2024–25 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2024–25 Detroit Red Wings season was the 99th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[1] It was the Red Wings' eighth season at Little Caesars Arena. This was the Red Wings' third season under head coach Derek Lalonde, until he was fired and replaced by Todd McLellan on December 26, 2024.^[2]

2024–25 Detroit Red Wings
Division	6th Atlantic
Conference	10th Eastern
2024–25 record	39–35–8
Home record	22–16–3
Road record	17–19–5
Goals for	238
Goals against	259
Team information
General manager	Steve Yzerman
Coach	Derek Lalonde (Oct. 10 – Dec. 26) Todd McLellan (Dec. 26 – Apr. 17)
Captain	Dylan Larkin
Alternate captains	Rotating Rotating
Arena	Little Caesars Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alex DeBrincat (39)
Assists	Lucas Raymond (53)
Points	Lucas Raymond (80)
Penalty minutes	Ben Chiarot (69)
Plus/minus	Simon Edvinsson (+12)
Wins	Cam Talbot (21)
Goals against average	Sebastian Cossa (2.67)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for the ninth consecutive season on April 12, 2025, after the Montreal Canadiens lost in overtime to the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[3] This extended their longest playoff drought in franchise history.^[4] They finished the season with a 39–35–8 record.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	52	26	4	41	268	231	+37	108
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	47	27	8	41	294	219	+75	102
3	x – Florida Panthers	82	47	31	4	37	252	223	+29	98
4	x – Ottawa Senators	82	45	30	7	35	243	234	+9	97
5	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	40	31	11	30	245	265	−20	91
6	Detroit Red Wings	82	39	35	8	30	238	259	−21	86
7	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	39	7	29	269	289	−20	79
8	Boston Bruins	82	33	39	10	26	222	272	−50	76

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
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; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	45	30	7	35	243	234	+9	97
2	AT	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	40	31	11	30	245	265	−20	91
3	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	33	9	30	273	268	+5	89
4	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	39	35	8	30	238	259	−21	86
5	ME	New York Rangers	82	39	36	7	35	256	255	+1	85
6	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	35	12	28	224	260	−36	82
7	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	34	36	12	24	243	293	−50	80
8	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	39	7	29	269	289	−20	79
9	AT	Boston Bruins	82	33	39	10	26	222	272	−50	76
10	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	39	10	21	238	286	−48	76

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
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

2024 preseason game log: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 2–1–1)[8]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 25	Detroit	4–2	Chicago		Husso	10,354	1–0–0	[9]
2	September 27	Chicago	0–2	Detroit		Lyon	11,175	2–0–0	[10]
—	September 28	Pittsburgh	—	Detroit	Game postponed due to Penguins travel issues.[11] Rescheduled to September 30
3	September 30	Detroit	3–4	Buffalo	OT	Campbell	11,245	2–0–1	[12]
4	September 30	Pittsburgh	5–1	Detroit		Talbot	5,775	2–1–1	[13]
5	October 1	Detroit	2–1	Pittsburgh		Husso	12,059	3–1–1	[14]
6	October 3	Toronto	2–0	Detroit		Talbot	11,349	3–2–1	[15]
7	October 4	Ottawa	4–3	Detroit	OT	Lyon	10,080	3–2–2	[16]
8	October 5	Detroit	2–3	Toronto		Husso	18,524	3–3–2	[17]

