2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season was the team's 84th season of play for the franchise (78th as the Detroit Red Wings). The Red Wings once again qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, but lost in the Western Conference Semifinal. Additionally, for the first time since 1999–2000, the Red Wings did not win their division.

2009–10 Detroit Red Wings
Division	2nd Central
Conference	5th Western
2009–10 record	44–24–14
Home record	25–10–6
Road record	19–14–8
Goals for	229
Goals against	216
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Nicklas Lidstrom
Alternate captains	Pavel Datsyuk Kris Draper Henrik Zetterberg
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Pavel Datsyuk (27)
Assists	Henrik Zetterberg (47)
Points	Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg (70)
Penalty minutes	Todd Bertuzzi (80)
Plus/minus	Brian Rafalski (23)
Wins	Jimmy Howard (37)
Goals against average	Jimmy Howard (2.26)

Regular season

During the regular season, the Red Wings were shut-out an NHL-high nine times. They also tied the Calgary Flames for the fewest shorthanded goals allowed, with just one.

October

As part of the NHL Premiere, the Red Wings began their season on Friday, October 2 in Stockholm, Sweden, against the St. Louis Blues. Their home opener was on October 8 against the Chicago Blackhawks.

2009–10 season standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Chicago Blackhawks	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
2	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
3	Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
4	St. Louis Blues	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	32	35	15	216	259	79

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	y – Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	49	28	5	272	222	103
4	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
5	Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
6	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
7	Nashville Predators	CE	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
8	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	244	233	95
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9	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
10	Calgary Flames	NW	82	40	32	10	204	210	90
11	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	37	31	14	237	254	88
13	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	219	246	84
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	32	35	15	216	259	79
15	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	27	47	8	214	284	62

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division)

