2020-21_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

2020–21 Detroit Red Wings
2020–21 Detroit Red Wings
Division	7th Central
2020–21 record	19–27–10
Home record	12–11–5
Road record	7–16–5
Goals for	127
Goals against	171
Team information
General manager	Steve Yzerman
Coach	Jeff Blashill
Captain	Dylan Larkin
Alternate captains	Luke Glendening; Frans Nielsen
Arena	Little Caesars Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL); Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Adam Erne (11)
Assists	Filip Hronek (24)
Points	Filip Hronek (26)
Penalty minutes	Dylan Larkin (34)
Plus/minus	Danny DeKeyser; Robby Fabbri; Luke Glendening (+3)
Wins	Jonathan Bernier (9)
Goals against average	Thomas Greiss (2.70)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 Detroit Red Wings season

Season of Ice hockey team

The 2020–21 Detroit Red Wings season was the 95th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[1] It was the Red Wings' fourth season at Little Caesars Arena.

Quick Facts Detroit Red Wings, Division ...

On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment the Red Wings returned to the Central Division for the first time since 2012–13 and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season.

On April 26, the Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth consecutive season, after the Nashville Predators defeated the Florida Panthers.^[2]

Schedule and results

Regular season

More information January: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 0–3–1), # ...

2020–21 game log 19–27–10 (Home: 12–11–5; Road: 7–16–5)^[4]

January: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	January 14	Carolina	3–0	Detroit		Greiss	0	0–1–0	0	^[5]
2	January 16	Carolina	2–4	Detroit		Bernier	0	1–1–0	2	^[6]
3	January 18	Columbus	3–2	Detroit		Greiss	0	1–2–0	2	^[7]
4	January 19	Columbus	2–3	Detroit	OT	Bernier	0	2–2–0	4	^[8]
5	January 22	Detroit	1–4	Chicago		Greiss	0	2–3–0	4	^[9]
6	January 24	Detroit	2–6	Chicago		Bernier	0	2–4–0	4	^[10]
7	January 26	Detroit	1–2	Dallas	OT	Greiss	4,109	2–4–1	5	^[11]
8	January 28	Detroit	3–7	Dallas		Greiss	4,214	2–5–1	5	^[12]
9	January 30	Florida	3–2	Detroit	OT	Greiss	0	2–5–2	6	^[13]
10	January 31	Florida	3–2	Detroit		Greiss	0	2–6–2	6	^[14]

February: 5–8–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 3–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	February 3	Detroit	1–5	Tampa Bay		Greiss	0	2–7–2	6	^[15]
12	February 5	Detroit	1–3	Tampa Bay		Greiss	0	2–8–2	6	^[16]
13	February 7	Detroit	4–1	Florida		Greiss	3,706	3–8–2	8	^[17]
14	February 9	Detroit	1–2	Florida		Greiss	3,477	3–9–2	8	^[18]
15	February 11	Detroit	2–3	Nashville		Greiss	0	3–10–2	8	^[19]
16	February 13	Detroit	4–2	Nashville		Bernier	0	4–10–2	10	^[20]
17	February 15	Chicago	3–2	Detroit	OT	Greiss	0	4–10–3	11	^[21]
18	February 17	Chicago	2–0	Detroit		Bernier	0	4–11–3	11	^[22]
19	February 19	Florida	7–2	Detroit		Greiss	0	4–12–3	11	^[23]
20	February 20	Florida	1–2	Detroit		Bernier	0	5–12–3	13	^[24]
21	February 23	Nashville	2–0	Detroit		Bernier	0	5–13–3	13	^[25]
22	February 25	Nashville	2–5	Detroit		Bernier	0	6–13–3	15	^[26]
23	February 27	Detroit	5–3	Chicago		Bernier	0	7–13–3	17	^[27]
24	February 28	Detroit	2–7	Chicago		Greiss	0	7–14–3	17	^[28]

March: 5–7–1 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 0–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
25	March 2	Detroit	1–4	Columbus		Bernier	1,953	7–15–3	17	^[29]
26	March 4	Detroit	2–5	Carolina		Bernier	2,924	7–16–3	17	^[30]
27	March 9	Tampa Bay	4–3	Detroit	OT	Greiss	0	7–16–4	18	^[31]
28	March 11	Tampa Bay	4–6	Detroit		Bernier	0	8–16–4	20	^[32]
29	March 14	Carolina	2–1	Detroit		Bernier	0	8–17–4	20	^[33]
30	March 16	Carolina	2–4	Detroit		Bernier	0	9–17–4	22	^[34]
31	March 18	Dallas	2–3	Detroit		Greiss	0	10–17–4	24	^[35]
32	March 20	Dallas	3–0	Detroit		Greiss	0	10–18–4	24	^[36]
33	March 23	Detroit	0–2	Nashville		Greiss	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	10–19–4	24	^[37]
34	March 25	Detroit	1–7	Nashville		Pickard	—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	10–20–4	24	^[38]
35	March 27	Columbus	1–3	Detroit		Pickard	0	11–20–4	26	^[39]
36	March 28	Columbus	1–4	Detroit		Pickard	0	12–20–4	28	^[40]
37	March 30	Detroit	1–4	Florida		Pickard	4,321	12–21–4	28	^[41]

