Season of Ice hockey team
The2020–21 Detroit Red Wings season was the95th season for theNational Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[ 1] Little Caesars Arena .
On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to theCOVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of theCanada–United States border . As a result of this realignment the Red Wings returned to theCentral Division for the first time since2012–13 and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season.
On April 26, the Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for the fifth consecutive season, after theNashville Predators defeated theFlorida Panthers .[ 2]
Divisional standings [ edit ] Source: National Hockey League
[ 3] 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
Schedule and results [ edit ] 2020–21 game log 19–27–10 (Home: 12–11–5; Road: 7–16–5)[ 4] January: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 0–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 Carolina 3–0 Detroit Greiss 0 0–1–0 0 [ 5] 2 January 16 Carolina 2–4 Detroit Bernier 0 1–1–0 2 [ 6] 3 January 18 Columbus 3–2 Detroit Greiss 0 1–2–0 2 [ 7] 4 January 19 Columbus 2–3 Detroit OT Bernier 0 2–2–0 4 [ 8] 5 January 22 Detroit 1–4 Chicago Greiss 0 2–3–0 4 [ 9] 6 January 24 Detroit 2–6 Chicago Bernier 0 2–4–0 4 [ 10] 7 January 26 Detroit 1–2 Dallas OT Greiss 4,109 2–4–1 5 [ 11] 8 January 28 Detroit 3–7 Dallas Greiss 4,214 2–5–1 5 [ 12] 9 January 30 Florida 3–2 Detroit OT Greiss 0 2–5–2 6 [ 13] 10 January 31 Florida 3–2 Detroit Greiss 0 2–6–2 6 [ 14]
February: 5–8–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 February 3 Detroit 1–5 Tampa Bay Greiss 0 2–7–2 6 [ 15] 12 February 5 Detroit 1–3 Tampa Bay Greiss 0 2–8–2 6 [ 16] 13 February 7 Detroit 4–1 Florida Greiss 3,706 3–8–2 8 [ 17] 14 February 9 Detroit 1–2 Florida Greiss 3,477 3–9–2 8 [ 18] 15 February 11 Detroit 2–3 Nashville Greiss 0 3–10–2 8 [ 19] 16 February 13 Detroit 4–2 Nashville Bernier 0 4–10–2 10 [ 20] 17 February 15 Chicago 3–2 Detroit OT Greiss 0 4–10–3 11 [ 21] 18 February 17 Chicago 2–0 Detroit Bernier 0 4–11–3 11 [ 22] 19 February 19 Florida 7–2 Detroit Greiss 0 4–12–3 11 [ 23] 20 February 20 Florida 1–2 Detroit Bernier 0 5–12–3 13 [ 24] 21 February 23 Nashville 2–0 Detroit Bernier 0 5–13–3 13 [ 25] 22 February 25 Nashville 2–5 Detroit Bernier 0 6–13–3 15 [ 26] 23 February 27 Detroit 5–3 Chicago Bernier 0 7–13–3 17 [ 27] 24 February 28 Detroit 2–7 Chicago Greiss 0 7–14–3 17 [ 28]
March: 5–7–1 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 March 2 Detroit 1–4 Columbus Bernier 1,953 7–15–3 17 [ 29] 26 March 4 Detroit 2–5 Carolina Bernier 2,924 7–16–3 17 [ 30] 27 March 9 Tampa Bay 4–3 Detroit OT Greiss 0 7–16–4 18 [ 31] 28 March 11 Tampa Bay 4–6 Detroit Bernier 0 8–16–4 20 [ 32] 29 March 14 Carolina 2–1 Detroit Bernier 0 8–17–4 20 [ 33] 30 March 16 Carolina 2–4 Detroit Bernier 0 9–17–4 22 [ 34] 31 March 18 Dallas 2–3 Detroit Greiss 0 10–17–4 24 [ 35] 32 March 20 Dallas 3–0 Detroit Greiss 0 10–18–4 24 [ 36] 33 March 23 Detroit 0–2 Nashville Greiss —[ a] 10–19–4 24 [ 37] 34 March 25 Detroit 1–7 Nashville Pickard —[ a] 10–20–4 24 [ 38] 35 March 27 Columbus 1–3 Detroit Pickard 0 11–20–4 26 [ 39] 36 March 28 Columbus 1–4 Detroit Pickard 0 12–20–4 28 [ 40] 37 March 30 Detroit 1–4 Florida Pickard 4,321 12–21–4 28 [ 41]
April: 5–5–5 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 3–3–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 April 1 Detroit 2–3 Florida OT Greiss 4,359 12–21–5 29 [ 42] 39 April 3 Detroit 1–2 Tampa Bay Greiss 3,800 12–22–5 29 [ 43] 40 April 4 Detroit 5–1 Tampa Bay Greiss 3,800 13–22–5 31 [ 44] 41 April 6 Nashville 3–2 Detroit SO Greiss 0 13–22–6 32 [ 45] 42 April 8 Nashville 7–1 Detroit Bernier 0 13–23–6 32 [ 46] 43 April 10 Detroit 5–4 Carolina SO Greiss 4,987 14–23–6 34 [ 47] 44 April 12 Detroit 3–1 Carolina Bernier 4,987 15–23–6 36 [ 48] 45 April 15 Chicago 1–4 Detroit Greiss 0 16–23–6 38 [ 49] 46 April 17 Chicago 4–0 Detroit Bernier 0 16–24–6 38 [ 50] 47 April 19 Detroit 2–3 Dallas SO Greiss 4,812 16–24–7 39 [ 51] 48 April 20 Detroit 2–5 Dallas Bernier 5,148 16–25–7 39 [ 52] 49 April 22 Dallas 3–7 Detroit Greiss 0 17–25–7 41 [ 53] 50 April 24 Dallas 2–1 Detroit OT Bernier 0 17–25–8 42 [ 54] 51 April 27 Detroit 0–1 Columbus SO Greiss 4,316 17–25–9 43 [ 55] 52 April 29 Detroit 1–3 Carolina Bernier 4,987 17–26–9 43 [ 56]
May: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 May 1 Tampa Bay 0–1 Detroit SO Greiss 0 18–26–9 45 [ 57] 54 May 2 Tampa Bay 2–1 Detroit Bernier 0 18–27–9 45 [ 58] 55 May 7 Detroit 5–2 Columbus Greiss 4,402 19–27–9 47 [ 59] 56 May 8 Detroit 4–5 Columbus OT Pickard 4,493 19–27–10 48 [ 60]
