1988–89 Detroit Red Wings season

1988–89 Detroit Red Wings
Norris Division champions
Division	1st Norris
Conference	4th Campbell
1988–89 record	34–34–12
Home record	20–14–6
Road record	14–20–6
Goals for	313
Goals against	316
Team information
General Manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Gerard Gallant Mike O'Connell
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Yzerman (65)
Assists	Steve Yzerman (90)
Points	Steve Yzerman (155)
Penalties in minutes	Gerard Gallant (230)
Plus/minus	Larry Trader (20)
Wins	Greg Stefan (21)
Goals against average	Glen Hanlon (3.56)

The 1988–89 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in first place in the Norris Division with a record of 34 wins, 34 losses, and 12 ties for 80 points. They lost the Division Semi-finals four games to two to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	17.	Kory Kocur (R)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	38.	Serge Anglehart(D)	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)

Regular season

October 6, 1988: In a game against the Detroit Red Wings, Wayne Gretzky made his debut as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky scored on his first shot, and contributed 3 assists in an 8-2 victory.^[1]

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	34	12	313	316	80
St. Louis Blues	80	33	35	12	275	285	78
Minnesota North Stars	80	27	37	16	258	278	70
Chicago Blackhawks	80	27	41	12	297	335	66
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	28	46	6	259	342	62

^[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1988	2–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	0–1–0
2	T	October 8, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	0–1–1
3	L	October 10, 1988	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	0–2–1
4	T	October 14, 1988	8–8 OT	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	0–2–2
5	W	October 15, 1988	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	1–2–2
6	W	October 18, 1988	4–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	2–2–2
7	L	October 21, 1988	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	2–3–2
8	T	October 23, 1988	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	2–3–3
9	W	October 26, 1988	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	3–3–3
10	W	October 28, 1988	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	4–3–3
11	L	October 29, 1988	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	4–4–3
12	T	November 1, 1988	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	4–4–4
13	L	November 4, 1988	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	4–5–4
14	W	November 6, 1988	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	5–5–4
15	W	November 9, 1988	6–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	6–5–4
16	W	November 12, 1988	5–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	7–5–4
17	W	November 13, 1988	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	8–5–4
18	W	November 16, 1988	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	9–5–4
19	W	November 18, 1988	5–2	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	10–5–4
20	W	November 20, 1988	5–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	11–5–4
21	L	November 23, 1988	3–8	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	11–6–4
22	W	November 25, 1988	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	12–6–4
23	L	November 27, 1988	3–4	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	12–7–4
24	W	November 29, 1988	5–3	New York Islanders (1988–89)	13–7–4
25	W	December 1, 1988	7–3	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	14–7–4
26	L	December 3, 1988	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	14–8–4
27	L	December 5, 1988	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	14–9–4
28	W	December 9, 1988	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	15–9–4
29	W	December 10, 1988	8–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	16–9–4
30	W	December 13, 1988	5–4	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	17–9–4
31	L	December 16, 1988	4–6	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	17–10–4
32	L	December 17, 1988	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	17–11–4
33	W	December 20, 1988	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	18–11–4
34	T	December 22, 1988	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	18–11–5
35	L	December 23, 1988	2–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	18–12–5
36	L	December 28, 1988	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	18–13–5
37	L	December 30, 1988	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–14–5
38	L	December 31, 1988	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	18–15–5
39	W	January 4, 1989	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	19–15–5
40	T	January 6, 1989	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	19–15–6
41	L	January 7, 1989	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	19–16–6
42	W	January 9, 1989	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	20–16–6
43	T	January 11, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	20–16–7
44	T	January 14, 1989	5–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	20–16–8
45	W	January 15, 1989	8–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	21–16–8
46	L	January 17, 1989	1–7	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	21–17–8
47	L	January 20, 1989	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	21–18–8
48	W	January 22, 1989	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	22–18–8
49	L	January 25, 1989	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	22–19–8
50	W	January 27, 1989	8–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	23–19–8
51	L	January 28, 1989	5–10	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	23–20–8
52	L	January 30, 1989	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	23–21–8
53	L	February 2, 1989	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	23–22–8
54	L	February 3, 1989	5–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	23–23–8
55	W	February 5, 1989	6–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	24–23–8
56	L	February 9, 1989	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	24–24–8
57	W	February 11, 1989	5–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	25–24–8
58	T	February 13, 1989	2–2 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	25–24–9
59	W	February 15, 1989	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	26–24–9
60	L	February 17, 1989	3–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	26–25–9
61	L	February 19, 1989	4–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	26–26–9
62	W	February 21, 1989	6–5	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	27–26–9
63	T	February 23, 1989	6–6 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	27–26–10
64	W	February 25, 1989	5–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	28–26–10
65	T	February 26, 1989	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	28–26–11
66	W	March 1, 1989	6–5	New York Islanders (1988–89)	29–26–11
67	W	March 4, 1989	5–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	30–26–11
68	L	March 7, 1989	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	30–27–11
69	W	March 9, 1989	3–2	New York Rangers (1988–89)	31–27–11
70	L	March 11, 1989	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	31–28–11
71	T	March 14, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	31–28–12
72	W	March 15, 1989	8–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	32–28–12
73	L	March 18, 1989	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	32–29–12
74	L	March 19, 1989	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	32–30–12
75	W	March 24, 1989	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	33–30–12
76	L	March 25, 1989	5–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	33–31–12
77	L	March 27, 1989	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	33–32–12
78	W	March 29, 1989	4–3	New York Rangers (1988–89)	34–32–12
79	L	March 31, 1989	1–5	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	34–33–12
80	L	April 2, 1989	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	34–34–12

