2014–15 Detroit Red Wings season

2014–15 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2014–15 record	43–25–14
Home record	22–10–9
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	235
Goals against	221
Team information
General Manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Henrik Zetterberg
Alternate captains	Pavel Datsyuk Niklas Kronwall
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	20,027 (100%) Total: 821,107
Minor league affiliations	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tomas Tatar (29)
Assists	Henrik Zetterberg (49)
Points	Henrik Zetterberg (66)
Penalties in minutes	Kyle Quincey (77)
Plus/minus	(+): Pavel Datsyuk (12) (−): Johan Franzen (−12)
Wins	Jimmy Howard (23)
Goals against average	Petr Mrazek (2.38)
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The 2014–15 Detroit Red Wings season was the 89th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.

Off-season

On May 23, 2014, it was announced that restricted free agent centre Cory Emmerton had signed with HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for the 2014–15 season.

On June 19, 2014, former Red Wings assistant coach, Bill Peters, was hired as the new head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes. On July 15, 2014, the Red Wings hired Tony Granato as an assistant coach. On July 30, 2014, the Red Wings hired Jim Hiller and Andrew Brewer as assistant coaches.

On August 14, 2014, the Red Wings signed executive vice president and general manager Ken Holland to a four-year contract extension through the end of the 2017–18 season.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–3–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Detroit	W 2–1	Pittsburgh		Howard	17,543	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 23	Detroit	L 1–2	Chicago	OT	Mrazek	20,512	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 25	Chicago	W 2–3	Detroit		Howard	16,246	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 27	Boston	L 3–1	Detroit		Gustavsson	15,976	2–1–1	Recap
5	September 29	Toronto	W 0–3	Detroit		Mrazek	14,754	3–1–1	Recap
6	October 1	Pittsburgh	L 2–0	Detroit		Howard	16,387	3–2–1	Recap
7	October 3	Detroit	L 1–5	Toronto		Gustavsson	18,020	3–3–1	Recap
8	October 4	Detroit	W 4–3	Boston	SO	Mrazek	17,565	4–3–1	Recap

