2013–14 Detroit Red Wings season

2013–14 Detroit Red Wings
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
2013–14 record	39–28–15
Home record	18–13–10
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	222
Goals against	230
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Henrik Zetterberg
Alternate captains	Pavel Datsyuk Niklas Kronwall
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	22,149 (110.4%) Total: 908,131
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Gustav Nyquist (28)
Assists	Niklas Kronwall (41)
Points	Daniel Alfredsson (49) Niklas Kronwall
Penalty minutes	Kyle Quincey (88)
Plus/minus	Henrik Zetterberg (+19)
Wins	Jimmy Howard (21)
Goals against average	Petr Mrazek (1.74)

The 2013–14 Detroit Red Wings season was the 88th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. In the 2013–14 season, the Wings went 39–28–15, finishing fourth in the Atlantic Division and qualifying for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs as a Wildcard. The team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, losing the best-of-seven series to the Boston Bruins, four games to one.

Mike Babcock served his ninth year as head coach of the Red Wings, while Henrik Zetterberg served as the team's captain.

Realignment

This will mark the first season of a new divisional format change which the number of divisions are reduced to four. Detroit will be in a division with the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs in the Eastern Conference as opposed to the Red Wings long standing within the Western Conference. This format will continue until the league either expands or a relocation requires a change.

It will also present an added difficulty in extending the club's playoff streak. The Red Wings' division is one of two eight-team divisions, as opposed to two seven-team divisions in the West. According to NHL.com "The Stanley Cup Playoffs will still consist of 16 teams, eight in each conference, but it will be division-based and a wild-card system has been added.

The top three teams in each division will make up the first 12 teams in the playoffs. The remaining four spots will be filled by the next two highest-placed finishers in each conference, based on regular-season points and regardless of division. It will be possible, then, for one division to send five teams to the post-season while the other sends three." This means the Eastern Conference teams will fight to be one of eight teams out of 16, while the Western Conference has better odds with eight of 14 teams making the playoffs. The Red Wings will have a statistically harder time making the playoffs under this format. The league dismissed the issue as minor and focused on increased home and home series and the vast majority of games being played in the teams own time zone.

Members of the media also predicted that Detroit and the Columbus Blue Jackets (the other team to switch conferences from the west) would benefit from the greatly reduced travel and less physical level of play on average in the Eastern Conference. The move of Detroit and Columbus to the Eastern Conference allowed the Winnipeg Jets to be moved to the Western Conference, two calendar years from when the Atlanta Thrashers were officially relocated and renamed the Jets (not to be confused with the Winnipeg Jets (1972–96), who are still the Phoenix Coyotes).

The Red Wings will compete directly against three of the Original Six teams in their division, as well as against the team of the general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning and former Red Wing Hockey Hall of Famer, Steve Yzerman. They will lose longtime rivals in the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues. They also will no longer serve as the rivals for the Nashville Predators or Columbus Blue Jackets, though they would still have a decent shot at meeting Columbus in the Conference play in the playoffs as well as play every team in the NHL at least twice per year in the regular season.

It is likely that there will be an NHL league expansion in the near future, but Detroit will likely remain in the Eastern Conference permanently after a hard-fought campaign over the years to be moved East.

The team will also play in a rescheduled Winter Classic game on New Year's Day at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as participate in alumni games and other events at Comerica Park. The planned events were temporarily cancelled following the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

Off-season

On June 18, 2013, the Red Wings re-signed fan favorite and all-star Pavel Datsyuk to a three-year extension that will keep him in Detroit through the 2016–17 season and pay him $23 million.

In a surprise move that shocked Ottawa fans, captain and multiple franchise record holder Daniel Alfredsson signed as a free agent a one-year $5.5 million contract with the Red Wings on July 5, the first day of free agency. This came as a surprise to Detroit fans, as the 18-year veteran seemed destined to retire having only played for the Senators. "It pretty much came down to a selfish decision in terms of I have not won a Stanley Cup, a big priority for me," Alfredsson explained in a candid conference call with the media.

Alfredsson continued explaining how hard of a decision it was and gave his reasoning. "I feel that in Ottawa they are getting closer and closer and they have a really bright future in front of them, but at this point in my career there's not much left," Alfredsson said. "I don't have the time to wait for that." He also stated that, "I didn't really see myself making a change if you would have asked me a week ago, but as we got closer to free agency, thoughts started creeping in I've played 18 years and haven't won a Stanley Cup." Ottawa, coincidentally, host the Detroit Red Wings several times in the 2013–14 season due to a change to a four-division realignment format that brings Detroit into the Eastern Conference, as well as the same division as Ottawa.

