2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season

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)
Penalties in minutes	Todd Bertuzzi (80)
Plus/minus	Brian Rafalski (23)
Wins	Jimmy Howard (37)
Goals against average	Jimmy Howard (2.26)
<2008–09	2010–11>

The 2009–10 Detroit Red Wings season was the 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.

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		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – San Jose Sharks	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	y – Chicago Blackhawks	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	82	49	28	5	272	222	103
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
5	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
6	Los Angeles Kings	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
7	Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
8	Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	244	233	95
8.5
9	St. Louis Blues	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
10	Calgary Flames	82	40	32	10	204	210	90
11	Anaheim Ducks	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
12	Dallas Stars	82	37	31	14	237	254	88
13	Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	219	246	84
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	32	35	15	216	259	79
15	Edmonton Oilers	82	27	47	8	214	284	62

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

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	Mitchell Callahan	RW	United States	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
7	210	Adam Almqvist	D	Sweden	HV71 (Elitserien)

Final roster

Updated April 12, 2010.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
8		Justin Abdelkader	C	L	23	2005	Muskegon, Michigan
44		Todd Bertuzzi	RW	L	35	2009	Sudbury, Ontario
11		Daniel Cleary	RW	L	31	2005	Carbonear, Newfoundland
13		Pavel Datsyuk (A)	C	L	31	1998	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
33		Kris Draper (A)	C	L	38	1993	Toronto, Ontario
17		Patrick Eaves	RW	R	25	2009	Calgary, Alberta
52		Jonathan Ericsson	D	L	26	2002	Karlskrona, Sweden
51		Valtteri Filppula	C	L	26	2002	Vantaa, Finland
93		Johan Franzen	LW	L	30	2004	Vetlanda, Sweden
43		Darren Helm	C	L	23	2005	St. Andrews, Manitoba
96		Tomas Holmstrom	RW	L	37	1994	Piteå, Sweden
35		Jimmy Howard	G	L	26	2003	Ogdensburg, New York
37		Doug Janik	D	L	30	2009	Agawam, Massachusetts
46		Jakub Kindl	D	L	23	2005	Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
55		Niklas Kronwall	D	L	29	2000	Stockholm, Sweden
31		Daniel Larsson	G	L	24	2006	Boden, Sweden
22		Brett Lebda	D	L	28	2004	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
5		Nicklas Lidstrom (C)	D	L	39	1989	Västerås, Sweden
3		Andreas Lilja	D	L	34	2005	Helsingborg, Sweden
18		Kirk Maltby Injured Reserve	RW	R	51	1996	Guelph, Ontario
24		Brad May	LW	L	38	2009	Toronto, Ontario
14		Derek Meech	D	L	25	2002	Winnipeg, Manitoba
20		Drew Miller	LW	L	26	2009	Dover, New Jersey
30		Chris Osgood	G	L	37	2005	Peace River, Alberta
28		Brian Rafalski	D	R	36	2007	Dearborn, Michigan
42		Mattias Ritola	C	L	23	2005	Borlänge, Sweden
23		Brad Stuart	D	L	30	2008	Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
29		Jason Williams	RW	R	29	2009	London, Ontario
40		Henrik Zetterberg (A)	LW/C	L	29	1999	Njurunda, Sweden

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.

References

External links

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