Legend Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
Regular season Player Award Awarded Thomas Greiss NHL First Star of the Week May 3, 2021[ 61]
Regular season Player Milestone Reached Tyler Bertuzzi 200th career NHL game January 14, 2021 Frans Nielsen 900th career NHL game January 22, 2021 Marc Staal 900th career NHL game January 28, 2021 Darren Helm 700th career NHL game January 30, 2021 Dylan Larkin 400th career NHL game February 3, 2021 Troy Stecher 300th career NHL game February 9, 2021 Sam Gagner 300th career NHL assist March 11, 2021 Thomas Greiss 300th career NHL game March 18, 2021 Anthony Mantha 300th career NHL game April 8, 2021 Danny DeKeyser 100th career NHL assist April 15, 2021
The Red Wings have been involved in the followingtransactions during the 2020–21 season.
Contract terminations [ edit ]
Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the2020 NHL entry draft , which was held on October 6 and 7, 2020, viavideo conference call due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
Notes:
TheEdmonton Oilers ' fourth-round pick went to theDetroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 23, 2020, that sentMike Green to Edmonton in exchange forKyle Brodziak and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[ 77] ^ National Hockey League (2013).The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014 57 .ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3 ^ "Red Wings miss playoffs, lack of offence among reasons" .NHL.com . April 27, 2021. RetrievedJune 5, 2021 .^ "NHL Hockey Standings" .www.nhl.com . National Hockey League.^ "Red Wings release 2020-21 season schedule" .NHL.com . December 23, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 2, 2021 .^ "Carolina Hurricanes - Detroit Red Wings - January 14th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Carolina Hurricanes - Detroit Red Wings - January 16th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Columbus Blue Jackets - Detroit Red Wings - January 18th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Columbus Blue Jackets - Detroit Red Wings - January 19th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Chicago Blackhawks - January 22nd, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Chicago Blackhawks - January 24th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Dallas Stars - January 26th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Dallas Stars - January 28th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Florida Panthers - Detroit Red Wings - January 30th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Florida Panthers - Detroit Red Wings - January 31st, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Tampa Bay Lightning - February 3rd, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Tampa Bay Lightning - February 5th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Florida Panthers - February 7th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Florida Panthers - February 9th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Nashville Predators - February 11th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Nashville Predators - February 13th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Chicago Blackhawks - Detroit Red Wings - February 15th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Chicago Blackhawks - Detroit Red Wings - February 17th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Florida Panthers - Detroit Red Wings - February 19th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Florida Panthers - Detroit Red Wings - February 20th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Nashville Predators - Detroit Red Wings - February 23rd, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Nashville Predators - Detroit Red Wings - February 25th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Chicago Blackhawks - February 27th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Chicago Blackhawks - February 28th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Columbus Blue Jackets - March 2nd, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Carolina Hurricanes - March 4th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Tampa Bay Lightning - Detroit Red Wings - March 9th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Tampa Bay Lightning - Detroit Red Wings - March 11th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Carolina Hurricanes - Detroit Red Wings - March 14th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Carolina Hurricanes - Detroit Red Wings - March 16th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Dallas Stars - Detroit Red Wings - March 