1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season

1995–96 Detroit Red Wings
Presidents' Trophy winners
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
1995–96 record	62–13–7
Home record	36–3–2
Road record	26–10–5
Goals for	325
Goals against	181
Team information
General manager	Scotty Bowman Jim Devellano
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Paul Coffey Sergei Fedorov
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	19,923 (100%) Total: 816,850
Minor league affiliate(s)	Adirondack Red Wings (AHL) Toledo Storm (ECHL) Jacksonville Bullets (SHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Sergei Fedorov (39)
Assists	Sergei Fedorov (68)
Points	Sergei Fedorov (107)
Penalty minutes	Keith Primeau (168)
Plus/minus	Vladimir Konstantinov (+60)
Wins	Chris Osgood (39)
Goals against average	Chris Osgood (2.17)

The 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season was the 70th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.

Regarded as one of the greatest regular seasons in NHL history, the Red Wings eclipsed the all-time record of most regular-season wins with 62, a record previously set at 60 by the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens. This record was later tied by the 2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning, and broken by the 2022–23 Boston Bruins, with their groundbreaking 65 wins that was set as a new NHL record. During the regular season, they garnered a total of 131 points, marking the highest tally since the Montreal Canadiens amassed 132 points in 1976–77. They surpassed most of that year's NBA season win records except for the Seattle SuperSonics (64–18) and the Chicago Bulls (72–10) being the only teams to win more games. The Red Wings had two winning streaks of nine games and had a 13-game unbeaten streak from March 3, 1996, to March 31, going 12–0–1 during that stretch.

Having the best record in the league, the Red Wings were awarded the Presidents' Trophy. During the 1995–96 regular season, the Red Wings were the only team to score at least one goal in all 82 of its games. While the team is remembered for its record-breaking regular season, it ended in heartbreaking fashion in the playoffs. Detroit lost five games to Winnipeg and St. Louis, both teams that failed to get above 80 points in the regular season, including having to go to a decisive game 7 against St. Louis. They were ultimately upset by the Colorado Avalanche, winning only two of the six games in the series, and failed to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. Throughout the season, the Red Wings achieved a total of 72 victories, which was on par with the 1976-77 Canadiens.

Off-season

In September 1995, the former 1974 draft pick and attorney Bill Evo was appointed president the Detroit Red Wings.

Regular season

• November 28, 1995: The Montreal Canadiens were playing the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena. The day before the game, Mario Tremblay spoke to Mario Leclerc of Le Journal de Montreal. Tremblay mentioned that he was resentful of current Red Wings head coach Scotty Bowman. He had played under Bowman for the first five years of his NHL career, and Tremblay told Leclerc that Bowman always threatened to send him to the minors. When Leclerc approached Cournoyer, he stated that he did not want to speak about Bowman. The Canadiens lost the game by a score of 3–2. The next day, Le Journal de Montreal had a headline that stated, "Bowman has the last word."
• December 2, 1995: The Red Wings played at the Montreal Forum (their final season for the Habs before they moved to the Bell Centre) and dealt Tremblay's Montreal Canadiens their worst home game in franchise history, with an 11–1 win. The Habs' star goaltender Patrick Roy allowed nine goals on 26 shots (five in the first period, and then another four in the second period), and the crowd jeered him whenever he made an easy save during the second period after the game was already 7–1 in favor of the Red Wings. In response, Roy raised his arms in mock celebration. When Head Coach Mario Tremblay finally pulled Roy in the middle of the second period in favor of Pat Jablonski (who allowed two more goals), Roy stormed past him and told Canadiens President Ronald Corey, "It's my last game in Montreal." Tremblay was roundly criticized for not relieving Roy earlier, violating the unwritten rule that a star goaltender be taken out of the game once it is clear he is having an off-night. Roy was traded to the Colorado Avalanche after that game, and he played a key role in eliminating the Red Wings during the Western Conference Finals, precipitating the Avalanche–Red Wings rivalry.
• Against the Hartford Whalers on March 6, 1996, Chris Osgood became the third goaltender in NHL history to score a goal.
• On March 22, 1996, the Red Wings scored three short-handed goals in a 7–0 win over the Colorado Avalanche, clinching the Presidents' Trophy.

The Red Wings finished first in wins (62), points (131), tied the Washington Capitals for most shutouts (9), allowed the fewest goals (181), the fewest even-strength goals (128), the fewest power-play goals (44) and had the best penalty-kill percentage (88.27%).