Regular season

2024–25 game log: 39–35–8 (Home: 22–16–3; Road: 17–19–5)[18]
October: 4–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Pittsburgh 6–3 Detroit Husso 17,916 0–1–0 0 [19] 2 October 12 Nashville 0–3 Detroit Talbot 19,515 1–1–0 2 [20] 3 October 14 Detroit 1–4 NY Rangers Lyon 17,510 1–2–0 2 [21] 4 October 17 NY Rangers 5–2 Detroit Talbot 19,515 1–3–0 2 [22] 5 October 19 Detroit 5–2 Nashville Lyon 17,159 2–3–0 4 [23] 6 October 22 Detroit 1–0 NY Islanders Lyon 12,739 3–3–0 6 [24] 7 October 24 New Jersey 3–5 Detroit Talbot 19,515 4–3–0 8 [25] 8 October 26 Detroit 3–5 Buffalo Lyon 15,017 4–4–0 8 [26] 9 October 27 Edmonton 3–2 Detroit OT Talbot 19,515 4–4–1 9 [27] 10 October 30 Winnipeg 6–2 Detroit Lyon 18,780 4–5–1 9 [28]
November: 6–6–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Buffalo 1–2 Detroit Talbot 19,515 5–5–1 11 [29] 12 November 6 Detroit 4–1 Chicago Talbot 19,984 6–5–1 13 [30] 13 November 8 Detroit 1–3 Toronto Talbot 19,152 6–6–1 13 [31] 14 November 9 NY Rangers 4–0 Detroit Husso 19,515 6–7–1 13 [32] 15 November 13 Detroit 3–2 Pittsburgh OT Talbot 15,191 7–7–1 15 [33] 16 November 15 Detroit 4–6 Anaheim Lyon 14,154 7–8–1 15 [34] 17 November 16 Detroit 1–4 Los Angeles Talbot 18,145 7–9–1 15 [35] 18 November 18 Detroit 4–5 San Jose OT Talbot 11,180 7–9–2 16 [36] 19 November 21 NY Islanders 1–2 Detroit Lyon 19,013 8–9–2 18 [37] 20 November 23 Boston 2–1 Detroit Talbot 19,515 8–10–2 18 [38] 21 November 25 Detroit 4–2 NY Islanders Lyon 14,900 9–10–2 20 [39] 22 November 27 Calgary 1–2 Detroit OT Talbot 19,515 10–10–2 22 [40] 23 November 29 New Jersey 5–4 Detroit Talbot 19,515 10–11–2 22 [41]
December: 5–7–2 (Home: 4–4–1; Road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Vancouver 5–4 Detroit OT Husso 19,515 10–11–3 23 [42] 25 December 3 Detroit 2–3 Boston OT Husso 17,950 10–11–4 24 [43] 26 December 5 Detroit 1–2 Ottawa Husso 16,739 10–12–4 24 [44] 27 December 7 Colorado 2–1 Detroit Husso 19,515 10–13–4 24 [45] 28 December 9 Detroit 6–5 Buffalo SO Cossa 14,559 11–13–4 26 [46] 29 December 12 Detroit 1–4 Philadelphia Talbot 18,377 11–14–4 26 [47] 30 December 14 Toronto 2–4 Detroit Husso 19,515 12–14–4 28 [48] 31 December 18 Philadelphia 4–6 Detroit Lyon 19,515 13–14–4 30 [49] 32 December 20 Montreal 4–3 Detroit Talbot 19,515 13–15–4 30 [50] 33 December 21 Detroit 1–5 Montreal Lyon 21,105 13–16–4 30 [51] 34 December 23 St. Louis 4–0 Detroit Talbot 19,515 13–17–4 30 [52] 35 December 27 Toronto 5–2 Detroit Talbot 19,515 13–18–4 30 [53] 36 December 29 Washington 2–4 Detroit Lyon 19,515 14–18–4 32 [54] 37 December 31 Pittsburgh 2–4 Detroit Lyon 19,515 15–18–4 34 [55]
