2007–08 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2007–08 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 76th season as the Red Wings and 82nd in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team won their eleventh Central Division title, sixth Presidents' Trophy, fifth Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, and won the Stanley Cup as league champion for the fourth time in eleven years. The team finished first in the Central Division and first in the Western Conference for their 17th consecutive playoff appearance and began the playoffs versus the Nashville Predators. The team won the first two games of the series at home but lost the next two at Nashville. In response to these losses, head coach Mike Babcock replaced starting goaltender Dominik Hasek with Chris Osgood. Osgood led the team to nine straight victories en route to a 14–4 record (and 16–6 overall team record) and a four games to two victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals.

2007–08 Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup champions
Presidents' Trophy winners
Western Conference champions
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
2007–08 record	54–21–7
Home record	29–9–3
Road record	25–12–4
Goals for	257
Goals against	184
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	18,871 (94%)
Team leaders
Goals	Henrik Zetterberg (43)
Assists	Pavel Datsyuk (66)
Points	Pavel Datsyuk (97)
Penalty minutes	Aaron Downey (116)
Plus/minus	Pavel Datsyuk (+41)
Wins	Chris Osgood and Dominik Hasek (both 27)
Goals against average	Chris Osgood (2.09)
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Detroit Red Wings celebrating their 2008 Stanley Cup victory.

The 2008 Stanley Cup champion Red Wings present two jerseys to U.S. President George W. Bush.

Three Red Wings players represented the West at the 56th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Atlanta, Georgia. Goaltender Chris Osgood along with defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom and center Pavel Datsyuk were starters in the game. The Western Conference team was coached by Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock.

As of 2025, this is the most recent season that a Presidents' Trophy winner went on to also win the Stanley Cup in a full 82-game season, and the only time it has happened since the implementation of a salary cap as a result of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

Regular season

The Red Wings had the best goaltending in the League, allowing only 179 goals (excluding five shootout goals).^[1][2][3]

Divisional standings

Central Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
2	Nashville Predators	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
3	Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
5	St. Louis Blues	82	33	36	13	205	237	79

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
2	y – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	49	23	10	222	193	108
3	y – Minnesota Wild	NW	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
4	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	47	27	8	205	191	102
5	Dallas Stars	PA	82	45	30	7	242	207	97
6	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
7	Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
8	Nashville Predators	CE	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
10	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
11	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	39	33	10	213	215	88
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	37	7	214	231	83
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
14	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	33	36	13	205	237	79
15	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	32	43	7	231	266	71

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

Playoffs

The 2007–08 season was Detroit's 17th consecutive playoff season. They ended the 2007–08 season as the first seed in the Western Conference.

