2022–23 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2022–23 Detroit Red Wings season was the 97th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[2] It was the Red Wings' sixth season at Little Caesars Arena. This was the Red Wings' first season under new head coach Derek Lalonde.^[3]

2022–23 Detroit Red Wings
Division	7th Atlantic
Conference	12th Eastern
2022–23 record	35–37–10
Home record	19–17–5
Road record	16–20–5
Goals for	240
Goals against	279
Team information
General manager	Steve Yzerman
Coach	Derek Lalonde
Captain	Dylan Larkin
Alternate captains	Rotating Rotating
Arena	Little Caesars Arena
Average attendance	18,819[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Dylan Larkin (32)
Assists	Dylan Larkin (47)
Points	Dylan Larkin (79)
Penalty minutes	David Perron (52)
Plus/minus	Jake Walman (+10)
Wins	Ville Husso (26)
Goals against average	Ville Husso (3.11)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for the seventh consecutive season on April 6, 2023, after a 7–6 shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres.^[4][5] They finished the season with a 35–37–10 record.^[6]

Off-season

On June 30, 2022, Derek Lalonde was named head coach following the departure of Jeff Blashill.^[7][8]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	82	65	12	5	54	305	177	+128	135
2	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	50	21	11	42	279	222	+57	111
3	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	30	6	38	283	254	+29	98
4	x – Florida Panthers	82	42	32	8	36	290	273	+17	92
5	Buffalo Sabres	82	42	33	7	30	296	300	−4	91
6	Ottawa Senators	82	39	35	8	31	261	271	−10	86
7	Detroit Red Wings	82	35	37	10	28	240	279	−39	80
8	Montreal Canadiens	82	31	45	6	21	232	307	−75	68

Source: National Hockey League^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Islanders	82	42	31	9	36	243	222	+21	93
2	AT	x – Florida Panthers	82	42	32	8	36	290	273	+17	92
3	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	31	11	31	262	264	−2	91
4	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	42	33	7	30	296	300	−4	91
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	39	35	8	31	261	271	−10	86
6	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	35	37	10	28	240	279	−39	80
7	ME	Washington Capitals	82	35	37	10	27	255	265	−10	80
8	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	31	38	13	26	222	277	−55	75
9	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	31	45	6	21	232	307	−75	68
10	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	25	48	9	15	214	330	−116	59

Source: National Hockey League^[10]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

2022 preseason game log: 3–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 2–2–0)[11]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 27	Detroit	6–2	Pittsburgh		Brattström	13,020	1–0–0	[12]
2	September 28	Chicago	4–2	Detroit		Olkinuora	12,782	1–1–0	[13]
3	September 30	Washington	2–0	Detroit		Brattström	13,426	1–2–0	[14]
4	October 1	Detroit	3–0	Chicago		Cossa	15,735	2–2–0	[15]
5	October 3	Pittsburgh	3–2	Detroit		Husso	—	2–3–0	[16]
6	October 5	Detroit	2–4	Washington		Husso	—	2–4–0	[17]
7	October 7	Toronto	2–4	Detroit		Nedeljkovic	—	3–4–0	[18]
8	October 8	Detroit	1–5	Toronto		Brattström	18,347	3–5–0	[19]