Season standings

Central Division

No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	82	62	13	7	325	181	131
2	Chicago Blackhawks	82	40	28	14	273	220	94
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	34	36	12	247	252	80
4	St. Louis Blues	82	32	34	16	219	248	80
5	Winnipeg Jets	82	36	40	6	275	291	78
6	Dallas Stars	82	26	42	14	227	280	66

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	62	13	7	325	181	131
2	Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
3	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	40	28	14	273	220	94
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	34	36	12	247	252	80
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	32	34	16	219	248	80
6	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
8	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	82	36	40	6	275	291	78
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
10	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
11	Dallas Stars	CEN	82	26	42	14	227	280	66
12	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
13	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Playoffs

In the first round of the playoffs, the Red Wings defeated the eighth-seeded Winnipeg Jets marking the Jets' final games in Winnipeg as the franchise relocated to Phoenix following their playoff defeat. The Wings then defeated the fifth-place St. Louis Blues in the second round. In the Western Conference Finals, the Red Wings were ousted in six games by the Colorado Avalanche, who were in the first year after moving from Quebec. These two teams started the Avalanche–Red Wings rivalry, which lasted nearly a decade.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1995–96 regular season
October: 5–4–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 3–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 6 Detroit 2–3 Colorado Vernon 16,061 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 8 Detroit 3–1 Edmonton Osgood 13,302 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 9 Detroit 5–3 Vancouver Vernon 19,024 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 13 Edmonton 0–9 Detroit Osgood 19,875 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 15 Detroit 5–5 Winnipeg OT Vernon 9,399 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 17 Calgary 3–3 Detroit OT Osgood 19,638 3–1–2 8 Recap 7 October 19 Detroit 2–4 New Jersey Vernon 16,147 3–2–2 8 Recap 8 October 21 Boston 2–4 Detroit Osgood 19,875 4–2–2 10 Recap 9 October 24 Ottawa 2–1 Detroit Vernon 19,512 4–3–2 10 Recap 10 October 27 Detroit 3–0 Calgary Osgood 19,001 5–3–2 12 Recap 11 October 30 Detroit 2–3 Winnipeg Osgood 7,905 5–4–2 12 Recap
November: 9–2–0 (home: 5–0–0; road: 4–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 12 November 1 Detroit 1–2 Buffalo Osgood 12,653 5–5–2 12 Recap 13 November 2 Detroit 6–5 Boston OT Osgood 17,565 6–5–2 14 Recap 14 November 4 Dallas 1–5 Detroit Osgood 19,852 7–5–2 16 Recap 15 November 7 Edmonton 2–4 Detroit Osgood 19,776 8–5–2 18 Recap 16 November 11 Detroit 5–2 San Jose Vernon 17,190 9–5–2 20 Recap 17 November 14 Detroit 6–5 Los Angeles Osgood 14,154 10–5–2 22 Recap 18 November 17 Detroit 5–4 Edmonton Vernon 10,803 11–5–2 24 Recap 19 November 22 San Jose 2–5 Detroit Osgood 19,983 12–5–2 26 Recap 20 November 24 Detroit 1–4 Philadelphia Vernon 17,380 12–6–2 26 Recap 21 November 25 NY Rangers 0–2 Detroit Osgood 19,983 13–6–2 28 Recap 22 November 28 Montreal 2–3 Detroit Osgood 19,945 14–6–2 30 Recap