Game log

2009–10 Game Log
October: 5–4–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 2 Detroit 3 – 4 St. Louis[1] Osgood 13,850 0–1–0 0 2 October 3 St. Louis 5 – 3 Detroit[2] Howard 13,850 0–2–0 0 3 October 8 Chicago 2 – 3 Detroit Osgood 20,066 1–2–0 2 4 October 10 Washington 2 – 3 Detroit Osgood 19,122 2–2–0 4 5 October 13 Detroit 2 – 6 Buffalo Osgood 17,459 2–3–0 4 6 October 15 Los Angeles 2 – 5 Detroit Osgood 17,782 3–3–0 6 7 October 17 Colorado 4 – 3 Detroit SO Osgood 19,763 3–3–1 7 8 October 22 Detroit 2 – 3 Phoenix OT Osgood 11,938 3–3–2 8 9 October 24 Detroit 1 – 3 Colorado Howard 17,690 3–4–2 8 10 October 27 Detroit 5 – 4 Vancouver Howard 18,810 4–4–2 10 11 October 29 Detroit 5 – 6 Edmonton SO Howard 16,839 4–4–3 11 12 October 31 Detroit 3 – 1 Calgary Osgood 19,289 5–4–3 13 ^1 Played at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden as part of the NHL Premiere.
November: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–3–1; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 13 November 3 Boston 0 – 2 Detroit Osgood 19,167 6–4–3 15 14 November 5 San Jose 1 – 2 Detroit SO Osgood 19,558 7–4–3 17 15 November 7 Detroit 1 – 5 Toronto Osgood 19,303 7–5–3 17 16 November 11 Detroit 9 – 1 Columbus Howard 15,304 8–5–3 19 17 November 12 Vancouver 1 – 3 Detroit Howard 20,066 9–5–3 21 18 November 14 Anaheim 4 – 7 Detroit Howard 20,066 10–5–3 23 19 November 18 Dallas 3 – 1 Detroit Howard 18,112 10–6–3 23 20 November 20 Florida 2 – 1 Detroit OT Osgood 18,634 10–6–4 24 21 November 21 Detroit 3 – 2 Montreal SO Howard 21,273 11–6–4 26 22 November 23 Detroit 1 – 3 Nashville Osgood 14,410 11–7–4 26 23 November 25 Atlanta 2 – 0 Detroit Howard 20,066 11–8–4 26 24 November 27 Calgary 3 – 0 Detroit Osgood 20,066 11–9–4 26 25 November 28 Detroit 4 – 3 St. Louis SO Howard 19,150 12–9–4 28 26 November 30 Dallas 1 – 4 Detroit Howard 17,645 13–9–4 30
December: 7–5–2 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 27 December 3 Edmonton 4 – 1 Detroit Howard 18,018 13–10–4 30 28 December 5 Detroit 3 – 4 New Jersey SO Osgood 17,625 13–10–5 31 29 December 6 Detroit 3 – 1 NY Rangers Howard 18,200 14–10–5 33 30 December 9 St. Louis 1 – 0 Detroit Howard 18,165 14–11–5 33 31 December 11 Anaheim 2 – 3 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 15–11–5 35 32 December 12 Detroit 3 – 2 Nashville OT Osgood 16,673 16–11–5 37 33 December 14 Phoenix 2 – 3 Detroit Howard 18,795 17–11–5 39 34 December 17 Tampa Bay 0 – 3 Detroit Howard 19,474 18–11–5 41 35 December 19 Detroit 3 – 4 Dallas Howard 18,532 18–12–5 41 36 December 20 Detroit 0 – 3 Chicago Osgood 21,781 18–13–5 41 37 December 23 Chicago 3 – 0 Detroit Howard 20,066 18–14–5 41 38 December 26 Columbus 1 – 2 Detroit Howard 20,066 19–14–5 43 39 December 28 Detroit 0 – 1 Columbus OT Howard 18,421 19–14–6 44 40 December 31 Colorado 2 – 4 Detroit Howard 20,066 20–14–6 46
January: 6–5–4 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 4–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 41 January 2 Detroit 4 – 1 Phoenix Howard 17,125 21–14–6 48 42 January 5 Detroit 1 – 4 Anaheim Howard 15,531 21–15–6 48 43 January 7 Detroit 2 – 1 Los Angeles Howard 18,118 22–15–6 50 44 January 9 Detroit 4 – 1 San Jose Howard 17,562 23–15–6 52 45 January 12 Detroit 0 – 6 NY Islanders Howard 12,254 23–16–6 52 46 January 14 Carolina 1 – 3 Detroit Howard 20,066 24–16–6 54 47 January 16 Detroit 2 – 3 Dallas SO Howard 18,532 24–16–7 55 48 January 17 Chicago 4 – 3 Detroit SO Howard 20,066 24–16–8 56 49 January 19 Detroit 2 – 3 Chicago Osgood 18,277 24–17–8 56 50 January 21 Detroit 4 – 3 Minnesota SO Howard 18,330 25–17–8 58 51 January 23 Los Angeles 3 – 2 Detroit Howard 20,066 25–18–8 58 52 January 26 Phoenix 5 – 4 Detroit OT Howard 19,843 25–18–9 59 53 January 27 Detroit 2 – 5 Minnesota Osgood 18,316 25–19–9 59 54 January 29 Nashville 2 – 4 Detroit Howard 20,066 26–19–9 61 55 January 31 Detroit 1 – 2 Pittsburgh SO Howard 17,105 26–19–10 62
February: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 56 February 2 Detroit 4 – 2 San Jose Howard 17,562 27–19–10 64 57 February 3 Detroit 1 – 3 Anaheim Howard 15,180 27–20–10 64 58 February 6 Detroit 3 - 4 Los Angeles Howard 18,118 27-21-10 64 59 February 9 Detroit 3 – 4 St. Louis SO Howard 19,150 27–21–11 65 60 February 11 San Jose 3 – 2 Detroit SO Howard 20,066 27–21–12 66 61 February 13 Ottawa 1 – 4 Detroit Howard 20,066 28–21–12 68
March: 12–2–1 (Home: 7–2–0; Road: 5–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 62 March 1 Detroit 3 – 2 Colorado Howard 18,007 29–21–12 70 63 March 3 Vancouver 6 - 3 Detroit Osgood 19,536 29-22-12 70 64 March 5 Nashville 2 - 5 Detroit Howard 19,608 30-22-12 72 65 March 7 Detroit 5 - 4 Chicago Howard 22,309 31-22-12 74 66 March 9 Calgary 4 - 2 Detroit Howard 20,066 31-23-12 74 67 March 11 Minnesota 1 - 5 Detroit Howard 19,327 32-23-12 76 68 March 13 Buffalo 2 - 3 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 33-23-12 78 69 March 15 Detroit 3 - 2 Calgary Howard 19,289 34-23-12 80 70 March 19 Detroit 2 - 3 Edmonton SO Howard 16,829 34-23-13 81 71 March 20 Detroit 4 - 3 Vancouver OT Howard 18,810 35-23-13 83 72 March 22 Pittsburgh 1 - 3 Detroit Howard 20,066 36-23-13 85 73 March 24 St. Louis 2 - 4 Detroit Howard 19,625 37-23-13 87 74 March 26 Minnesota 2 - 6 Detroit Howard 20,066 38-23-13 89 75 March 27 Detroit 1 - 0 Nashville SO Howard 17,113 39-23-13 91 76 March 30 Edmonton 4 - 5 Detroit Howard 19,343 40-23-13 93
April: 4–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 77 April 1 Columbus 2 - 3 Detroit Howard 19,259 41-23-13 95 78 April 3 Nashville 4 - 3 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 41-23-14 96 79 April 4 Detroit 3 - 4 Philadelphia Howard 19,596 41-24-14 96 80 April 7 Columbus 3 - 4 Detroit Howard 20,066 42-24-14 98 81 April 9 Detroit 1 - 0 Columbus SO Howard 18,512 43-24-14 100 82 April 11 Detroit 3 - 2 Chicago OT Howard 22,428 44-24-14 102
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

