1991–92 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1991–92 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 60th season, the 66th for the franchise. The Wings made it to the second round of the playoffs before losing to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Red Wings, along with the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins, had five 30-goal scorers. This was also the first season for the now-retired NHL legend Nicklas Lidstrom.

1991–92 Detroit Red Wings
Norris Division champions
Division	1st Norris
Conference	1st Campbell
1991–92 record	43–25–12
Home record	24–12–4
Road record	19–13–8
Goals for	320
Goals against	256
Team information
General manager	Bryan Murray
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Gerard Gallant Brad McCrimmon Bob Probert
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Yzerman (45)
Assists	Steve Yzerman (58)
Points	Steve Yzerman (103)
Penalty minutes	Bob Probert (276)
Plus/minus	Paul Ysebaert (+44)
Wins	Tim Cheveldae (38)
Goals against average	Vincent Riendeau (1.38)
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Offseason

In the Entry Draft, the Wings picked Martin Lapointe in the first round, tenth overall. In the third round, the Wings picked their goaltender of the future, Chris Osgood.

Regular season

The Red Wings led the NHL in short-handed goals scored, with 18.^[1]

Season standings

Norris Division^[2]

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	80	43	25	12	320	256	98
Chicago Blackhawks	80	36	29	15	257	236	87
St. Louis Blues	80	36	33	11	279	266	83
Minnesota North Stars	80	32	42	6	246	278	70
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	30	43	7	234	294	67

Campbell Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	NRS	80	43	25	12	320	256	98
2	Vancouver Canucks	SMY	80	42	26	12	285	250	96
3	Chicago Blackhawks	NRS	80	36	29	15	257	236	87
4	Los Angeles Kings	SMY	80	35	31	14	287	296	84
5	St. Louis Blues	NRS	80	36	33	11	279	266	83
6	Edmonton Oilers	SMY	80	36	34	10	295	297	82
7	Winnipeg Jets	SMY	80	33	32	15	251	244	81
8	Calgary Flames	SMY	80	31	37	12	296	305	74
9	Minnesota North Stars	NRS	80	32	42	6	246	278	70
10	Toronto Maple Leafs	NRS	80	30	43	7	234	294	67
11	San Jose Sharks	SMY	80	17	58	5	219	359	39

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
1	October 3	Detroit	3 – 3	Chicago	*	0–0–1	1
2	October 5	Detroit	5 – 8	Toronto		0–1–1	1
3	October 10	Montreal	4 – 1	Detroit		0–2–1	1
4	October 12	Detroit	2 – 3	Minnesota		0–3–1	1
5	October 15	Edmonton	1 – 3	Detroit		1–3–1	3
6	October 17	St. Louis	3 – 6	Detroit		2–3–1	5
7	October 19	Detroit	6 – 1	Quebec		3–3–1	7
8	October 23	Winnipeg	3 – 2	Detroit		3–4–1	7
9	October 25	Toronto	0 – 4	Detroit		4–4–1	9
10	October 26	Detroit	1 – 6	Toronto		4–5–1	9
11	October 28	Los Angeles	4 – 3	Detroit		4–6–1	9
12	October 30	Buffalo	1 – 3	Detroit		5–6–1	11

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
13	November 1	Hartford	5 – 8	Detroit		6–6–1	13
14	November 2	Detroit	1 – 4	Boston		6–7–1	13
15	November 5	Minnesota	3 – 2	Detroit		6–8–1	13
16	November 7	St. Louis	3 – 10	Detroit		7–8–1	15
17	November 8	Detroit	5 – 4	Washington		8–8–1	17
18	November 10	St. Louis	4 – 6	Detroit		9–8–1	19
19	November 12	Detroit	5 – 4	Calgary	*	10–8–1	21
20	November 14	Detroit	3 – 3	San Jose	*	10–8–2	22
21	November 16	Detroit	5 – 3	Los Angeles		11–8–2	24
22	November 19	Chicago	1 – 4	Detroit		12–8–2	26
23	November 22	Minnesota	3 – 4	Detroit		13–8–2	28
24	November 23	Detroit	2 – 2	Minnesota	*	13–8–3	29
25	November 25	Washington	4 – 5	Detroit		14–8–3	31
26	November 30	Detroit	3 – 7	St. Louis		14–9–3	31

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
27	December 3	Calgary	2 – 5	Detroit		15–9–3	33
28	December 6	NY Rangers	5 – 6	Detroit	*	16–9–3	35
29	December 7	Detroit	2 – 2	New Jersey	*	16–9–4	36
30	December 10	Chicago	3 – 5	Detroit		17–9–4	38
31	December 12	Quebec	1 – 4	Detroit		18–9–4	40
32	December 14	Detroit	4 – 3	Calgary	*	19–9–4	42
33	December 15	Detroit	4 – 1	Edmonton		20–9–4	44
34	December 17	Detroit	1 – 2	Vancouver		20–10–4	44
35	December 21	Detroit	5 – 2	Los Angeles		21–10–4	46
36	December 28	Detroit	5 – 4	Toronto		22–10–4	48
37	December 29	Detroit	6 – 4	Chicago		23–10–4	50
38	December 31	Boston	5 – 3	Detroit		23–11–4	50