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 6–2–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Boston W 1–2 Detroit Howard 20,027 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 11 Anaheim L 3–2 Detroit Howard 20,027 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 15 Boston L 3–2 Detroit SO Howard 20,027 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 17 Detroit W 4–1 Toronto Howard 19,054 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 18 Toronto W 0–1 Detroit OT Gustavsson 20,027 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 21 Detroit L 1–2 Montreal OT Howard 21,287 3–1–2 8 Recap 7 October 23 Pittsburgh W 3–4 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 4–1–2 10 Recap 8 October 25 Detroit L 2–4 Philadelphia Gustavsson 19,867 4–2–2 10 Recap 9 October 29 Detroit W 4–2 Washington Howard 18,506 5–2–2 12 Recap 10 October 31 Los Angeles W 2–5 Detroit Howard 20,027 6–2–2 14 Recap
November: 8–3–3 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 3–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Detroit L 2–3 Buffalo SO Howard 17,815 6–2–3 15 Recap 12 November 4 Detroit L 1–3 Ottawa Howard 16,436 6–3–3 15 Recap 13 November 5 Detroit L 3–4 N.Y. Rangers OT Gustavsson 18,006 6–3–4 16 Recap 14 November 7 New Jersey W 2–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 7–3–4 18 Recap 15 November 9 Tampa Bay L 4–3 Detroit SO Howard 20,027 7–3–5 19 Recap 16 November 14 Chicago W 1–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 8–3–5 21 Recap 17 November 16 Montreal L 4–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 8–4–5 21 Recap 18 November 18 Detroit W 5–0 Columbus Howard 15,438 9–4–5 23 Recap 19 November 20 Detroit W 4–3 Winnipeg Mrazek 15,016 10–4–5 25 Recap 20 November 22 Detroit L 1–4 Toronto Howard 19,311 10–5–5 25 Recap 21 November 24 Ottawa W 3–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 11–5–5 27 Recap 22 November 26 Philadelphia W 2–5 Detroit Howard 20,027 12–5–5 29 Recap 23 November 28 Detroit W 5–4 New Jersey SO Mrazek 16,592 13–5–5 31 Recap 24 November 30 Vancouver W 3–5 Detroit Howard 20,027 14–5–5 33 Recap
December: 6–4–4 (Home: 4–2–4 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Florida L 4–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 14–6–5 33 Recap 26 December 4 Dallas W 2–5 Detroit Howard 20,027 15–6–5 35 Recap 27 December 6 N.Y. Rangers W 2–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 16–6–5 37 Recap 28 December 7 Detroit W 3–1 Carolina Mrazek 13,489 17–6–5 39 Recap 29 December 10 Toronto L 2–1 Detroit SO Howard 20,027 17–6–6 40 Recap 30 December 12 Florida L 3–2 Detroit SO Howard 20,027 17–6–7 41 Recap 31 December 13 Detroit L 1–4 Toronto Mrazek 19,063 17–7–7 41 Recap 32 December 16 Columbus L 1–0 Detroit SO Howard 20,027 17–7–8 42 Recap 33 December 19 N.Y. Islanders L 2–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 17–8–8 42 Recap 34 December 21 Colorado L 2–1 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 17–8–9 43 Recap 35 December 23 Buffalo W 3–6 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 18–8–9 45 Recap 36 December 27 Detroit W 3–2 Ottawa OT Howard 17,194 19–8–9 47 Recap 37 December 29 Detroit L 2–5 Boston Howard 17,565 19–9–9 47 Recap 38 December 31 New Jersey W 1–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 20–9–9 49 Recap
January: 9–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Detroit L 1–4 Vancouver Howard 18,870 20–10–9 49 Recap 40 January 6 Detroit W 4–2 Edmonton Howard 16,839 21–10–9 51 Recap 41 January 7 Detroit W 3–2 Calgary Mrazek 19,154 22–10–9 53 Recap 42 January 10 Detroit L 1–3 Washington Mrazek 18,506 22–11–9 53 Recap 43 January 13 Detroit W 3–1 Buffalo Mrazek 19,070 23–11–9 55 Recap 44 January 15 Detroit W 3–2 St. Louis OT Mrazek 18,543 24–11–9 57 Recap 45 January 17 Nashville W 2–5 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 25–11–9 59 Recap 46 January 18 Buffalo W 4–6 Detroit McCollum 20,027 26–11–9 61 Recap 47 January 20 Minnesota W 4–5 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 27–11–9 63 Recap 48 January 27 Detroit W 5–4 Florida Mrazek 12,190 28–11–9 65 Recap 49 January 29 Detroit L 1–5 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,204 28–12–9 65 Recap 50 January 31 N.Y. Islanders W 1–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 29–12–9 67 Recap
February: 6–3–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 6–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 5 Detroit W 3–0 Colorado Mrazek 18,087 30–12–9 69 Recap 52 February 7 Detroit W 3–1 Arizona Mrazek 17,125 31–12–9 71 Recap 53 February 11 Detroit L 1–4 Pittsburgh Mrazek 18,580 31–13–9 71 Recap 54 February 14 Winnipeg L 5–4 Detroit SO Howard 20,027 31–13–10 72 Recap 55 February 16 Montreal L 2–0 Detroit Howard 20,027 31–14–10 72 Recap 56 February 18 Detroit W 3–2 Chicago SO Howard 22,112 32–14–10 74 Recap 57 February 21 Detroit W 7–6 Dallas OT Gustavsson 18,532 33–14–10 76 Recap 58 February 23 Detroit L 3–4 Anaheim SO Howard 17,174 33–14–11 77 Recap 59 February 24 Detroit L 0–1 Los Angeles Gustavsson 18,203 33–15–11 77 Recap 60 February 26 Detroit W 3–2 San Jose Howard 17,562 34–15–11 79 Recap 61 February 28 Detroit W 4–3 Nashville Gustavsson 17,361 35–15–11 81 Recap
March: 5–8–2 (Home: 4–3–2 ; Road: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 4 N.Y. Rangers W 1–2 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 36–15–11 83 Recap 63 March 6 Calgary L 5–2 Detroit Howard 20,027 36–16–11 83 Recap 64 March 8 Detroit L 3–5 Boston Gustavsson 17,565 36–17–11 83 Recap 65 March 9 Edmonton W 2–5 Detroit Howard 20,027 37–17–11 85 Recap 66 March 12 Columbus L 3–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 37–18–11 85 Recap 67 March 14 Detroit L 2–7 Philadelphia Howard 19,701 37–19–11 85 Recap 68 March 15 Detroit W 5–1 Pittsburgh Mrazek 18,668 38–19–11 87 Recap 69 March 19 Detroit L 1–3 Florida Mrazek 11,458 38–20–11 87 Recap 70 March 20 Detroit L 1–3 Tampa Bay Howard 19,204 38–21–11 87 Recap 71 March 22 St. Louis W 1–2 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 39–21–11 89 Recap 72 March 24 Arizona L 5–4 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 39–21–12 90 Recap 73 March 26 San Jose L 6–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 39–22–12 90 Recap 74 March 28 Tampa Bay W 0–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 40–22–12 92 Recap 75 March 29 Detroit L 4–5 N.Y. Islanders Howard 16,170 40–23–12 92 Recap 76 March 31 Ottawa L 2–1 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 40–23–13 93 Recap
April: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Boston L 3–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 40–24–13 93 Recap 78 April 4 Detroit W 3–2 Minnesota SO Howard 19,246 41–24–13 95 Recap 79 April 5 Washington L 2–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 41–25–13 95 Recap 80 April 7 Carolina W 2–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 42–25–13 97 Recap 81 April 9 Detroit L 3–4 Montreal OT Howard 21,287 42–25–14 98 Recap 82 April 11 Detroit W 2–0 Carolina Mrazek 16,680 43–25–14 100 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 16 Detroit 3–2 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,204 1–0 Recap 2 April 18 Detroit 1–5 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,204 1–1 Recap 3 April 21 Tampa Bay 0–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 2–1 Recap 4 April 23 Tampa Bay 3–2 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 2–2 Recap 5 April 25 Detroit 4–0 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,204 3–2 Recap 6 April 27 Tampa Bay 5–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 3–3 Recap 7 April 29 Detroit 0–2 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,204 3–4 Recap Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Henrik Zetterberg	77	17	49	66	−6	32
Pavel Datsyuk	63	26	39	65	12	8
Tomas Tatar	82	29	27	56	6	28
Gustav Nyquist	82	27	27	54	−11	26
Niklas Kronwall	80	9	35	44	−4	40
Justin Abdelkader	71	23	21	44	3	72
Riley Sheahan	79	13	23	36	−3	16
Darren Helm	75	15	18	33	7	12
Danny DeKeyser	80	2	29	31	11	42
Stephen Weiss	52	9	16	25	−2	16
Johan Franzen	33	7	15	22	−12	30
Kyle Quincey	73	3	15	18	10	77
Tomas Jurco	63	3	15	18	6	14
Luke Glendening	82	12	6	18	5	34
Jonathan Ericsson	82	3	12	15	−5	70
Drew Miller	82	5	8	13	−3	25
Jakub Kindl	35	5	8	13	2	22
Brendan Smith	76	4	9	13	−2	68
Marek Zidlicky†	21	3	8	11	−2	14
Joakim Andersson	68	3	5	8	−4	22
Teemu Pulkkinen	31	5	3	8	5	10
Erik Cole†	11	3	3	6	−2	0
Xavier Ouellet	21	2	1	3	4	2
Daniel Cleary	17	1	1	2	−4	6
Brian Lashoff	11	0	2	2	4	6
Alexei Marchenko	13	1	1	2	1	2
Landon Ferraro	3	1	0	1	1	0
Andrej Nestrasil‡	13	0	2	2	−3	4