December: 13–1–0 (home: 7–0–0; road: 6–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 23 December 1 Anaheim 2–5 Detroit Vernon 19,881 15–6–2 32 Recap 24 December 2 Detroit 11–1 Montreal Vernon 17,803 16–6–2 34 Recap 25 December 5 Philadelphia 3–5 Detroit Osgood 19,918 17–6–2 36 Recap 26 December 7 Dallas 1–3 Detroit Vernon 19,640 18–6–2 38 Recap 27 December 8 Detroit 1–2 NY Rangers OT Osgood 18,200 18–7–2 38 Recap 28 December 12 Detroit 5–2 St. Louis Vernon 17,965 19–7–2 40 Recap 29 December 13 Chicago 1–3 Detroit Osgood 19,983 20–7–2 42 Recap 30 December 15 New Jersey 1–3 Detroit Vernon 19,983 21–7–2 44 Recap 31 December 20 Detroit 6–1 Anaheim Vernon 17,174 22–7–2 46 Recap 32 December 22 Detroit 5–1 Calgary Osgood 17,302 23–7–2 48 Recap 33 December 23 Detroit 1–0 Vancouver Vernon 18,422 24–7–2 50 Recap 34 December 26 St. Louis 2–3 Detroit Osgood 19,983 25–7–2 52 Recap 35 December 29 Detroit 2–1 Dallas Osgood 16,924 26–7–2 54 Recap 36 December 31 Hartford 2–3 Detroit Osgood 19,983 27–7–2 56 Recap
January: 8–2–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 3–1–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 37 January 3 Dallas 3–3 Detroit OT Osgood 19,944 27–7–3 57 Recap 38 January 5 Detroit 2–5 Pittsburgh Osgood 17,181 27–8–3 57 Recap 39 January 6 Chicago 0–3 Detroit Hodson 19,983 28–8–3 59 Recap 40 January 8 Winnipeg 6–4 Detroit Osgood 19,825 28–9–3 59 Recap 41 January 10 Detroit 4–0 Dallas Osgood 15,621 29–9–3 61 Recap 42 January 12 Los Angeles 2–3 Detroit Hodson 19,983 30–9–3 63 Recap 43 January 13 Detroit 4–2 Washington Osgood 18,130 31–9–3 65 Recap 44 January 17 Colorado 2–3 Detroit Osgood 19,983 32–9–3 67 Recap 45 January 24 San Jose 2–4 Detroit Osgood 19,946 33–9–3 69 Recap 46 January 25 Detroit 4–2 Ottawa Osgood 16,882 34–9–3 71 Recap 47 January 27 Detroit 5–5 Chicago OT Osgood 22,640 34–9–4 72 Recap 48 January 30 Toronto 2–4 Detroit Osgood 19,983 35–9–4 74 Recap
February: 11–2–0 (home: 8–0–0; road: 3–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 49 February 3 Pittsburgh 0–3 Detroit Osgood 19,983 36–9–4 76 Recap 50 February 6 Florida 2–4 Detroit Osgood 19,983 37–9–4 78 Recap 51 February 8 Detroit 1–3 Florida Vernon 14,703 37–10–4 78 Recap 52 February 10 Detroit 3–2 Tampa Bay OT Osgood 22,636 38–10–4 80 Recap 53 February 13 Los Angeles 4–9 Detroit Vernon 19,983 39–10–4 82 Recap 54 February 15 Washington 3–4 Detroit Osgood 19,952 40–10–4 84 Recap 55 February 16 Detroit 3–4 St. Louis Vernon 20,156 40–11–4 84 Recap 56 February 18 Detroit 3–2 Toronto Osgood 15,746 41–11–4 86 Recap 57 February 19 Vancouver 3–4 Detroit Vernon 19,983 42–11–4 88 Recap 58 February 22 Toronto 3–5 Detroit Osgood 19,983 43–11–4 90 Recap 59 February 24 Tampa Bay 0–2 Detroit Vernon 19,983 44–11–4 92 Recap 60 February 27 Detroit 6–2 NY Islanders Osgood 11,762 45–11–4 94 Recap 61 February 29 NY Islanders 1–5 Detroit Osgood 19,983 46–11–4 96 Recap
March: 12–1–1 (home: 7–1–0; road: 5–0–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 62 March 2 Vancouver 3–2 Detroit Vernon 19,983 46–12–4 96 Recap 63 March 3 Detroit 6–2 Chicago Vernon 22,540 47–12–4 98 Recap 64 March 6 Detroit 4–2 Hartford Osgood 11,252 48–12–4 100 Recap 65 March 8 Detroit 4–2 Colorado Vernon 16,061 49–12–4 102 Recap 66 March 10 Detroit 5–2 Winnipeg Osgood 14,757 50–12–4 104 Recap 67 March 12 Winnipeg 2–5 Detroit Vernon 19,983 51–12–4 106 Recap 68 March 17 Calgary 2–4 Detroit Osgood 19,983 52–12–4 108 Recap 69 March 19 Toronto 5–6 Detroit Vernon 19,983 53–12–4 110 Recap 70 March 20 Detroit 4–3 Toronto OT Osgood 15,746 54–12–4 112 Recap 71 March 22 Colorado 0–7 Detroit Vernon 19,983 55–12–4 114 Recap 72 March 24 Detroit 2–2 St. Louis OT Osgood 20,708 55–12–5 115 Recap 73 March 25 Anaheim 1–5 Detroit Vernon 19,983 56–12–5 117 Recap 74 March 27 Buffalo 2–4 Detroit Osgood 19,983 57–12–5 119 Recap 75 March 31 St. Louis 1–8 Detroit Vernon 19,983 58–12–5 121 Recap
