Detroit Red Wings year by year

100 seasons since 1926-27 · 3178-2751-815-230 all time · 11 titles

How have the Red Wings ranked, year by year?

The Detroit Red Wings have played 99 seasons since 1926-27: 3177-2749-815-230 in the regular season, with 11 titles. Their defense allowed the fewest goals in the league 2 times: 2007-08 and 1995-96. Their offense scored the most 5 times: 2008-09, 2002-03, 1999-00, 1993-94 and 1992-93. Over the last 10 seasons the best defense was 2025-26's (19th in goals allowed), the best offense 2023-24's (9th in goals scored). In 2026-27 they are 1-2, 23rd in goals scored and 10th in goals allowed after 3 games.

Detroit Red Wings by season: record, goals scored and allowed per game with league rank, coach and postseason
Season	W-L-T-OTL	Offense	Defense	Coach	Postseason
2026-27	1-2	2.3323rd	2.6710th	—	—
2025-26	41-31-10	2.9122nd	3.1019th	Todd McLellan	—
2024-25	39-35-8	2.8722nd	3.1621st	Derek Lalonde, Todd McLellan	—
2023-24	41-32-9	3.359th	3.3324th	Derek Lalonde	—
2022-23	35-37-10	2.8924th	3.3522nd	Derek Lalonde	—
2021-22	32-40-10	2.7725th	3.7831st	Jeff Blashill	—
2020-21	19-27-10	2.2330th	3.0020th	Jeff Blashill	—
2019-20	17-49-5	2.0031st	3.7331st	Jeff Blashill	—
2018-19	32-40-10	2.7321st	3.3227th	Jeff Blashill	—
2017-18	30-39-13	2.5928th	3.1023rd	Jeff Blashill	—
2016-17	33-36-13	2.4126th	2.9826th	Jeff Blashill	—
2015-16	41-30-11	2.5523rd	2.6717th	Jeff Blashill	Playoffs, 1-4
2014-15	43-25-14	2.8210th	2.5715th	Mike Babcock	Playoffs, 3-4
2013-14	39-28-15	2.6516th	2.7016th	Mike Babcock	Playoffs, 1-4
2012-13	24-16-8	2.5419th	2.295th	Mike Babcock	Playoffs, 7-7
2011-12	48-28-6	2.917th	2.447th	Mike Babcock	Playoffs, 1-4
2010-11	47-25-10	3.132nd	2.8923rd	Mike Babcock	Playoffs, 7-4
2009-10	44-24-14	2.7214th	2.527th	Mike Babcock	Playoffs, 5-7
2008-09	51-21-10	3.521st	2.9319th	Mike Babcock	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
2007-08	54-21-7	3.073rd	2.181st	Mike Babcock	Won the Stanley Cup Final
2006-07	50-19-13	3.0710th	2.332nd	Mike Babcock	Playoffs, 10-8
2005-06	58-16-8	3.672nd	2.513rd	Mike Babcock	Playoffs, 2-4
2003-04	48-21-11-2	3.112nd	2.308th	Dave Lewis	Playoffs, 6-6
2002-03	48-20-10-4	3.281st	2.488th	Dave Lewis	Playoffs, 0-4
2001-02	51-17-10-4	3.062nd	2.283rd	Scotty Bowman	Won the Stanley Cup Final
2000-01	49-20-9-4	3.095th	2.468th	Scotty Bowman	Playoffs, 2-4
1999-00	48-22-10-2	3.391st	2.5610th	Scotty Bowman	Playoffs, 5-4
1998-99	43-32-7	2.993rd	2.469th	Scotty Bowman, Barry Smith/Dave Lewis	Playoffs, 6-4
1997-98	44-23-15	3.052nd	2.397th	Scotty Bowman	Won the Stanley Cup Final
1996-97	38-26-18	3.096th	2.402nd	Scotty Bowman	Won the Stanley Cup Final
1995-96	62-13-7	3.963rd	2.211st	Scotty Bowman	Playoffs, 10-9
1994-95	33-11-4	3.753rd	2.442nd	Scotty Bowman	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1993-94	46-30-8	4.241st	3.2716th	Scotty Bowman	—
1992-93	47-28-9	4.391st	3.337th	Bryan Murray	—
1991-92	43-25-12	4.004th	3.206th	Bryan Murray	—
1990-91	34-38-8	3.419th	3.7317th	Bryan Murray	—
1989-90	28-38-14	3.6012th	4.0417th	Jacques Demers	—
1988-89	34-34-12	3.916th	3.9513th	Jacques Demers	—
1987-88	41-28-11	4.033rd	3.366th	Jacques Demers	—
1986-87	34-36-10	3.2521st	3.425th	Jacques Demers	—
1985-86	17-57-6	3.3321st	5.1921st	Harry Neale, Brad Park	—
1984-85	27-41-12	3.919th	4.4618th	Nick Polano	—
1983-84	31-42-7	3.7315th	4.0414th	Nick Polano	—
1982-83	21-44-15	3.2918th	4.3018th	Nick Polano	—
1981-82	21-47-12	3.3819th	4.3916th	Wayne Maxner, Billy Dea	—
1980-81	19-43-18	3.1520th	4.2416th	Ted Lindsay, Wayne Maxner	—
