2016–17_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

2016–17 Detroit Red Wings
2016–17 Detroit Red Wings
Division	7th Atlantic
Conference	14th Eastern
2016–17 record	33–36–13
Home record	17–17–7
Road record	16–19–6
Goals for	207
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Jeff Blashill
Captain	Henrik Zetterberg
Alternate captains	Justin Abdelkader; 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 (25)
Assists	Henrik Zetterberg (51)
Points	Henrik Zetterberg (68)
Penalty minutes	Jonathan Ericsson (63)
Plus/minus	Henrik Zetterberg (+15)
Wins	Petr Mrazek (18)
Goals against average	Jimmy Howard (2.10)
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2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports 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.^[1] 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. The longest active streak in Major North American sports now belonged to the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA who made the playoffs every year since 1998 until 2020. Meanwhile the Pittsburgh Penguins now owned the longest active playoff streak in the NHL.

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Schedule and results

Regular season

More information October: 6–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0), # ...

2016–17 Game Log^[9]

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

November: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 3–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	November 2	Detroit	3–4	Philadelphia	OT	Mrazek	19,309	6–4–1	13	Recap
12	November 4	Winnipeg	5–3	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	6–5–1	13	Recap
13	November 6	Edmonton	2–1	Detroit		Howard	20,027	6–6–1	13	Recap
14	November 8	Detroit	3–2	Philadelphia	SO	Howard	19,598	7–6–1	15	Recap
15	November 10	Vancouver	1–3	Detroit		Howard	20,027	8–6–1	17	Recap
16	November 12	Detroit	0–5	Montreal		Howard	21,288	8–7–1	17	Recap
17	November 15	Tampa Bay	4–3	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	8–8–1	17	Recap
18	November 18	Detroit	0–1	Washington		Howard	18,506	8–9–1	17	Recap
19	November 20	Calgary	3–2	Detroit		Howard	20,027	8–10–1	17	Recap
20	November 23	Detroit	2–1	Buffalo	SO	Howard	18,360	9–10–1	19	Recap
21	November 25	Detroit	5–4	New Jersey	OT	Mrazek	15,612	10–10–1	21	Recap
22	November 26	Montreal	2–1	Detroit	OT	Mrazek	20,027	10–10–2	22	Recap
23	November 29	Dallas	1–3	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	11–10–2	24	Recap

December: 5–6–2 (Home: 1–4–2 ; Road: 4–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
24	December 1	Florida	2–1	Detroit	OT	Mrazek	20,027	11–10–3	25	Recap
25	December 3	Detroit	3–5	Pittsburgh		Coreau	18,661	11–11–3	25	Recap
26	December 4	Detroit	4–3	NY Islanders	OT	Mrazek	13,789	12–11–3	27	Recap
27	December 6	Detroit	4–3	Winnipeg	SO	Mrazek	15,294	13–11–3	29	Recap
28	December 9	Columbus	4–1	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	13–12–3	29	Recap
29	December 11	Philadelphia	1–0	Detroit	OT	Howard	20,027	13–12–4	30	Recap
30	December 13	Arizona	4–1	Detroit		Howard	20,027	13–13–4	30	Recap
31	December 15	Los Angeles	4–1	Detroit		Howard	20,027	13–14–4	30	Recap
32	December 17	Anaheim	4–6	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	14–14–4	32	Recap
—	December 19	Detroit	—	Carolina	Postponed due to poor ice conditions, rescheduled to March 27, 2017
33	December 20	Detroit	1–4	Tampa Bay		Mrazek	19,092	14–15–4	32	Recap
34	December 23	Detroit	4–3	Florida	SO	Coreau	15,374	15–15–4	34	Recap
35	December 27	Buffalo	4–3	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	15–16–4	34	Recap
36	December 29	Detroit	3–2	Ottawa	OT	Coreau	20,011	16–16–4	36	Recap

January: 4–5–5 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 1–3–4)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 1¹	Detroit	4–5	Toronto	OT	Coreau	40,148 (outdoors)	16–16–5	37	Recap
38	January 4	Detroit	0–2	Anaheim		Mrazek	17,174	16–17–5	37	Recap
39	January 5	Detroit	4–0	Los Angeles		Coreau	18,230	17–17–5	39	Recap
40	January 7	Detroit	3–6	San Jose		Mrazek	17,562	17–18–5	39	Recap
41	January 10	Detroit	3–4	Chicago	OT	Mrazek	22,019	17–18–6	40	Recap
42	January 12	Detroit	2–5	Dallas		Mrazek	18,532	17–19–6	40	Recap
43	January 14	Pittsburgh	3–6	Detroit		Coreau	20,027	18–19–6	42	Recap
44	January 16	Montreal	0–1	Detroit		Coreau	20,027	19–19–6	44	Recap
45	January 18	Boston	5–6	Detroit	SO	Mrazek	20,027	20–19–6	46	Recap
46	January 20	Detroit	2–3	Buffalo	OT	Mrazek	18,942	20–19–7	47	Recap
47	January 22	NY Rangers	1–0	Detroit	OT	Coreau	20,027	20–19–8	48	Recap
48	January 24	Detroit	3–4	Boston	OT	Coreau	17,565	20–19–9	49	Recap
49	January 25	Toronto	4–0	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	20–20–9	49	Recap
All-Star Break in Los Angeles
50	January 31	New Jersey	4–3	Detroit		Coreau	20,027	20–21–9	49	Recap
^ NHL Centennial Classic, played at BMO Field.