Regular season

2022–23 game log 35–37–10 (Home: 19–17–5; Road: 16–20–5)[20]
October: 4–3–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Montreal 0–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 1–0–0 2 [21] 2 October 15 Detroit 5–2 New Jersey Nedeljkovic 16,514 2–0–0 4 [22] 3 October 17 Los Angeles 5–4 Detroit OT Husso 15,919 2–0–1 5 [23] 4 October 21 Detroit 3–4 Chicago OT Nedeljkovic 18,753 2–0–2 6 [24] 5 October 23 Anaheim 1–5 Detroit Husso 17,932 3–0–2 8 [25] 6 October 25 New Jersey 6–2 Detroit Nedeljkovic 16,546 3–1–2 8 [26] 7 October 27 Detroit 1–5 Boston Husso 17,850 3–2–2 8 [27] 8 October 29 Minnesota 1–2 Detroit Husso 17,364 4–2–2 10 [28] 9 October 31 Detroit 3–8 Buffalo Nedeljkovic 9,673 4–3–2 10 [29]
November: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 3 Washington 1–3 Detroit Husso 18,527 5–3–2 12 [30] 11 November 5 NY Islanders 0–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 6–3–2 14 [31] 12 November 6 Detroit 3–2 NY Rangers OT Nedeljkovic 18,006 7–3–2 16 [32] 13 November 8 Montreal 3–2 Detroit SO Husso 17,033 7–3–3 17 [33] 14 November 10 NY Rangers 8–2 Detroit Husso 18,869 7–4–3 17 [34] 15 November 12 Detroit 3–4 Los Angeles Nedeljkovic 18,230 7–5–3 17 [35] 16 November 15 Detroit 2–3 Anaheim OT Husso 15,198 7–5–4 18 [36] 17 November 17 Detroit 7–4 San Jose Husso 14,134 8–5–4 20 [37] 18 November 19 Detroit 6–1 Columbus Husso 18,693 9–5–4 22 [38] 19 November 23 Nashville 0–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 10–5–4 24 [39] 20 November 25 Arizona 3–4 Detroit SO Husso 19,515 11–5–4 26 [40] 21 November 28 Toronto 4–2 Detroit Husso 19,515 11–6–4 26 [41] 22 November 30 Buffalo 5–4 Detroit SO Nedeljkovic 19,515 11–6–5 27 [42]
December: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 3–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 3 Vegas 4–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 11–7–5 27 [43] 24 December 4 Detroit 4–2 Columbus Husso 16,087 12–7–5 29 [44] 25 December 6 Detroit 4–2 Tampa Bay Husso 19,092 13–7–5 31 [45] 26 December 8 Detroit 1–5 Florida Nedeljkovic 14,961 13–8–5 31 [46] 27 December 10 Detroit 2–3 Dallas OT Husso 18,532 13–8–6 32 [47] 28 December 13 Carolina 1–0 Detroit Husso 19,515 13–9–6 32 [48] 29 December 14 Detroit 1–4 Minnesota Hellberg 18,324 13–10–6 32 [49] 30 December 17 Ottawa 6–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 13–11–6 32 [50] 31 December 19 Detroit 3–4 Washington OT Husso 18,573 13–11–7 33 [51] 32 December 21 Tampa Bay 4–7 Detroit Husso 19,515 14–11–7 35 [52] — December 23 Detroit Ottawa Postponed due to winter storm. Rescheduled to February 27.[53] 33 December 28 Detroit 5–4 Pittsburgh OT Hellberg 18,387 15–11–7 37 [54] 34 December 29 Detroit 3–6 Buffalo Hellberg 19,070 15–12–7 37 [55] 35 December 31 Ottawa 2–4 Detroit Hellberg 19,515 16–12–7 39 [56]
