2021–22 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2021–22 Detroit Red Wings season was the 96th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[2] It is the Red Wings' fifth season at Little Caesars Arena.

2021–22 Detroit Red Wings
Division	6th Atlantic
Conference	12th Eastern
2021–22 record	32–40–10
Home record	18–16–7
Road record	14–24–3
Goals for	230
Goals against	312
Team information
General manager	Steve Yzerman
Coach	Jeff Blashill
Captain	Dylan Larkin
Alternate captains	Danny DeKeyser Marc Staal
Arena	Little Caesars Arena
Average attendance	16,984[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Dylan Larkin (31)
Assists	Moritz Seider (43)
Points	Dylan Larkin (69)
Penalty minutes	Givani Smith (108)
Plus/minus	Kyle Criscuolo Oskar Sundqvist (+1)
Wins	Alex Nedeljkovic (20)
Goals against average	Magnus Hellberg (3.00)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The Red Wings were eliminated from playoff contention for the sixth consecutive season on April 9, 2022.^[3]

Off-season

On June 30, 2021, the Red Wings hired Alex Tanguay as an assistant coach.^[4]

On July 18, 2021, the NHL released the full list of players protected in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.^[5]

On July 21, 2021, the Seattle Kraken selected defenseman Dennis Cholowski during their expansion draft.^[6]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Florida Panthers	82	58	18	6	42	340	246	+94	122
2	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	54	21	7	45	315	253	+62	115
3	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	51	23	8	39	287	233	+54	110
4	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
5	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	e – Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	35	275	245	+30	100
3	ME	e – New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	34	231	237	−6	84
4	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	26	262	300	−38	81
5	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	ME	e – New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	19	248	307	−59	63
9	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	20	211	298	−87	61
10	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

Source: National Hockey League^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

2021 preseason game log: 4–4–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–3–0)[9]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 29	Detroit	4–3	Chicago	SO	Pickard	—	1–0–0	[10]
2	September 30	Buffalo	2–6	Detroit		Nedeljkovic	14,352	2–0–0	[11]
3	October 2	Columbus	1–5	Detroit		Greiss	14,827	3–0–0	[12]
4	October 3	Detroit	1–5	Pittsburgh		Nedeljkovic	15,554	3–1–0	[13]
5	October 4	Chicago	6–4	Detroit		Greiss	14,769	3–2–0	[14]
6	October 6	Detroit	2–4	Columbus		Nedeljkovic	10,374	3–3–0	[15]
7	October 7	Pittsburgh	2–4	Detroit		Greiss	14,812	4–3–0	[16]
8	October 9	Detroit	1–3	Buffalo		Nedeljkovic	6,607	4–4–0	[17]

