2012–13 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

2012–13 Detroit Red Wings
Division3rd Central
Conference7th Western
2012–13 record24–16–8
Home record13–7–4
Road record11–9–4
Goals for124
Goals against115
Team information
General managerKen Holland
CoachMike Babcock
CaptainHenrik Zetterberg
Alternate captainsPavel Datsyuk
Niklas Kronwall
ArenaJoe Louis Arena
Average attendance20,066 (100%)
Total: 481,584[1]
(24 games)
Team leaders
GoalsPavel Datsyuk (15)
AssistsHenrik Zetterberg (37)
PointsPavel Datsyuk (49)
Penalty minutesJordin Tootoo (78)
Plus/minusPavel Datsyuk (+21)
WinsJimmy Howard (21)
Goals against averageJimmy Howard (2.13)

The 2012–13 Detroit Red Wings season was the 87th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout. This was the first time in a long time that the Red Wings did not have Nicklas Lidstrom on their roster, lost to retirement. Henrik Zetterberg was appointed as team captain.

Off-season

On May 31, 2012, defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom announced his retirement from the NHL after 20 seasons.[2] Lidstrom won four Stanley Cups and seven Norris Trophies during his Hall of Fame career, all with the Red Wings.

Regular season

Central Division
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GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Chicago Blackhawks 48 36 7 5 30 155 102 +53 77
2 x – St. Louis Blues 48 29 17 2 24 129 115 +14 60
3 x – Detroit Red Wings 48 24 16 8 22 124 115 +9 56
4 Columbus Blue Jackets 48 24 17 7 19 120 119 +1 55
5 Nashville Predators 48 16 23 9 14 111 139 −28 41
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot
Western Conference
Pos Div Team
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GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE p – Chicago Blackhawks 48 36 7 5 30 155 102 +53 77
2 PA y – Anaheim Ducks 48 30 12 6 24 140 118 +22 66
3 NW y – Vancouver Canucks 48 26 15 7 21 127 121 +6 59
4 CE x – St. Louis Blues 48 29 17 2 24 129 115 +14 60
5 PA x – Los Angeles Kings 48 27 16 5 25 133 118 +15 59
6 PA x – San Jose Sharks 48 25 16 7 17 124 116 +8 57
7 CE x – Detroit Red Wings 48 24 16 8 22 124 115 +9 56
8 NW x – Minnesota Wild 48 26 19 3 22 122 127 −5 55
9 CE Columbus Blue Jackets 48 24 17 7 19 120 119 +1 55
10 PA Phoenix Coyotes 48 21 18 9 17 125 131 −6 51
11 PA Dallas Stars 48 22 22 4 20 130 142 −12 48
12 NW Edmonton Oilers 48 19 22 7 17 125 134 −9 45
13 NW Calgary Flames 48 19 25 4 19 128 160 −32 42
14 CE Nashville Predators 48 16 23 9 14 111 139 −28 41
15 NW Colorado Avalanche 48 16 25 7 14 116 152 −36 39
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