Detroit wins the Stanley Cup for the 11th time, and first since 2002.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2007–08 regular season[4]
October: 10–2–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–1–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 3 Anaheim 2 – 3 Detroit SO Hasek 17,610 1–0–0 2 W 2 October 6 Detroit 3 – 4 Chicago SO Hasek 18,768 1–0–1 3 OTL 3 October 8 Edmonton 2 – 4 Detroit Hasek 16,913 2–0–1 5 W 4 October 10 Calgary 2 – 4 Detroit Osgood 16,629 3–0–1 7 W 5 October 12 Chicago 3 – 2 Detroit Hasek 17,696 3–1–1 7 L 6 October 14 Detroit 4 – 1 Los Angeles Osgood 17,215 4–1–1 9 W 7 October 15 Detroit 3 – 6 Anaheim Hasek 17,174 4–2–1 9 L 8 October 18 Detroit 4 – 2 San Jose Osgood 17,496 5–2–1 11 W 9 October 20 Detroit 5 – 2 Phoenix Hasek 14,154 6–2–1 13 W 10 October 24 Vancouver 2 – 3 Detroit Hasek 17,015 7–2–1 15 W 11 October 26 San Jose 1 – 5 Detroit Osgood 18,289 8–2–1 17 W 12 October 28 Detroit 3 – 2 Vancouver Osgood 18,630 9–2–1 19 W 13 October 30 Detroit 2 – 1 Edmonton Osgood 16,839 10–2–1 21 W
November: 7–4–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 2–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 14 November 1 Detroit 4 – 1 Calgary Osgood 19,289 11–2–1 23 W 15 November 7 Nashville 2 – 3 Detroit SO Osgood 16,885 12–2–1 25 W 16 November 9 Columbus 1 – 4 Detroit Hasek 18,654 13–2–1 27 W 17 November 11 Detroit 2 – 3 Chicago Osgood 19,045 13–3–1 27 L 18 November 13 Detroit 3 – 4 St. Louis Hasek 18,440 13–4–1 27 L 19 November 17 Chicago 5 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 13–5–1 27 L 20 November 18 Detroit 5 – 4 Columbus SO Osgood 15,503 14–5–1 29 W 21 November 21 St. Louis 0 – 3 Detroit Osgood 19,124 15–5–1 31 W 22 November 22 Detroit 2 – 3 Nashville Hasek 14,346 15–6–1 31 L 23 November 24 Detroit 2 – 3 Columbus SO Osgood 17,513 15–6–2 32 OTL 24 November 27 Calgary 3 – 5 Detroit Osgood 17,108 16–6–2 34 W 25 November 29 Tampa Bay 2 – 4 Detroit Osgood 17,001 17–6–2 36 W
December: 12–2–1 (home: 6–1–1; road: 6–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 26 December 1 Phoenix 2 – 3 Detroit Osgood 18,557 18–6–2 38 W 27 December 4 Detroit 4 – 1 Montreal Hasek 21,273 19–6–2 40 W 28 December 7 Minnesota 0 – 5 Detroit Hasek 19,508 20–6–2 42 W 29 December 9 Carolina 2 – 5 Detroit Hasek 19,609 21–6–2 44 W 30 December 10 Detroit 2 – 1 Nashville Osgood 15,056 22–6–2 46 W 31 December 13 Edmonton 4 – 3 Detroit SO Hasek 18,859 22–6–3 47 OTL 32 December 15 Florida 2 – 5 Detroit Osgood 20,066 23–6–3 49 W 33 December 17 Washington 3 – 4 Detroit SO Hasek 19,483 24–6–3 51 W 34 December 19 Los Angeles 2 – 6 Detroit Hasek 19,516 25–6–3 53 W 35 December 20 Detroit 2 – 3 St. Louis Osgood 19,150 25–7–3 53 L 36 December 22 Detroit 4 – 1 Minnesota Hasek 18,568 26–7–3 55 W 37 December 26 Detroit 5 – 0 St. Louis Osgood 19,250 27–7–3 57 W 38 December 27 Detroit 4 – 2 Colorado Hasek 18,007 28–7–3 59 W 39 December 29 Detroit 4 – 2 Phoenix Osgood 17,866 29–7–3 61 W 40 December 31 St. Louis 2 – 0 Detroit Hasek 20,066 29–8–3 61 L
January: 9–2–1 (home: 4–1–1; road: 5–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 41 January 2 Dallas 1 – 4 Detroit Osgood 20,066 30–8–3 63 W 42 January 5 Detroit 3 – 0 Dallas Hasek 18,584 31–8–3 65 W 43 January 6 Detroit 3 – 1 Chicago Osgood 21,869 32–8–3 67 W 44 January 8 Colorado 0 – 1 Detroit Hasek 19,160 33–8–3 69 W 45 January 10 Minnesota 6 – 5 Detroit SO Osgood 17,848 33–8–4 70 OTL 46 January 12 Detroit 2 – 3 Ottawa Hasek 20,208 33–9–4 70 L 47 January 15 Atlanta 5 – 1 Detroit Osgood 17,408 33–10–4 70 L 48 January 17 Vancouver 2 – 3 Detroit SO Hasek 18,878 34–10–4 72 W 49 January 19 Detroit 6 – 3 San Jose Hasek 17,496 35–10–4 74 W 50 January 22 Detroit 3 – 0 Los Angeles Osgood 18,118 36–10–4 76 W 51 January 23 Detroit 2 – 1 Anaheim Hasek 17,174 37–10–4 78 W 52 January 30 Phoenix 2 – 3 Detroit Osgood 19,289 38–10–4 80 W
