Season Team League Division GP W L T OTL SOL Pts Pct GF GA PIM Atten. Coach Result 1932-33 Detroit Red Wings NHL American 48 25 15 8 0 0 58 0.604 111 93 462 Jack Adams Lost in round 2 1933-34 Detroit Red Wings NHL American 48 24 14 10 0 0 58 0.604 113 98 368 Jack Adams Lost in Finals 1934-35 Detroit Red Wings NHL American 48 19 22 7 0 0 45 0.469 127 114 305 Jack Adams Out of Playoffs 1935-36 Detroit Red Wings NHL American 48 24 16 8 0 0 56 0.583 124 103 384 Jack Adams Won Championship 1936-37 Detroit Red Wings NHL American 48 25 14 9 0 0 59 0.615 128 102 244 Jack Adams Won Championship 1937-38 Detroit Red Wings NHL American 48 12 25 11 0 0 35 0.365 99 133 258 Jack Adams Out of Playoffs 1938-39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 18 24 6 0 0 42 0.438 107 128 240 Jack Adams Lost in round 2 1939-40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 16 26 6 0 0 38 0.396 90 126 250 4480 Jack Adams Lost in round 2 1940-41 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 21 16 11 0 0 53 0.552 112 102 337 7237 Jack Adams Lost in Finals 1941-42 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 19 25 4 0 0 42 0.438 140 147 440 Jack Adams Lost in Finals 1942-43 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 25 14 11 0 0 61 0.610 169 124 371 10855 Jack Adams Won Championship 1943-44 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 26 18 6 0 0 58 0.580 214 177 374 Jack Adams Lost in round 1 1944-45 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 31 14 5 0 0 67 0.670 218 161 260 Jack Adams Lost in Finals 1945-46 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 20 20 10 0 0 50 0.500 146 159 298 11348 Jack Adams Lost in round 1 1946-47 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 22 27 11 0 0 55 0.458 190 193 535 11256 Jack Adams Lost in round 1 1947-48 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 30 18 12 0 0 72 0.600 187 148 593 13131 Lost in Finals 1948-49 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 34 19 7 0 0 75 0.625 195 145 621 13405 Lost in Finals 1949-50 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 37 19 14 0 0 88 0.629 229 164 736 12639 Won Championship 1950-51 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 44 13 13 0 0 101 0.721 236 139 566 11449 Lost in round 1 1951-52 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 44 14 12 0 0 100 0.714 215 133 694 11996 Won Championship 1952-53 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 36 16 18 0 0 90 0.643 222 133 645 12362 Lost in round 1 1953-54 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 37 19 14 0 0 88 0.629 191 132 814 11807 Tommy Ivan Won Championship 1954-55 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 42 17 11 0 0 95 0.679 204 134 827 11589 Jim Skinner Won Championship 1955-56 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 30 24 16 0 0 76 0.543 183 148 794 12068 Lost in Finals 1956-57 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 38 20 12 0 0 88 0.629 198 157 656 12890 Jim Skinner Lost in round 1 1957-58 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 29 29 12 0 0 70 0.500 176 207 758 Sid Abel Lost in round 1 1958-59 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 25 37 8 0 0 58 0.414 167 218 613 Sid Abel Out of Playoffs 1959-60 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 26 29 15 0 0 67 0.479 186 197 538 Sid Abel Lost in round 1 1960-61 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 25 29 16 0 0 66 0.471 195 215 655 Sid Abel Lost in Finals 1961-62 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 23 33 14 0 0 60 0.429 184 219 684 9143 Sid Abel Out of Playoffs 1962-63 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 32 25 13 0 0 77 0.550 200 194 964 11546 Sid Abel Lost in Finals 1963-64 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 30 29 11 0 0 71 0.507 191 204 771 10406 Sid Abel Lost in Finals 1964-65 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 40 23 7 0 0 87 0.621 224 175 1121 11931 Sid Abel Lost in round 1 1965-66 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 31 27 12 0 0 74 0.529 221 194 804 12771 Sid Abel Lost in Finals 1966-67 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 27 39 4 0 0 58 0.414 212 241 0 13427 Sid Abel Out of Playoffs 1967-68 Detroit Red Wings NHL Eastern 74 27 35 12 0 0 66 0.446 245 257 759 12692 Sid Abel Out of Playoffs 1968-69 Detroit Red Wings NHL Eastern 76 33 31 12 0 0 78 0.513 239 221 885 13054 Bill Gadsby Out of Playoffs 1969-70 Detroit Red Wings NHL Eastern 76 40 21 15 0 0 95 0.625 246 199 907 14148 Gadsby, Abel {+} Lost in round 1 1970-71 Detroit Red Wings NHL East 78 22 45 11 0 0 55 0.353 209 308 988 13132 Harkness, Barkley {+} Out of Playoffs 1971-72 Detroit Red Wings NHL East 78 33 35 10 0 0 76 0.487 261 262 850 13305 Barkley, Wilson {+} Out of Playoffs 1972-73 Detroit Red Wings NHL East 78 37 29 12 0 0 86 0.551 265 243 893 13872 Johnny Wilson Out of Playoffs 1973-74 Detroit Red Wings NHL East 78 29 39 10 0 0 68 0.436 255 319 917 13068 Garvin, Delvecchio {+} Out of Playoffs 1974-75 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 23 45 12 0 0 58 0.363 259 335 1078 12463 Alex Delvecchio Out of Playoffs 1975-76 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 26 44 10 0 0 62 0.388 226 300 1922 10908 Barkley, Delvecchio {+} Out of Playoffs 1976-77 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 16 55 9 0 0 41 0.256 183 309 1332 9635 Delvecchio, Wilson {+} Out of Playoffs 1977-78 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 32 34 14 0 0 78 0.488 252 266 