February: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 3	NY Islanders	4–5	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	21–21–9	51	Recap
52	February 4	Detroit	1–0	Nashville		Mrazek	17,204	22–21–9	53	Recap
53	February 7	Columbus	3–2	Detroit	OT	Mrazek	20,027	22–21–10	54	Recap
54	February 9	Detroit	3–6	Washington		Mrazek	18,506	22–22–10	54	Recap
55	February 11	Detroit	1–2	Columbus		Mrazek	19,143	22–23–10	54	Recap
56	February 12	Detroit	3–6	Minnesota		Coreau	19,141	22–24–10	54	Recap
57	February 15	St. Louis	2–0	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	22–25–10	54	Recap
58	February 18	Washington	2–3	Detroit	SO	Mrazek	20,027	23–25–10	56	Recap
59	February 19	Detroit	5–2	Pittsburgh		Mrazek	18,664	24–25–10	58	Recap
60	February 21	NY Islanders	3–1	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	24–26–10	58	Recap
61	February 28	Detroit	3–2	Vancouver	OT	Mrazek	18,865	25–26–10	60	Recap

March: 6–8–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–6–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
62	March 3	Detroit	2–3	Calgary	OT	Mrazek	19,289	25–26–11	61	Recap
63	March 4	Detroit	3–4	Edmonton		Mrazek	18,347	25–27–11	61	Recap
64	March 7	Detroit	2–3	Toronto		Mrazek	19,060	25–28–11	61	Recap
65	March 8	Detroit	1–6	Boston		Coreau	17,565	25–29–11	61	Recap
66	March 10	Chicago	2–4	Detroit		Howard	20,027	26–29–11	63	Recap
67	March 12	NY Rangers	4–1	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	26–30–11	63	Recap
68	March 15	Detroit	1–3	Colorado		Howard	16,764	26–31–11	63	Recap
69	March 16	Detroit	5–4	Arizona	SO	Mrazek	15,036	27–31–11	65	Recap
70	March 18	Colorado	1−5	Detroit		Howard	20,027	28−31−11	67	Recap
71	March 20	Buffalo	2−1	Detroit		Mrazek	20,027	28−32−11	67	Recap
72	March 21	Detroit	2−1	Montreal	OT	Howard	21,288	29−32−11	69	Recap
73	March 24	Tampa Bay	2−1	Detroit	OT	Mrazek	20,027	29−32−12	70	Recap
74	March 26	Minnesota	2−3	Detroit	OT	Howard	20,027	30−32−12	72	Recap
75	March 27	Detroit	4−3	Carolina	OT	Mrazek	11,516	31−32−12	74	Recap
76	March 28	Detroit	1−4	Carolina		Howard	9,427	31−33−12	74	Recap
77	March 30	Detroit	3−5	Tampa Bay		Mrazek	19,092	31−34−12	74	Recap

April: 2–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 1	Toronto	5–4	Detroit		Howard	20,027	31–35–12	74	Recap
79	April 3	Ottawa	4–5	Detroit	SO	Mrazek	20,027	32–35–12	76	Recap
80	April 4	Detroit	0–2	Ottawa		Howard	17,166	32–36–12	76	Recap
81	April 8	Montreal	3–2	Detroit	OT	Mrazek	20,027	32–36–13	77	Recap
82	April 9	New Jersey	1–4	Detroit		Howard	20,027	33–36–13	79	Recap

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

Awards and honours

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Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Petr Mrazek	50	44	2,858	18	21	9	145	3.04	1,462	.901	1	2
Jimmy Howard	26	24	1,397	10	11	1	49	2.10	675	.927	1	2
Jared Coreau	14	14	712	5	4	3	41	3.46	362	.887	2	0

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^[11]
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^[12]

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2016	To Arizona Coyotes Pavel Datsyuk 16th overall pick in 2016	To Detroit Red Wings Joe Vitale NYR's 20th overall pick in 2016 53rd overall pick in 2016	^[13]
February 24, 2017	To Chicago Blackhawks Tomas Jurco	To Detroit Red Wings 3rd round pick in 2017	^[14]
February 28, 2017	To New York Rangers Brendan Smith	To Detroit Red Wings 3rd round pick in 2017 OTT's 2nd round pick in 2018	^[15]
February 28, 2017	To Montreal Canadiens Steve Ott	To Detroit Red Wings 6th round pick in 2018	^[16]
March 1, 2017	To Florida Panthers Thomas Vanek ^[a]	To Detroit Red Wings Dylan McIlrath Conditional 3rd round pick in 2017	^[17]

2016–17_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season

Off-season

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and honours

Awards

Milestones

Suspensions/fines

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Lost via retirement

Player signings

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	47	26	9	44	226	200	+26	103
2	x – Ottawa Senators	82	44	28	10	38	212	214	−2	98
3	x – Boston Bruins	82	44	31	7	42	234	212	+22	95
4	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	27	15	39	251	242	+9	95
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	42	30	10	38	234	227	+7	94
6	Florida Panthers	82	35	36	11	30	210	237	−27	81
7	Detroit Red Wings	82	33	36	13	24	207	244	−37	79
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	37	12	31	201	237	−36	78

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Rangers	82	48	28	6	45	256	220	+36	102
2	AT	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	27	15	39	251	242	+9	95

3	ME	New York Islanders	82	41	29	12	39	241	242	−1	94
4	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	42	30	10	38	234	227	+7	94
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	39	33	10	32	219	236	−17	88
6	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	31	15	33	215	236	−21	87
7	AT	Florida Panthers	82	35	36	11	30	210	237	−27	81
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	33	36	13	24	207	244	−37	79
9	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	37	12	31	201	237	−36	78
10	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	28	40	14	25	183	244	−61	70