2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2010–11 Detroit Red Wings season was the 85th season of play for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926,^[2] and saw the Red Wings equal the Dallas Cowboys (from 1966 to 1985) in second place for the most consecutive winning seasons in major North American professional sports.

2010–11 Detroit Red Wings
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	3rd Western
2010–11 record	47–25–10
Home record	21–14–6
Road record	26–11–4
Goals for	261
Goals against	241
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	19,680 (98.5%) Total: 806,892 (41 games) [1]
Team leaders
Goals	Johan Franzen (28)
Assists	Henrik Zetterberg (56)
Points	Henrik Zetterberg (80)
Penalty minutes	Jonathan Ericsson (87)
Plus/minus	Justin Abdelkader (+15)
Wins	Jimmy Howard (37)
Goals against average	Joey MacDonald (2.58)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Off season

The 2010 Detroit Red Wings off-season saw the acquisitions of Joey MacDonald from the Anaheim Ducks and Mike Modano from the Dallas Stars. In the 2010 NHL entry draft, the Red Wings picked Riley Sheahan out of the University of Notre Dame for their first round pick. The Red Wings looked to improve off of their 44–24–14 record in the 2009–10 season and make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th consecutive season.

Regular season

On January 18, Nicklas Lidstrom was voted by the players to represent one of the teams as captain during the 2011 NHL All-Star Game.

Divisional standings

Central Division^[3]

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		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y-Detroit Red Wings	82	47	25	10	43	261	241	104
2	Nashville Predators	82	44	27	11	38	219	194	99
3	Chicago Blackhawks	82	44	29	9	38	258	225	97
4	St. Louis Blues	82	38	33	11	34	240	234	87
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	35	13	29	215	258	81

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	54	19	9	50	262	185	117
2	y – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	48	25	9	43	248	213	105
3	y – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	47	25	10	43	261	241	104
4	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	47	30	5	43	239	235	99
5	Nashville Predators	CE	82	44	27	11	38	219	194	99
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	43	26	13	38	231	226	99
7	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	46	30	6	36	219	198	98
8	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	44	29	9	38	258	225	97
8.5
9	Dallas Stars	PA	82	42	29	11	37	227	233	95
10	Calgary Flames	NW	82	41	29	12	32	250	237	94
11	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	38	33	11	34	240	234	87
12	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	39	35	8	36	206	233	86
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	34	35	13	29	215	258	81
14	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	30	44	8	24	227	288	68
15	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	25	45	12	23	193	269	62

bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL)
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