2012–13 Game Log
January: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts Recap
1 January 19 Detroit L 0–6 St. Louis Howard 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 January 21 Detroit W 4–3 Columbus SO Howard 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 January 22 Dallas L 1–2 Detroit Howard 1–2–0 2 Recap
4 January 25 Minnesota W 5–3 Detroit Howard 2–2–0 4 Recap
5 January 27 Detroit L 1–2 Chicago OT Howard 2–2–1 5 Recap
6 January 29 Dallas W 1–4 Detroit Howard 3–2–1 7 Recap
February: 7–6–2 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 2–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts Recap
7 February 1 St. Louis W 3–5 Detroit Howard 4–2–1 9 Recap
8 February 2 Detroit L 2–4 Columbus Howard 4–3–1 9 Recap
9 February 5 Calgary L 4–1 Detroit Howard 4–4–1 9 Recap
10 February 7 Detroit W 5–1 St. Louis Mrazek 5–4–1 11 Recap
11 February 9 Edmonton W 1–2 Detroit Howard 6–4–1 13 Recap
12 February 10 Los Angeles W2–3 Detroit Howard 7–4–1 15 Recap
13 February 13 St. Louis L 4–3 Detroit OT Howard 7–4–2 16 Recap
14 February 15 Anaheim L 5–2 Detroit Howard 7–5–2 16 Recap
15 February 17 Detroit L 2–3 Minnesota Mrazek 7–6–2 16 Recap
16 February 19 Detroit L 3–4 Nashville OT Howard 7–6–3 17 Recap
17 February 21 Columbus L 3–2 Detroit Howard 7–7–3 19 Recap
18 February 23 Nashville W 0–4 Detroit Howard 8–7–3 19 Recap
19 February 24 Vancouver W 3–8 Detroit Howard 9–7–3 21 Recap
20 February 27 Detroit L 1–2 Los Angeles Howard 9–8–3 21 Recap
21 February 28 Detroit W 2–1 San Jose OT Gustavsson 10–8–3 23 Recap
March: 7–5–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 5–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts Recap
22 March 3 Chicago L 2–1 Detroit SO Howard 10–8–4 24 Recap
23 March 5 Colorado W 1–2 Detroit Howard 11–8–4 26 Recap
24 March 7 Edmonton W 0–3 Detroit Howard 12–8–4 28 Recap
25 March 9 Detroit L 0–3 Columbus Gustavsson 12–9–4 28 Recap
26 March 10 Columbus L 3–2 Detroit SO Howard 12–9–5 29 Recap
27 March 13 Detroit L 2–5 Calgary Gustavsson 12–10–5 29 Recap
28 March 15 Detroit W 3–2 Edmonton OT Howard 13–10–5 31 Recap
29 March 16 Detroit W 5–2 Vancouver Howard 14–10–5 33 Recap
30 March 20 Minnesota L 4–2 Detroit Howard 14–11–5 33 Recap
31 March 22 Detroit W 5–1 Anaheim Howard 15–11–5 35 Recap
32 March 24 Detroit W 2–1 Anaheim Howard 16–11–5 37 Recap
33 March 25 Detroit W 3–2 Phoenix Gustavsson 17–11–5 39 Recap
34 March 28 Detroit L 0–2 San Jose Howard 17–12–5 39 Recap
35 March 31 Chicago L 7–1 Detroit Howard 17–13–5 39 Recap
April: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts Recap
36 April 1 Colorado W 2–3 Detroit Howard 18–13–5 41 Recap
37 April 4 Detroit L 2–4 Phoenix Howard 18–14–5 41 Recap
38 April 5 Detroit W 3–2 Colorado OT Howard 19–14–5 43 Recap
39 April 7 St. Louis L 1–0 Detroit Howard 19–15–5 43 Recap
40 April 11 San Jose L 3–2 Detroit SO Howard 19–15–6 44 Recap
41 April 12 Detroit L 2–3 Chicago SO Howard 19–15–7 45 Recap
42 April 14 Detroit W 3–0 Nashville Howard 20–15–7 47 Recap
43 April 17 Detroit L 2–3 Calgary Howard 20–16–7 47 Recap
44 April 20 Detroit L 1–2 Vancouver SO Howard 20–16–8 48 Recap
45 April 22 Phoenix W 0–4 Detroit Howard 21–16–8 50 Recap
46 April 24 Los Angeles W 1–3 Detroit Howard 22–16–8 52 Recap
47 April 25 Nashville W 2–5 Detroit Howard 23–16–8 54 Recap
48 April 27 Detroit W 3–0 Dallas Howard 24–16–8 56 Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks – Detroit won series 4–3
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap
1 April 30 Detroit 1–3 Anaheim Howard 0–1 Recap
2 May 2 Detroit 5–4 Anaheim OT Howard 1–1 Recap
3 May 4 Anaheim 4–0 Detroit Howard 1–2 Recap
4 May 6 Anaheim 2–3 Detroit OT Howard 2–2 Recap
5 May 8 Detroit 2–3 Anaheim OT Howard 2–3 Recap
6 May 10 Anaheim 3–4 Detroit OT Howard 3–3 Recap
7 May 12 Detroit 3–2 Anaheim Howard 4–3 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (1) Chicago Blackhawks – Chicago won series 4–3
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap
1 May 15 Detroit 1–4 Chicago Howard 0–1 Recap
2 May 18 Detroit 4–1 Chicago Howard 1–1 Recap
3 May 20 Chicago 1–3 Detroit Howard 2–1 Recap
4 May 23 Chicago 0–2 Detroit Howard 3–1 Recap
5 May 25 Detroit 1–4 Chicago Howard 3–2 Recap
6 May 27 Chicago 4–3 Detroit Howard 3–3 Recap
7 May 29 Detroit 1–2 Chicago OT Howard 3–4 Recap