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Pavel Datsyuk	7	3	2	5	−3	2
Jonathan Ericsson	7	0	4	4	0	8
Tomas Tatar	7	3	1	4	−3	2
Henrik Zetterberg	7	0	3	3	−4	8
Kyle Quincey	7	0	3	3	−1	4
Darren Helm	7	0	3	3	−3	4
Riley Sheahan	7	2	1	3	−1	2
Luke Glendening	7	2	1	3	1	8
Niklas Kronwall	6	0	2	2	−1	4
Drew Miller	7	1	1	2	−1	2
Justin Abdelkader	5	0	2	2	−1	6
Joakim Andersson	7	1	1	2	1	2
Gustav Nyquist	7	1	1	2	−2	2
Tomas Jurco	7	1	1	2	−1	2
Danny DeKeyser	7	1	0	1	−4	12
Stephen Weiss	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Marek Zidlicky	6	0	0	0	0	4
Jakub Kindl	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Brendan Smith	5	0	0	0	1	6
Landon Ferraro	7	0	0	0	−2	2
Alexei Marchenko	3	0	0	0	−3	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jimmy Howard	53	50	2971	23	13	11	121	2.44	1350	.910	2	0	1	2
Petr Mrazek	29	26	1585	16	9	2	63	2.38	768	.918	3	0	0	0
Jonas Gustavsson	7	6	351	3	3	1	15	2.56	168	.911	1	0	0	2
Tom McCollum	2	0	66	1	0	0	1	0.91	25	.960	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Petr Mrazek	7	7	398	3	4	14	2.11	186	.925	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Howard	1	0	20	0	0	1	3.00	12	.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