February: 4–8–2 (home: 1–4–0; road: 3–4–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 53 February 1 Colorado 0 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,066 39–10–4 82 W 54 February 2 Detroit 3 – 1 Boston Osgood 17,565 40–10–4 84 W 55 February 5 Detroit 3 – 2 Minnesota OT Hasek 18,568 41–10–4 86 W 56 February 7 Los Angeles 5 – 3 Detroit Osgood 18,852 41–11–4 86 L 57 February 9 Detroit 2 – 3 Toronto OT Hasek 19,510 41–11–5 87 OTL 58 February 10 Anaheim 3 – 2 Detroit Osgood 20,066 41–12–5 87 L 59 February 12 Detroit 2 – 4 Nashville Osgood 15,692 41–13–5 87 L 60 February 15 Columbus 5 – 1 Detroit Osgood 20,066 41–14–5 87 L 61 February 17 Detroit 0 – 1 Dallas Howard 18,584 41–15–5 87 L 62 February 18 Detroit 4 – 0 Colorado Osgood 18,007 42–15–5 89 W 63 February 22 Detroit 0 – 1 Calgary Osgood 19,289 42–16–5 89 L 64 February 23 Detroit 1 – 4 Vancouver Howard 18,630 42–17–5 89 L 65 February 26 Detroit 3 – 4 Edmonton SO Osgood 16,839 42–17–6 90 OTL 66 February 29 San Jose 3 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,066 42–18–6 90 L
March: 10–2–1 (home: 7–1–1; road: 3–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 67 March 2 Detroit 4 – 2 Buffalo Hasek 18,690 43–18–6 92 W 68 March 5 St. Louis 1 – 2 Detroit Hasek 18,064 44–18–6 94 W 69 March 9 Nashville 3 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,066 45–18–6 96 W 70 March 11 Chicago 1 – 3 Detroit Osgood 18,632 46–18–6 98 W 71 March 13 Dallas 3 – 5 Detroit Osgood 19,453 47–18–6 100 W 72 March 15 Nashville 3 – 1 Detroit Osgood 20,066 47–19–6 100 L 73 March 16 Detroit 3 – 4 Columbus Hasek 18,188 47–20–6 100 L 74 March 19 Columbus 1 – 3 Detroit Osgood 19,061 48–20–6 102 W 75 March 20 Detroit 6 – 3 Nashville Hasek 17,113 49–20–6 104 W 76 March 22 Detroit 4 – 1 Columbus Hasek 17,681 50–20–6 106 W 77 March 25 Detroit 2 – 1 St. Louis Osgood 19,150 51–20–6 108 W 78 March 28 St. Louis 4 – 3 Detroit OT Osgood 20,066 51–20–7 109 OTL 79 March 30 Nashville 0 – 1 Detroit OT Hasek 20,066 52–20–7 111 W
April: 2–1–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 0–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 80 April 2 Detroit 2 – 6 Chicago Hasek 21,365 52–21–7 111 L 81 April 3 Columbus 2 – 3 Detroit Hasek 19,435 53–21–7 113 W 82 April 6 Chicago 1 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,066 54–21–7 115 W
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2008 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Nashville Predators — Detroit wins 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 Nashville 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 1 – 0 W 2 April 12 Nashville 2 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,066 2 – 0 W 3 April 14 Detroit 3 – 5 Nashville Hasek 17,113 2 – 1 L 4 April 16 Detroit 2 – 3 Nashville Hasek 17,113 2 – 2 L 5 April 18 Nashville 1 – 2 Detroit 1OT Osgood 20,066 3 – 2 W 6 April 20 Detroit 3 – 0 Nashville Osgood 17,113 4 – 2 W
Western Conference Semifinals: vs. (6) Colorado Avalanche — Detroit wins 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 24 Colorado 3 – 4 Detroit Osgood 20,066 1 – 0 W 2 April 26 Colorado 1 – 5 Detroit Osgood 20,066 2 – 0 W 3 April 29 Detroit 4 – 3 Colorado Osgood 18,007 3 – 0 W 4 May 1 Detroit 8 – 2 Colorado Osgood 18,007 4 – 0 W
Western Conference Finals: vs. (5) Dallas Stars — Detroit wins 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 8 Dallas 1 – 4 Detroit Osgood 20,066 1 – 0 W 2 May 10 Dallas 1 – 2 Detroit Osgood 20,066 2 – 0 W 3 May 12 Detroit 5 – 2 Dallas Osgood 18,532 3 – 0 W 4 May 14 Detroit 1 – 3 Dallas Osgood 18,532 3 – 1 L 5 May 17 Dallas 2 – 1 Detroit Osgood 20,066 3 – 2 L 6 May 19 Detroit 4 – 1 Dallas Osgood 18,532 4 – 2 W
Stanley Cup Finals: vs. (E2) Pittsburgh Penguins — Detroit wins 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 24 Pittsburgh 0 – 4 Detroit Osgood 20,066 1 – 0 W 2 May 26 Pittsburgh 0 – 3 Detroit Osgood 20,066 2 – 0 W 3 May 28 Detroit 2 – 3 Pittsburgh Osgood 17,132 2 – 1 L 4 May 31 Detroit 2 – 1 Pittsburgh Osgood 17,132 3 – 1 W 5 June 2 Pittsburgh 4 – 3 Detroit 3OT Osgood 20,066 3 – 2 L 6 June 4 Detroit 3 – 2 Pittsburgh Osgood 17,132 4 – 2 W
Legend: W Win L Loss