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	80	65	90	155	17	61
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	76	39	54	93	7	230
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	69	16	62	78	-1 !–1	14
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	76	36	35	71	7	118
Barr, DaveDave Barr	73	27	32	59	12	69
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson	65	12	35	47	-6 !–6	149
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	79	19	27	46	5	78
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	66	10	32	42	6	100
Klima, PetrPetr Klima	51	25	16	41	5	44
Zombo, RichardRichard Zombo	75	1	20	21	22	106
Kocur, JoeyJoey Kocur	60	9	9	18	-4 !–4	213
O'Connell, MichaelMichael O'Connell	66	1	15	16	-8 !–8	41
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer‡	23	7	8	15	-4 !–4	47
Nill, JamesJames Nill	71	8	7	15	-1 !–1	83
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	42	5	9	14	0	62
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples	46	4	9	13	5	26
Houda, DougDoug Houda	57	2	11	13	17	67
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	52	2	10	12	-18 !–18	6
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	56	7	5	12	-5 !–5	60
Pavese, JimJim Pavese‡	39	3	6	9	-1 !–1	130
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy	26	1	7	8	-7 !–7	28
Probert, BobBob Probert	25	4	2	6	-11 !–11	106
Krentz, DaleDale Krentz	16	3	3	6	-3 !–3	4
King, KrisKris King	55	2	3	5	-7 !–7	168
Robertson, TorrieTorrie Robertson†	12	2	2	4	0	63
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	42	1	3	4	-11 !–11	51
Fedyk, BrentBrent Fedyk	5	2	0	2	-1 !–1	0
Halward, DouglasDouglas Halward‡	18	0	1	1	-11 !–11	36
Mokosak, JohnJohn Mokosak	8	0	1	1	0	14
Blum, JohnJohn Blum	6	0	0	0	-2 !–2	8
King, ScottScott King	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brubaker, JeffJeff Brubaker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ihnacak, MiroslavMiroslav Ihnacak	1	0	0	0	0	0
McKay, RandallRandall McKay	3	0	0	0	-1 !–1	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	6	5	5	10	-7 !–7	2
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	6	0	8	8	-1 !–1	2
Klima, PetrPetr Klima	6	2	4	6	0	19
Barr, DaveDave Barr	6	3	1	4	1	6
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	6	1	2	3	2	16
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson	5	2	1	3	-3 !–3	6
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	6	1	2	3	2	6
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	6	1	2	3	-2 !–2	40
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	5	1	1	2	-2 !–2	8
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	6	1	1	2	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	6	0	1	1	-1 !–1	0
Kocur, JoeyJoey Kocur	3	0	1	1	0	6
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	6	0	1	1	3	2
Robertson, TorrieTorrie Robertson	6	1	0	1	-1 !–1	17
Zombo, RichardRichard Zombo	6	0	1	1	-3 !–3	16
McKay, RandallRandall McKay	2	0	0	0	-2 !–2	2
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	1	0	0	0	0	0
O'Connell, MichaelMichael O'Connell	6	0	0	0	0	4
Nill, JamesJames Nill	6	0	0	0	-1 !–1	25
King, KrisKris King	2	0	0	0	0	2
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	5	0	0	0	-1 !–1	4
Sharples, JeffJeff Sharples	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	46	2499	21	17	3	167	4.01	1290	0.871	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	39	2092	13	14	8	124	3.56	1055	0.882	1
St. Laurent, SamSam St. Laurent	4	141	0	1	1	9	3.83	91	0.901	0
Cheveldae, TimTim Cheveldae	2	122	0	2	0	9	4.43	74	0.878	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	5	294	2	3	18	3.67	151	0.881	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	2	78	0	1	7	5.38	47	0.851	0

^[3]

^†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

Playoffs

The Red Wings won their second straight division championship and went against Chicago in the first round in a best of seven series and lost in 6 games, or 2-4.

Awards and records

Steve Yzerman, Club Record, Most Points in One Season (155)
Steve Yzerman, Lester B. Pearson Award
Gerard Gallant, Left Wing, NHL Second All-Star Team

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database

↑ Gretzky’s Tears, Stephen Brunt, pp.182-183, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, Toronto, Canada, 2009, ISBN 978-0-307-39729-4
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ 1988–89 Detroit Red Wings at Hockey Reference

Detroit Red Wings seasons
1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Detroit Red Wings
Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season
History	History (Original Six) Records Award winners Retired numbers
Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Christopher Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Jeff Blashill Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster
Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Little Caesars Arena
Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks Toronto Maple Leafs
Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye
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Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch Al Sobotka London Lions Don't Stop Believin' 1938 European tour 1954 prison game 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series NHL Centennial Classic

1988–89 NHL season
Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec
Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto
Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg
See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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