Schedule and results

2010–11 Game Log
October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Anaheim Ducks W 4–0 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 1–0–0 2 [4] 2 October 9 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 3–2 Osgood United Center 22,161 2–0–0 4 [5] 3 October 12 Colorado Avalanche L 4–5 SO Howard Joe Louis Arena 19,651 2–0–1 5 [6] 4 October 14 @ Dallas Stars L 1–4 Osgood American Airlines Arena 18,532 2–1–1 5 [7] 5 October 16 @ Phoenix Coyotes W 2-1 OT Howard Jobing.com Arena 17,125 3-1-1 7 [8] 6 October 21 Calgary Flames W 4–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 18,399 4-1-1 9 [9] 7 October 23 Anaheim Ducks W 5–4 Howard Joe Louis Arena 19,401 5-1-1 11 [10] 8 October 28 Phoenix Coyotes L 2–4 Osgood Joe Louis Arena 18,165 5-2-1 11 [11] 9 October 30 Nashville Predators W 5–2 Osgood Joe Louis Arena 18,771 6-2-1 13 [12]
November: 10–2–1 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 3 @ Calgary Flames W 2–1 Howard Pengrowth Saddledome 19,289 7-2-1 15 [13] 11 November 5 @ Edmonton Oilers W 3–1 Howard Rexall Place 16,839 8-2-1 17 [14] 12 November 6 @ Vancouver Canucks L 4–6 Howard Rogers Arena 18,860 8-3-1 17 [15] 13 November 8 Phoenix Coyotes W 3–2 OT Howard Joe Louis Arena 19,207 9-3-1 19 [16] 14 November 11 Edmonton Oilers W 6–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 10-3-1 21 [17] 15 November 13 Colorado Avalanche W 3–1 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 11-3-1 23 [18] 16 November 17 St. Louis Blues W 7–3 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 12-3-1 25 [19] 17 November 19 Minnesota Wild L 3–4 OT Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 12-3-2 26 [20] 18 November 21 Calgary Flames W 5–4 OT Howard Joe Louis Arena 19,636 13-3-2 28 [21] 19 November 24 @ Atlanta Thrashers L 1–5 Howard Philips Arena 15,337 13-4-2 28 [22] 20 November 26 @ Columbus Blue Jackets W 2–1 Howard Nationwide Arena 18,391 14-4-2 30 [23] 21 November 28 Columbus Blue Jackets W 4–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 18,860 15-4-2 32 [24] 22 November 30 @ San Jose Sharks W 5–3 Howard HP Pavilion 17,562 16-4-2 34 [25]
December 8–5–3 (Home: 3–3–2; Road: 5–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 3 @ Anaheim Ducks W 4–0 Howard Honda Center 15,173 17-4-2 36 [26] 24 December 4 @ Los Angeles Kings L 2–3 OT Osgood Staples Center 18,118 17-4-3 37 [27] 25 December 6 San Jose Sharks L 2–5 Howard Joe Louis Arena 19,010 17-5-3 37 [28] 26 December 8 Nashville Predators L 2–3 Howard Joe Louis Arena 17,359 17-6-3 37 [29] 27 December 10 Montreal Canadiens W 4–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 18-6-3 39 [30] 28 December 11 @ New Jersey Devils W 2–1 Osgood Prudential Center 17,625 19-6-3 41 [31] 29 December 13 Los Angeles Kings L 0–5 Howard Joe Louis Arena 17,810 19-7-3 41 [32] 30 December 15 St. Louis Blues W 5–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 18,769 20-7-3 43 [33] 31 December 17 @ Chicago Blackhawks L 1–4 Howard United Center 21,904 20-8-3 43 [34] 32 December 19 Dallas Stars L 3–4 OT Osgood Joe Louis Arena 20,066 20-8-4 44 [35] 33 December 22 Vancouver Canucks W 5–4 OT Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 21-8-4 46 [36] 34 December 23 @ St. Louis Blues L 3–4 Osgood Scottrade Center 19,150 21-9-4 46 [37] 35 December 26 @ Minnesota Wild W 4–1 Howard Xcel Energy Center 19,227 22-9-4 48 [38] 36 December 27 @ Colorado Avalanche W 4–3 OT Osgood Pepsi Center 18,007 23-9-4 50 [39] 37 December 29 @ Dallas Stars W 7–3 Howard American Airlines Center 18,532 24-9-4 52 [40] 38 December 31 New York Islanders L 3–4 OT Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 24-9-5 53 [41]
January 6–4–1 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Philadelphia Flyers L 2–3 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 24-10-5 53 [42] 40 January 4 @ Edmonton Oilers W 5–3 Osgood Rexall Place 16,839 25-10-5 55 [43] 41 January 7 @ Calgary Flames W 5–4 SO Howard Pengrowth Saddledome 19,289 26-10-5 57 [44] 42 January 8 @ Vancouver Canucks W 2–1 SO Howard Rogers Arena 18,860 27-10-5 59 [45] 43 January 10 @ Colorado Avalanche L 4–5 MacDonald Pepsi Center 17,535 27-11-5 59 [46] 44 January 14 @ Columbus Blue Jackets L 2–3 SO MacDonald Nationwide Arena 18,684 27-11-6 60 [47] 45 January 15 Columbus Blue Jackets W 6–5 OT MacDonald Joe Louis Arena 20,066 28-11-6 62 [48] 46 January 18 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 1–4 MacDonald Consol Energy Center 18,284 28-12-6 62 [49] 47 January 20 @ St. Louis Blues W 4–3 OT Howard Scottrade Center 19,150 29-12-6 64 [50] 48 January 22 Chicago Blackhawks L 1–4 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 29-13-6 64 [51] 49 January 26 New Jersey Devils W 3–1 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 30-13-6 66 [52]
February 9–5–0 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 7–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 2 @ Ottawa Senators W 7–5 Howard Scotiabank Place 18,011 31-13-6 68 [53] 51 February 4 Columbus Blue Jackets L 0–3 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 31-14-6 68 [54] 52 February 5 @ Nashville Predators L 0–3 MacDondald Bridgestone Arena 17,113 31-15-6 68 [55] 53 February 7 New York Rangers W 3–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 32-15-6 70 [56] 54 February 9 Nashville Predators L 1–4 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 32-16-6 70 [57] 55 February 11 @ Boston Bruins W 6–1 Howard TD Garden 17,565 33-16-6 72 [58] 56 February 13 Boston Bruins W 4–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 34-16-6 74 [59] 57 February 17 @ Tampa Bay Lightning W 6–2 Howard St. Pete Times Forum 20,849 35-16-6 76 [60] 58 February 18 @ Florida Panthers W 4–3 MacDondald BankAtlantic Center 19,947 36-16-6 78 [61] 59 February 20 @ Minnesota Wild W 2–1 SO Howard Xcel Energy Center 18,912 37-16-6 80 [62] 60 February 22 San Jose Sharks L 3–4 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 37-17-6 80 [63] 61 February 24 Dallas Stars L 2–4 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 37-18-6 80 [64] 62 February 26 @ Buffalo Sabres W 3–2 SO MacDondald HSBC Arena 18,690 38-18-6 82 [65] 63 February 28 @ Los Angeles Kings W 7–4 Howard Staples Center 18,118 39-18-6 84 [66]
March 5–5–4 (Home: 3–3–2; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 @ Anaheim Ducks L 1–2 OT Howard Honda Center 15,098 39-18-7 85 [67] 65 March 3 @ San Jose Sharks L 1–3 MacDonald HP Pavilion 17,562 39-19-7 85 [68] 66 March 5 @ Phoenix Coyotes L 4–5 SO Howard Jobing.com Arena 17,382 39-19-8 86 [69] 67 March 9 Los Angeles Kings L 1–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 39-20-8 86 [70] 68 March 11 Edmonton Oilers W 2–1 OT Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 40-20-8 88 [71] 69 March 12 @ St. Louis Blues W 5–3 Howard Scottrade Center 19,150 41-20-8 90 [72] 70 March 16 Washington Capitals W 3–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 42-20-8 92 [73] 71 March 17 @ Columbus Blue Jackets W 2–0 MacDonald Nationwide Arena 14,444 43-20-8 94 [74] 72 March 19 @ Nashville Predators L 1–3 Howard Bridgestone Arena 17,113 43-21-8 94 [75] 73 March 21 Pittsburgh Penguins L 4–5 SO MacDonald Joe Louis Arena 20,066 43-21-9 95 [76] 74 March 23 Vancouver Canucks L 1–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 43-22-9 95 [77] 75 March 26 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4–2 MacDonald Joe Louis Arena 20,066 44-22-9 97 [78] 76 March 28 Chicago Blackhawks L 2–3 OT MacDonald Joe Louis Arena 20,066 44-22-10 98 [79] 77 March 30 St. Louis Blues L 3–10 MacDonald Joe Louis Arena 20,066 44-23-10 98 [80]
April 3–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 @ Nashville Predators W 4–3 OT Howard Bridgestone Arena 17,113 45-23-10 100 [81] 79 April 3 Minnesota Wild W 4–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 46-23-10 102 [82] 80 April 6 @ Carolina Hurricanes L 0–3 Howard RBC Center 17,602 46-24-10 102 [83] 81 April 8 Chicago Blackhawks L 2–4 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 46-25-10 102 [84] 82 April 10 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 4–3 Howard United Center 22,046 47-25-10 104 [85]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th consecutive season. The Red Wings currently hold the longest current streak of post-season appearances in all of North American professional sports.