Signing Alfredsson seemed to close the door on young bright spot from the prior season, Damien Brunner. Detroit added on the same day centre Stephen Weiss, a former fourth overall pick in 2001 of the Florida Panthers. His numbers were comparable to Valtteri Filppula, who the club seemed unwilling to pay the $5 million salary he wanted, and instead gave Weiss a five-year deal worth $4.9 million per year.

The Red Wings also lost three key members of the front-office staff when Jim Nill, former director of amateur scouting for the Red Wings, took the general management job of the Dallas Stars. Joe McDonnell, who replaced Nill for a few weeks as director of amateur scouting, and amateur scout Mark Leach followed their former colleague Nill to the Stars.

Regular season

The Red Wings set a franchise record this season, surpassing their most man-games lost due to injury or illness in one season since the stat started being kept in 1985–86. The previous high was 346, which Detroit eclipsed on March 23 against the Minnesota Wild. Detroit ended the season with 421 man-games lost, second only to the Pittsburgh Penguins, including six key players who missed at least 25 games. Fifteen players missed ten or more games, resulting in Detroit dressing 38 different players during the regular season. That marks the most since the team used 45 in the 1990–91 season. Nine players made their NHL debuts with the Red Wings this season, their highest total since 14 debuted in 1990–91.

The Red Wings reached several milestones as a franchise this season, including their 3,000th home game (1/31 vs. Washington), 3,000th road game (2/26 at Montreal) and 6,000th game (2/8 at Tampa Bay). After the 2013–14 regular season, the Red Wings stood at 2,774–2,328–815–107, ranking third in NHL history in wins.

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	82	54	19	9	51	261	177	+84	117
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	27	9	38	240	215	+25	101
3	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	46	28	8	40	215	204	+11	100
4	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	39	28	15	34	222	230	−8	93
5	Ottawa Senators	82	37	31	14	30	236	265	−29	88
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	38	36	8	29	231	256	−25	84
7	Florida Panthers	82	29	45	8	21	196	268	−72	66
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	21	51	10	14	157	248	−91	52

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	43	32	7	38	231	216	+15	93
2	AT	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	39	28	15	34	222	230	−8	93
3	ME	Washington Capitals	82	38	30	14	28	235	240	−5	90
4	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	35	29	18	35	197	208	−11	88
5	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	37	31	14	30	236	265	−29	88
6	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	38	36	8	29	231	256	−25	84
7	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	34	207	230	−23	83
8	ME	New York Islanders	82	34	37	11	25	225	267	−42	79
9	AT	Florida Panthers	82	29	45	8	21	196	268	−72	66
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	21	51	10	14	157	248	−91	52

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Detroit	W 4–1	Pittsburgh		Howard	17,610	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 17	Detroit	L 0–2	Chicago		Gustavsson	20,071	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 19	Detroit	W 8–2	Boston		Howard	16,839	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 21	Boston	L 2–0	Detroit		Gustavsson	15,516	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 22	Chicago	L 4–3	Detroit		Howard	15,022	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 25	Pittsburgh	L 5–1	Detroit		Mrazek	14,712	2–4–0	Recap
7	September 27	Toronto	W 2–5	Detroit		Howard	18,508	3–4–0	Recap
8	September 28	Detroit	L 1–3	Toronto		Mrazek	19,320	3–5–0	Recap