See also: 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

As of the conclusion of the previous season, the Red Wings have made the Stanley Cup playoffs for 18 consecutive seasons, the longest current post-season streak for a single team in all of North American major professional sports. As of 4 April 2010, the Red Wings have made the playoffs for 19 consecutive seasons.

2010 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference quarter-final vs. (4) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 Apr 14 Detroit 2 – 3 Coyotes Howard 17,125 0–1 2 Apr 16 Detroit 7 – 4 Coyotes Howard 17,386 1–1 3 Apr 18 Coyotes 4 – 2 Detroit Howard 20,066 1–2 4 Apr 20 Coyotes 0 – 3 Detroit Howard 20,066 2–2 5 Apr 23 Detroit 4 – 1 Coyotes Howard 17,458 3–2 6 Apr 25 Coyotes 5 – 2 Detroit Howard 20,066 3–3 7 Apr 27 Detroit 6 – 1 Coyotes Howard 17,543 4–3
Western Conference semi-final vs. (1) San Jose Sharks: San Jose won series 4-1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 Apr 29 Detroit 3 – 4 Sharks Howard 17,562 0–1 2 May 2 Detroit 3 – 4 Sharks Howard 17,562 0–2 3 May 4 Sharks 4 – 3 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 0–3 4 May 6 Sharks 1 – 7 Detroit Howard 20,066 1–3 5 May 8 Detroit 1 – 2 Sharks Howard 17,562 1–4
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Pavel Datsyuk 80 27 43 70 +17 18 Henrik Zetterberg 74 23 47 70 +12 26 Nicklas Lidstrom 82 9 40 49 +22 24 Tomas Holmstrom 68 25 20 45 +5 60 Todd Bertuzzi 82 18 26 44 -7 80 Brian Rafalski 78 8 34 42 +23 26 Valtteri Filppula 55 11 24 35 -4 24 Dan Cleary 64 15 19 34 -3 29 Darren Helm 75 11 13 24 -2 18 Kris Draper 81 7 15 22 -2 28 Niklas Kronwall 48 7 15 22 +5 32 Patrick Eaves 65 12 10 22 0 26 Johan Franzen 27 10 11 21 +1 22 Brad Stuart 82 4 16 20 -12 22 Drew Miller† 66 10 9 19 5 10 Jason Williams 44 6 9 15 -7 8 Jonathan Ericsson 62 4 9 13 -15 44 Brett Lebda 63 1 7 8 -2 24 Ville Leino‡ 42 4 3 7 -10 6 Kirk Maltby 52 4 2 6 +1 32 Derek Meech 49 2 4 6 -12 19 Justin Abdelkader 50 3 3 6 -11 35 Doug Janik 13 0 2 2 -3 18 Andreas Lilja 20 1 1 2 -2 4 Brad May 40 0 1 1 -5 66 Kris Newbury‡ 4 1 0 1 +1 4 Mattias Ritola 5 0 0 0 0 0 Jakub Kindl 3 0 0 0 -2 0