January: 10–3–1 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 Detroit 5–4 Columbus Talbot 18,370 16–18–4 36 [56] 39 January 4 Detroit 4–2 Winnipeg Lyon 14,527 17–18–4 38 [57] 40 January 7 Ottawa 2–3 Detroit OT Talbot 19,515 18–18–4 40 [58] 41 January 10 Chicago 3–5 Detroit Talbot 19,515 19–18–4 42 [59] 42 January 12 Seattle 2–6 Detroit Talbot 19,515 20–18–4 44 [60] 43 January 14 San Jose 6–3 Detroit Husso 19,515 20–19–4 44 [61] 44 January 16 Detroit 5–2 Florida Talbot 19,486 21–19–4 46 [62] 45 January 18 Detroit 1–5 Tampa Bay Talbot 19,092 21–20–4 46 [63] 46 January 19 Detroit 1–4 Dallas Lyon 18,532 21–21–4 46 [64] 47 January 21 Detroit 1–2 Philadelphia OT Lyon 17,635 21–21–5 47 [65] 48 January 23 Montreal 2–4 Detroit Talbot 19,515 22–21–5 49 [66] 49 January 25 Tampa Bay 0–2 Detroit Talbot 19,515 23–21–5 51 [67] 50 January 27 Los Angeles 2–5 Detroit Talbot 17,450 24–21–5 53 [68] 51 January 30 Detroit 3–2 Edmonton SO Lyon 18,347 25–21–5 55 [69]
February: 5–2–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Detroit 3–1 Calgary Talbot 17,707 26–21–5 57 [70] 53 February 2 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver OT Lyon 18,872 27–21–5 59 [71] 54 February 4 Detroit 5–4 Seattle SO Talbot 17,151 28–21–5 61 [72] 55 February 8 Tampa Bay 6–3 Detroit Talbot 19,515 28–22–5 61 [73] 56 February 22 Minnesota 4–3 Detroit OT Talbot 19,515 28–22–6 62 [74] 57 February 23 Anaheim 4–5 Detroit OT Lyon 19,515 29–22–6 64 [75] 58 February 25 Detroit 3–2 Minnesota Talbot 18,618 30–22–6 66 [76] 59 February 27 Columbus 5–2 Detroit Talbot 19,515 30–23–6 66 [77]
March: 4–10–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 Detroit 3–5 Columbus Talbot 94,751 (outdoors) 30–24–6 66 [78] 61 March 4 Carolina 2–1 Detroit Lyon 18,573 30–25–6 66 [79] 62 March 6 Utah 4–2 Detroit Lyon 19,515 30–26–6 66 [80] 63 March 7 Detroit 2–5 Washington Talbot 18,573 30–27–6 66 [81] 64 March 10 Detroit 1–2 Ottawa Talbot 18,651 30–28–6 66 [82] 65 March 12 Buffalo 3–7 Detroit Mrazek 18,885 31–28–6 68 [83] 66 March 14 Detroit 2–4 Carolina Mrazek 18,845 31–29–6 68 [84] 67 March 16 Vegas 0–3 Detroit Mrazek 19,515 32–29–6 70 [85] 68 March 18 Detroit 1–4 Washington Mrazek 18,573 32–30–6 70 [86] 69 March 22 Detroit 3–6 Vegas Talbot 18,348 32–31–6 70 [87] 70 March 24 Detroit 5–1 Utah Lyon 11,131 33–31–6 72 [88] 71 March 25 Detroit 2–5 Colorado Lyon 18,101 33–32–6 72 [89] 72 March 27 Ottawa 4–3 Detroit Talbot 19,515 33–33–6 72 [90] 73 March 29 Boston 1–2 Detroit Talbot 19,515 34–33–6 74 [91]
April: 5–2–2 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Detroit 1–2 St. Louis OT Talbot 18,096 34–33–7 75 [92] 75 April 4 Carolina 3–5 Detroit Talbot 18,972 35–33–7 77 [93] 76 April 6 Florida 1–2 Detroit Talbot 19,515 36–33–7 79 [94] 77 April 8 Detroit 1–4 Montreal Talbot 21,105 36–34–7 79 [95] 78 April 10 Detroit 1–4 Florida Talbot 19,448 36–35–7 79 [96] 79 April 11 Detroit 4–3 Tampa Bay OT Lyon 19,092 37–35–7 81 [97] 80 April 14 Dallas 4–6 Detroit Talbot 18,669 38–35–7 83 [98] 81 April 16 Detroit 5–2 New Jersey Lyon 16,514 39–35–7 85 [99] 82 April 17 Detroit 3–4 Toronto OT Talbot 18,605 39–35–8 86 [100]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Stats updated as of April 17, 2025

