2014–15_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

2014–15 Detroit Red Wings
2014–15 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2014–15 record	43–25–14
Home record	22–10–9
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	235
Goals against	221
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Henrik Zetterberg
Alternate captains	Pavel Datsyuk; Niklas Kronwall
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	20,027 (100%); Total: 821,107
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL); Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tomas Tatar (29)
Assists	Henrik Zetterberg (49)
Points	Henrik Zetterberg (66)
Penalty minutes	Kyle Quincey (77)
Plus/minus	Pavel Datsyuk (+12)
Wins	Jimmy Howard (23)
Goals against average	Petr Mrazek (2.38)
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2014–15 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

The 2014–15 Detroit Red Wings season was the 89th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[2]

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Schedule and results

Regular season

More information October: 6–2–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1), # ...

2014–15 Game Log

October: 6–2–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Boston	W 1–2	Detroit		Howard	20,027	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 11	Anaheim	L 3–2	Detroit		Howard	20,027	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 15	Boston	L 3–2	Detroit	SO	Howard	20,027	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	October 17	Detroit	W 4–1	Toronto		Howard	19,054	2–1–1	5	Recap
5	October 18	Toronto	W 0–1	Detroit	OT	Gustavsson	20,027	3–1–1	7	Recap
6	October 21	Detroit	L 1–2	Montreal	OT	Howard	21,287	3–1–2	8	Recap
7	October 23	Pittsburgh	W 3–4	Detroit	OT	Howard	20,027	4–1–2	10	Recap
8	October 25	Detroit	L 2–4	Philadelphia		Gustavsson	19,867	4–2–2	10	Recap
9	October 29	Detroit	W 4–2	Washington		Howard	18,506	5–2–2	12	Recap
10	October 31	Los Angeles	W 2–5	Detroit		Howard	20,027	6–2–2	14	Recap

November: 8–3–3 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	November 2	Detroit	L 2–3	Buffalo	SO	Howard	17,815	6–2–3	15	Recap
12	November 4	Detroit	L 1–3	Ottawa		Howard	16,436	6–3–3	15	Recap
13	November 5	Detroit	L 3–4	N.Y. Rangers	OT	Gustavsson	18,006	6–3–4	16	Recap
14	November 7	New Jersey	W 2–4	Detroit		Howard	20,027	7–3–4	18	Recap
15	November 9	Tampa Bay	L 4–3	Detroit	SO	Howard	20,027	7–3–5	19	Recap
16	November 14	Chicago	W 1–4	Detroit		Howard	20,027	8–3–5	21	Recap
17	November 16	Montreal	L 4–1	Detroit		Howard	20,027	8–4–5	21	Recap
18	November 18	Detroit	W 5–0	Columbus		Howard	15,438	9–4–5	23	Recap
19	November 20	Detroit	W 4–3	Winnipeg		Mrazek	15,016	10–4–5	25	Recap
20	November 22	Detroit	L 1–4	Toronto		Howard	19,311	10–5–5	25	Recap
21	November 24	Ottawa	W 3–4	Detroit		Howard	20,027	11–5–5	27	Recap
22	November 26	Philadelphia	W 2–5	Detroit		Howard	20,027	12–5–5	29	Recap
23	November 28	Detroit	W 5–4	New Jersey	SO	Mrazek	16,592	13–5–5	31	Recap
24	November 30	Vancouver	W 3–5	Detroit		Howard	20,027	14–5–5	33	Recap

December: 6–4–4 (Home: 4–2–4 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	December 2	Florida	L 4–3	Detroit		Howard	20,027	14–6–5	33	Recap
26	December 4	Dallas	W 2–5	Detroit		Howard	20,027	15–6–5	35	Recap
27	December 6	N.Y. Rangers	W 2–3	Detroit		Howard	20,027	16–6–5	37	Recap
28	December 7	Detroit	W 3–1	Carolina		Mrazek	13,489	17–6–5	39	Recap
29	December 10	Toronto	L 2–1	Detroit	SO	Howard	20,027	17–6–6	40	Recap
30	December 12	Florida	L 3–2	Detroit	SO	Howard	20,027	17–6–7	41	Recap
31	December 13	Detroit	L 1–4	Toronto		Mrazek	19,063	17–7–7	41	Recap
32	December 16	Columbus	L 1–0	Detroit	SO	Howard	20,027	17–7–8	42	Recap
33	December 19	N.Y. Islanders	L 2–1	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	17–8–8	42	Recap
34	December 21	Colorado	L 2–1	Detroit	SO	Mrazek	20,027	17–8–9	43	Recap
35	December 23	Buffalo	W 3–6	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	18–8–9	45	Recap
36	December 27	Detroit	W 3–2	Ottawa	OT	Howard	17,194	19–8–9	47	Recap
37	December 29	Detroit	L 2–5	Boston		Howard	17,565	19–9–9	47	Recap
38	December 31	New Jersey	W 1–3	Detroit		Howard	20,027	20–9–9	49	Recap