2011 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won series 4–0 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Series Recap 1 April 13 Phoenix Coyotes W 4–2 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 1–0 [86] 2 April 16 Phoenix Coyotes W 4–3 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 2–0 [87] 3 April 18 @ Phoenix Coyotes W 4–2 Howard Jobing.com Arena 17,130 3–0 [88] 4 April 20 @ Phoenix Coyotes W 6–3 Howard Jobing.com Arena 17,314 4–0 [89]
Western Conference Semi-final vs. (2) San Jose Sharks: San Jose won series 4–3 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Series Recap 1 April 29 @ San Jose Sharks L 1–2 OT Howard HP Pavilion 17,562 0–1 [90] 2 May 1 @ San Jose Sharks L 1–2 Howard HP Pavilion 17,562 0–2 [91] 3 May 4 San Jose Sharks L 3–4 OT Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 0–3 [92] 4 May 6 San Jose Sharks W 4–3 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 1–3 [93] 5 May 8 @ San Jose Sharks W 4–3 Howard HP Pavilion 17,562 2–3 [94] 6 May 10 San Jose Sharks W 3–1 Howard Joe Louis Arena 20,066 3–3 [95] 7 May 12 @ San Jose Sharks L 2-3 Howard HP Pavilion 17,562 3-4 [96]
Legend:   Win   Loss