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 7–4–2 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 Buffalo W 1–2 Detroit Howard 20,066 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 4 Detroit W 3–2 Carolina OT Howard 18,680 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 5 Detroit L 1–4 Boston Howard 17,565 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 10 Phoenix L 4–2 Detroit Howard 20,066 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 12 Philadelphia W 2–5 Detroit Howard 20,066 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 14 Detroit W 3–2 Boston Gustavsson 17,565 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 15 Columbus W 1–2 Detroit Gustavsson 20,066 5–2–0 10 Recap 8 October 17 Detroit W 4–2 Colorado Gustavsson 18,101 6–2–0 12 Recap 9 October 19 Detroit L 2–5 Phoenix Howard 14,624 6–3–0 12 Recap 10 October 21 San Jose L 1–0 Detroit SO Howard 20,066 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 October 23 Ottawa L 6–1 Detroit Howard 20,066 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 October 26 N.Y. Rangers L 3–2 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 6–4–2 14 Recap 13 October 30 Detroit W 2–1 Vancouver Howard 18,910 7–4–2 16 Recap
November: 6–3–5 (Home: 2–2–4; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 1 Detroit W 4–3 Calgary Howard 19,289 8–4–2 18 Recap 15 November 2 Detroit W 5–0 Edmonton Mrazek 16,389 9–4–2 20 Recap 16 November 4 Detroit L 2–4 Winnipeg Howard 15,004 9–5–2 20 Recap 17 November 7 Dallas L 4–3 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 9–5–3 21 Recap 18 November 9 Tampa Bay L 3–2 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 9–5–4 22 Recap 19 November 12 Winnipeg L 3–2 Detroit SO Howard 20,066 9–5–5 23 Recap 20 November 15 Washington L 4–3 Detroit SO Howard 20,066 9–5–6 24 Recap 21 November 16 Detroit L 4–5 N.Y. Islanders SO Gustavsson 15,619 9–5–7 25 Recap 22 November 19 Nashville L 2–0 Detroit Howard 20,066 9–6–7 25 Recap 23 November 21 Carolina W 3–4 Detroit Howard 20,066 10–6–7 27 Recap 24 November 23 Ottawa L 4–2 Detroit Howard 20,066 10–7–7 27 Recap 25 November 24 Detroit W 3–1 Buffalo Gustavsson 18,721 11–7–7 29 Recap 26 November 27 Boston W 1–6 Detroit Gustavsson 20,066 12–7–7 31 Recap 27 November 29 Detroit W 5–0 N.Y. Islanders Howard 14,826 13–7–7 33 Recap
December: 5–7–2 (Home: 1–6–0; Road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 1 Detroit W 4–2 Ottawa Gustavsson 20,011 14–7–7 35 Recap 29 December 4 Philadelphia L 6–3 Detroit Howard 20,066 14–8–7 35 Recap 30 December 6 Detroit W 3–1 New Jersey Gustavsson 13,223 15–8–7 37 Recap 31 December 7 Florida L 2–1 Detroit Gustavsson 20,066 15–9–7 37 Recap 32 December 10 Detroit L 3–2 Florida SO Howard 13,358 15–9–8 38 Recap 33 December 12 Detroit L 1–2 Tampa Bay SO Gustavsson 19,204 15–9–9 39 Recap 34 December 14 Pittsburgh L 4–1 Detroit Gustavsson 20,066 15–10–9 39 Recap 35 December 15 Tampa Bay L 3–0 Detroit Mrazek 20,066 15–11–9 39 Recap 36 December 17 Anaheim L 5–2 Detroit Gustavsson 20,066 15–12–9 39 Recap 37 December 19 Calgary W 2–3 Detroit OT Gustavsson 20,066 16–12–9 41 Recap 38 December 21 Detroit W 5–4 Toronto SO Gustavsson 19,508 17–12–9 43 Recap 39 December 23 N.Y. Islanders L 3–0 Detroit Mrazek 20,066 17–13–9 43 Recap 40 December 28 Detroit W 4–3 Florida Gustavsson 18,932 18–13–9 45 Recap 41 December 30 Detroit L 4–6 Nashville Howard 17,212 18–14–9 45 Recap
January: 6–5–2 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 11 Toronto L 3–2 Detroit SO Howard 105,491 18–14–10 46 Recap 43 January 4 Detroit W 5–1 Dallas Howard 17,232 19–14–10 48 Recap 44 January 9 Detroit L 1–4 San Jose Howard 17,562 19–15–10 48 Recap 45 January 11 Detroit W 3–1 Los Angeles Howard 18,262 20–15–10 50 Recap 46 January 12 Detroit L 0–1 Anaheim Mrazek 17,375 20–16–10 50 Recap 47 January 16 Detroit L 0–1 N.Y. Rangers Howard 18,006 20–17–10 50 Recap 48 January 18 Los Angeles W 2–3 Detroit SO Howard 20,066 21–17–10 52 Recap 49 January 20 St. Louis L 4–1 Detroit Howard 20,066 21–18–10 52 Recap 50 January 22 Chicago W 4–5 Detroit SO Gustavsson 20,066 22–18–10 54 Recap 51 January 24 Montreal W 1–4 Detroit Gustavsson 20,066 23–18–10 56 Recap 52 January 26 Florida L 5–4 Detroit SO Gustavsson 20,066 23–18–11 57 Recap 53 January 28 Detroit L 0–5 Philadelphia Gustavsson 19,987 23–19–11 57 Recap 54 January 31 Washington W 3–4 Detroit SO Howard 20,066 24–19–11 59 Recap ^ 2014 NHL Winter Classic, played at Michigan Stadium.