Regular season

2021–22 game log 32–40–10 (Home: 18–16–7; Road: 14–24–3)[18]
October: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Tampa Bay 7–6 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 19,515 0–0–1 1 [19] 2 October 16 Vancouver 1–3 Detroit Greiss 19,515 1–0–1 3 [20] 3 October 19 Columbus 1–4 Detroit Greiss 19,515 2–0–1 5 [21] 4 October 21 Calgary 3–0 Detroit Nedeljkovic 19,515 2–1–1 5 [22] 5 October 23 Detroit 1–6 Montreal Greiss 19,706 2–2–1 5 [23] 6 October 24 Detroit 6–3 Chicago Nedeljkovic 19,042 3–2–1 7 [24] 7 October 27 Detroit 3–2 Washington OT Greiss 18,573 4–2–1 9 [25] 8 October 29 Florida 3–2 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 15,593 4–2–2 10 [26] 9 October 30 Detroit 4–5 Toronto Greiss 18,921 4–3–2 10 [27]
November: 7–6–1 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 2–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 2 Detroit 0–3 Montreal Nedeljkovic 19,547 4–4–2 10 [28] 11 November 4 Detroit 1–5 Boston Greiss 17,850 4–5–2 10 [29] 12 November 6 Detroit 4–3 Buffalo OT Nedeljkovic 8,171 5–5–2 12 [30] 13 November 7 Vegas 2–5 Detroit Greiss 19,515 6–5–2 14 [31] 14 November 9 Edmonton 2–4 Detroit Nedeljkovic 19,515 7–5–2 16 [32] 15 November 11 Washington 2–0 Detroit Greiss 19,515 7–6–2 16 [33] 16 November 13 Montreal 2–3 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 19,515 8–6–2 18 [34] 17 November 15 Detroit 3–5 Columbus Greiss 15,293 8–7–2 18 [35] 18 November 16 Detroit 2–5 Dallas Nedeljkovic 17,764 8–8–2 18 [36] 19 November 18 Detroit 2–5 Vegas Greiss 18,002 8–9–2 18 [37] 20 November 20 Detroit 1–2 Arizona OT Nedeljkovic 12,906 8–9–3 19 [38] 21 November 24 St. Louis 2–4 Detroit Nedeljkovic 19,515 9–9–3 21 [39] 22 November 27 Buffalo 2–3 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 19,515 10–9–3 23 [40] 23 November 30 Detroit 2–1 Boston Nedeljkovic 17,850 11–9–3 25 [41]
December: 4–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Seattle 3–4 Detroit SO Greiss 18,963 12–9–3 27 [42] 25 December 4 NY Islanders 3–4 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 19,152 13–9–3 29 [43] 26 December 7 Nashville 5–2 Detroit Nedeljkovic 15,539 13–10–3 29 [44] 27 December 9 Detroit 2–6 St. Louis Nedeljkovic 18,096 13–11–3 29 [45] 28 December 10 Detroit 3–7 Colorado Nedeljkovic 18,021 13–12–3 29 [46] 29 December 14 NY Islanders 1–2 Detroit Nedeljkovic 16,884 14–12–3 31 [47] 30 December 16 Detroit 3–5 Carolina Nedeljkovic 16,017 14–13–3 31 [48] 31 December 18 New Jersey 2–5 Detroit Greiss 19,015 15–13–3 33 [49] — December 20 Colorado Detroit Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[50] — December 23 Detroit Minnesota Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[50] — December 27 Detroit NY Rangers Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[51] — December 29 Detroit NY Islanders Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[52] 32 December 31 Washington 3–1 Detroit Greiss 17,721 15–14–3 33 [53]
January: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–4–1; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 33 January 2 Boston 5–1 Detroit Nedeljkovic 17,973 15–15–3 33 [54] 34 January 4 San Jose 2–6 Detroit Nedeljkovic 14,524 16–15–3 35 [55] — January 6 Detroit Anaheim Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56] 35 January 8 Detroit 0–4 Los Angeles Nedeljkovic 17,321 16–16–3 35 [57] 36 January 9 Detroit 3–4 Anaheim SO Greiss 12,043 16–16–4 36 [58] 37 January 11 Detroit 2–3 San Jose OT Nedeljkovic 10,489 16–16–5 37 [59] 38 January 13 Winnipeg 3–0 Detroit Nedeljkovic 16,829 16–17–5 37 [60] 39 January 15 Buffalo 0–4 Detroit Nedeljkovic 19,515 17–17–5 39 [61] 40 January 17 Detroit 3–2 Buffalo OT