Playoffs

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Johan Franzen 12 6 12 18 +8 16 Henrik Zetterberg 12 7 8 15 +11 6 Pavel Datsyuk 12 6 7 13 +3 8 Todd Bertuzzi 12 2 9 11 +4 12 Brian Rafalski 12 3 8 11 +4 2 Nicklas Lidstrom 12 4 6 10 +7 2 Valtteri Filppula 12 4 5 9 +1 6 Tomas Holmstrom 12 4 3 7 +3 12 Brad Stuart 12 2 4 6 +6 8 Niklas Kronwall 12 0 5 5 +2 12 Dan Cleary 12 2 0 2 +3 4 Jonathan Ericsson 12 0 2 2 +1 8 Drew Miller 12 1 1 2 +2 4 Justin Abdelkader 11 1 1 2 +1 36 Darren Helm 12 1 0 1 -4 4 Kris Draper 12 0 0 0 0 16 Andreas Lilja 11 0 0 0 +1 14 Jason Williams 3 0 0 0 -1 0 Patrick Eaves 8 0 0 0 -3 2 Brett Lebda 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mattias Ritola 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Jimmy Howard 63 3740 37 15 10 141 2.26 1849 .924 3 0 2 2 Chris Osgood 23 1252 7 9 4 63 3.02 561 .888 1 0 1 0

Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Jimmy Howard 12 720 5 7 33 2.75 387 .915 1 0 0 2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Nicklas Lidstrom	1,000th career NHL point	October 15, 2009
Tomas Holmstrom	200th career NHL goal	December 5, 2009
Henrik Zetterberg	200th career NHL goal	March 3, 2010

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Henrik Zetterberg	NHL First Star of the Week	November 16, 2009
Jimmy Howard	NHL Second Star of the Week	March 29, 2010
Jimmy Howard	NHL Second Star of the Month	March 2010
Jimmy Howard	NHL Rookie of the Month	March 2010
Pavel Datsyuk	Selke Trophy winner	June 23, 2010

Transactions

The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

Date	Details
February 6, 2010	To Philadelphia Flyers Ville Leino	To Detroit Red Wings Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 5th-round pick in 2011
March 3, 2010	To New York Rangers Kris Newbury	To Detroit Red Wings Jordan Owens
March 3, 2010	To Calgary Flames Andy Delmore	To Detroit Red Wings Riley Armstrong

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Doug Janik	Montreal Canadiens	One year, $500,000
Kris Newbury	Toronto Maple Leafs	One year, $500,000
Jeremy Williams	Toronto Maple Leafs	One year, $500,000
Travis Ehrhardt	Portland Winterhawks	Three-year entry-level contract
Andy Delmore	Hamburg Freezers	One year, $500,000
Patrick Eaves	Boston Bruins	One year, $500,000
Jason Williams	Columbus Blue Jackets	One year, $1.5 million
Todd Bertuzzi	Calgary Flames	One year, $1.5 million
Brad May	Toronto Maple Leafs	One year, $500,000

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Marian Hossa	Chicago Blackhawks	12 years, $62.8 million
Tomas Kopecky	Chicago Blackhawks	Two years, $2.4 million
Ty Conklin	St. Louis Blues	Two years, $2.6 million
Mikael Samuelsson	Vancouver Canucks	Three years, $7.5 million
Darren Haydar	Colorado Avalanche	One year, $525,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Drew Miller	Tampa Bay Lightning	November 11, 2009

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement

Player

Darren McCarty

Player signings

Player	Contract terms
Ville Leino	Two years, $1.6 million
Jakub Kindl	Three years, $2.65 million contract extension
Tomas Tatar	Three years, entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

The 2009 NHL Entry Draft was held in Montreal, Quebec, on June 26–27, 2009. Detroit made following picks:

Round	Overall Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	32 (from Tampa Bay)	Landon Ferraro	C	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2	60	Tomas Tatar	C	Slovakia	HKm Zvolen (Slovak Extraliga)
3	75 (from Florida)	Andrej Nestrasil	C/RW	Czech Republic	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
3	90	Gleason Fournier	D	Canada	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
5	150	Nick Jensen	D	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
6	180	Mitch Callahan	RW	United States	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
7	210	Adam Almqvist	D	Sweden	HV71 (Elitserien)

See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

Farm teams

The Grand Rapids Griffins remain Detroit's American Hockey League affiliate in 2009–10 and the Toledo Walleye will become the team's ECHL affiliate in 2009-10.

External links

• 2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season at ESPN
• 2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season at Hockey Reference