February: 4–1–1 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 2 Detroit L 5–6 Washington OT Howard 18,506 24–19–12 60 Recap 56 February 3 Vancouver W 0–2 Detroit Howard 20,066 25–19–12 62 Recap 57 February 6 Detroit W 3–1 Florida Howard 15,623 26–19–12 64 Recap 58 February 8 Detroit L 2–4 Tampa Bay Howard 19,204 26–20–12 64 Recap 59 February 26 Detroit W 2–1 Montreal OT Howard 21,273 27–20–12 66 Recap 60 February 27 Detroit W 6–1 Ottawa Gustavsson 18,931 28–20–12 68 Recap
March: 7–6–2 (Home: 5–1–2; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 4 Detroit L 3–4 New Jersey Howard 16,592 28–21–12 68 Recap 62 March 6 Colorado L 3–2 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 28–21–13 69 Recap 63 March 7 New Jersey W 4–7 Detroit Gustavsson 20,066 29–21–13 71 Recap 64 March 9 Detroit L 0–3 N.Y. Rangers Howard 18,006 29–22–13 71 Recap 65 March 11 Detroit L 1–4 Columbus Mrazek 14,330 29–23–13 71 Recap 66 March 14 Edmonton W 1–2 Detroit SO Howard 20,066 30–23–13 73 Recap 67 March 16 Detroit L 1–4 Chicago Howard 22,128 30–24–13 73 Recap 68 March 18 Toronto W 2–3 Detroit Howard 20,066 31–24–13 75 Recap 69 March 20 Pittsburgh W 4–5 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 32–24–13 77 Recap 70 March 22 Detroit W 3–2 Minnesota Howard 19,176 33–24–13 79 Recap 71 March 23 Minnesota L 4–3 Detroit OT Howard 20,066 33–24–14 80 Recap 72 March 25 Detroit L 2–4 Columbus Howard 15,103 33–25–14 80 Recap 73 March 27 Montreal L 5–4 Detroit Howard 20,066 33–26–14 80 Recap 74 March 29 Detroit W 4–2 Toronto Howard 20,270 34–26–14 82 Recap 75 March 30 Tampa Bay W 3–2 Detroit Gustavsson 20,066 35–26–14 84 Recap
April: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Boston W 2–3 Detroit Howard 20,066 36–26–14 86 Recap 77 April 4 Buffalo W 2–3 Detroit Howard 20.066 37–26–14 88 Recap 78 April 5 Detroit L 3–5 Montreal Gustavsson 21,273 37–27–14 88 Recap 79 April 8 Detroit W 4–2 Buffalo Howard 18,710 38–27–14 90 Recap 80 April 9 Detroit L 3–4 Pittsburgh SO Gustavsson 18,620 38–27–15 91 Recap 81 April 11 Carolina L 2–1 Detroit Howard 20,066 38–28–15 91 Recap 82 April 13 Detroit W 3–0 St. Louis Mrazek 18,430 39–28–15 93 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Boston Bruins – Boston won series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 18 Detroit 1–0 Boston Howard 17,565 1–0 Recap 2 April 20 Detroit 1–4 Boston Howard 17,565 1–1 Recap 3 April 22 Boston 3–0 Detroit Howard 20,066 1–2 Recap 4 April 24 Boston 3–2 Detroit OT Gustavsson 20,066 1–3 Recap 5 April 26 Detroit 2–4 Boston Gustavsson 17,565 1–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Daniel Alfredsson	68	18	31	49	2	10
Niklas Kronwall	79	8	41	49	0	44
Gustav Nyquist	57	28	20	48	16	10
Henrik Zetterberg	45	16	32	48	19	20
Johan Franzen	54	16	25	41	6	40
Tomas Tatar	73	19	20	39	12	30
Pavel Datsyuk	45	17	20	37	1	6
Justin Abdelkader	70	10	18	28	2	31
Riley Sheahan	42	9	15	24	8	6
Danny DeKeyser	65	4	19	23	10	30
Darren Helm	42	12	8	20	2	14
Brendan Smith	71	5	14	19	−2	68
Jakub Kindl	66	2	17	19	−4	24
Joakim Andersson	65	8	9	17	−11	12
Todd Bertuzzi	59	9	7	16	−17	40
Tomas Jurco	36	8	7	15	0	14
Drew Miller	82	7	8	15	−11	21
Kyle Quincey	82	4	9	13	−5	88
David Legwand†	21	4	7	11	−9	31
Jonathan Ericsson	48	1	10	11	2	34
Daniel Cleary	52	4	4	8	−11	31
Luke Glendening	56	1	6	7	−8	22
Brian Lashoff	75	1	5	6	−2	36
Patrick Eaves‡	25	2	3	5	−4	2
Stephen Weiss	26	2	2	4	−4	12
Mikael Samuelsson	26	1	2	3	−4	6
Cory Emmerton	18	0	2	2	−2	4
Adam Almqvist	2	1	0	1	−1	0
Jordin Tootoo	11	0	1	1	−3	5
Landon Ferraro	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mitch Callahan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Teemu Pulkkinen	3	0	0	0	0	2
Alexey Marchenko	1	0	0	0	2	2
Xavier Ouellet	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan Sproul	1	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Pavel Datsyuk	5	3	2	5	1	0
Henrik Zetterberg	2	1	1	2	1	0
Niklas Kronwall	5	1	1	2	−1	0
Johan Franzen	5	0	2	2	−2	2
Justin Abdelkader	5	0	2	2	1	6
Luke Glendening	5	1	0	1	−2	0
Drew Miller	5	0	1	1	−2	0
Darren Helm	5	0	1	1	−3	0
Todd Bertuzzi	1	0	0	0	0	2
Daniel Alfredsson	3	0	0	0	−1	2
David Legwand	5	0	0	0	−1	0
Kyle Quincey	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jakub Kindl	4	0	0	0	−2	2
Brendan Smith	5	0	0	0	1	8
Joakim Andersson	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Gustav Nyquist	5	0	0	0	−1	0
Brian Lashoff	5	0	0	0	−3	0
Tomas Tatar	5	0	0	0	−3	8
Riley Sheahan	5	0	0	0	−1	0
Tomas Jurco	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Xavier Ouellet	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Danny DeKeyser	5	0	0	0	−1	6