January: 9–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 5–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 3	Detroit	L 1–4	Vancouver		Howard	18,870	20–10–9	49	Recap
40	January 6	Detroit	W 4–2	Edmonton		Howard	16,839	21–10–9	51	Recap
41	January 7	Detroit	W 3–2	Calgary		Mrazek	19,154	22–10–9	53	Recap
42	January 10	Detroit	L 1–3	Washington		Mrazek	18,506	22–11–9	53	Recap
43	January 13	Detroit	W 3–1	Buffalo		Mrazek	19,070	23–11–9	55	Recap
44	January 15	Detroit	W 3–2	St. Louis	OT	Mrazek	18,543	24–11–9	57	Recap
45	January 17	Nashville	W 2–5	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	25–11–9	59	Recap
46	January 18	Buffalo	W 4–6	Detroit		McCollum	20,027	26–11–9	61	Recap
47	January 20	Minnesota	W 4–5	Detroit	SO	Mrazek	20,027	27–11–9	63	Recap
48	January 27	Detroit	W 5–4	Florida		Mrazek	12,190	28–11–9	65	Recap
49	January 29	Detroit	L 1–5	Tampa Bay		Mrazek	19,204	28–12–9	65	Recap
50	January 31	N.Y. Islanders	W 1–4	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	29–12–9	67	Recap

February: 6–3–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 6–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 5	Detroit	W 3–0	Colorado		Mrazek	18,087	30–12–9	69	Recap
52	February 7	Detroit	W 3–1	Arizona		Mrazek	17,125	31–12–9	71	Recap
53	February 11	Detroit	L 1–4	Pittsburgh		Mrazek	18,580	31–13–9	71	Recap
54	February 14	Winnipeg	L 5–4	Detroit	SO	Howard	20,027	31–13–10	72	Recap
55	February 16	Montreal	L 2–0	Detroit		Howard	20,027	31–14–10	72	Recap
56	February 18	Detroit	W 3–2	Chicago	SO	Howard	22,112	32–14–10	74	Recap
57	February 21	Detroit	W 7–6	Dallas	OT	Gustavsson	18,532	33–14–10	76	Recap
58	February 23	Detroit	L 3–4	Anaheim	SO	Howard	17,174	33–14–11	77	Recap
59	February 24	Detroit	L 0–1	Los Angeles		Gustavsson	18,203	33–15–11	77	Recap
60	February 26	Detroit	W 3–2	San Jose		Howard	17,562	34–15–11	79	Recap
61	February 28	Detroit	W 4–3	Nashville		Gustavsson	17,361	35–15–11	81	Recap

March: 5–8–2 (Home: 4–3–2 ; Road: 0–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
62	March 4	N.Y. Rangers	W 1–2	Detroit	OT	Howard	20,027	36–15–11	83	Recap
63	March 6	Calgary	L 5–2	Detroit		Howard	20,027	36–16–11	83	Recap
64	March 8	Detroit	L 3–5	Boston		Gustavsson	17,565	36–17–11	83	Recap
65	March 9	Edmonton	W 2–5	Detroit		Howard	20,027	37–17–11	85	Recap
66	March 12	Columbus	L 3–1	Detroit		Howard	20,027	37–18–11	85	Recap
67	March 14	Detroit	L 2–7	Philadelphia		Howard	19,701	37–19–11	85	Recap
68	March 15	Detroit	W 5–1	Pittsburgh		Mrazek	18,668	38–19–11	87	Recap
69	March 19	Detroit	L 1–3	Florida		Mrazek	11,458	38–20–11	87	Recap
70	March 20	Detroit	L 1–3	Tampa Bay		Howard	19,204	38–21–11	87	Recap
71	March 22	St. Louis	W 1–2	Detroit	OT	Howard	20,027	39–21–11	89	Recap
72	March 24	Arizona	L 5–4	Detroit	OT	Howard	20,027	39–21–12	90	Recap
73	March 26	San Jose	L 6–4	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	39–22–12	90	Recap
74	March 28	Tampa Bay	W 0–4	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	40–22–12	92	Recap
75	March 29	Detroit	L 4–5	N.Y. Islanders		Howard	16,170	40–23–12	92	Recap
76	March 31	Ottawa	L 2–1	Detroit	SO	Mrazek	20,027	40–23–13	93	Recap

April: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
77	April 2	Boston	L 3–2	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	40–24–13	93	Recap
78	April 4	Detroit	W 3–2	Minnesota	SO	Howard	19,246	41–24–13	95	Recap
79	April 5	Washington	L 2–1	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	41–25–13	95	Recap
80	April 7	Carolina	W 2–3	Detroit		Howard	20,027	42–25–13	97	Recap
81	April 9	Detroit	L 3–4	Montreal	OT	Howard	21,287	42–25–14	98	Recap
82	April 11	Detroit	W 2–0	Carolina		Mrazek	16,680	43–25–14	100	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Notable achievements