Skaters

Regular season ^[101]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Lucas Raymond	82	27	53	80	–15	18
Alex DeBrincat	82	39	31	70	–13	29
Dylan Larkin	82	30	40	70	–16	40
Patrick Kane	72	21	38	59	–16	12
Moritz Seider	82	8	38	46	–5	40
Marco Kasper	77	19	18	37	1	34
Vladimir Tarasenko	80	11	22	33	–13	6
J. T. Compher	76	11	21	32	–7	24
Simon Edvinsson	78	7	24	31	12	67
Jonatan Berggren	75	12	12	24	–13	14
Andrew Copp	56	10	13	23	4	8
Michael Rasmussen	77	11	10	21	–12	24
Erik Gustafsson	60	2	16	18	–19	20
Ben Chiarot	81	4	9	13	–14	69
Elmer Soderblom	26	4	7	11	2	6
Joe Veleno‡	56	5	5	10	–14	13
Tyler Motte	55	4	5	9	–11	6
Albert Johansson	61	3	6	9	–11	30
Justin Holl	73	2	6	8	–7	16
Jeff Petry	44	1	7	8	–2	16
Christian Fischer‡	45	1	6	7	–5	11
Austin Watson	13	3	0	3	1	17
Craig Smith†	19	0	2	2	–2	6
William Lagesson	7	0	1	1	–1	4
Dominik Shine	9	0	1	1	–1	15
Olli Maatta‡	7	0	0	0	0	0
Carter Mazur	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season ^[102]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cam Talbot	47	43	2642:10	21	19	5	129	2.93	1,295	.901	2	0	0	0
Alex Lyon	30	26	1559:38	14	9	1	50	2.81	705	.896	1	0	0	2
Petr Mrazek†	5	5	240:35	2	2	0	10	3.69	102	.902	1	0	0	0
Ville Husso‡	9	8	438:49	1	5	2	27	3.69	202	.866	0	0	0	0
Sebastian Cossa	1	0	45	1	0	0	2	2.67	14	.857	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.

Awards and honours

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Albert Johansson 1st career NHL game October 12, 2024 Marco Kasper 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL goal November 15, 2024 Sebastian Cossa 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL win December 9, 2024 Patrick Kane 1,300th career NHL point December 29, 2024 Dominik Shine 1st career NHL game January 27, 2025

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2024 (2024-06-25)	To Nashville Predators Andrew Gibson	To Detroit Red Wings 2nd-round pick in 2024 Jesse Kiiskinen	[103]
June 25, 2024 (2024-06-25)	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2024 Jake Walman	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	[104]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)	To Anaheim Ducks Robby Fabbri Conditional 4th-round pick in 2025	To Detroit Red Wings Gage Alexander	[105]
October 30, 2024 (2024-10-30)	To Utah Hockey Club Olli Määttä	To Detroit Red Wings 3rd-round pick in 2025	[106]
February 24, 2025 (2025-02-24)	To Anaheim Ducks Ville Husso	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	[107]
March 7, 2025 (2025-03-07)	To Chicago Blackhawks Joe Veleno	To Detroit Red Wings Petr Mrázek Craig Smith	[108]
March 14, 2025 (2025-03-14)	To New Jersey Devils Tory Dello	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	[109]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	David Perron	to Ottawa Senators	2-year	[110]
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	William Lagesson	from Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[111]
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Cam Talbot	from Los Angeles Kings	2-year	[112]
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Zach Aston-Reese	to Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	[113]
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Erik Gustafsson	from New York Rangers	2-year	[114]
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Sheldon Dries	from Vancouver Canucks	2-year	[115]
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Jack Campbell	from Edmonton Oilers	1-year
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Shayne Gostisbehere	to Carolina Hurricanes	3-year	[116]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Chase Bradley	to Colorado Avalanche	2-year	[117]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Joe Snively	from Washington Capitals	1-year	[118]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	James Reimer	to Buffalo Sabres	1-year	[119]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02)	Tyler Motte	from Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	[120]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)	Vladimir Tarasenko	from Florida Panthers	2-year	[121]
July 4, 2024 (2024-07-04)	Tony Dello	from Chicago Wolves	1-year	[122]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 30, 2024 (2024-06-30)	Patrick Kane	1-year	[123]
July 11, 2024 (2024-07-11)	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård	3-year	[124]
March 13, 2025 (2025-03-13)	Anton Johansson	3-year	[125]
March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21)	Eduards Tralmaks	1-year	[126]

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[127][128]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård	RW	Norway	Skellefteå AIK (SHL)
2	47	Max Plante	LW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3	80	Ondrej Becher	C	Czechia	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
4	1261	Landon Miller	G	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5	144	John Whipple	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
6	176	Charlie Forslund	LW	Sweden	Falu IF (Hockeyettan)
7	2032	Austin Baker	LW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7	208	Fisher Scott	D	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)

Notes:

1. The Dallas Stars' fourth-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 21, 2022, that sent Vladislav Namestnikov to Dallas in exchange for this pick.^[129]
2. The New Jersey Devils' seventh-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 8, 2024, that sent Klim Kostin to San Jose in exchange for Radim Simek and this pick.^[130]