1534 13861 Bobby Kromm Lost in round 2 1978-79 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 23 41 16 0 0 62 0.388 252 295 1359 14691 Bobby Kromm Out of Playoffs 1979-80 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 26 43 11 0 0 63 0.394 268 306 1114 15104 Bobby Kromm Out of Playoffs 1980-81 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 19 43 18 0 0 56 0.350 252 339 1687 13321 Lindsay, Maxner {+} Out of Playoffs 1981-82 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 21 47 12 0 0 54 0.338 270 351 1250 12496 Maxner, Dea {+} Out of Playoffs 1982-83 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 21 44 15 0 0 57 0.356 263 344 1064 12994 Nick Polano Out of Playoffs 1983-84 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 31 42 7 0 0 69 0.431 298 323 1546 16727 Nick Polano Lost in round 1 1984-85 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 27 41 12 0 0 66 0.413 313 357 1741 17409 Nick Polano Lost in round 1 1985-86 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 17 57 6 0 0 40 0.250 266 415 2393 17028 Harry Neale Out of Playoffs 1986-87 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 34 36 10 0 0 78 0.488 260 274 2209 18755 Jacques Demers Lost in round 3 1987-88 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 41 28 11 0 0 93 0.581 322 269 2391 19637 Jacques Demers Lost in round 3 1988-89 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 34 34 12 0 0 80 0.500 313 316 2245 19703 Jacques Demers Lost in round 1 1989-90 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 28 38 14 0 0 70 0.438 288 323 2140 19531 Jacques Demers Out of Playoffs 1990-91 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 34 38 8 0 0 76 0.475 273 298 1940 19664 Bryan Murray Lost in round 1 1991-92 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 80 43 25 12 0 0 98 0.613 320 256 2078 19723 Bryan Murray Lost in round 2 1992-93 Detroit Red Wings NHL Norris 84 47 28 9 0 0 103 0.613 369 280 1832 19707 Bryan Murray Lost in round 1 1993-94 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 84 46 30 8 0 0 100 0.595 356 275 1775 19625 William "Scotty" Bowman Lost in round 1 1994-95 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 48 33 11 4 0 0 70 0.729 180 117 932 19779 William "Scotty" Bowman Lost in Finals 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 62 13 7 0 0 131 0.799 325 181 1551 19923 William "Scotty" Bowman Lost in round 3 1996-97 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 38 26 18 0 0 94 0.573 253 197 1582 19978 William "Scotty" Bowman Won Championship 1997-98 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 44 23 15 0 0 103 0.628 250 196 1346 19983 William "Scotty" Bowman Won Championship 1998-99 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 43 32 7 0 0 93 0.567 245 202 1202 19983 William "Scotty" Bowman Lost in round 2 1999-00 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 48 22 10 2 0 108 0.659 278 210 1014 19983 William "Scotty" Bowman Lost in round 2 2000-01 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 49 20 9 4 0 111 0.677 253 202 1082 19995 William "Scotty" Bowman Lost in round 1 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 51 17 10 4 0 116 0.707 251 187 1053 20058 William "Scotty" Bowman Won Championship 2002-03 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 48 20 10 4 0 110 0.671 269 203 1214 20058 Dave Lewis Lost in round 1 2003-04 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 48 21 11 2 0 109 0.665 255 189 966 20066 Dave Lewis Lost in round 2 2005-06 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 58 16 0 5 3 124 0.756 305 209 1117 20064 Mike Babcock Lost in round 1 2006-07 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 50 19 0 5 8 113 0.689 254 199 982 20066 Mike Babcock Lost in round 3 2007-08 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 54 21 0 2 5 115 0.701 257 184 937 18870 Mike Babcock Won Championship 2008-09 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 51 21 0 6 4 112 0.683 295 244 824 19865 Mike Babcock Lost in Finals 2009-10 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 44 24 0 5 9 102 0.622 229 216 723 19546 Mike Babcock Lost in round 2 2010-11 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 47 25 0 6 4 104 0.634 261 241 754 19680 Mike Babcock Lost in round 2 2011-12 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 82 48 28 0 3 3 102 0.622 248 203 0 20066 Mike Babcock Lost in round 1 2012-13 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 48 24 16 0 3 5 56 0.583 124 115 0 20066 Mike Babcock Lost in round 2 2013-14 Detroit Red Wings NHL Atlantic 82 39 28 0 6 9 93 0.567 222 230 0 22150 Mike Babcock Lost in round 1 2014-15 Detroit Red Wings NHL Atlantic 82 43 25 0 4 10 100 0.610 235 221 0 20027 Mike Babcock Lost in round 1 2015-16 Detroit Red Wings NHL Atlantic 82 41 30 0 6 5 93 0.567 211 224 0 20027 Jeff Blashill Lost in round 1 2016-17 Detroit Red Wings NHL Atlantic 82 33 36 0 13 0 79 0.482 207 244 0 20027 Jeff Blashill Out of Playoffs 2017-18 Detroit Red Wings NHL Atlantic 82 30 39 0 12 1 73 0.445 217 255 0 19515 Jeff Blashill Out of Playoffs 2018-19 Detroit Red Wings NHL Atlantic 82 32 40 0 5 5 74 0.451 227 277 0 19121 Jeff Blashill Out of Playoffs 2019-20 Detroit Red Wings NHL Atlantic 71 17 49 0 3 2 39 0.275 145 267 0 18717 Jeff Blashill Out of Playoffs 2020-21 Detroit Red Wings NHL Central 56 19 27 0 7 3 48 0.429 127 171 Jeff Blashill Out of Playoffs 2021-22 Detroit Red Wings NHL Atlantic 82 32 40 0 8 2 74 0.451 230 312 16985 Jeff Blashill Out of Playoffs |