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
39	January 3	Toronto	4 – 6	Detroit		24–11–4	52
40	January 4	Detroit	6 – 2	St. Louis		25–11–4	54
41	January 7	NY Islanders	5 – 2	Detroit		25–12–4	54
42	January 9	Minnesota	4 – 9	Detroit		26–12–4	56
43	January 11	Edmonton	5 – 5	Detroit	*	26–12–5	57
44	January 14	Detroit	2 – 6	NY Islanders		26–13–5	57
45	January 16	Pittsburgh	3 – 3	Detroit	*	26–13–6	58
46	January 21	Philadelphia	3 – 7	Detroit		27–13–6	60
47	January 23	Vancouver	3 – 1	Detroit		27–14–6	60
48	January 25	Detroit	7 – 0	New Jersey		28–14–6	62
49	January 29	Buffalo	4 – 4	Detroit	*	28–14–7	63
50	January 31	New Jersey	6 – 3	Detroit		28–15–7	63

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
51	February 1	Detroit	3 - 4	Montreal	*	28-16-7	63
52	February 3	Detroit	4 - 4	Pittsburgh	*	28-16-8	64
53	February 5	Washington	1 - 4	Detroit		29-16-8	66
54	February 7	Toronto	4 - 3	Detroit		29-17-8	66
55	February 9	Detroit	5 - 5	NY Rangers	*	29-17-9	67
56	February 11	Detroit	3 - 4	Toronto		29-18-9	67
57	February 12	Detroit	9 - 4	Buffalo		30-18-9	69
58	February 15	San Jose	1 - 11	Detroit		31-18-9	71
59	February 17	St. Louis	3 - 5	Detroit		32-18-9	73
60	February 20	Toronto	2 - 3	Detroit		33-18-9	75
61	February 22	Chicago	1 - 2	Detroit		34-18-9	77
62	February 23	Detroit	4 - 0	Hartford		35-18-9	79
63	February 27	Detroit	2 - 4	Chicago		35-19-9	79
64	February 29	Detroit	3 - 2	St. Louis		36-19-9	81

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
65	March 3	Winnipeg	4 - 3	Detroit		36-20-9	81
66	March 5	Minnesota	4 - 2	Detroit		36-21-9	81
67	March 7	Detroit	4 - 4	Quebec	*	36-21-10	82
68	March 8	Detroit	1 - 4	Montreal		36-22-10	82
69	March 12	Detroit	5 - 4	St. Louis		37-22-10	84
70	March 14	Detroit	1 - 4	Minnesota		37-23-10	84
71	March 15	Detroit	1 - 1	Winnipeg	*	37-23-11	85
72	March 17	Detroit	5 - 4	San Jose		38-23-11	87
73	March 20	NY Rangers	4 - 2	Detroit		38-24-11	87
74	March 22	Philadelphia	4 - 3	Detroit		38-25-11	87
75	March 24	Pittsburgh	2 - 4	Detroit		39-25-11	89
76	March 28	Vancouver	1 - 3	Detroit		40-25-11	91
77	March 29	Detroit	6 - 2	Vancouver		41-25-11	93
78	March 31	Chicago	3 - 3	Detroit	*	41-25-12	94

April

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
79	April 12	Detroit	2 - 1	Chicago		42-25-12	96
80	April 14	Detroit	7 - 4	Minnesota		43-25-12	98

Playoffs

Detroit finished the regular season in first place in the Norris Division for the third time in their history, qualifying for the playoffs. The Wings won the Division Semi-Finals (4–3) against the Minnesota North Stars but lost the Division Finals (0–4) to the Chicago Blackhawks.

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Steve Yzerman	79	45	58	103	64
Sergei Fedorov	80	32	54	86	72
Paul Ysebaert	79	35	40	75	55
Jimmy Carson	80	34	35	69	30
Ray Sheppard	74	36	26	62	27
Shawn Burr	79	19	32	51	118
Kevin Miller	80	20	26	46	53
Bob Probert	63	20	24	44	276
Gerard Gallant	69	14	22	36	187
Keith Primeau	35	6	10	16	83

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nicklas Lidstrom	80	11	49	60	22
Steve Chiasson	62	10	24	34	136
Vladimir Konstantinov	79	8	25	33	172
Brad McCrimmon	79	7	22	29	118
Yves Racine	61	2	22	24	94
Doug Crossman	26	0	8	8	14
Brad Marsh	55	3	4	7	53

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Tim Cheveldae	72	38	23	9	2	3.20
Greg Millen	10	3	2	3	0	2.71

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.^[4]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	10	Martin Lapointe	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
2	32	Jamie Pushor	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
3	54	Chris Osgood	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4	76	Mike Knuble	Canada	Kalamazoo Wings (NAHL)
5	98	Dmitri Motkov	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow (USSR)
7	142	Igor Malykhin	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow (USSR)
9	186	Jim Bermingham	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
10	208	Jason Firth	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
11	230	Bart Tuner	United States	Michigan State University (CCHA)
12	252	Andrew Miller	Canada	Wexford Raiders (OJHL)
S	16	Kelly Sorensen	Canada	Ferris State University (CCHA)

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

1. "1991-92 NHL Summary".
2. "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
3. "1991-1992 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
4. 1991 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com