April: 4–1–2 (home: 2–0–0; road: 2–1–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 76 April 2 Detroit 3–6 San Jose Osgood 17,190 58–13–5 121 Recap 77 April 3 Detroit 2–2 Los Angeles OT Vernon 14,663 58–13–6 122 Recap 78 April 5 Detroit 2–2 Anaheim OT Osgood 17,174 58–13–7 123 Recap 79 April 7 Detroit 4–1 Chicago Vernon 21,986 59–13–7 125 Recap 80 April 10 Winnipeg 2–5 Detroit Osgood 19,983 60–13–7 127 Recap 81 April 12 Chicago 3–5 Detroit Osgood 19,983 61–13–7 129 Recap 82 April 14 Detroit 5–1 Dallas Osgood 16,924 62–13–7 131 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1996 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) Winnipeg Jets: Detroit won 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Winnipeg 1–4 Detroit Osgood 19,983 1–0 Recap 2 April 19 Winnipeg 0–4 Detroit Osgood 19,983 2–0 Recap 3 April 21 Detroit 1–4 Winnipeg Vernon 15,544 2–1 Recap 4 April 23 Detroit 6–1 Winnipeg Vernon 15,557 3–1 Recap 5 April 26 Winnipeg 3–1 Detroit Osgood 19,983 3–2 Recap 6 April 28 Detroit 4–1 Winnipeg Vernon 15,567 4–2 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (5) St. Louis Blues: Detroit won 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 3 St. Louis 2–3 Detroit Osgood 19,983 1–0 Recap 2 May 5 St. Louis 3–8 Detroit Osgood 19,983 2–0 Recap 3 May 8 Detroit 4–5 St. Louis OT Vernon 20,796 2–1 Recap 4 May 10 Detroit 0–1 St. Louis Osgood 20,796 2–2 Recap 5 May 12 St. Louis 3–2 Detroit Osgood 19,983 2–3 Recap 6 May 14 Detroit 4–2 St. Louis Osgood 20,796 3–3 Recap 7 May 16 St. Louis 0–1 Detroit 2OT Osgood 19,983 4–3 Recap
Western Conference Finals vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche: Colorado won 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 19 Colorado 3–2 Detroit OT Osgood 19,957 0–1 Recap 2 May 21 Colorado 3–0 Detroit Osgood 19,983 0–2 Recap 3 May 23 Detroit 6–4 Colorado Osgood 16,061 1–2 Recap 4 May 25 Detroit 2–4 Colorado Osgood 16,061 1–3 Recap 5 May 27 Colorado 2–5 Detroit Osgood 19,983 2–3 Recap 6 May 29 Detroit 1–4 Colorado Osgood 16,061 2–4 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
91	Sergei Fedorov	RW	78	39	68	107	49	48	19	2	18	20	8	10
19	Steve Yzerman	C	80	36	59	95	29	64	18	8	12	20	−1	4
77	Paul Coffey	D	76	14	60	74	19	90	17	5	9	14	−3	30
13	Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	82	36	37	73	33	70	19	5	7	12	3	10
8	Igor Larionov†	C	69	21	50	71	37	34	19	6	7	13	5	6
5	Nicklas Lidstrom	D	81	17	50	67	29	20	19	5	9	14	2	10
55	Keith Primeau	C	74	27	25	52	19	168	17	1	4	5	−1	28
22	Dino Ciccarelli	RW	64	22	21	43	14	99	17	6	2	8	−6	26
2	Viacheslav Fetisov	D	69	7	35	42	37	96	19	1	4	5	3	34
23	Greg Johnson	LW	60	18	22	40	6	30	13	3	1	4	−3	8
16	Vladimir Konstantinov	D	81	14	20	34	60	139	19	4	5	9	4	28
21	Bob Errey	LW	71	11	21	32	30	66	14	0	4	4	1	8
25	Darren McCarty	RW	63	15	14	29	14	158	19	3	2	5	−2	20
17	Doug Brown	LW	62	12	15	27	11	4	13	3	3	6	0	4
37	Tim Taylor	C	72	11	14	25	11	39	18	0	4	4	0	4
33	Kris Draper	C	52	7	9	16	2	32	18	4	2	6	2	18
11	Mathieu Dandenault	RW	34	5	7	12	6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Marc Bergevin	D	70	1	9	10	7	33	17	1	0	1	−4	14
20	Martin Lapointe	RW	58	6	3	9	0	93	11	1	2	3	2	12
15	Mike Ramsey	D	47	2	4	6	17	35	14	0	4	4	1	10
3	Bob Rouse	D	58	0	6	6	5	48	7	0	1	1	4	4
26	Ray Sheppard‡	RW	5	2	2	4	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Chris Osgood	G	50	1	2	3		4	15	0	0	0		4
18	Kirk Maltby†	RW	6	1	0	1	0	6	8	0	1	1	0	4
32	Stu Grimson	LW	56	0	1	1	−10	128	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	Jamie Pushor	D	5	0	1	1	2	17	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Anders Eriksson	D	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0
31	Kevin Hodson	G	4	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Mike Vernon	G	32	0	0	0		2	4	0	0	0		2
26	Wes Walz	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season											Playoffs
		GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Chris Osgood	50	47	39	6	5	1,190	106	2.17	.911	5	2,932:59	15	15	8	7	322	33	2.12	.898	2	935:48
29	Mike Vernon	32	22	21	7	2	723	70	2.26	.903	3	1,854:43	4	4	2	2	81	11	2.71	.864	0	243:23
31	Kevin Hodson	4	3	2	0	0	67	3	1.10	.955	1	163:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy	Sergei Fedorov
	Jack Adams Trophy	Scotty Bowman
	NHL Second All-Star team	Vladimir Konstantinov (Defense)
		Chris Osgood (Goaltender)
	NHL Plus-Minus Award	Vladimir Konstantinov
	William M. Jennings Trophy	Chris Osgood
		Mike Vernon
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Scotty Bowman (coach)
		Paul Coffey
		Sergei Fedorov
		Nicklas Lidstrom
		Chris Osgood