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Pavel Datsyuk 47 15 34 49 21 14
Henrik Zetterberg 46 11 37 48 2 18
Johan Franzen 41 14 17 31 13 41
Niklas Kronwall 48 5 24 29 −5 44
Damien Brunner 44 12 14 26 −6 12
Valtteri Filppula 41 9 8 17 −4 6
Daniel Cleary 48 9 6 15 −6 40
Jonathan Ericsson 45 3 10 13 6 29
Jakub Kindl 41 4 9 13 15 28
Justin Abdelkader 48 10 3 13 6 34
Jordin Tootoo 42 3 5 8 0 78
Patrick Eaves 34 2 6 8 −1 4
Drew Miller 44 4 4 8 −8 2
Cory Emmerton 48 5 3 8 −1 4
Brendan Smith 34 0 8 8 1 36
Joakim Andersson 38 3 5 8 2 8
Tomas Tatar 18 4 3 7 2 4
Gustav Nyquist 22 3 3 6 0 6
Brian Lashoff 31 1 4 5 −10 15
Ian White 25 2 2 4 5 4
Todd Bertuzzi 7 2 1 3 3 2
Kyle Quincey 36 1 2 3 7 18
Mikael Samuelsson 4 0 1 1 −3 0
Carlo Colaiacovo 6 0 1 1 −4 2
Danny DeKeyser 11 0 1 1 4 2
Darren Helm 1 0 0 0 0 2
Jan Mursak 2 0 0 0 0 4
Riley Sheahan 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kent Huskins 11 0 0 0 −3 4
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Henrik Zetterberg 14 4 8 12 3 8
Daniel Cleary 14 4 6 10 −1 2
Pavel Datsyuk 14 3 6 9 2 4
Damien Brunner 14 5 4 9 2 4
Valtteri Filppula 14 2 4 6 −4 4
Johan Franzen 14 4 2 6 −7 8
Jakub Kindl 14 1 4 5 4 10
Brendan Smith 14 2 3 5 −3 10
Joakim Andersson 14 1 4 5 2 10
Gustav Nyquist 14 2 3 5 3 2
Jonathan Ericsson 14 0 3 3 2 2
Patrick Eaves 13 1 2 3 −1 4
Justin Abdelkader 12 2 1 3 4 33
Mikael Samuelsson 5 1 1 2 −1 2
Niklas Kronwall 14 0 2 2 −1 4
Kyle Quincey 14 0 2 2 −3 12
Drew Miller 6 1 1 2 1 2
Carlo Colaiacovo 9 0 1 1 3 2
Cory Emmerton 13 0 1 1 −2 4
Todd Bertuzzi 6 0 0 0 −2 2
Jordin Tootoo 1 0 0 0 0 2
Brian Lashoff 3 0 0 0 0 0
Danny DeKeyser 2 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jimmy Howard 42 42 2445:44 21 13 7 87 2.13 1,129 .923 5 0 1 0
Jonas Gustavsson 7 4 349:15 2 2 1 17 2.92 140 .879 0 0 1 2
Petr Mrazek 2 2 119:09 1 1 0 4 2.02 51 .922 0 0 0 0
Goaltenders
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jimmy Howard 14 14 859:28 7 7 35 2.44 461 .924 1 0 0 2