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jimmy Howard	51	50	3004	21	19	11	133	2.66	1482	.910	2	0	0	6
Jonas Gustavsson	27	26	1551	16	5	4	68	2.63	735	.907	0	0	0	0
Petr Mrazek	9	6	449	2	4	0	13	1.74	178	.927	2	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jimmy Howard	3	3	178	1	2	6	2.02	87	.931	1	0	0	0
Jonas Gustavsson	2	2	133	0	2	6	2.71	72	.917	0	0	0	0

^†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

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
Jonas Gustavsson	NHL First Star of the Week	October 21, 2013
Niklas Kronwall	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 2, 2013
Gustav Nyquist	NHL Second Star of the Week	January 27, 2013
Johan Franzen	NHL First Star of the Week	March 3, 2014
Gustav Nyquist	NHL First Star of the Week	March 24, 2014
Gustav Nyquist	NHL Second Star of the Month	March

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Luke Glendening	1st Career NHL Game	October 12, 2013
Kyle Quincey	300th Career NHL Game	October 14, 2013
Xavier Ouellet	1st Career NHL Game	October 21, 2013
Kyle Quincey	100th Career NHL Point	October 30, 2013
Mike Babcock	800th Career NHL Game	November 1, 2013
Niklas Kronwall	200th Career NHL Assist	November 1, 2013
Petr Mrazek	1st Career NHL Shutout	November 2, 2013
Stephen Weiss	250th Career NHL Assist	November 4, 2013
Adam Almqvist	1st Career NHL Game	November 4, 2013
Danny DeKeyser	1st Career NHL Goal	November 4, 2013
Adam Almqvist	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	November 7, 2013
Pavel Datsyuk	800th Career NHL Game	November 16, 2013
Henrik Zetterberg	700th Career NHL Point	November 24, 2013
Daniel Alfredsson	1,200th Career NHL Game	November 29, 2013
Daniel Cleary	900th Career NHL Game	December 10, 2013
Jonathan Ericsson	300th Career NHL Game	December 12, 2013
Tomas Jurco	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	December 15, 2013
Luke Glendening	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	December 17, 2013
Daniel Alfredsson	700th Career NHL Assist	December 19, 2013
Jonas Gustavsson	50th career NHL Win	December 19, 2013
Alexey Marchenko	1st Career NHL Game	January 4, 2014
Riley Sheahan	1st Career NHL Goal	January 11, 2014
Justin Abdelkader	300th Career NHL Game	January 18, 2014
Mike Babcock	400th Career NHL Win with Detroit	January 18, 2014
Gustav Nyquist	1st Career NHL Hat Trick	February 2, 2014
Pavel Datsyuk	800th Career NHL Point	February 8, 2014
Joakim Andersson	100th Career NHL Game	March 7, 2014
Brendan Smith	100th Career NHL Game	March 7, 2014
Teemu Pulkkinen	1st Career NHL Game	March 14, 2014
Landon Ferraro	1st Career NHL Game	March 18, 2014
Todd Bertuzzi	300th Career NHL Game with Detroit	March 20, 2014
Jakub Kindl	200th Career NHL Game	March 20, 2014
Mitch Callahan	1st Career NHL Game	March 25, 2014
Darren Helm	1st Career NHL Hat Trick	March 29, 2014
Darren Helm	100th Career NHL Point	March 30, 2014
Brian Lashoff	100th Career NHL Game	April 2, 2014
Drew Miller	400th Career NHL Game	April 2, 2014
Jimmy Howard	150th Career NHL Win	April 2, 2014
Mike Babcock	700th Career NHL Game with Detroit	April 4, 2014
Luke Glendening	1st Career NHL Goal	April 5, 2014
Drew Miller	100th Career NHL Point	April 8, 2014
Ryan Sproul	1st Career NHL Game	April 13, 2014
Tomas Tatar	100th Career NHL Game	April 13, 2014