Final roster

Updated April 24, 2015.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
8		Justin Abdelkader	LW	L	28	2005	Muskegon, Michigan
18		Joakim Andersson	C	L	26	2007	Munkedal, Sweden
11		Daniel Cleary	RW	L	36	2005	Carbonear, Newfoundland
72		Erik Cole	LW	L	36	2015	Oswego, New York
13		Pavel Datsyuk (A)	C	L	36	1998	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
65		Danny DeKeyser	D	L	24	2013	Clay Township, Michigan
52		Jonathan Ericsson	D	L	31	2002	Karlskrona, Sweden
29		Landon Ferraro	C	R	23	2010	Trail, British Columbia
93		Johan Franzen	RW	L	35	2004	Vetlanda, Sweden
41		Luke Glendening	C	R	26	2013	Grand Rapids, Michigan
50		Jonas Gustavsson	G	L	30	2012	Danderyd, Sweden
43		Darren Helm	C	L	28	2005	St. Andrews, Manitoba
35		Jimmy Howard	G	L	31	2003	Ogdensburg, New York
26		Tomas Jurco	RW	L	22	2011	Košice, Czechoslovakia
4		Jakub Kindl	D	L	28	2005	Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
55		Niklas Kronwall (A)	D	L	34	2000	Stockholm, Sweden
47		Alexei Marchenko	D	R	23	2011	Moscow, Russia
20		Drew Miller	LW	L	31	2009	Dover, New Jersey
34		Petr Mrazek	G	L	23	2010	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
14		Gustav Nyquist	RW	L	25	2008	Halmstad, Sweden
27		Kyle Quincey	D	L	29	2012	Kitchener, Ontario
15		Riley Sheahan	C	L	23	2010	St. Catharines, Ontario
2		Brendan Smith	D	L	26	2007	Etobicoke, Ontario
21		Tomas Tatar	LW	L	24	2009	Ilava, Czechoslovakia
90		Stephen Weiss	C	L	32	2013	Toronto, Ontario
40		Henrik Zetterberg (C)	C/LW	L	34	1999	Njurunda, Sweden
28		Marek Zidlicky	D	R	38	2015	Most, Czechoslovakia

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
Pavel Datsyuk	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 3, 2014
Tomas Tatar	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 24, 2014
Pavel Datsyuk	NHL First Star of the Week	December 8, 2014
Jimmy Howard	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
Tomas Tatar	NHL Second Star of the Week	January 19, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Andrej Nestrasil	1st Career NHL Game	October 9, 2014
Gustav Nyquist	100th Career NHL Game	October 15, 2014
Niklas Kronwall	600th Career NHL Game	October 21, 2014
Andrej Nestrasil	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 25, 2014
Darren Helm	300th Career NHL Game	October 29, 2014
Jimmy Howard	300th Career NHL Game	November 18, 2014
Justin Abdelkader	100th Career NHL Point	November 18, 2014
Xavier Ouellet	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	November 22, 2014
Stephen Weiss	400th Career NHL Point	November 24, 2014
Xavier Ouellet	1st Career NHL Goal	November 28, 2014
Petr Mrazek	1st Career NHL Shootout Win	November 28, 2014
Mike Babcock	500th Career NHL Win	December 6, 2014
Daniel Cleary	600th Career NHL Game with Detroit	December 13, 2014
Darren Helm	50th Career NHL Goal	December 31, 2014
Henrik Zetterberg	800th Career NHL Game	January 7, 2015
Tom McCollum	1st Career NHL Win	January 18, 2015
Teemu Pulkkinen	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 20, 2015
Justin Abdelkader	50th Career NHL Goal	February 5, 2015
Gustav Nyquist	100th Career NHL Point	February 5, 2015
Alexei Marchenko	1st Career NHL Point	February 21, 2015
Drew Miller	400th Career NHL Game with Detroit	February 28, 2015
Alexei Marchenko	1st Career NHL Goal	February 28, 2015
Marek Zidlicky	400th Career NHL Point	April 2, 2015
Landon Ferraro	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	April 11, 2015