1979-80	26-43-11	3.3513th	3.8314th	Bobby Kromm, Ted Lindsay	—
1978-79	23-41-16	3.15	3.69	Bobby Kromm	—
1977-78	32-34-14	3.15	3.33	Bobby Kromm	—
1976-77	16-55-9	2.29	3.86	Alex Delvecchio, Larry Wilson	—
1975-76	26-44-10	2.83	3.75	Doug Barkley, Alex Delvecchio	—
1974-75	23-45-12	3.24	4.19	Doug Barkley, Alex Delvecchio	—
1973-74	29-39-10	3.27	4.09	Doug Barkley, Ted Garvin, Alex Delvecchio	—
1972-73	37-29-12	3.40	3.12	Doug Barkley, Johnny Wilson	—
1971-72	33-35-10	3.35	3.36	Doug Barkley, Johnny Wilson	—
1970-71	22-45-11	2.68	3.95	Doug Barkley, Ned Harkness	—
1969-70	40-21-15	3.24	2.62	Sid Abel, Bill Gadsby	—
1968-69	33-31-12	3.14	2.91	Sid Abel, Bill Gadsby	—
1967-68	27-35-12	3.31	3.47	Sid Abel	—
1966-67	27-39-4	3.03	3.44	Sid Abel	—
1965-66	31-27-12	3.16	2.77	Sid Abel	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1964-65	40-23-7	3.20	2.50	Sid Abel	—
1963-64	30-29-11	2.73	2.91	Sid Abel	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1962-63	32-25-13	2.86	2.77	Sid Abel	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1961-62	23-33-14	2.63	3.13	Sid Abel	—
1960-61	25-29-16	2.79	3.07	Sid Abel	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1959-60	26-29-15	2.66	2.81	Sid Abel	—
1958-59	25-37-8	2.39	3.11	Sid Abel	—
1957-58	29-29-12	2.51	2.96	Jimmy Skinner, Sid Abel	—
1956-57	38-20-12	2.83	2.24	Jimmy Skinner	—
1955-56	30-24-16	2.61	2.11	Jimmy Skinner	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1954-55	42-17-11	2.91	1.91	Jimmy Skinner	Won the Stanley Cup Final
1953-54	37-19-14	2.73	1.89	Tommy Ivan	Won the Stanley Cup Final
1952-53	36-16-18	3.17	1.90	Tommy Ivan	—
1951-52	44-14-12	3.07	1.90	Tommy Ivan	Won the Stanley Cup Final
1950-51	44-13-13	3.37	1.99	Tommy Ivan	—
1949-50	37-19-14	3.27	2.34	Tommy Ivan	Won the Stanley Cup Final
1948-49	34-19-7	3.25	2.42	Tommy Ivan	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1947-48	30-18-12	3.12	2.47	Tommy Ivan	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1946-47	22-27-11	3.17	3.22	Jack Adams	—
1945-46	20-20-10	2.92	3.18	Jack Adams	—
1944-45	31-14-5	4.36	3.22	Jack Adams	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1943-44	26-18-6	4.28	3.54	Jack Adams	—
1942-43	25-14-11	3.38	2.48	Jack Adams	Won the Stanley Cup Final
1941-42	19-25-4	2.92	3.06	Jack Adams	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1940-41	21-16-11	2.33	2.13	Jack Adams	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1939-40	16-26-6	1.88	2.63	Jack Adams	—
1938-39	18-24-6	2.23	2.67	Jack Adams	—
1937-38	12-25-11	2.06	2.77	Jack Adams	—
1936-37	25-14-9	2.67	2.13	Jack Adams	Won the Stanley Cup Final
1935-36	24-16-8	2.58	2.15	Jack Adams	Won the Stanley Cup Final
1934-35	19-22-7	2.65	2.38	Jack Adams	—
1933-34	24-14-10	2.35	2.04	Jack Adams	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1932-33	25-15-8	2.31	1.94	Jack Adams	—
1931-32Detroit Falcons	18-20-10	1.98	2.25	Jack Adams	—
1930-31Detroit Falcons	16-21-7	2.32	2.39	Jack Adams	—
1929-30Detroit Cougars	14-24-6	2.66	3.02	Jack Adams	—
1928-29Detroit Cougars	19-16-9	1.64	1.43	Jack Adams	—
1927-28Detroit Cougars	19-19-6	2.00	1.80	Jack Adams	—
1926-27Detroit Cougars	12-28-4	1.73	2.39	Duke Keats, Art Duncan	—

Regular season. Offense and defense are goals scored and allowed per game; the rank beside each is among the league’s clubs that season, first being the most scored or the fewest allowed. Ranks start in 1979-80, the first season after the WHA merger.

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