18th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Dallas Stars - Detroit Red Wings - March 20th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Nashville Predators - March 23rd, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Nashville Predators - March 25th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Columbus Blue Jackets - Detroit Red Wings - March 27th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Columbus Blue Jackets - Detroit Red Wings - March 28th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Florida Panthers - March 30th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Florida Panthers - April 1st, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Tampa Bay Lightning - April 3rd, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Tampa Bay Lightning - April 4th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Nashville Predators - Detroit Red Wings - April 6th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Nashville Predators - Detroit Red Wings - April 8th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Carolina Hurricanes - April 10th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Carolina Hurricanes - April 12th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Chicago Blackhawks - Detroit Red Wings - April 15th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Chicago Blackhawks - Detroit Red Wings - April 17th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Dallas Stars - April 19th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Dallas Stars - April 20th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Dallas Stars - Detroit Red Wings - April 22nd, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Dallas Stars - Detroit Red Wings - April 24th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Columbus Blue Jackets - April 27th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Carolina Hurricanes - April 29th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Tampa Bay Lightning - Detroit Red Wings - May 1st, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Tampa Bay Lightning - Detroit Red Wings - May 2nd, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Columbus Blue Jackets - May 7th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Detroit Red Wings - Columbus Blue Jackets - May 8th, 2021" .NHL.com .^ "Greiss of Red Wings, pharmacy director NHL First Stars of Week" .NHL.com . May 3, 2021. RetrievedMay 3, 2021 .^ Kujawa, Kyle (December 11, 2020)."Red Wings trade rights to Timashov to Islanders for future considerations" .NHL.com . RetrievedDecember 11, 2020 . ^ Kujawa, Kyle (April 9, 2021)."Red Wings acquire 2022 4th-round pick from Avalanche for Patrik Nemeth" .NHL.com . RetrievedApril 10, 2021 . ^a b Kujawa, Kyle (April 10, 2021)."Detroit completes three-team trade with Columbus and Tampa Bay" .NHL.com . RetrievedApril 10, 2021 . ^ Campbell, Tim (April 11, 2021)."Merrill traded to Canadiens by Red Wings" .NHL.com . RetrievedApril 11, 2021 . ^ Kujawa, Kyle (April 12, 2021)."Red Wings acquire Vrana, Panik, 1st and 2nd Rounders from Caps for Mantha" .NHL.com . RetrievedApril 12, 2021 . ^ Kujawa, Kyle (October 9, 2020)."Red Wings agree to one-year deal with Bobby Ryan" . Detroit Red Wings. RetrievedOctober 9, 2020 . ^ Kujawa, Kyle (October 9, 2020)."Detroit, Jon Merrill reach one-year agreement" . Detroit Red Wings. RetrievedOctober 9, 2020 . ^ Kujawa, Kyle (October 9, 2020)."Red Wings add Riley Barber, Kyle Criscuolo and Kevin Boyle" . Detroit Red Wings. RetrievedOctober 9, 2020 . ^ Kujawa, Kyle (October 10, 2020)."Red Wings agree to terms with free agent goaltender Thomas Greiss" . Detroit Red Wings. RetrievedOctober 10, 2020 . ^ Kujawa, Kyle (October 10, 2020)."Detroit adds defenseman Troy Stecher" . Detroit Red Wings. RetrievedOctober 10, 2020 . ^ Kujawa, Kyle (October 11, 2020)."Namestnikov agrees to terms with Detroit" . Detroit Red Wings. RetrievedOctober 11, 2020 . ^ Kulfan, Ted (October 6, 2020)."Red Wings waive Justin Abdelkader in order to buy him out" .The Detroit News . RetrievedOctober 6, 2020 . ^ "Daley retires as player, joins Penguins as hockey operations adviser" .NHL.com . October 26, 2020. RetrievedOctober 26, 2020 .^ "Bertuzzi gets one-year, $3.5M contract with Red Wings from arbitrator" .NHL.com . October 28, 2020. RetrievedOctober 28, 2020 .^ Kujawa, Kyle (November 3, 2020)."Red Wings sign Anthony Mantha to four-year deal" .NHL.com . RetrievedNovember 3, 2020 . ^ "RELEASE: Oilers acquire Mike Green from Red Wings" . February 23, 2020. RetrievedSeptember 29, 2020 .^a b Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.
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