Playoffs

Player	Milestone	Reached
Landon Ferraro	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 16, 2015
Alexei Marchenko	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 16, 2015
Petr Mrazek	1st Career NHL Playoff Game 1st Career NHL Playoff Win	April 16, 2015
Tomas Jurco	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 16, 2015
Niklas Kronwall	100th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 18, 2015
Tomas Tatar	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 18, 2015
Riley Sheahan	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 21, 2015
Tomas Tatar	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	April 21, 2015
Petr Mrazek	1st Career NHL Playoff Shutout	April 21, 2015
Tomas Jurco	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	April 23, 2015
Riley Sheahan	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist	April 23, 2015

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Trades

Date	Details
June 28, 2014	To Columbus Blue Jackets 3rd-round pick in 2014 3rd-round pick in 2015	To Detroit Red Wings EDM's 3rd-round pick in 2014
March 1, 2015	To Dallas Stars Mattias Backman Mattias Janmark 2nd-round pick in 2015	To Detroit Red Wings Erik Cole Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2015
March 2, 2015	To New Jersey Devils Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Detroit Red Wings Marek Zidlicky

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Kevin Porter	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2014	Andy Miele	Phoenix Coyotes	1 year, $600,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Cory Emmerton	Sochinskiye Leopardy (KHL)	1 year
July 1, 2014	David Legwand	Ottawa Senators	2 years, $6 million
October 7, 2014	Jordin Tootoo	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $550,000

Claimed via waivers

Player

Former team

Date claimed off waivers

Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Andrej Nestrasil	Carolina Hurricanes	November 20, 2014

Lost via retirement

Player

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 27, 2014	Jonas Gustavsson	1 year, $1.85 million contract extension
July 1, 2014	Riley Sheahan	2 years, $1.9 million contract extension
July 1, 2014	Petr Mrazek	1 year, $737,500 contract extension
July 2, 2014	Kyle Quincey	2 years, $8.5 million
July 10, 2014	Daniel Cleary	1 year, $1.5 million
July 11, 2014	Tom McCollum	1 year, $600,000
July 17, 2014	Mitch Callahan	1 year, $555,000
July 17, 2014	Andrej Nestrasil	1 year, $550,000
July 25, 2014	Landon Ferraro	1 year, $550,000
July 28, 2014	Tomas Tatar	3 years, $8.25 million
September 16, 2014	Danny DeKeyser	2 years, $4.375 million
September 24, 2014	Joe Hicketts	3 years, entry-level contract
October 17, 2014	Tyler Bertuzzi	3 years, entry-level contract
May 9, 2015	Dominic Turgeon	3 years, entry-level contract
May 21, 2015	Dylan Larkin	3 years, entry-level contract
June 15, 2015	Axel Holmstrom	3 years, entry-level contract

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Gustav Nyquist	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 529 in Boston on Monday, December 29, 2014, at 15:55 of the second period.	—	$2,000.00	January 7, 2015
Niklas Kronwall	Charging Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov during Game Six of the First Round of the Eastern Conference series in Detroit on Monday, April 27, 2015, at 18:55 of the second period.	1 game	N/A	April 28, 2015

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Dylan Larkin	C	USA	USA U-18 (USHL)
3	63	Dominic Turgeon	C	USA	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4	106	Christoffer Ehn	C	Sweden	Frölunda HC (J20 SuperElit)
5	136	Chase Perry	G	USA	Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)
6	166	Julius Vahatalo	LW	Finland	HC TPS (SM-liiga)
7	196	Axel Holmstrom	C	Sweden	Skellefteå AIK (SHL)
7	201	Alexander Kadeikin	C	Russia	Atlant Moscow Oblast (KHL)

Draft notes

• Detroit's second-round pick will go to the Nashville Predators, as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent David Legwand to Detroit, in exchange for Patrick Eaves, Calle Jarnkrok, and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Nashville will receive a second-round pick in 2014 if Detroit qualifies for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 9, 2014.
• ^a San Jose's seventh-round pick will go to Detroit, as the result of a trade on June 10, 2012 that sent Brad Stuart to San Jose, in exchange for Andrew Murray and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Stuart is re-signed by San Jose for the 2012–13 season – was converted on June 18, 2012.