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the 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
Jimmy Howard[3] NHL First Star of the Week April 29, 2013
Henrik Zetterberg[3] NHL Second Star of the Week April 29, 2013

Records

24 consecutive home wins

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Brian Lashoff 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Goal
January 21, 2013
Damien Brunner 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point
January 22, 2013
Kent Huskins 300th Career NHL Game January 22, 2013
Damien Brunner 1st Career NHL Assist January 27, 2013
Daniel Cleary 500th Career NHL Game February 2, 2013
Jimmy Howard 200th Career NHL Game February 2, 2013
Todd Bertuzzi 1,100th Career NHL Game February 7, 2013
Petr Mrazek 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Win
February 7, 2013
Tomas Tatar 1st Career NHL Assist February 7, 2013
Niklas Kronwall 50th Career NHL Goal February 9, 2013
Jordin Tootoo 500th Career NHL Game February 15, 2013
Joakim Andersson 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
February 15, 2013
Brian Lashoff 1st Career NHL Assist February 17, 2013
Drew Miller 300th Career NHL Game February 27, 2013
Cory Emmerton 100th Career NHL Game March 13, 2013
Patrick Eaves 400th career NHL Game March 16, 2013
Pavel Datsyuk 250th Career NHL Goal
500th Career NHL Assist
March 22, 2013
Henrik Zetterberg 700th Career NHL Game March 24, 2013
Niklas Kronwall 500th Career NHL Game March 25, 2013
Ian White 500th Career NHL Game March 31, 2013
Johan Franzen 500th Career NHL Game March 31, 2013
Henrik Zetterberg 400th Career NHL Assist April 11, 2013
Danny DeKeyser 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
April 14, 2013
Johan Franzen 300th Career NHL Point April 14, 2013
Valtteri Filppula 100th Career NHL Goal April 25, 2013
Playoffs
Player Milestone Reached
Danny DeKeyser 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 30, 2013
Jakub Kindl 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist April 30, 2013
Gustav Nyquist 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal May 2, 2013
Damien Brunner 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal May 2, 2013
Brian Lashoff 1st Career NHL Playoff Game May 4, 2013
Mikael Samuelsson 100th Career NHL Playoff Game May 4, 2013
Joakim Andersson 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist May 6, 2013
Brendan Smith 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal
1st Career NHL Playoff Assist
May 6, 2013
Gustav Nyquist 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist May 6, 2013
Pavel Datsyuk 100th Career NHL Playoff Point May 10, 2013
Valtteri Filppula 100th Career NHL Playoff Game May 18, 2013
Cory Emmerton 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist May 20, 2013
Jakub Kindl 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal May 23, 2013
Johan Franzen 100th Career NHL Playoff Game May 25, 2013
Joakim Andersson 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal May 27, 2013

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

Trades

Date
Details
June 10, 2012[4] To San Jose Sharks
Brad Stuart[a]
To Detroit Red Wings
Andrew Murray[b]
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2014[c]
March 30, 2013[5] To Philadelphia Flyers
Kent Huskins
To Detroit Red Wings
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2014[d]
  1. ^ Trade of negotiating rights to.
  2. ^ Trade of negotiating rights to.
  3. ^ Condition satisfied.
  4. ^ Condition not satisfied.