April: 5–5–5 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 3–3–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
38	April 1	Detroit	2–3	Florida	OT	Greiss	4,359	12–21–5	29	^[42]
39	April 3	Detroit	1–2	Tampa Bay		Greiss	3,800	12–22–5	29	^[43]
40	April 4	Detroit	5–1	Tampa Bay		Greiss	3,800	13–22–5	31	^[44]
41	April 6	Nashville	3–2	Detroit	SO	Greiss	0	13–22–6	32	^[45]
42	April 8	Nashville	7–1	Detroit		Bernier	0	13–23–6	32	^[46]
43	April 10	Detroit	5–4	Carolina	SO	Greiss	4,987	14–23–6	34	^[47]
44	April 12	Detroit	3–1	Carolina		Bernier	4,987	15–23–6	36	^[48]
45	April 15	Chicago	1–4	Detroit		Greiss	0	16–23–6	38	^[49]
46	April 17	Chicago	4–0	Detroit		Bernier	0	16–24–6	38	^[50]
47	April 19	Detroit	2–3	Dallas	SO	Greiss	4,812	16–24–7	39	^[51]
48	April 20	Detroit	2–5	Dallas		Bernier	5,148	16–25–7	39	^[52]
49	April 22	Dallas	3–7	Detroit		Greiss	0	17–25–7	41	^[53]
50	April 24	Dallas	2–1	Detroit	OT	Bernier	0	17–25–8	42	^[54]
51	April 27	Detroit	0–1	Columbus	SO	Greiss	4,316	17–25–9	43	^[55]
52	April 29	Detroit	1–3	Carolina		Bernier	4,987	17–26–9	43	^[56]

May: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	May 1	Tampa Bay	0–1	Detroit	SO	Greiss	0	18–26–9	45	^[57]
54	May 2	Tampa Bay	2–1	Detroit		Bernier	0	18–27–9	45	^[58]
55	May 7	Detroit	5–2	Columbus		Greiss	4,402	19–27–9	47	^[59]
56	May 8	Detroit	4–5	Columbus	OT	Pickard	4,493	19–27–10	48	^[60]

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

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Date	Details		Ref
December 11, 2020 (2020-12-11)	To New York Islanders Dmytro Timashov	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	^[62]
April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)	To Colorado Avalanche Patrik Nemeth	To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2022	^[63]
April 10, 2021 (2021-04-10)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Brian Lashoff	To Detroit Red Wings David Savard	^[64]
April 10, 2021 (2021-04-10)	To Tampa Bay Lightning David Savard	To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2021	^[64]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	To Montreal Canadiens Jon Merrill	To Detroit Red Wings Hayden Verbeek 5th-round pick in 2021	^[65]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To Washington Capitals Anthony Mantha	To Detroit Red Wings Richard Panik Jakub Vrana 1st-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2022	^[66]

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Bobby Ryan	from Ottawa Senators	1-year	^[67]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Jon Merrill	from Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	^[68]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Riley Barber	from Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	^[69]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Kevin Boyle	from Anaheim Ducks	1-year
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Kyle Criscuolo	from Anaheim Ducks	1-year
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	Thomas Greiss	from New York Islanders	2-year	^[70]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	Troy Stecher	from Vancouver Canucks	2-year	^[71]
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)	Vladislav Namestnikov	from Colorado Avalanche	2-year	^[72]

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
October 28, 2020 (2020-10-28)	Tyler Bertuzzi	1-year	^[75]
November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)	Anthony Mantha	4-year	^[76]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Lucas Raymond	LW	Sweden	Frölunda HC (SHL)
2	32	William Wallinder	D	Sweden	Modo J20 (J20 SuperElit)
2	51	Theodor Niederbach	C	Sweden	Frölunda J20 (J20 SuperElit)
2	55	Cross Hanas	LW	United States	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
3	63	Donovan Sebrango	D	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3	70	Eemil Viro	D	Finland	TPS (Liiga)
4	97	Sam Stange	RW	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
4	107¹	Jan Bednar	G	Czech Republic	HC Baník Sokolov (Czech 2.liga)
5	132	Alex Cotton	D	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
6	156	Kyle Aucoin	D	Canada	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
7	187	Kienan Draper	RW	United States	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
7	203	Chase Bradley	LW	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

2020-21_Detroit_Red_Wings_season

2020–21 Detroit Red Wings season

Standings

Divisional standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

Awards and honours

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Contract terminations

Retirement

Signings

Draft picks

References

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Carolina Hurricanes	56	36	12	8	27	179	136	+43	80
2	x – Florida Panthers	56	37	14	5	26	189	153	+36	79
3	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	56	36	17	3	29	181	147	+34	75
4	x – Nashville Predators	56	31	23	2	21	156	154	+2	64

5	e – Dallas Stars	56	23	19	14	17	158	154	+4	60
6	e – Chicago Blackhawks	56	24	25	7	15	161	186	−25	55
7	e – Detroit Red Wings	56	19	27	10	17	127	171	−44	48
8	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	56	18	26	12	12	137	187	−50	48