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2007-08 Detroit Red Wings
2007-08 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
2007-08 record	36-10-4
Home record	19-4-2
Road record	17-6-2
Goals for	172
Goals against	109
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Nicklas Lidstrom
Alternate captains	Pavel Datsyuk; Kris Draper; Henrik Zetterberg
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	17,888 (89.1%)
Team leaders
Goals	Henrik Zetterberg (27)
Assists	Pavel Datsyuk (39)
Points	Henrik Zetterberg (58)
Penalty minutes	Andreas Lilja (59)
Wins	Chris Osgood (20)
Goals against average	Chris Osgood (1.95)
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The 2007-08 Detroit Red Wings season began October 3, 2007 against the Anaheim Ducks. It is the franchise's 81st season in the National Hockey League, 75th as the Red Wings.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NHL Entry Draft took place in Columbus, Ohio on June 22-23.
The free agency period began on July 1.

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Regular season

Season standings

Central Division
		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
2	Nashville Predators	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
3	Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
5	St. Louis Blues	82	33	36	13	205	237	79

Game log

October

Record: 10-2-1; Home: 5-1-0; Road: 5-1-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 3	Anaheim	2 - 3	Detroit	SO	Hasek	17,610	1-0-0	2
2	October 6	Detroit	3 - 4	Chicago	SO	Hasek	18,768	1-0-1	3
3	October 8	Edmonton	2 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	16,913	2-0-1	5
4	October 10	Calgary	2 - 4	Detroit		Osgood	16,629	3-0-1	7
5	October 12	Chicago	3 - 2	Detroit		Hasek	17,696	3-1-1	7
6	October 14	Detroit	4 - 1	Los Angeles		Osgood	17,215	4-1-1	9
7	October 15	Detroit	3 - 6	Anaheim		Hasek	17,174	4-2-1	9
8	October 18	Detroit	4 - 2	San Jose		Osgood	17,496	5-2-1	11
9	October 20	Detroit	5 - 2	Phoenix		Hasek	14,154	6-2-1	13
10	October 24	Vancouver	2 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	17,015	7-2-1	15
11	October 26	San Jose	1 - 5	Detroit		Osgood	18,289	8-2-1	17
12	October 28	Detroit	3 - 2	Vancouver		Osgood	18,630	9-2-1	19
13	October 30	Detroit	2 - 1	Edmonton		Osgood	16,839	10-2-1	21

November

Record: 7-4-1; Home: 5-1-0; Road: 2-3-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
14	November 1	Detroit	4 - 1	Calgary		Osgood	19,289	11-2-1	23
15	November 7	Nashville	2 - 3	Detroit	SO	Osgood	16,885	12-2-1	25
16	November 9	Columbus	1 - 4	Detroit		Hasek	18,654	13-2-1	27
17	November 11	Detroit	2 - 3	Chicago		Osgood	19,045	13-3-1	27
18	November 13	Detroit	3 - 4	St. Louis		Hasek	18,440	13-4-1	27
19	November 17	Chicago	5 - 3	Detroit		Hasek	20,066	13-5-1	27
20	November 18	Detroit	5 - 4	Columbus	SO	Osgood	15,503	14-5-1	29
21	November 21	St. Louis	0 - 3	Detroit		Osgood	19,124	15-5-1	31
22	November 22	Detroit	2 - 3	Nashville		Hasek	14,346	15-6-1	31
23	November 24	Detroit	2 - 3	Columbus	SO	Osgood	17,513	15-6-2	32
24	November 27	Calgary	3 - 5	Detroit		Osgood	17,108	16-6-2	34
25	November 29	Tampa Bay	2 - 4	Detroit		Osgood	17,001	17-6-2	36

December

Record: 11-2-1 ; Home: 6-1-1 ; Road: 5-1-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
26	December 1	Phoenix	2 - 3	Detroit		Osgood	18,557	18-6-2	38
27	December 4	Detroit	4 - 1	Montreal		Hasek	21,273	19-6-2	40
28	December 7	Minnesota	0 - 5	Detroit		Hasek	19,508	20-6-2	42
29	December 9	Carolina	2 - 5	Detroit		Hasek	19,609	21-6-2	44
30	December 10	Detroit	2 - 1	Nashville		Osgood	15,056	22-6-2	46
31	December 13	Edmonton	4 - 3	Detroit	SO	Hasek	18,859	22-6-3	47
32	December 15	Florida	2 - 5	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	23-6-3	49
33	December 17	Washington	3 - 4	Detroit	SO	Hasek	19,483	24-6-3	51
34	December 19	Los Angeles	6 - 2	Detroit		Hasek	19,516	25-6-3	53
35	December 20	Detroit	2 - 3	St. Louis		Osgood	19,150	25-7-3	53
36	December 22	Detroit	4 - 1	Minnesota		Hasek	18,568	26-7-3	55
37	December 26	Detroit	5 - 0	St. Louis		Osgood	19,250	27-7-3	57
38	December 27	Detroit	4 - 2	Colorado		Hasek	18,007	28-7-3	59
39	December 29	Detroit	4 - 2	Phoenix		Osgood	17,866	29-7-3	61
40	December 31	St. Louis	2 - 0	Detroit		Hasek	20,066	29-8-3	61