Nedeljkovic 8,839 18–17–5 41 [62] — January 18 Detroit Philadelphia Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[63] 41 January 21 Dallas 5–4 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 18,522 18–17–6 42 [64] 42 January 22 Detroit 1–4 Nashville Nedeljkovic 17,455 18–18–6 42 [65] 43 January 26 Chicago 8–5 Detroit Pickard 16,578 18–19–6 42 [66] 44 January 28 Detroit 3–2 Pittsburgh SO Pickard 18,369 19–19–6 44 [67] 45 January 29 Toronto 7–4 Detroit Nedeljkovic 19,515 19–20–6 44 [68] 46 January 31 Anaheim 1–2 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 14,545 20–20–6 46 [69]
February: 3–4–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 47 February 2 Los Angeles 5–3 Detroit Nedeljkovic 11,553 20–21–6 46 [70] 48 February 9 Detroit 6–3 Philadelphia Nedeljkovic 13,243 21–21–6 48 [71] 49 February 12 Philadelphia 2–4 Detroit Greiss 15,965 22–21–6 50 [72] 50 February 14 Detroit 4–7 Minnesota Nedeljkovic 18,098 22–22–6 50 [73] 51 February 17 Detroit 3–2 NY Rangers SO Greiss 16,461 23–22–6 52 [74] 52 February 23 Colorado 5–2 Detroit Greiss 18,562 23–23–6 52 [75] 53 February 26 Toronto 10–7 Detroit Nedeljkovic 18,791 23–24–6 52 [76]
March: 3–8–3 (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 1–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 March 1 Carolina 3–4 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 14,874 24–24–6 54 [77] 55 March 4 Detroit 1–3 Tampa Bay Nedeljkovic 19,092 24–25–6 54 [78] 56 March 5 Detroit 2–6 Florida Greiss 15,890 24–26–6 54 [79] 57 March 8 Arizona 9–2 Detroit Nedeljkovic 14,621 24–27–6 54 [80] 58 March 10 Minnesota 6–5 Detroit SO Nedeljkovic 17,461 24–27–7 55 [81] 59 March 12 Detroit 0–3 Calgary Greiss 17,658 24–28–7 55 [82] 60 March 15 Detroit 5–7 Edmonton Nedeljkovic 15,311 24–29–7 55 [83] 61 March 17 Detroit 1–0 Vancouver Nedeljkovic 18,893 25–29–7 57 [84] 62 March 19 Detroit 2–4 Seattle Nedeljkovic 17,151 25–30–7 57 [85] 63 March 22 Philadelphia 3–6 Detroit Nedeljkovic 15,521 26–30–7 59 [86] 64 March 24 Detroit 2–5 NY Islanders Greiss 16,429 26–31–7 59 [87] 65 March 26 Tampa Bay 2–1 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 19,515 26–31–8 60 [88] 66 March 27 Detroit 2–11 Pittsburgh Nedeljkovic 17,842 26–32–8 60 [89] 67 March 30 NY Rangers 4–5 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 16,375 26–32–9 61 [90]
April: 6–8–1 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 5–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 68 April 1 Ottawa 5–2 Detroit Nedeljkovic 17,563 26–33–9 61 [91] 69 April 3 Detroit 2–5 Ottawa Greiss 16,402 26–34–9 61 [92] 70 April 5 Boston 3–5 Detroit Nedeljkovic 15,734 27–34–9 63 [93] 71 April 6 Detroit 3–1 Winnipeg Greiss 13,484 28–34–9 65 [94] 72 April 9 Columbus 5–4 Detroit OT Nedeljkovic 19,515 28–34–10 66 [95] 73 April 12 Ottawa 4–1 Detroit Greiss 16,093 28–35–10 66 [96] 74 April 14 Detroit 3–0 Carolina Nedeljkovic 17,811 29–35–10 68 [97] 75 April 16 Detroit 0–4 NY Rangers Greiss 18,006 29–36–10 68 [98] 76 April 17 Florida 6–1 Detroit Nedeljkovic 14,566 29–37–10 68 [99] 77 April 19 Detroit 4–3 Tampa Bay Greiss 19,092 30–37–10 70 [100] 78 April 21 Detroit 2–5 Florida Nedeljkovic 16,238 30–38–10 70 [101] 79 April 23 Pittsburgh 7–2 Detroit Greiss 19,515 30–39–10 70 [102] 80 April 24 Detroit 3–0 New Jersey Nedeljkovic 11,492 31–39–10 72 [103] 81 April 26 Detroit 0–3 Toronto Nedeljkovic 18,107 31–40–10 72 [104] 82 April 29 Detroit 5–3 New Jersey Hellberg 14,597 32–40–10 74 [105]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Moritz Seider NHL Rookie of the Month October 2021[106] Lucas Raymond NHL Rookie of the Month November 2021[107] Dylan Larkin NHL First Star of the Week December 20, 2021[108]