January: 5–7–1 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 4 New Jersey 5–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 16–13–7 39 [57] 37 January 6 Florida 3–2 Detroit Husso 19,515 16–14–7 39 [58] 38 January 7 Detroit 1–4 Toronto Hellberg 19,101 16–15–7 39 [59] 39 January 10 Winnipeg 5–7 Detroit Husso 19,515 17–15–7 41 [60] 40 January 12 Toronto 1–4 Detroit Husso 19,515 18–15–7 43 [61] 41 January 14 Columbus 4–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 18–16–7 43 [62] 42 January 16 Detroit 3–6 Colorado Husso 18,117 18–17–7 43 [63] 43 January 17 Detroit 3–4 Arizona SO Hellberg 4,600 18–17–8 44 [64] 44 January 19 Detroit 3–2 Vegas Husso 17,911 19–17–8 46 [65] 45 January 21 Philadelphia 2–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 19–18–8 46 [66] 46 January 24 San Jose 2–3 Detroit OT Husso 19,515 20–18–8 48 [67] 47 January 26 Detroit 4–3 Montreal OT Husso 21,105 21–18–8 50 [68] 48 January 27 Detroit 0–2 NY Islanders Hellberg 17,255 21–19–8 50 [69]
February: 7–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap All-Star Break in Sunrise, Florida 49 February 7 Edmonton 5–2 Detroit Husso 19,515 21–20–8 50 [70] 50 February 9 Calgary 1–2 Detroit Husso 19,515 22–20–8 52 [71] 51 February 11 Vancouver 2–5 Detroit Husso 19,515 23–20–8 54 [72] 52 February 13 Detroit 6–1 Vancouver Husso 18,465 24–20–8 56 [73] 53 February 15 Detroit 5–4 Edmonton SO Husso 17,627 25–20–8 58 [74] 54 February 16 Detroit 5–2 Calgary Hellberg 17,713 26–20–8 60 [75] 55 February 18 Detroit 2–4 Seattle Husso 17,151 26–21–8 60 [76] 56 February 21 Detroit 3–1 Washington Husso 18,573 27–21–8 62 [77] 57 February 23 NY Rangers 1–4 Detroit Husso 19,515 28–21–8 64 [78] 58 February 25 Tampa Bay 3–0 Detroit Husso 19,515 28–22–8 64 [79] 59 February 27 Detroit 2–6 Ottawa Hellberg 16,214 28–23–8 64 [80] 60 February 28 Detroit 1–6 Ottawa Husso 14,071 28–24–8 64 [81]
March: 5–9–1 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 1–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Seattle 5–4 Detroit OT Husso 19,515 28–24–9 65 [82] 62 March 4 Detroit 1–4 NY Islanders Hellberg 17,255 28–25–9 65 [83] 63 March 5 Detroit 1–3 Philadelphia Husso 17,630 28–26–9 65 [84] 64 March 8 Chicago 3–4 Detroit Husso 19,181 29–26–9 67 [85] 65 March 11 Detroit 2–3 Boston Hellberg 17,850 29–27–9 67 [86] 66 March 12 Boston 3–5 Detroit Husso 19,515 30–27–9 69 [87] 67 March 14 Detroit 1–2 Nashville Husso 17,644 30–28–9 69 [88] 68 March 18 Colorado 5–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 30–29–9 69 [89] 69 March 20 Florida 5–2 Detroit Husso 15,198 30–30–9 69 [90] 70 March 21 Detroit 3–2 St. Louis SO Hellberg 18,096 31–30–9 71 [91] 71 March 23 St. Louis 4–3 Detroit Nedeljkovic 17,036 31–31–9 71 [92] 72 March 25 Detroit 0–3 Philadelphia Nedeljkovic 18,216 31–32–9 71 [93] 73 March 28 Pittsburgh 4–7 Detroit Nedeljkovic 19,353 32–32–9 73 [94] 74 March 30 Carolina 2–3 Detroit Nedeljkovic 19,183 33–32–9 75 [95] 75 March 31 Detroit 2–6 Winnipeg Hellberg 14,389 33–33–9 75 [96]
April: 2–4–1 (Home: 0–2–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Detroit 5–2 Toronto Nedeljkovic 18,675 34–33–9 77 [97] 77 April 4 Detroit 5–0 Montreal Husso 21,105 35–33–9 79 [98] 78 April 6 Buffalo 7–6 Detroit SO Husso 19,367 35–33–10 80 [99] 79 April 8 Pittsburgh 5–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 35–34–10 80 [100] 80 April 10 Dallas 6–1 Detroit Husso 17,861 35–35–10 80 [101] 81 April 11 Detroit 1–4 Carolina Nedeljkovic 18,680 35–36–10 80 [102] 82 April 13 Detroit 0–5 Tampa Bay Husso 19,092 35–37–10 80 [103]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Lucas Raymond NHL Second Star of the Week January 16, 2023[104] Dylan Larkin NHL Second Star of the Week February 6, 2023[105] Dylan Larkin NHL Third Star of the Week February 20, 2023[106]