January

Record: 7-2-1; Home: 3-1-1; Road: 4-1-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
41	January 2	Dallas	1 - 4	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	30-8-3	63
42	January 5	Detroit	3 - 0	Dallas		Hasek	18,584	31-8-3	65
43	January 6	Detroit	3 - 1	Chicago		Osgood	21,869	32-8-3	67
44	January 8	Colorado	0 - 1	Detroit		Hasek	19,160	33-8-3	69
45	January 10	Minnesota	6 - 5	Detroit	SO	Osgood	17,848	33-8-4	70
46	January 12	Detroit	2 - 3	Ottawa		Hasek	20,208	33-9-4	70
47	January 15	Atlanta	5 - 1	Detroit		Osgood	17,408	33-10-4	70
48	January 17	Vancouver	2 - 3	Detroit	SO	Hasek	18,878	34-10-4	72
49	January 19	Detroit	6 - 3	San Jose		Hasek	17,496	35-10-4	74
50	January 22	Detroit	3 - 0	Los Angeles		Osgood	18,118	36-10-4	76
51	January 23	Detroit		Anaheim
52	January 30	Phoenix		Detroit

February

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
53	February 1	Colorado		Detroit
54	February 2	Detroit		Boston
55	February 5	Detroit		Minnesota
56	February 7	Los Angeles		Detroit
57	February 9	Detroit		Toronto
58	February 10	Anaheim		Detroit
59	February 12	Detroit		Nashville
60	February 15	Columbus		Detroit
61	February 17	Detroit		Dallas
62	February 18	Detroit		Colorado
63	February 22	Detroit		Calgary
64	February 23	Detroit		Vancouver
65	February 26	Detroit		Edmonton
66	February 29	San Jose		Detroit

March

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
67	March 2	Detroit		Buffalo
68	March 5	St. Louis		Detroit
69	March 9	Nashville		Detroit
70	March 11	Chicago		Detroit
71	March 13	Dallas		Detroit
72	March 15	Nashville		Detroit
73	March 16	Detroit		Columbus
74	March 19	Columbus		Detroit
75	March 22	Detroit		Nashville
76	March 23	Detroit		Columbus
77	March 25	Detroit		St. Louis
78	March 28	St. Louis		Detroit
79	March 30	Detroit		Nashville

April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
80	April 2	Detroit		Chicago
81	April 3	Columbus		Detroit
82	April 6	Chicago		Detroit

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates regulation loss.
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

Detroit has not missed the post-season since 1989-90.

Player stats

Skaters

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

	Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Henrik Zetterberg	43	27	31	58	24
Pavel Datsyuk	48	17	38	55	6
Nicklas Lidstrom	48	4	37	41	24
Brian Rafalski	48	8	30	38	22
Daniel Cleary	48	18	16	34	26
Tomas Holmstrom	38	17	15	32	44
Jiří Hudler	48	11	20	31	12
Mikael Samuelsson	44	7	18	25	12
Valtteri Filppula	48	14	11	25	14
Niklas Kronwall	44	4	20	24	30

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

	Regular season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Chris Osgood	25	1448	19	3	2	47	2	.922	1.95
Dominik Hašek	25	1466	15	7	2	52	3	.902	2.13

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
Name	Milestone	Reached
Tomas Holmstrom	700th NHL Game	October 3, 2007
Kris Draper	300th NHL Point	October 12, 2007
Tomas Kopecky	1st NHL Assist	October 12, 2007
Niklas Kronvall	100th NHL PIM	October 12, 2007
Matt Ellis	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 15, 2007
Matt Ellis	1st NHL Goal	October 18, 2007
Jiri Hudler	100th NHL Game	October 18, 2007
Pavel Datsyuk	100th NHL PIM	October 20, 2007
Dominik Hasek	700th NHL Game	October 20, 2007
Mike Babcock	200th NHL Career Win	December 15, 2007
Nicklas Lidström	700th NHL Assist	January 2, 2008

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.