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Lucas Raymond 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist October 14, 2021 Moritz Seider 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist October 14, 2021 Lucas Raymond 1st career NHL goal October 19, 2021 Marc Staal 200th career NHL point October 19, 2021 Lucas Raymond 1st career NHL hat-trick October 24, 2021 Moritz Seider 1st career NHL goal November 6, 2021 Danny DeKeyser 500th career NHL game November 7, 2021 Sam Gagner 900th career NHL game November 9, 2021 Filip Zadina 100th career NHL game November 9, 2021 Dylan Larkin 300th career NHL point November 13, 2021 Chase Pearson 1st career NHL game March 24, 2022

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Dylan Larkin	71	31	38	69	–18	47
Tyler Bertuzzi	68	30	32	62	–11	47
Lucas Raymond	82	23	34	57	–32	16
Moritz Seider	82	7	43	50	–9	34
Filip Hronek	78	5	33	38	–29	36
Pius Suter	82	15	21	36	–11	22
Sam Gagner	81	13	18	31	–4	32
Robby Fabbri	66	17	13	30	–23	35
Michael Rasmussen	80	15	12	27	–25	66
Vladislav Namestnikov‡	60	13	12	25	+1	34
Filip Zadina	74	10	14	24	–24	10
Jakub Vrana	26	13	6	19	–8	16
Adam Erne	79	6	13	19	–22	34
Nick Leddy‡	55	1	15	16	–33	16
Marc Staal	71	3	13	16	-1	28
Joe Veleno	66	8	7	15	–14	22
Gustav Lindstrom	63	1	12	13	–12	22
Danny DeKeyser	59	0	11	11	–8	26
Oskar Sundqvist†	18	4	4	8	1	17
Jordan Oesterle	45	2	6	8	–7	4
Givani Smith	46	4	3	7	–6	108
Carter Rowney	26	4	2	6	–4	0
Mitchell Stephens	27	0	6	6	–8	8
Taro Hirose	15	1	3	4	–5	4
Jake Walman†	19	0	4	4	–6	4
Kyle Criscuolo	6	0	2	2	+1	2
Gemel Smith	3	0	1	1	–2	5
Troy Stecher‡	16	1	1	2	–6	9
Olli Juolevi†	8	0	0	0	–1	4
Dan Renouf	4	0	0	0	–2	7
Riley Barber	2	0	0	0	+1	0
Turner Elson	2	0	0	0	–1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Magnus Hellberg	1	1	60	1	0	0	3	3.00	20	.870	0	0	0	0
Alex Nedeljkovic	59	52	3,231	20	24	9	178	3.31	1,618	.901	4	0	0	0
Thomas Greiss	31	28	1,508	10	15	1	92	3.66	750	.891	0	0	0	0
Calvin Pickard	3	1	126	1	1	0	9	4.29	72	.875	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16)	To New York Islanders Richard Panik 2nd-round pick in 2021	To Detroit Red Wings Nick Leddy	[109]
July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)	To Carolina Hurricanes Jonathan Bernier 3rd-round pick in 2021	To Detroit Red Wings Alex Nedeljkovic	[110]
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2022	To Detroit Red Wings Mitchell Stephens	[111]
March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)	To Los Angeles Kings Troy Stecher	To Detroit Red Wings 7th-round pick in 2022	[112]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To St. Louis Blues Nick Leddy Luke Witkowski	To Detroit Red Wings Oskar Sundqvist Jake Walman 2nd-round pick in 2023	[113]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Dallas Stars Vladislav Namestnikov	To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2024	[114]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Luke Glendening	to Dallas Stars	2-year	[115]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Joe Hicketts	to Minnesota Wild	2-year	[116]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Jordan Oesterle	from Arizona Coyotes	2-year	[117]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Dominic Turgeon	to Minnesota Wild	1-year	[118]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Alex Biega	to Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	[119]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Pius Suter	from Chicago Blackhawks	2-year	[120]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Dylan McIlrath	to Washington Capitals	2-year	[121]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Ryan Murphy	from Henderson Silver Knights	1-year	[122]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Darren Helm	to Colorado Avalanche	1-year	[123]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Dan Renouf	from Colorado Avalanche	1-year	[124]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Luke Witkowski	from Syracuse Crunch	2-year
July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30)	Brian Lashoff	from Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	[125]