Free agents signed

Player Former team Contract terms Ref
Jonas Gustavsson Winnipeg Jets 2 years, $3 million [6]
Damien Brunner EV Zug 1 year, $925,000 [7]
Mikael Samuelsson Florida Panthers 2 years, $6 million [8]
Jordin Tootoo Nashville Predators 3 years, $5.7 million [9]
Carlo Colaiacovo St. Louis Blues 2 years, $5 million [10]
Kent Huskins St. Louis Blues 1 year, $750,000 [11]
Danny DeKeyser Western Michigan University 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [12]
Jared Coreau Northern Michigan University 3 years, $2.3775 million entry-level contract [13]

Free agents lost

Player New team Contract terms Ref
Jiri Hudler Calgary Flames 4 years, $16 million [14]
Chris Conner Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $650,000 [15]
Andrew Murray St. Louis Blues 1 year, $600,000 [16]

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Joey MacDonald Calgary Flames February 11, 2013 [17]

Lost via retirement

Player Ref
Nicklas Lidstrom [2]
Tomas Holmstrom

Player signings

Player Date Contract terms
Darren Helm[18] June 19, 2012 4 years, $8.5 million
Max Nicastro[19] July 3, 2012 2 years, $1.225 million entry-level contract
Marek Tvrdon[19] July 3, 2012 3 years, entry-level contract
Kyle Quincey[20] July 18, 2012 2 years, $7.55 million
Martin Frk[21] July 31, 2012 3 years, $2.1025 million entry-level contract
Tomas Jurco[22] August 7, 2012 3 years, $2.1275 million entry-level contract
Justin Abdelkader[23] September 14, 2012 4 years, $7.2 million
Nick Jensen[24] May 2, 2013 2 years, $1.53 million entry-level contract
Mattias Backman[25] May 21, 2013 3 years, $2.1525 million entry-level contract
Alexey Marchenko[26] May 30, 2013 3 years, $2 million entry-level contract
Pavel Datsyuk[27] June 18, 2013 3 years, $22.5 million contract extension
Jakub Kindl[28] June 29, 2013 4 years, $9.6 million contract extension
Drew Miller[28] June 29, 2013 3 years, $4.05 million contract extension

Draft picks

The Detroit Red Wings' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 49 Martin Frk RW  Czech Republic Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3 80 Jake Paterson G  Canada Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
4 110 Andreas Athanasiou C/LW  Canada London Knights (OHL)
5 140 Michael McKee D  Canada Lincoln Stars (USHL)
6 170 James De Haas D  Canada Toronto Lakeshore Patriots (OJHL)
7 200 Rasmus Bodin LW  Sweden Ostersunds IK (Division 1)
Draft notes

See also

References

  1. ^ "2012–2013 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Lidstrom retires after 20 seasons
  3. ^ a b "Howard, Zetterberg, Yakupov named 'Stars' of week".
  4. ^ Wings trade Stuart's rights to Sharks
  5. ^ Huskins is on the move again
  6. ^ Red Wings get a Monster
  7. ^ Swiss star signs with Red Wings
  8. ^ Samuelsson returns to Hockeytown
  9. ^ Wings add grit with Tootoo deal
  10. ^ Colaiacovo signs with Red Wings
  11. ^ Wings sign Huskins to one-year deal
  12. ^ Red Wings agree to terms on DeKeyser two-year deal
  13. ^ Red Wings sign goaltender Jared Coreau; Recall defenseman Brian Lashoff
  14. ^ Flames sign Jiri Hudler
  15. ^ Coyotes Sign Conner to One-Year, Two-Way Contract
  16. ^ Blues Sign Forward Andrew Murray, NHL.com (July 5, 2012)
  17. ^ Flames claim Joey MacDonald off of waivers
  18. ^ Wings, Helm agree to terms of new deal
  19. ^ a b Nicastro, Marek sign entry-level deals
  20. ^ Quincey agrees to two-year contract
  21. ^ Wings sign Frk to entry-level deal
  22. ^ Wings sign Jurco to entry-level deal
  23. ^ Abdelkader signs four-year deal
  24. ^ Red Wings sign defenseman Nick Jensen to a two-year entry-level deal
  25. ^ Another setback forces Helm off the ice
  26. ^ Red Wings sign Alexei Marchenko
  27. ^ "Datsyuk, Wings agree on 3-year extension". Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  28. ^ a b "Wings get deals done for Miller, Kindl". Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
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