Trades

Free Agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
Brian Rafalski	New Jersey Devils	6 years, $35 million
Brad Ference	Calgary Flames	1 year, $500,000
Dallas Drake	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $550,000
Adam Berkhoel	Atlanta Thrashers	1 year, $500,000
Mark Cullen	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $500,000
Randall Gelech	Phoenix Coyotes	2 years, $975,000
Mark Hartigan	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $550,000
Garrett Stafford	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $500,000
Carl Corazzini	Chicago Blackhawks	1 year, $475,000

Player	New team
Mathieu Schneider	Anaheim Ducks
Robert Lang	Chicago Blackhawks
Kyle Calder	Los Angeles Kings
Todd Bertuzzi	Anaheim Ducks
Darryl Bootland	New York Islanders
Matt Hussey	Colorado Avalanche
Brad Norton	San Jose Sharks

Draft picks

Detroit's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.^[1]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	27	Brendan Smith	Defenceman	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (OPHL)
3	88	Joakim Andersson	Center	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Swe Jr.)
5	148	Randy Cameron	Center	Canada	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
6	178	Zack Torquato	Center	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
7	208	Bryan Rufenach	Defenceman	Canada	Lindsay Muskies (OPJHL)

Farm teams

Grand Rapids Griffins

The Grand Rapids Griffins remain Detroit's American Hockey League affiliate in 2007-08.

ECHL

Roster

Updated 18 October 2024.^[2]^[3]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
48	Jonatan Berggren	RW	L	24	2018	Uppsala, Sweden
8	Ben Chiarot (A)	D	L	33	2022	Hamilton, Ontario
18	Andrew Copp (A)	C	L	30	2022	Ann Arbor, Michigan
37	J.T. Compher	LW	R	29	2023	Northbrook, Illinois
93	Alex DeBrincat	RW	R	26	2023	Farmington Hills, Michigan
77	Simon Edvinsson	D	L	21	2021	Onsala, Sweden
36	Christian Fischer	RW	R	27	2023	Chicago, Illinois
56	Erik Gustafsson	D	L	32	2024	Nynäshamn, Sweden
3	Justin Holl	D	R	32	2023	Tonka Bay, Minnesota
20	Albert Johansson	D	L	23	2019	Karlstad, Sweden
88	Patrick Kane	RW	L	35	2023	Buffalo, New York
92	Marco Kasper	C	L	20	2022	Innsbruck, Austria
71	Dylan Larkin (C)	C	L	28	2014	Waterford, Michigan
34	Alex Lyon	G	L	31	2023	Baudette, Minnesota
2	Olli Maatta	D	L	30	2022	Jyväskylä, Finland
14	Tyler Motte	C	L	29	2024	St. Clair, Michigan
46	Jeff Petry	D	R	36	2023	Ann Arbor, Michigan
27	Michael Rasmussen	C	L	25	2017	Vancouver, British Columbia
23	Lucas Raymond	LW	R	22	2020	Gothenburg, Sweden
53	Moritz Seider	D	R	23	2019	Zell, Germany
39	Cam Talbot	G	L	37	2024	Caledonia, Ontario
11	Vladimir Tarasenko	RW	L	32	2024	Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
90	Joe Veleno	C	L	24	2018	Montreal, Quebec

References

Player stats: Detroit Red Wings player stats on espn.com
Game log: Detroit Red Wings game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com

^ 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com
^ "Detroit Red Wings Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
^ "Detroit Red Wings Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved October 5, 2024.

[1] 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com

[2] "Detroit Red Wings Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved October 18, 2024.

[3] "Detroit Red Wings Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved October 5, 2024.

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v t e Detroit Red Wings
Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season
History	History (Original Six) Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Ilitch Holdings (Christopher Ilitch, chairman) General manager Steve Yzerman Head coach Derek Lalonde Team captain Dylan Larkin Current roster
Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Little Caesars Arena
Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Toronto Maple Leafs
Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye
Media	TV Bally Sports Detroit Radio WXYT WXYT-FM
Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch Al Sobotka London Lions "Don't Stop Believin'" "Without Me" Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F 1938 European tour 1954 prison game 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series NHL Centennial Classic 2025 NHL Stadium Series
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Revision as of 06:00, 23 January 2008

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

Draft picks

Farm teams

Grand Rapids Griffins

ECHL

Roster

See also

References