1974–75 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1974–75 Detroit Red Wings season was the 49th season for the Detroit franchise, 43rd as the Red Wings. The team finished fourth and missed the playoffs for the fifth straight year for the first time in franchise history.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 9, 1974||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 12, 1974||2–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 13, 1974||7–3 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1974–75) ||2–1–0

|4||W||October 16, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1974–75) ||3–1–0

|5||W||October 19, 1974||6–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1974–75) ||4–1–0

|6||W||October 22, 1974||3–0 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) ||5–1–0

|7||L||October 23, 1974||1–10 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) ||5–2–0

|8||L||October 26, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) ||5–3–0

|9||L||October 29, 1974||0–7 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) ||5–4–0

|10||T||November 1, 1974||4–4 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) ||5–4–1

|11||L||November 2, 1974||1–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) ||5–5–1

|12||T||November 6, 1974||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) ||5–5–2

|13||L||November 10, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) ||5–6–2

|14||L||November 13, 1974||4–7 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) ||5–7–2

|15||W||November 16, 1974||5–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1974–75) ||6–7–2

|16||L||November 17, 1974||2–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1974–75) ||6–8–2

|17||L||November 20, 1974||4–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1974–75) ||6–9–2

|18||L||November 23, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) ||6–10–2

|19||L||November 24, 1974||1–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) ||6–11–2

|20||L||November 27, 1974||2–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) ||6–12–2

|21||L||November 28, 1974||2–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) ||6–13–2

|22||W||November 30, 1974||1–0 || align="left"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) ||7–13–2

|23||L||December 4, 1974||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1974–75) ||7–14–2

|24||W||December 5, 1974||6–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) ||8–14–2

|25||T||December 7, 1974||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) ||8–14–3

|26||W||December 8, 1974||4–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) ||9–14–3

|27||L||December 12, 1974||3–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1974–75) ||9–15–3

|28||L||December 15, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) ||9–16–3

|29||L||December 18, 1974||5–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) ||9–17–3

|30||T||December 21, 1974||2–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) ||9–17–4

|31||L||December 22, 1974||4–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) ||9–18–4

|32||T||December 26, 1974||4–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) ||9–18–5

|33||L||December 27, 1974||1–7 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) ||9–19–5

|34||L||December 30, 1974||2–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) ||9–20–5

|35||W||December 31, 1974||4–3 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1974–75) ||10–20–5

|36||L||January 4, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) ||10–21–5

|37||L||January 5, 1975||0–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) ||10–22–5

|38||T||January 8, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) ||10–22–6

|39||T||January 11, 1975||3–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) ||10–22–7

|40||L||January 12, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1974–75) ||10–23–7

|41||W||January 16, 1975||7–4 || align="left"| Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) ||11–23–7

|42||L||January 18, 1975||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1974–75) ||11–24–7

|43||T||January 19, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) ||11–24–8

|44||L||January 23, 1975||1–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) ||11–25–8

|45||W||January 25, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1974–75) ||12–25–8

|46||L||January 26, 1975||3–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) ||12–26–8

|47||T||January 28, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) ||12–26–9

|48||W||January 30, 1975||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) ||13–26–9

|49||L||February 1, 1975||1–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1974–75) ||13–27–9

|50||T||February 2, 1975||5–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1974–75) ||13–27–10

|51||L||February 4, 1975||1–6 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) ||13–28–10

|52||L||February 5, 1975||5–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) ||13–29–10

|53||L||February 8, 1975||5–8 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1974–75) ||13–30–10

|54||W||February 9, 1975||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) ||14–30–10

|55||L||February 12, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) ||14–31–10

|56||L||February 14, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) ||14–32–10

|57||L||February 15, 1975||2–8 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) ||14–33–10

|58||W||February 19, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) ||15–33–10

|59||W||February 22, 1975||4–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1974–75) ||16–33–10

|60||W||February 23, 1975||3–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) ||17–33–10

|61||L||February 26, 1975||1–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) ||17–34–10

|62||L||February 27, 1975||4–9 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1974–75) ||17–35–10

|63||W||March 1, 1975||3–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) ||18–35–10

|64||L||March 2, 1975||4–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) ||18–36–10

|65||L||March 5, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) ||18–37–10

|66||W||March 8, 1975||5–1 || align="left"| Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) ||19–37–10

|67||L||March 9, 1975||5–8 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) ||19–38–10

|68||W||March 11, 1975||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1974–75) ||20–38–10

|69||T||March 13, 1975||5–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) ||20–38–11

|70||L||March 14, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) ||20–39–11

|71||L||March 16, 1975||3–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) ||20–40–11

|72||L||March 20, 1975||2–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) ||20–41–11

|73||W||March 22, 1975||7–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1974–75) ||21–41–11

|74||T||March 23, 1975||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) ||21–41–12

|75||L||March 26, 1975||3–5 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) ||21–42–12

|76||L||March 29, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) ||21–43–12

|77||W||March 30, 1975||8–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) ||22–43–12

|78||W||April 2, 1975||8–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1974–75) ||23–43–12

|79||L||April 5, 1975||1–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) ||23–44–12

|80||L||April 6, 1975||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) ||23–45–12

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 80 47 74 121 14−1515102 RW 80 50 37 87 28−111915 LW 80 23 28 51 39−41812 C 60 14 27 41 16−34611 RW 46 13 27 40 30−10502 D 76 5 25 30 104−25210 LW 65 16 12 28 34−30302 RW 29 15 12 27 18−12501 D 80 5 19 24 136−40000 LW 56 8 14 22 69−34100 D 39 2 20 22 60−10101 LW 39 8 13 21 4−12001 RW 25 10 7 17 105100 C 23 6 11 17 6−3102 D 48 2 15 17 14−10000 D 50 2 15 17 46−15000 D 70 1 13 14 238−29010 LW 13 4 8 12 102101 C 26 1 10 11 6−9001 RW 30 8 2 10 18−9201 RW 45 7 3 10 12−11101 RW 26 4 4 8 8−7400 C 27 3 3 6 8−10100 LW 18 1 4 5 4−2000 C 19 0 5 5 38−5000 LW 17 3 1 4 2−3000 C 13 1 3 4 2−4000 G 59 0 4 4 40000 RW 20 0 4 4 6−10000 D 19 0 3 3 31−5000 D 27 0 2 2 18−11000 D 18 0 1 1 27−7000 RW 1 0 0 0 00000 G 7 0 0 0 00000 G 13 0 0 0 20000 D 1 0 0 0 00000 C/LW 1 0 0 0 00000 D 1 0 0 0 00000 C/RW 4 0 0 0 0−1000 C 9 0 0 0 2−2000 G 4 0 0 0 20000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3478 59 20 29 10 217 3.74 2 380 7 1 5 0 34 5.37 0 740 13 1 9 2 58 4.70 0 202 4 1 2 0 23 6.83 0 Team: 4800 80 23 45 12 332 4.15 2

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;       MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks Detroit's draft picks at the 1974 NHL amateur draft held in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)19Bill Lochead Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)344Dan Mandryk Calgary Centennials (WCHL)345Bill Evo Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)463Michel Bergeron Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)581John Taft University of Wisconsin (WCHA)699Don Dufek University of Michigan (WCHA)7117Jack Carlson Marquette Iron Rangers (USHL)8134Greg Steel Calgary Centennials (WCHL)9151Glen McLeod Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)

See also 1974–75 NHL season

References