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Elmer Soderblom 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL goal October 14, 2022 Filip Hronek 100th career NHL assist October 21, 2022 Oskar Sundqvist 100th career NHL point October 23, 2022 Adam Erne 300th career NHL game October 25, 2022 Gustav Lindstrom 100th career NHL game October 31, 2022 Ben Chiarot 500th career NHL game November 5, 2022 Jordan Oesterle 300th career NHL game November 6, 2022 David Perron 400th career NHL assist November 12, 2022 Andrew Copp 500th career NHL game November 17, 2022 Lucas Raymond 100th career NHL game November 19, 2022 Moritz Seider 100th career NHL game November 19, 2022 Oskar Sundqvist 300th career NHL game November 23, 2022 Michael Rasmussen 200th career NHL game November 25, 2022 David Perron 1,000th career NHL game December 10, 2022 Joe Veleno 100th career NHL game December 17, 2022 Jake Walman 100th career NHL game January 12, 2023 Simon Edvinsson 1st career NHL game March 18, 2023 Alex Nedeljkovic 100th career NHL game March 28, 2023 Matt Luff 100th career NHL game March 31, 2023 Marco Kasper 1st career NHL game April 2, 2023

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[107]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Dylan Larkin	80	32	47	79	–7	45
David Perron	82	24	32	56	–7	52
Dominik Kubalik	81	20	25	45	–15	24
Lucas Raymond	74	17	28	45	–17	24
Andrew Copp	82	9	33	42	2	25
Moritz Seider	82	5	37	42	–11	40
Filip Hronek‡	60	9	29	38	8	34
Michael Rasmussen	56	10	19	29	2	43
Jonatan Berggren	67	15	13	28	–14	16
Pius Suter	79	14	10	24	–3	6
Olli Maatta	78	6	17	23	–9	14
Oskar Sundqvist	52	7	14	21	-4	20
Joe Veleno	81	9	11	20	–12	30
Ben Chiarot	76	5	14	19	–31	51
Jake Walman	63	9	9	18	10	45
Adam Erne	61	8	10	18	–12	21
Robby Fabbri	28	7	9	16	–1	22
Tyler Bertuzzi‡	29	4	10	14	–12	23
Jordan Oesterle	52	2	9	11	–9	19
Alex Chiasson	20	6	3	9	–8	6
Elmer Soderblom	21	5	3	8	0	8
Gustav Lindstrom	36	1	7	8	–16	20
Filip Zadina	30	3	4	7	–5	10
Robert Hagg	38	2	5	7	–5	26
Austin Czarnik	29	3	2	5	–4	8
Matt Luff	19	2	2	4	–4	0
Simon Edvinsson	9	2	0	2	–7	12
Jakub Vrana‡	5	1	1	2	+1	0
Marco Kasper	1	0	0	0	0	0
Taro Hirose	3	0	0	0	-2	2
Givani Smith‡	2	0	0	0	-3	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[108]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ville Husso	56	56	3,221	26	22	7	167	3.11	1,603	.896	4	0	0	0
Magnus Hellberg†	17	13	877	4	8	0	48	3.29	416	.885	0	0	0	0
Alex Nedeljkovic	15	13	833	5	7	2	49	3.53	466	.895	0	0	0	0