2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game

Main article: 2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game

The 2008 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 27, 2008 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 8-7. The following are Red Wings players who participated in the all-star game.

• Mike Babcock (Head Coach, Western Conference)
• Chris Osgood (Starting Goaltender, Western Conference)
• Niklas Lidstrom (Defense Starter, Western Conference)
• Pavel Datsyuk (Forward Starter, Western Conference)

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Pavel Datsyuk	82	31	66	97	41	20
Henrik Zetterberg	75	43	49	92	30	34
Nicklas Lidstrom	76	10	60	70	40	40
Brian Rafalski	73	13	42	55	27	34
Daniel Cleary	63	20	22	42	21	33
Jiri Hudler	81	13	29	42	11	26
Tomas Holmstrom	59	20	20	40	9	58
Mikael Samuelsson	73	11	29	40	21	26
Johan Franzen	72	27	11	38	12	51
Valtteri Filppula	78	19	17	36	16	28

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Henrik Zetterberg	22	13	14	27	16	16
Pavel Datsyuk	22	10	13	23	13	6
Johan Franzen	16	13	5	18	13	14
Niklas Kronwall	22	0	15	15	16	18
Jiri Hudler	22	5	9	14	-1	14
Brian Rafalski	22	4	10	14	6	12
Nicklas Lidstrom	22	3	10	13	8	14
Mikael Samuelsson	22	5	8	13	8	8
Tomas Holmstrom	22	4	8	12	4	26
Valtteri Filppula	22	5	6	11	7	2

Goaltenders

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

Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Chris Osgood	43	2409	27	9	4	84	4	.914	2.09
Dominik Hasek	41	2350	27	10	3	84	5	.902	2.14
Jimmy Howard	4	197	0	2	0	7	0	.926	2.13

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Chris Osgood	19	1160	14	4	30	3	.930	1.55
Dominik Hasek	4	206	2	2	10	0	.888	2.91

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
Team member	Milestone	Date
Tomas Holmstrom	700th NHL Game	October 3, 2007
Kris Draper	300th NHL Point	October 12, 2007
Tomas Kopecky	1st NHL Assist	October 12, 2007
Niklas Kronwall	100th NHL PIM	October 12, 2007
Matt Ellis	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 15, 2007
Matt Ellis	1st NHL Goal	October 18, 2007
Jiri Hudler	100th NHL Game	October 18, 2007
Pavel Datsyuk	100th NHL PIM	October 20, 2007
Dominik Hasek	700th NHL Game	October 20, 2007
Mike Babcock	200th NHL Career Win	December 15, 2007
Nicklas Lidstrom	700th NHL Assist	January 2, 2008
Chris Chelios	1600th NHL Game	February 10, 2008
Pavel Datsyuk	400th NHL Point	February 18, 2008
Dallas Drake	1000th NHL Game 300th NHL Assist	March 11, 2008