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Mathieu Dandenault	October 8, 1995
	Jamie Pushor
	Kevin Hodson	January 5, 1996
	Anders Eriksson	April 14, 1996
500th game played	Mike Vernon	October 9, 1995

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details
August 17, 1995 (1995-08-17)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Shawn Burr 1996 3rd-round pick (#80 overall)	To Detroit Red Wings Marc Bergevin Ben Hankinson
October 24, 1995 (1995-10-24)	To San Jose Sharks Ray Sheppard	To Detroit Red Wings Igor Larionov 1998 conditional pick
March 20, 1996 (1996-03-20)	To Edmonton Oilers Dan McGillis	To Detroit Red Wings Kirk Maltby

Free agents

Date	Player	Team
June 26, 1995 (1995-06-26)	Mark Major	from Boston Bruins
July 18, 1995 (1995-07-18)	Jeff Daniels	to Hartford Whalers
August 8, 1995 (1995-08-08)	Chris Govedaris	to Winnipeg Jets
August 8, 1995 (1995-08-08)	Terry Carkner	to Florida Panthers
August 29, 1995 (1995-08-29)	Dave Chyzowski
September 5, 1995 (1995-09-05)	Wes Walz	from Calgary Flames
September 20, 1995 (1995-09-20)	Mike Needham
October 11, 1995 (1995-10-11)	Sergei Bautin	to San Jose Sharks

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term
August 28, 1995 (1995-08-28)	Mike Ramsey	1-year
September 7, 1995 (1995-09-07)	Viacheslav Fetisov	1-year

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1995 NHL entry draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	26	Maxim Kuznetsov	D	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
2	52	Philippe Audet	LW	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
31	58	Darryl Laplante	C	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
4	104	Anatoli Ustyugov	LW	Russia	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
52	125	Chad Wilchynski	D	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
53	126	Dave Arsenault	G	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
6	156	Tyler Perry	C	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7	182	Per Eklund	RW	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
8	208	Andrei Samokhvalov	RW	Kazakhstan	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan)
9	234	David Engblom	C	Sweden	Vallentuna (Sweden)

Notes

1. The Red Wings acquired this pick as the result of a trade on May 25, 1994 that sent Sheldon Kennedy to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.
2. The Red Wings acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 17, 1994 that sent Vincent Riendeau to Boston in exchange for this pick.
3. The Red Wings acquired this pick as the result of a trade on September 9, 1993 that sent Stewart Malgunas to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.

• The Red Wings third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on April 3, 1995 that sent Viacheslav Fetisov to Detroit in exchange for this pick (78th overall).
• The Red Wings fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on February 27, 1995 that sent Bob Errey to Detroit in exchange for this pick (130th overall).

References

• "Detroit Red Wings 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
• "1995-96 Detroit Red Wings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2023.