1988–89 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1988–89 1988 Detroit Red Wings Campbell 4th Norris 1st 34–34–12 20–14–6 14–20–6 313 316 Jim Devellano Jacques Demers Steve Yzerman Gerard GallantMike O'Connell Joe Louis Arena Steve Yzerman (65) Steve Yzerman (90) Steve Yzerman (155) Larry Trader (20) Gerard Gallant (230) Greg Stefan (21) Glen Hanlon (3.56) Yes The 1988–89 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in first place in the Norris Division with a record of 34 wins, 34 losses, and 12 ties for 80 points. They were the only team even to have at least a .500 record, but they lost the Division Semi-finals four games to two to the Chicago Blackhawks.NHL Roundup – UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/03/30/NHL-Roundup/5156607237200/ 2024-01-29 UPI There's nothing like scoring an important goal in a... – UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/03/30/Theres-nothing-like-scoring-an-important-goal-in-a/5286720030792/ 2024-01-29 UPI 2 Offseason NHL draft 1988 NHL entry draft Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team117Kory Kocur (RW)CanadaSaskatoon Blades (WHL)238Serge Anglehart (D)CanadaDrummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)347Guy Dupuis (D)CanadaHull Olympiques (QMJHL)359Petr Hrbek (RW)Sparta Prague (Czechoslovakia)480Sheldon Kennedy (RW)CanadaSwift Current Broncos (WHL)7143Kelly Hurd (RW)CanadaMichigan Technological University (WCHA)8164Brian McCormack (D)United StatesSt. Paul's School (USHS-NH)9185Jody Praznik (D)CanadaColorado College (WCHA)10206Glen Goodall (C)CanadaSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)11227Darren Colbourne (RW)CanadaCornwall Royals (OHL)12248Don Stone (C)United StatesUniversity of Michigan (CCHA)S22Gary Shuchuk (C)CanadaUniversity of Wisconsin (WCHA) Regular season October 6, 1988: In a game against the Detroit Red Wings, Wayne Gretzky made his debut as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky scored on his first shot, and contributed 3 assists in an 8–2 victory.Gretzky's Tears, Stephen Brunt, pp.182-183, Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, Toronto, Canada, 2009, 978-0-307-39729-4 Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Playoffs The Red Wings won their second straight division championship and went against Chicago in the first round in a best of seven series and lost in 6 games, or 2–4. Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1988–89 regular season1988-89 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1989_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 6, 1988||2–8 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) ||0–1–0 |- |2||T||October 8, 1988||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) ||0–1–1 |- |3||L||October 10, 1988||2–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1988–89) ||0–2–1 |- |4||T||October 14, 1988||8–8 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1988–89) ||0–2–2 |- |5||W||October 15, 1988||5–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) ||1–2–2 |- |6||W||October 18, 1988||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) ||2–2–2 |- |7||L||October 21, 1988||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) ||2–3–2 |- |8||T||October 23, 1988||3–3 OT|| align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1988–89) ||2–3–3 |- |9||W||October 26, 1988||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) ||3–3–3 |- |10||W||October 28, 1988||4–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) ||4–3–3 |- |11||L||October 29, 1988||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) ||4–4–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |12||T||November 1, 1988||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (1988–89) ||4–4–4 |- |13||L||November 4, 1988||3–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) ||4–5–4 |- |14||W||November 6, 1988||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) ||5–5–4 |- |15||W||November 9, 1988||6–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) ||6–5–4 |- |16||W||November 12, 1988||5–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) ||7–5–4 |- |17||W||November 13, 1988||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1988–89) ||8–5–4 |- |18||W||November 16, 1988||4–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) ||9–5–4 |- |19||W||November 18, 1988||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1988–89) ||10–5–4 |- |20||W||November 20, 1988||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1988–89) ||11–5–4 |- |21||L||November 23, 1988||3–8 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) ||11–6–4 |- |22||W||November 25, 1988||6–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) ||12–6–4 |- |23||L||November 27, 1988||3–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1988–89) ||12–7–4 |- |24||W||November 29, 1988||5–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1988–89) ||13–7–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |25||W||December 1, 1988||7–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) ||14–7–4 |- |26||L||December 3, 1988||4–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) ||14–8–4 |- |27||L||December 5, 1988||2–7 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) ||14–9–4 |- |28||W||December 9, 1988||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) ||15–9–4 |- |29||W||December 10, 1988||8–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) ||16–9–4 |- |30||W||December 13, 1988||5–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) ||17–9–4 |- |31||L||December 16, 1988||4–6 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) ||17–10–4 |- |32||L||December 17, 1988||2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) ||17–11–4 |- |33||W||December 20, 1988||6–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1988–89) ||18–11–4 |- |34||T||December 22, 1988||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) ||18–11–5 |- |35||L||December 23, 1988||2–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) ||18–12–5 |- |36||L||December 28, 1988||1–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) ||18–13–5 |- |37||L||December 30, 1988||3–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) ||18–14–5 |- |38||L||December 31, 1988||2–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1988–89) ||18–15–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||W||January 4, 1989||4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1988–89) ||19–15–5 |- |40||T||January 6, 1989||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) ||19–15–6 |- |41||L||January 7, 1989||2–5 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) ||19–16–6 |- |42||W||January 9, 1989||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) ||20–16–6 |- |43||T||January 11, 1989||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) ||20–16–7 |- |44||T||January 14, 1989||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1988–89) ||20–16–8 |- |45||W||January 15, 1989||8–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) ||21–16–8 |- |46||L||January 17, 1989||1–7 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1988–89) ||21–17–8 |- |47||L||January 20, 1989||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) ||21–18–8 |- |48||W||January 22, 1989||4–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1988–89) ||22–18–8 |- |49||L||January 25, 1989||3–6 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) ||22–19–8 |- |50||W||January 27, 1989||8–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) ||23–19–8 |- |51||L||January 28, 1989||5–10 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) ||23–20–8 |- |52||L||January 30, 1989||3–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) ||23–21–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |53||L||February 2, 1989||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1988–89) ||23–22–8 |- |54||L||February 3, 1989||5–8 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) ||23–23–8 |- |55||W||February 5, 1989||6–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) ||24–23–8 |- |56||L||February 9, 1989||3–6 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1988–89) ||24–24–8 |- |57||W||February 11, 1989||5–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) ||25–24–8 |- |58||T||February 13, 1989||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) ||25–24–9 |- |59||W||February 15, 1989||4–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) ||26–24–9 |- |60||L||February 17, 1989||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) ||26–25–9 |- |61||L||February 19, 1989||4–8 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) ||26–26–9 |- |62||W||February 21, 1989||6–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1988–89) ||27–26–9 |- |63||T||February 23, 1989||6–6 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89) ||27–26–10 |- |64||W||February 25, 1989||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) ||28–26–10 |- |65||T||February 26, 1989||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) ||28–26–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |66||W||March 1, 1989||6–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1988–89) ||29–26–11 |- |67||W||March 4, 1989||5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) ||30–26–11 |- |68||L||March 7, 1989||3–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) ||30–27–11 |- |69||W||March 9, 1989||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1988–89) ||31–27–11 |- |70||L||March 11, 1989||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) ||31–28–11 |- |71||T||March 14, 1989||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) ||31–28–12 |- |72||W||March 15, 1989||8–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) ||32–28–12 |- |73||L||March 18, 1989||2–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) ||32–29–12 |- |74||L||March 19, 1989||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) ||32–30–12 |- |75||W||March 24, 1989||6–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) ||33–30–12 |- |76||L||March 25, 1989||5–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) ||33–31–12 |- |77||L||March 27, 1989||2–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1988–89) ||33–32–12 |- |78||W||March 29, 1989||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1988–89) ||34–32–12 |- |79||L||March 31, 1989||1–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) ||34–33–12 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |80||L||April 2, 1989||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) ||34–34–12 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Skaters + Regular Season Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/– Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes Steve Yzerman 80 65 90 155 17 61 Gerard Gallant 76 39 54 93 7 230 Adam Oates 69 16 62 78 -1 –1 14 Paul MacLean ice hockey 76 36 35 71 7 118 Dave Barr ice hockey 73 27 32 59 12 69 Steve Chiasson 65 12 35 47 -6 –6 149 Shawn Burr 79 19 27 46 5 78 Lee Norwood 66 10 32 42 6 100 Petr Klima Petr Klíma 51 25 16 41 5 44 Richard Zombo Rick Zombo 75 1 20 21 22 106 Joey Kocur Joe Kocur 60 9 9 18 -4 –4 213 Michael O'Connell Mike O'Connell 66 1 15 16 -8 –8 41 Miroslav Frycer Miroslav Fryčer‡ 23 7 8 15 -4 –4 47 James Nill Jim Nill 71 8 7 15 -1 –1 83 Tim Higgins Tim Higgins (ice hockey) 42 5 9 14 0 62 Jeff Sharples 46 4 9 13 5 26 Doug Houda 57 2 11 13 17 67 John Chabot 52 2 10 12 -18 –18 6 Adam Graves 56 7 5 12 -5 –5 60 Jim Pavese‡ 39 3 6 9 -1 –1 130 Joe Murphy ice hockey 26 1 7 8 -7 –7 28 Bob Probert 25 4 2 6 -11 –11 106 Dale Krentz 16 3 3 6 -3 –3 4 Kris King 55 2 3 5 -7 –7 168 Torrie Robertson† 12 2 2 4 0 63 Gilbert Delorme 42 1 3 4 -11 –11 51 Brent Fedyk 5 2 0 2 -1 –1 0 Douglas Halward Doug Halward‡ 18 0 1 1 -11 –11 36 John Mokosak 8 0 1 1 0 14 John Blum 6 0 0 0 -2 –2 8 Scott King ice hockey, born 1967 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Brubaker 1 0 0 0 0 0 Miroslav Ihnacak Miroslav Ihnačák 1 0 0 0 0 0 Randall McKay Randy McKay 3 0 0 0 -1 –1 0 + Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/– Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes Steve Yzerman 6 5 5 10 -7 –7 2 Adam Oates 6 0 8 8 -1 –1 2 Petr Klima Petr Klíma 6 2 4 6 0 19 Dave Barr ice hockey 6 3 1 4 1 6 Lee Norwood 6 1 2 3 2 16 Steve Chiasson 5 2 1 3 -3 –3 6 Shawn Burr 6 1 2 3 2 6 Gerard Gallant 6 1 2 3 -2 –2 40 Paul MacLean ice hockey 5 1 1 2 -2 –2 8 John Chabot 6 1 1 2 0 0 Doug Houda 6 0 1 1 -1 –1 0 Joey Kocur Joe Kocur 3 0 1 1 0 6 Gilbert Delorme 6 0 1 1 3 2 Torrie Robertson 6 1 0 1 -1 –1 17 Richard Zombo Rick Zombo 6 0 1 1 -3 –3 16 Randall McKay Randy McKay 2 0 0 0 -2 –2 2 Tim Higgins Tim Higgins (ice hockey) 1 0 0 0 0 0 Michael O'Connell Mike O'Connell 6 0 0 0 0 4 James Nill Jim Nill 6 0 0 0 -1 –1 25 Kris King 2 0 0 0 0 2 Adam Graves 5 0 0 0 -1 –1 4 Jeff Sharples 1 0 0 0 0 0 Goaltending + Regular Season Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss T Ties GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts Greg Stefan 46 2499 21 17 3 167 4.01 1290 0.871 0 Glen Hanlon 39 2092 13 14 8 124 3.56 1055 0.882 1 Sam St. Laurent 4 141 0 1 1 9 3.83 91 0.901 0 Tim Cheveldae 2 122 0 2 0 9 4.43 74 0.878 0 + Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts Greg Stefan 5 294 2 3 18 3.67 151 0.881 0 Glen Hanlon 2 78 0 1 7 5.38 47 0.851 0 1988–89 Detroit Red Wings at Hockey Reference †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 records Steve Yzerman, Club Record, Most Points in One Season (155) Steve Yzerman, Lester B. Pearson Award Gerard Gallant, Left Wing, NHL Second All-Star Team References Red Wings on Hockey Database Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Category:Norris Division champion seasons Detroit Red Detroit Red Category:1988 in Detroit Category:1989 in Detroit