Playoffs
Player	Milestone/Record	Date
Chris Chelios	248th NHL Playoff Game (Most NHL playoff games by any player in history. Broke the record held by Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy). Became oldest player to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup (47 years, 4 months and 11 days), after Lester Patrick	April 12, 2008 June 4, 2008
Nicklas Lidstrom	197th NHL Playoff Game for the Red Wings, breaking Steve Yzerman's franchise record.	April 18, 2008
Nicklas Lidstrom	100th NHL Playoff Assist.	April 29, 2008
Johan Franzen	His 11 goals are one more than the previous club playoff record shared by Petr Klima (1988), Sergei Fedorov (1998) and Brett Hull (2002). Franzen did it in fewer games (10) than anybody else. Nine goals in one series broke the club mark held by Gordie Howe (eight vs. Montreal Canadiens in 1949) and established an NHL record for a four-game series. First player to record two hat tricks in one playoff series since Edmonton Oilers Jari Kurri notched three vs. Chicago Blackhawks in 1985. First Red Wing to record two hat tricks in one series since Norm Ullman in 1964 vs. Chicago Blackhawks.	May 1, 2008[5]
Chris Osgood	48th NHL Playoff Win, breaking franchise record held by Hall of Fame goaltender Terry Sawchuk.	May 19, 2008
Niklas Lidstrom	First player born and trained in Europe to captain a Stanley Cup winning team.	June 4, 2008
Henrik Zetterberg	27 Playoff Points in a year, breaking franchise record held by Steve Yzerman and Sergei Fedorov (24 Points). 13 Playoff Goals. Tied with Johan Franzen for the franchise record by scoring the Cup winning goal.	June 4, 2008
Niklas Kronwall	15 Playoff Assists in a year, breaking franchise record held by Niklas Lidstrom and Chris Chelios (13 Assists).	June 4, 2008
Niklas Kronwall, Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg	Joined the Triple Gold Club.	June 4, 2008
Pavel Datsyuk	Got the first hat trick of his career against Dallas in game three of the Western Conference Finals in the 2007-2008 season.	May 12, 2008

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

February 8, 2008	To Montreal Canadiens	To Detroit Red Wings
	Brett Engelhardt	Francis Lemieux
	To Los Angeles Kings	To Detroit Red Wings
February 26, 2008	Brad Stuart	2nd round pick in 2008 4th round pick in 2009

Free agents

Date Player Former team Contract terms July 1, 2007 Brian Rafalski New Jersey Devils 5 years, $30 million July 3, 2007 Adam Berkhoel Atlanta Thrashers 1 year, $500,000 July 3, 2007 Brad Ference Calgary Flames 1 year, $500,000 July 5, 2007 Mark Cullen Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $500,000 July 9, 2007 Dallas Drake St. Louis Blues 1 year, $550,000 July 16, 2007 Carl Corazzini Chicago Blackhawks 1 year, $475,000 July 16, 2007 Randall Gelech Phoenix Coyotes 2 years, $975,000 July 16, 2007 Mark Hartigan Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $550,000 July 16, 2007 Garrett Stafford San Jose Sharks 1 year, $500,000 October 3, 2007 Aaron Downey Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $525,000

Player New team Mathieu Schneider Anaheim Ducks Robert Lang Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Calder Los Angeles Kings Todd Bertuzzi Anaheim Ducks Darryl Bootland New York Islanders Matt Hussey Colorado Avalanche Brad Norton San Jose Sharks

Draft picks

Detroit's picks at the 2007 NHL entry draft in Columbus, Ohio.^[6]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	27	Brendan Smith	Defenseman	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (OPHL)
3	88	Joakim Andersson	Center	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Swe Jr.)
5	148	Randy Cameron	Center	Canada	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
6	178	Zack Torquato	Center	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
7	208	Bryan Rufenach	Defenseman	Canada	Lindsay Muskies (OPJHL)

Farm teams

Grand Rapids Griffins

The Grand Rapids Griffins remain Detroit's American Hockey League affiliate in 2007–08.

See also

• 2007–08 NHL season