• *Denotes if necessary

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 Henrik Zetterberg 80 24 56 80 -1 40 Nicklas Lidstrom 82 16 46 62 -2 20 Pavel Datsyuk 56 23 36 59 11 15 Johan Franzen 76 28 27 55 5 58 Brian Rafalski 63 4 44 48 11 22 Daniel Cleary 68 26 20 46 -1 20 Todd Bertuzzi 81 16 29 45 -7 71 Valtteri Filppula 71 16 23 39 -1 22 Tomas Holmstrom 73 18 19 37 -6 62 Niklas Kronwall 77 11 26 37 5 36 Jiri Hudler 73 10 27 37 -7 28 Darren Helm 82 12 20 32 9 16 Brad Stuart 67 3 17 20 4 40 Patrick Eaves 63 13 7 20 -2 14 Justin Abdelkader 74 7 12 19 15 61 Drew Miller 67 10 8 18 -2 13 Mike Modano 40 4 11 15 -4 8 Jonathan Ericsson 74 3 12 15 8 87 Kris Draper 47 6 5 11 1 12 Ruslan Salei 75 2 8 10 0 48 Jakub Kindl 48 2 2 4 -6 36 Cory Emmerton 2 1 0 1 1 0 Jan Mursak 19 1 0 1 -3 4 Tomas Tatar 9 1 0 1 0 0 Doug Janik 7 0 0 0 -2 7

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Pavel Datsyuk 11 4 11 15 10 8 Nicklas Lidstrom 11 4 4 8 8 4 Henrik Zetterberg 7 3 5 8 6 2 Valtteri Filppula 11 2 6 8 5 6 Tomas Holmstrom 11 3 4 7 7 8 Todd Bertuzzi 11 2 4 6 1 15 Daniel Cleary 11 2 4 6 2 6 Niklas Kronwall 11 2 4 6 5 4 Darren Helm 11 3 3 6 1 8 Patrick Eaves 11 3 1 4 1 6 Brian Rafalski 11 2 1 3 -1 4 Jiri Hudler 10 1 2 3 -1 6 Jonathan Ericsson 11 1 2 3 -2 4 Johan Franzen 8 2 1 3 -1 6 Brad Stuart 11 0 2 2 6 8 Drew Miller 9 1 1 2 3 4 Kris Draper 8 0 1 1 2 2 Mike Modano 2 0 1 1 1 0 Ruslan Salei 11 1 0 1 6 0 Justin Abdelkader 11 0 0 0 -4 22

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 3615 37 17 5 168 2.79 1830 .908 2 0 1 4 Joey MacDonald 15 721 5 5 3 31 2.58 372 .917 1 0 0 0 Chris Osgood 11 629 5 3 2 29 2.77 298 .903 0 0 0 4 Thomas McCollum 1 15 0 0 0 3 12.00 8 .625 0 0 0 0

Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Jimmy Howard 11 673:22 7 4 28 2.50 364 .923 0 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

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Brian Rafalski[97]	NHL Third Star of the Week	November 22, 2010
Henrik Zetterberg[98]	NHL Third Star of the Week	December 27, 2010
Nicklas Lidstrom[99]	NHL Third Star of the Week	January 3, 2011
Nicklas Lidstrom[100]	NHL Third Star of the Month	December 2010
Johan Franzen[101]	NHL First Star of the Week	February 7, 2011
Nicklas Lidstrom[102]	James Norris Memorial Trophy	June 2011

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Brad Stuart	200th Career NHL Assist	October 8, 2010
Darren Helm	100th Career NHL Game	October 9, 2010
Pavel Datsyuk	200th Career NHL Goal	October 12, 2010
Todd Bertuzzi	400th Career NHL Assist	October 14, 2010
Pavel Datsyuk	600th Career NHL Point	October 28, 2010
Pavel Datsyuk	400th Career NHL Assist	November 3, 2010
Valtteri Filppula	300th Career NHL Game	November 3, 2010
Johan Franzen	100th Career NHL Goal	November 11, 2010
Brian Rafalski	400th Career NHL Assist	November 21, 2010
Jonathan Ericsson	100th Career NHL Game	November 24, 2010
Tomas Holmstrom	900th Career NHL Game	November 28, 2010
Danny Cleary	700th Career NHL Game 300th Career NHL Point	November 30, 2010
Henrik Zetterberg	500th Career NHL Point	December 3, 2010
Nicklas Lidstrom	1st Career NHL Hat Trick	December 15, 2010
Ruslan Salei	200th Career NHL Point	December 22, 2010
Jan Mursak	1st Career NHL Game	December 27, 2010
Chris Osgood	400th Career NHL Win	December 27, 2010
Jimmy Howard	100th Career NHL Game	December 29, 2010
Tomas Tatar	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	December 31, 2010
Brian Rafalski	800th Career NHL Game	January 7, 2011
Henrik Zetterberg	300th Career NHL Assist	January 7, 2011
Jan Mursak	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 10, 2011
Kris Draper	200th Career NHL Assist	January 15, 2011
Jakub Kindl	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 20, 2011
Cory Emmerton	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 22, 2011
Johan Franzen	200th Career NHL Point	January 26, 2011
Jiri Hudler	300th Career NHL Game	February 2, 2011
Brian Rafalski	500th Career NHL Point	February 2, 2011
Justin Abdelkader	100th Career NHL Game	February 9, 2011
Todd Bertuzzi	700th Career NHL Point	February 11, 2011
Jakub Kindl	1st Career NHL Assist	February 17, 2011
Todd Bertuzzi	1,000th Career NHL Game	February 20, 2011
Ruslan Salei	900th Career NHL Game	February 22, 2011
Nicklas Lidstrom	1,100th Career NHL Point	March 5, 2011
Tomas Holmstrom	500th Career NHL Point	March 21, 2011
Jiri Hudler	100th Career NHL Assist	March 26, 2011
Thomas McCollum	1st Career NHL Game	March 30, 2011
Drew Miller	200th Career NHL Game	April 10, 2011
Valtteri Filppula	100th Career NHL Assist	April 10, 2011