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

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08)	To St. Louis Blues 3rd-round pick in 2022	To Detroit Red Wings Ville Husso	[109]
December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19)	To Florida Panthers Givani Smith	To Detroit Red Wings Michael Del Zotto	[110]
December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19)	To Anaheim Ducks Michael Del Zotto	To Detroit Red Wings Danny O'Regan	[111]
March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01)	To Vancouver Canucks Filip Hronek 4th-round pick in 2023	To Detroit Red Wings 1st-round pick in 2023 2nd-round pick in 2023	[112]
March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02)	To Boston Bruins Tyler Bertuzzi	To Detroit Red Wings 1st-round pick in 2024 4th-round pick in 2025	[113]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Ben Chiarot	from Florida Panthers	4-year	[114]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Andrew Copp	from New York Rangers	5-year	[115]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Austin Czarnik	from New York Islanders	2-year	[116]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Thomas Greiss	to St. Louis Blues	1-year	[117]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Magnus Hellberg	to Seattle Kraken	2-year	[118]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Dominik Kubalik	from Chicago Blackhawks	2-year	[119]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Matt Luff	from Nashville Predators	1-year	[116]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	David Perron	from St. Louis Blues	2-year	[120]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Calvin Pickard	to Edmonton Oilers	2-year	[121]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Dan Renouf	to Boston Bruins	2-year	[122]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Marc Staal	to Florida Panthers	1-year	[123]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Mitchell Stephens	to Montreal Canadiens	1-year	[124]
July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)	Riley Barber	to Dallas Stars	1-year	[125]
July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)	Olli Maatta	from Los Angeles Kings	1-year	[126]
July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)	Mark Pysyk	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year	[127]
July 18, 2022 (2022-07-18)	Turner Elson	to New York Rangers	1-year	[128]
July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25)	Robert Hagg	from Florida Panthers	1-year	[129]
July 27, 2022 (2022-07-27)	Olli Juolevi	to Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[130]
September 2, 2022 (2022-09-02)	Sam Gagner	to Winnipeg Jets	1-year	[131]
September 12, 2022 (2022-09-12)	Carter Rowney	to Löwen Frankfurt	1-year	[132]
December 23, 2022 (2022-12-23)	Amadeus Lombardi	from Flint Firebirds	3-year	[133]
March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01)	Alexandre Doucet	from Halifax Mooseheads	3-year	[134]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08)	Ville Husso	3-year	[135]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Marco Kasper	3-year	[136]
July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21)	Chase Pearson	1-year	[137]
August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)	Jake Walman	1-year	[138]
August 26, 2022 (2022-08-26)	Filip Zadina	3-year	[139]
February 16, 2023 (2023-02-16)	Olli Maatta	2-year	[140]
March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01)	Dylan Larkin	8-year	[141]
March 28, 2023 (2023-03-28)	Carter Mazur	3-year	[142]

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2022 NHL entry draft, which was held on July 7 and 8, 2022, at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Marco Kasper	C	Austria	Rogle BK (SHL)
2	40	Dylan James	LW	Canada	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
2	521	Dmitri Buchelnikov	LW	Russia	SKA-1946 (JHL)
4	105	Anton Johansson	D	Sweden	Leksands IF (SHL)
4	1132	Amadeus Lombardi	C	Canada	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
4	1293	Maximilian Kilpinen	LW	Sweden	Örebro HK (J20)
5	137	Tnias Mathruin	D	Canada	North Bay Battalion (OHL)
7	201	Owen Mehlenbacher	C	Canada	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
7	2124	Brennan Ali	C	United States	Avon Old Farms (US-Prep)

Notes:

1. The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on April 12, 2021, that sent Anthony Mantha to Washington in exchange for Richard Panik, Jakub Vrana, a first-round pick in 2021 and this pick.^[143]
2. The Vegas Golden Knights' fourth-round pick went go to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2020 (125th overall) to Vegas in exchange for this pick.^[144]
3. The Colorado Avalanche's fourth-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on April 9, 2021, that sent Patrik Nemeth to Colorado in exchange for this pick.^[145]
4. The Los Angeles Kings' seventh-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 20, 2022, that sent Troy Stecher to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.^[146]