Milestones

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Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Andrej Nestrasil	1st Career NHL Game	October 9, 2014
Gustav Nyquist	100th Career NHL Game	October 15, 2014
Niklas Kronwall	600th Career NHL Game	October 21, 2014
Andrej Nestrasil	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 25, 2014
Darren Helm	300th Career NHL Game	October 29, 2014
Jimmy Howard	300th Career NHL Game	November 18, 2014
Justin Abdelkader	100th Career NHL Point	November 18, 2014
Xavier Ouellet	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	November 22, 2014
Stephen Weiss	400th Career NHL Point	November 24, 2014
Xavier Ouellet	1st Career NHL Goal	November 28, 2014
Petr Mrazek	1st Career NHL Shootout Win	November 28, 2014
Mike Babcock	500th Career NHL Win	December 6, 2014
Daniel Cleary	600th Career NHL Game with Detroit	December 13, 2014
Darren Helm	50th Career NHL Goal	December 31, 2014
Henrik Zetterberg	800th Career NHL Game	January 7, 2015
Tom McCollum	1st Career NHL Win	January 18, 2015
Teemu Pulkkinen	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 20, 2015
Justin Abdelkader	50th Career NHL Goal	February 5, 2015
Gustav Nyquist	100th Career NHL Point	February 5, 2015
Alexei Marchenko	1st Career NHL Point	February 21, 2015
Drew Miller	400th Career NHL Game with Detroit	February 28, 2015
Alexei Marchenko	1st Career NHL Goal	February 28, 2015
Marek Zidlicky	400th Career NHL Point	April 2, 2015
Landon Ferraro	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	April 11, 2015

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
Landon Ferraro	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 16, 2015
Alexei Marchenko	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 16, 2015
Petr Mrazek	1st Career NHL Playoff Game 1st Career NHL Playoff Win	April 16, 2015
Tomas Jurco	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 16, 2015
Niklas Kronwall	100th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 18, 2015
Tomas Tatar	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 18, 2015
Riley Sheahan	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 21, 2015
Tomas Tatar	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	April 21, 2015
Petr Mrazek	1st Career NHL Playoff Shutout	April 21, 2015
Tomas Jurco	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	April 23, 2015
Riley Sheahan	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	April 23, 2015

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

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Hurricanes Hire Bill Peters as Head Coach

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Red Wings add Jim Hiller and Andrew Brewer to coaching staff

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Red Wings acquire Erik Cole from Dallas

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Red Wings acquire Zidlicky from Devils

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Wings add forward, Michigan native Porter

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Wings sign another Hobey Baker winner

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Cory Emmerton headed to KHL, finishing off Detroit Red Wings' disappointing 2006 draft

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News Release: Senators agree to terms on a two-year contract with centre David Legwand

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Devils sign Jordin Tootoo

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Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Jimmy Howard	53	50	2971	23	13	11	121	2.44	1350	.910	2	1	2
Petr Mrazek	29	26	1585	16	9	2	63	2.38	768	.918	3	0	0
Jonas Gustavsson	7	6	351	3	3	1	15	2.56	168	.911	1	0	2
Tom McCollum	2	0	66	1	0	0	1	0.91	25	.960	0	0	0

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Petr Mrazek	7	7	398	3	4	14	2.11	186	.925	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Howard	1	0	20	0	0	1	3.00	12	.917	0	0	0	0

Date	Details
June 28, 2014^[13]	To Columbus Blue Jackets 3rd-round pick in 2014 3rd-round pick in 2015	To Detroit Red Wings EDM's 3rd-round pick in 2014
March 1, 2015^[14]	To Dallas Stars Mattias Backman Mattias Janmark 2nd-round pick in 2015	To Detroit Red Wings Erik Cole Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015
March 2, 2015^[15]	To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Detroit Red Wings Marek Zidlicky

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Gustav Nyquist	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 529 in Boston on Monday, December 29, 2014, at 15:55 of the second period.	—	$2,000.00	January 7, 2015^[37]
Niklas Kronwall	Charging Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov during Game Six of the First Round of the Eastern Conference series in Detroit on Monday, April 27, 2015, at 18:55 of the second period.	1 game	N/A	April 28, 2015^[38]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	15	Dylan Larkin	C	United States	USA U-18 (USHL)
3	63	Dominic Turgeon	C	United States	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4	106	Christoffer Ehn	C	Sweden	Frölunda HC (J20 SuperElit)
5	136	Chase Perry	G	United States	Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)
6	166	Julius Vahatalo	LW	Finland	HC TPS (SM-liiga)
7	196	Axel Holmstrom	C	Sweden	Skellefteå AIK (SHL)
7	201^[a]	Alexander Kadeikin	C	Russia	Atlant Moscow Oblast (KHL)

2014–15_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

2014–15 Detroit Red Wings season

Off-season

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Notable achievements

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Lost via waivers

Player signings

Suspensions/fines

Draft picks

References

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	50	22	10	43	221	189	+32	110
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8	47	262	211	+51	108
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25	14	39	235	221	+14	100
4	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
5	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
6	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54