August 20, 2021 (2021-08-20)	Kevin Boyle	to HC Bolzano	1-year	[126]
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24)	Valtteri Filppula	to Geneve-Servette HC	1-year	[127]
September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02)	Carter Rowney	from Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[128]
October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)	Evgeny Svechnikov	to Winnipeg Jets	1-year	[129]
April 13, 2022 (2022-04-13)	Magnus Hellberg	from HC Sochi	1-year	[130]
April 25, 2022 (2022-04-25)	Turner Elson	from Grand Rapids Griffins	1-year	[131]
May 16, 2022 (2022-05-16)	Pontus Andreasson	from Lulea HF	1-year	[132]
May 22, 2022 (2022-05-22)	Steven Kampfer	from Ak Bars Kazan	1-year	[133]
May 25, 2022 (2022-05-25)	Brian Lashoff	to Grand Rapids Griffins	1-year	[134]
June 29, 2022 (2022-06-29)	Ryan Murphy	to Salavat Yulaev Ufa	1-year	[135]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
August 19, 2021 (2021-08-19)	Frans Nielsen	Buyout	[136]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
January 19, 2022 (2022-01-19)	Gemel Smith	from Tampa Bay Lightning	[137]
February 19, 2022 (2022-02-19)	Gemel Smith	to Tampa Bay Lightning	[138]
March 7, 2022 (2022-03-07)	Olli Juolevi	from Florida Panthers	[139]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)	Michael Rasmussen	3-year	[140]
July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)	Alex Nedeljkovic	2-year	[110]
July 25, 2021 (2021-07-25)	Marc Staal	1-year	[141]
July 26, 2021 (2021-07-26)	Gustav Lindstrom	2-year	[142]
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)	Taro Hirose	1-year	[143]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Sam Gagner	1-year	[144]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Calvin Pickard	1-year
July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31)	Tyler Bertuzzi	2-year	[145]
August 5, 2021 (2021-08-05)	Chase Pearson	1-year	[146]
August 10, 2021 (2021-08-10)	Jakub Vrana	3-year	[147]
August 15, 2021 (2021-08-15)	Adam Erne	2-year	[148]
September 3, 2021 (2021-09-03)	Filip Hronek	3-year	[149]
September 14, 2021 (2021-09-14)	Givani Smith	2-year	[150]
December 13, 2021 (2021-12-13)	Robby Fabbri	3-year	[151]
March 16, 2022 (2022-03-16)	Cross Hanas	3-year	[152]
April 24, 2022 (2022-04-24)	Simon Edvinsson	3-year	[153]
May 21, 2022 (2022-05-21)	Taro Hirose	2-year	[154]
June 9, 2022 (2022-06-09)	Elmer Soderblom	3-year	[155]
June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24)	Victor Brattstrom	1-year	[156]

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held on July 23 and 24, 2021, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	6	Simon Edvinsson	D	Sweden	Frölunda HC (SHL)
1	151	Sebastian Cossa	G	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
2	362	Shai Buium	D	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
3	70	Carter Mazur	LW	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
4	1143	Redmond Savage	C	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5	134	Liam Dower Nilsson	C	Sweden	Frölunda HC (J20 SuperElit)
5	1554	Oscar Plandowski	D	Canada	Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL)
6	166	Pasquale Zito	LW	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)

Notes:

1. The Dallas Stars' first-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on July 23, 2021, that sent a first-round pick in 2021, a second-round pick in 2021, and a fifth-round pick in 2021 in exchange for this pick.^[157]
2. The Vegas Golden Knights' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on July 24, 2021, that sent a second-round pick in 2021, and a fourth-round pick in 2021 in exchange for this pick.^[158]
3. The Vegas Golden Knights' fourth-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on July 24, 2021, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2021 in exchange for this pick.^[159]
4. The Vegas Golden Knights' fifth-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on July 24, 2021, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2021 in exchange for this pick.^[160]

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