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
Henrik Zetterberg	100th Career NHL Playoff Game	May 4, 2011
Brian Rafalski	100th Career NHL Playoff Point	May 6, 2011
Daniel Cleary	100th Career NHL Playoff Game	May 8, 2011

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

Trades

Date	Details

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Joey MacDonald[103] Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $550,000 Chris Minard[103] Edmonton Oilers 2 years, $1.05 million Jamie Johnson[103] Rochester Americans 2 years, $1 million Mike Modano[104] Dallas Stars 1 year, $1.25 million Ruslan Salei[105] Colorado Avalanche 1 year, $750,000 Trevor Parkes[106] Montreal Junior Hockey Club 3 years, $1.625 million entry-level contract Evgeni Nabokov[107] SKA Saint Petersburg 1 year, $570,000

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Brett Lebda[108] Toronto Maple Leafs 2 years, $2.9 million Jeremy Williams[109] New York Rangers 1 year, $515,000 Andreas Lilja[110] Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Mattias Ritola[111] Tampa Bay Lightning October 5, 2010 Evgeni Nabokov[112] New York Islanders January 22, 2011

Lost via retirement Player Kirk Maltby[113] Player signings Player Contract terms Mitchell Callahan[114] 3 years, $1.675 million entry-level contract Mattias Ritola[115] 3 years, $1.55 million Brendan Smith[116] 3 years, $2.625 million entry-level contract Nicklas Lidstrom[117] 1 year, $6.2 million Tomas Holmstrom[118] 2 years, $3.75 million Ilari Filppula[119] 1 year, $500,000 Todd Bertuzzi[120] 2 years, $3.875 million Drew Miller[121] 1 year, $650,000 Patrick Eaves[122] 1 year, $750,000 Derek Meech[123] 1 year, $500,000 Sergei Kolosov[124] 1 year, $500,000 Darren Helm[125] 2 years, $1.825 million Jamie Tardif[126] 1 year, $550,000 Justin Abdelkader[127] 2 years, $1.575 million Kirk Maltby[128] 1 year, $525,000 Landon Ferraro[129] 3 years, $2.145 million entry-level contract Louis-Marc Aubry[130] 3 years, $1.845 million entry-level contract Gleason Fournier[131] 3 years, $1.82 million entry-level contract Jan Mursak[132] 2 years, $1.1 million contract extension Jimmy Howard[133] 2 years, $4.5 million contract extension Gustav Nyquist[134] 2 years, $1.525 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

The 2010 NHL entry draft was held in Los Angeles on June 25–26, 2010.

Round	Overall Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	21	Riley Sheahan	C	Canada	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
2	51	Calle Jarnkrok	C	Sweden	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)
3	81	Louis-Marc Aubry	C	Canada	Montreal Junior Hockey Club (QMJHL)
4	111	Teemu Pulkkinen	LW	Finland	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
5	141	Petr Mrazek	G	Czech Republic	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6	171	Brooks Macek	C	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
7	201	Ben Marshall	D	United States	Mahtomedi Senior High School (USHS-MN)

See also

• 2010–11 NHL season

Farm teams

The Grand Rapids Griffins remain Detroit's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in 2010–11^[135] and the Toledo Walleye will become the team's ECHL affiliate in 2010–11.