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The 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 43rd season of competition, 37th season as the Red Wings.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 76 46 19 11 271 202 +69 103
2 Boston Bruins 76 42 18 16 303 221 +82 100
3 New York Rangers 76 41 26 9 231 196 +35 91
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 76 35 26 15 234 217 +17 85
5 Detroit Red Wings 76 33 31 12 239 221 +18 78
6 Chicago Black Hawks 76 34 33 9 280 246 +34 77

Record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1968 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 0–1–0
2 L October 13, 1968 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 0–2–0
3 W October 17, 1968 7–2 New York Rangers (1968–69) 1–2–0
4 L October 20, 1968 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 1–3–0
5 W October 27, 1968 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 2–3–0
6 W October 31, 1968 7–5 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 3–3–0
7 L November 2, 1968 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 3–4–0
8 T November 3, 1968 4–4 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 3–4–1
9 W November 6, 1968 6–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 4–4–1
10 W November 7, 1968 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 5–4–1
11 L November 9, 1968 4–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 5–5–1
12 T November 10, 1968 4–4 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 5–5–2
13 L November 13, 1968 1–2 @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 5–6–2
14 W November 14, 1968 5–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 6–6–2
15 T November 16, 1968 1–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 6–6–3
16 L November 20, 1968 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 6–7–3
17 W November 23, 1968 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 7–7–3
18 W November 27, 1968 5–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 8–7–3
19 L November 28, 1968 1–3 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 8–8–3
20 T December 1, 1968 3–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 8–8–4
21 W December 4, 1968 7–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 9–8–4
22 W December 5, 1968 4–2 New York Rangers (1968–69) 10–8–4
23 L December 7, 1968 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 10–9–4
24 W December 8, 1968 5–2 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 11–9–4
25 L December 11, 1968 3–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 11–10–4
26 L December 12, 1968 0–6 @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 11–11–4
27 W December 14, 1968 3–1 Oakland Seals (1968–69) 12–11–4
28 W December 15, 1968 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 13–11–4
29 L December 19, 1968 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 13–12–4
30 L December 21, 1968 3–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 13–13–4
31 W December 22, 1968 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 14–13–4
32 L December 25, 1968 3–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 14–14–4
33 T December 27, 1968 3–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 14–14–5
34 T December 29, 1968 3–3 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 14–14–6
35 W December 31, 1968 6–3 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 15–14–6
36 L January 1, 1969 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 15–15–6
37 L January 4, 1969 1–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 15–16–6
38 W January 5, 1969 2–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 16–16–6
39 W January 9, 1969 6–2 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 17–16–6
40 W January 11, 1969 3–2 New York Rangers (1968–69) 18–16–6
41 W January 12, 1969 5–1 Oakland Seals (1968–69) 19–16–6
42 W January 15, 1969 4–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 20–16–6
43 W January 16, 1969 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 21–16–6
44 T January 18, 1969 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 21–16–7
45 L January 19, 1969 1–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 21–17–7
46 T January 23, 1969 2–2 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 21–17–8
47 W January 25, 1969 5–3 Oakland Seals (1968–69) 22–17–8
48 W January 26, 1969 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 23–17–8
49 L January 29, 1969 0–2 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 23–18–8
50 L February 1, 1969 0–2 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 23–19–8
51 L February 2, 1969 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 23–20–8
52 W February 4, 1969 2–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 24–20–8
53 W February 6, 1969 6–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 25–20–8
54 W February 8, 1969 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 26–20–8
55 W February 9, 1969 5–0 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 27–20–8
56 L February 13, 1969 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 27–21–8
57 L February 15, 1969 2–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 27–22–8
58 W February 16, 1969 6–3 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 28–22–8
59 T February 19, 1969 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 28–22–9
60 W February 20, 1969 3–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 29–22–9
61 L February 22, 1969 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 29–23–9
62 W February 23, 1969 9–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 30–23–9
63 L February 26, 1969 2–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 30–24–9
64 W March 1, 1969 4–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 31–24–9
65 W March 2, 1969 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 32–24–9
66 T March 5, 1969 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 32–24–10
67 L March 6, 1969 1–4 New York Rangers (1968–69) 32–25–10
68 W March 8, 1969 7–4 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 33–25–10
69 L March 15, 1969 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 33–26–10
70 L March 16, 1969 4–6 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 33–27–10
71 T March 19, 1969 4–4 @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) 33–27–11
72 L March 20, 1969 2–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 33–28–11
73 L March 22, 1969 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 33–29–11
74 L March 27, 1969 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 33–30–11
75 T March 29, 1969 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 33–30–12
76 L March 30, 1969 5–9 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 33–31–12

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Gordie Howe RW 76 44 59 103 58 9 0 6
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 72 25 58 83 8 7 0 2
Frank Mahovlich LW 76 49 29 78 38 7 0 5
Pete Stemkowski C 71 21 31 52 81 3 2 4
Garry Unger C 76 24 20 44 33 5 1 4
Bruce MacGregor C 69 18 23 41 14 2 3 3
Gary Bergman D 76 7 30 37 80 2 0 2
Dean Prentice LW 74 14 20 34 18 2 1 1
Kent Douglas D 69 2 29 31 97 1 0 0
Nick Libett LW 75 10 14 24 34 1 0 2
Bob Baun D 76 4 16 20 121 0 0 0
Ron Harris D 73 3 13 16 91 0 0 1
Poul Popiel D 62 2 13 15 82 0 0 2
Wayne Connelly C 19 4 9 13 0 1 0 0
Danny Lawson RW 44 5 7 12 21 0 0 0
Hank Monteith LW 34 1 9 10 6 0 0 0
Rene Leclerc RW 43 2 3 5 62 0 0 0
Pete Mahovlich C 30 2 2 4 21 0 0 0
Ed Hatoum RW 16 2 1 3 2 0 0 1
Jim Watson D 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Ron Anderson RW 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Bart Crashley D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Crozier G 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Edwards G 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Falkenberg D 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rick McCann C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sandy Snow RW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Fred Speck C 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roy Edwards 2099 40 18 11 6 89 2.54 4
Roger Crozier 1820 38 12 16 3 101 3.33 0
Terry Sawchuk 641 13 3 4 3 28 2.62 0
Team: 4560 76 33 31 12 218 2.87 4

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 11 Steve Andrascik  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
2 17 Herb Boxer  United States Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1968-69 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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