	34	57	+7	16
Niklas Kronwall	80	6	45	51	+2	50
Daniel Cleary	74	14	26	40	0	46
Mikael Samuelsson	81	19	21	40	0	50
Valtteri Filppula	80	12	28	40	+9	42
Tomas Holmstrom	53	14	23	37	+18	38
Tomas Kopecky	79	6	13	19	-7	46
Kris Draper	79	7	10	17	-13	40
Brett Lebda	65	6	10	16	+9	48
Brad Stuart	67	2	13	15	-3	26
Andreas Lilja	60	2	11	13	+13	66
Kirk Maltby	78	5	6	11	-9	28
Ville Leino	13	5	4	9	+5	6
Derek Meech	41	2	5	7	-12	12
Jonathan Ericsson	19	1	3	4	-1	15
Aaron Downey	4	1	1	2	0	7
Darren McCarty	13	1	0	1	-2	25
Darren Helm	16	0	1	1	-7	4
Chris Chelios	28	0	0	0	+1	18
Justin Abdelkader	2	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Henrik Zetterberg	23	11	13	24	+13	13
Johan Franzen	23	12	11	23	+8	12
Nicklas Lidstrom	21	4	12	16	+11	6
Valtteri Filppula	23	3	13	16	+8	8
Daniel Cleary	23	9	6	15	+17	12
Marian Hossa	23	6	9	15	+5	10
Brian Rafalski	18	3	9	12	+11	11
Jiri Hudler	23	4	8	12	+4	6
Mikael Samuelsson	23	5	5	10	+7	6
Brad Stuart	23	3	6	9	+5	12
Pavel Datsyuk	16	1	8	9	+5	9
Niklas Kronwall	23	2	7	9	+4	33
Jonathan Ericsson	22	4	4	8	+9	25
Tomas Holmstrom	23	2	5	7	-2	22
Brett Lebda	23	0	6	6	+8	22
Darren Helm	23	4	1	5	+1	4
Justin Abdelkader	10	2	1	3	+2	0
Ville Leino	7	0	2	2	+2	0
Kris Draper	8	1	0	1	0	0
Kirk Maltby	20	0	1	1	-1	2
Tomas Kopecky	8	0	1	1	0	7
Chris Chelios	6	0	0	0	0	2
Derek Meech	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts

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Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV	Sv%	SO
Chris Osgood	46	2662	26	9	8	137	3.09	1208	1071	.887	2
Ty Conklin	40	2246	25	11	2	94	2.51	1033	939	.909	6
Jimmy Howard	1	58	0	1	0	4	4.10	28	24	.857	0

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Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	Sv%	SO
Chris Osgood	23	1,405	15	8	47	2.01	637	590	.926	2
Ty Conklin	1	19	0	0	0	0.00	9	9	1.000	0

Awards and records

Milestones

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Team member	Milestone	Reached
Regular Season
Andreas Lilja	400th NHL game	October 11, 2008
Brett Lebda	200th NHL game	October 11, 2008
Marian Hossa	300th NHL goal	October 18, 2008
Ken Holland	500th win as general manager	October 27, 2008
Niklas Kronwall	200th NHL game	November 26, 2008
Brad Stuart	600th NHL game	November 28, 2008
Pavel Datsyuk	300th NHL assist	November 28, 2008
Johan Franzen	100th NHL point	December 1, 2008
Derek Meech	1st NHL goal	December 4, 2008
Jiri Hudler	200th NHL game	December 10, 2008
Mike Babcock	250th win as coach	December 10, 2008
Jiri Hudler	100th NHL point	January 1, 2009
Chris Chelios	NHL record for most regular season career wins (880)	January 7, 2009
Valtteri Filppula	200th NHL game	January 17, 2009
Brian Rafalski	400th NHL point	January 17, 2009
Henrik Zetterberg	400th NHL game	January 27, 2009
Ville Leino	1st NHL goal	January 31, 2009
Kris Draper	1000th NHL game	February 2, 2009
Pavel Datsyuk	500th NHL game	February 13, 2009
Mike Babcock	200th win as coach of the Red Wings	February 18, 2009
Pavel Datsyuk	500th NHL point	February 25, 2009
Kirk Maltby	1000th NHL game	February 27, 2009
Chris Osgood	300th win with the Red Wings	March 14, 2009

Transactions

Free agents

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Acquired by Detroit
Player	Former team	Contract Terms
Ty Conklin	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year; $750,000 ^[11]
Marian Hossa	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year; $7.4 million ^[12]
Darren Haydar	Atlanta Thrashers	1 year ^[13]

Leaving Detroit
Player	New team
Garrett Stafford	Dallas Stars
Mark Cullen	Vancouver Canucks
Carl Corazzini	Edmonton Oilers

Draft picks

Detroit's selections at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.^[14]

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Round	Overall Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	30	Tom McCollum	Goaltender	United States	Guelph Storm (OHL)
3	91	Max Nicastro	Defenseman	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
4	121	Gustav Nyquist	Center	Sweden	Malmö Redhawks (Sweden Jr.)
5	151	Julien Cayer	Center	Canada	Northwood School (USHS-NY)
6	181	Stephen Johnston	Left Wing	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
7	211	Jesper Samuelsson	Center	Sweden	HC Vita Hästen (Swe-3)

Farm teams

The Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL) remain the minor league affiliate of the Red Wings for the 2008–09 season.^[15]

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External links

2008-09 Detroit Red Wings Telecast Schedule

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Off-season

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and records

Milestones

Transactions

Free agents

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

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