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
Luke Glendening	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 18, 2014
Tomas Jurco	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 18, 2014
Riley Sheahan	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 18, 2014
Luke Glendening	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 20, 2014
Justin Abdelkader	50th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 20, 2014
Drew Miller	50th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 20, 2014
David Legwand	50th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 22, 2014
Jonas Gustavsson	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 24, 2014
Xavier Ouellet	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 26, 2014

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 30, 2013	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick (18th overall) in 2013 – Mirco Mueller	To Detroit Red Wings 1st-round pick (20th overall) in 2013 – Anthony Mantha 2nd-round pick in 2013 – Tyler Bertuzzi
March 5, 2014	To Nashville Predators Patrick Eaves Calle Jarnkrok Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2014 – Julius Bergman	To Detroit Red Wings David Legwand

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms	Ref
Daniel Alfredsson	Ottawa Senators	1 year, $5.5 million
Stephen Weiss	Florida Panthers	5 years, $24.5 million
Luke Glendening	Grand Rapids Griffins	1 year, $575,000 entry-level contract
Colin Campbell	Lake Superior State University	2 years, $1.33 million entry-level contract
Tomas Nosek	HC Pardubice	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms	Ref
Valtteri Filppula	Tampa Bay Lightning	5 years, $25 million
Damien Brunner	New Jersey Devils	2 years, $5 million
Carlo Colaiacovo	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $750,000
Adam Almqvist	Severstal Cherepovets	2 years

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Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms	Ref
Brendan Smith	July 16, 2013	2 years, $2.525 million
Joakim Andersson	August 6, 2013	2 years, $1.465 million
Gustav Nyquist	August 20, 2013	2 years, $1.9 million
Daniel Cleary	September 12, 2013	1 year, $1.75 million
Jake Paterson	September 28, 2013	3 years, $1.9525 million entry-level contract
Anthony Mantha	October 12, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Zach Nastasiuk	November 1, 2013	3 years, $2.1025 million entry-level contract
Jonathan Ericsson	November 27, 2013	6 years, $25.5 million contract extension
Luke Glendening	April 5, 2014	3 years, $1.885 million contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

The Detroit Red Wings' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	20	Anthony Mantha	RW	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
2	48	Zach Nastasiuk	RW	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
2	58	Tyler Bertuzzi	LW	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
3	79	Mattias Janmark-Nylen	C	Sweden	AIK IF (SHL)
4	109	David Pope	LW	Canada	West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL)
5	139	Mitchell Wheaton	D	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	169	Marc McNulty	D	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7	199	Hampus Melen	RW	Sweden	Tingsryds AIF (Division 1)

Draft notes

• The Detroit Red Wings' first-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a first-round pick in 2013 (20th overall) and Pittsburgh's second-round pick in 2013 (58th overall) to Detroit in exchange for this pick.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings (via San Jose), San Jose traded this pick to Detroit as a result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a first round pick in 2013 (18th overall) to San Jose in return for a first round pick in 2013 (20th overall) and this pick.