1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1983–84 1983 Detroit Red Wings Campbell 7th Norris 3rd 31–42–7 18–20–2 13–22–5 298 323 Jim Devellano Nick Polano Danny Gare None Joe Louis Arena 16,727 Steve Yzerman (39) Ivan Boldirev and Steve Yzerman (48) Steve Yzerman (87) Kelly Kisio (16) Joe Paterson (148) Greg Stefan (19) Greg Stefan (3.51) The 1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 52nd season, the franchise's 58th. 2 Offseason The Red Wings drafted Steve Yzerman in the first round, fourth overall. Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1983–84 regular season1983-84 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1984_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||T||October 5, 1983||6–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) ||0–0–1 |- |2||L||October 8, 1983||3–6 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||0–1–1 |- |3||L||October 9, 1983||4–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||0–2–1 |- |4||L||October 12, 1983||3–8 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) ||0–3–1 |- |5||T||October 15, 1983||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||0–3–2 |- |6||W||October 19, 1983||4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||1–3–2 |- |7||W||October 22, 1983||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1983–84) ||2–3–2 |- |8||W||October 26, 1983||6–5 OT|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) ||3–3–2 |- |9||W||October 29, 1983||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||4–3–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||W||November 1, 1983||3–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||5–3–2 |- |11||W||November 3, 1983||7–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||6–3–2 |- |12||L||November 5, 1983||2–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||6–4–2 |- |13||L||November 6, 1983||2–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) ||6–5–2 |- |14||L||November 9, 1983||3–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||6–6–2 |- |15||L||November 12, 1983||3–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) ||6–7–2 |- |16||L||November 13, 1983||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1983–84) ||6–8–2 |- |17||W||November 15, 1983||3–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||7–8–2 |- |18||L||November 17, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) ||7–9–2 |- |19||L||November 19, 1983||4–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||7–10–2 |- |20||W||November 23, 1983||3–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||8–10–2 |- |21||W||November 25, 1983||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||9–10–2 |- |22||W||November 26, 1983||7–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||10–10–2 |- |23||L||November 30, 1983||3–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||10–11–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||L||December 3, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1983–84) ||10–12–2 |- |25||L||December 4, 1983||0–6 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||10–13–2 |- |26||L||December 7, 1983||2–7 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||10–14–2 |- |27||L||December 10, 1983||3–8 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||10–15–2 |- |28||L||December 11, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||10–16–2 |- |29||L||December 13, 1983||5–7 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||10–17–2 |- |30||L||December 15, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1983–84) ||10–18–2 |- |31||T||December 17, 1983||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||10–18–3 |- |32||T||December 18, 1983||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||10–18–4 |- |33||L||December 21, 1983||5–9 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||10–19–4 |- |34||W||December 23, 1983||9–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||11–19–4 |- |35||L||December 26, 1983||2–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||11–20–4 |- |36||W||December 28, 1983||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) ||12–20–4 |- |37||W||December 29, 1983||6–1 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) ||13–20–4 |- |38||W||December 31, 1983||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||14–20–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||W||January 3, 1984||7–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1983–84) ||15–20–4 |- |40||L||January 5, 1984||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) ||15–21–4 |- |41||L||January 7, 1984||4–8 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) ||15–22–4 |- |42||L||January 9, 1984||3–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) ||15–23–4 |- |43||L||January 11, 1984||2–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1983–84) ||15–24–4 |- |44||L||January 14, 1984||1–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) ||15–25–4 |- |45||L||January 16, 1984||5–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1983–84) ||15–26–4 |- |46||L||January 18, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1983–84) ||15–27–4 |- |47||L||January 20, 1984||5–8 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||15–28–4 |- |48||L||January 21, 1984||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||15–29–4 |- |49||W||January 24, 1984||4–0 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1983–84) ||16–29–4 |- |50||T||January 27, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) ||16–29–5 |- |51||W||January 28, 1984||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1983–84) ||17–29–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||T||February 1, 1984||6–6 OT|| align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1983–84) ||17–29–6 |- |53||L||February 4, 1984||3–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||17–30–6 |- |54||W||February 5, 1984||6–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) ||18–30–6 |- |55||L||February 7, 1984||1–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) ||18–31–6 |- |56||W||February 9, 1984||9–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||19–31–6 |- |57||W||February 11, 1984||6–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||20–31–6 |- |58||T||February 12, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) ||20–31–7 |- |59||L||February 15, 1984||3–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||20–32–7 |- |60||W||February 18, 1984||6–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||21–32–7 |- |61||W||February 19, 1984||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||22–32–7 |- |62||W||February 22, 1984||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||23–32–7 |- |63||W||February 25, 1984||4–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1983–84) ||24–32–7 |- |64||W||February 26, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||25–32–7 |- |65||L||February 28, 1984||2–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||25–33–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |66||L||March 1, 1984||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) ||25–34–7 |- |67||W||March 3, 1984||6–1 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) ||26–34–7 |- |68||L||March 5, 1984||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||26–35–7 |- |69||W||March 6, 1984||3–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||27–35–7 |- |70||W||March 8, 1984||6–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||28–35–7 |- |71||L||March 10, 1984||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||28–36–7 |- |72||L||March 14, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1983–84) ||28–37–7 |- |73||L||March 15, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) ||28–38–7 |- |74||L||March 17, 1984||3–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) ||28–39–7 |- |75||W||March 20, 1984||6–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||29–39–7 |- |76||W||March 22, 1984||6–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) ||30–39–7 |- |77||L||March 24, 1984||7–9 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||30–40–7 |- |78||W||March 28, 1984||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||31–40–7 |- |79||L||March 31, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||31–41–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |80||L||April 1, 1984||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||31–42–7 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Since they last made it into the playoffs in 1978, they made it again this season but lost in the first round in a best of five series by St. Louis in 4 games, or 1–3. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Steve Yzerman C 80 39 48 87 33-171302 Ivan Boldirev C 75 35 48 83 2031204 Ron Duguay C/RW 80 33 47 80 34-261311 John Ogrodnick LW 64 42 36 78 14-161935 Reed Larson D 78 23 39 62 122-101005 Kelly Kisio C 70 23 37 60 3416102 Brad Park D 80 5 53 58 85-29400 Lane Lambert RW 73 20 15 35 115-5102 Danny Gare RW 63 13 13 26 1473102 Eddie Johnstone RW 46 12 11 23 543400 Greg Smith Greg Smith (ice hockey) D 75 3 20 23 1086001 Bob Manno D 62 9 13 22 60-1014 Dwight Foster Dwight Foster (ice hockey) RW 52 9 12 21 50-4021 Blake Dunlop C 57 6 14 20 20-13110 Randy Ladouceur D 71 3 17 20 58-12000 Claude Loiselle C 28 4 6 10 324000 John Barrett ice hockey D 78 2 8 10 780000 Rick MacLeish C 25 2 8 10 4-4000 Colin Campbell Colin Campbell (ice hockey executive) D 68 3 4 7 1080001 Joe Paterson ice hockey LW 41 2 5 7 1480000 Paul Woods ice hockey LW 57 2 5 7 18-16000 Pierre Aubry LW 14 4 1 5 8-1000 Andre St. Laurent C 19 1 3 4 17-3010 Murray Craven LW 15 0 4 4 62000 Brad Smith Brad Smith (ice hockey) RW 8 2 1 3 36-2000 Ted Nolan C 19 1 2 3 26-11001 Greg Stefan G 50 0 3 3 140000 Barry Melrose D 21 0 1 1 740000 Corrado Micalef G 14 0 1 1 20000 Eddie Mio G 24 0 1 1 60000 Jody Gage RW 3 0 0 0 00000 Ken Holland G 3 0 0 0 00000 Brian Johnson ice hockey RW 3 0 0 0 5-3000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Greg Stefan 2600 50 19 22 2 152 3.51 2 Eddie Mio 1295 24 7 11 3 95 4.40 1 Corrado Micalef 808 14 5 8 1 52 3.86 0 Ken Holland 146 3 0 1 1 10 4.11 0 Team: 4849 80 31 42 7 309 3.82 3 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Steve Yzerman C 4 3 3 6 0101 Ron Duguay C/RW 4 2 3 5 2100 Ivan Boldirev C 4 0 5 5 4000 Bob Manno D 4 0 3 3 0000 Brad Park D 3 0 3 3 0000 Danny Gare RW 4 2 0 2 38000 Reed Larson D 4 2 0 2 21200 Kelly Kisio C 4 1 0 1 4000 Randy Ladouceur D 4 1 0 1 6010 Greg Smith Greg Smith (ice hockey) D 4 1 0 1 8000 Blake Dunlop C 4 0 1 1 4000 Dwight Foster Dwight Foster (ice hockey) RW 3 0 1 1 0000 Pierre Aubry LW 3 0 0 0 2000 John Barrett ice hockey D 4 0 0 0 4000 Colin Campbell Colin Campbell (ice hockey executive) D 4 0 0 0 21000 Eddie Johnstone RW 2 0 0 0 0000 Lane Lambert RW 4 0 0 0 10000 Rick MacLeish C 1 0 0 0 0000 Corrado Micalef G 1 0 0 0 0000 Eddie Mio G 1 0 0 0 0000 John Ogrodnick LW 4 0 0 0 0000 Joe Paterson ice hockey LW 3 0 0 0 7000 Greg Stefan G 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Greg Stefan 210 3 1 2 8 2.29 0 Corrado Micalef 7 1 0 0 2 17.14 0 Eddie Mio 63 1 0 1 3 2.86 0 Team: 280 4 1 3 13 2.79 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1983-84 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1984.html 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 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: || Brad Park Draft picks 1983 NHL entry draft Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)14Steve YzermanCanadaPeterborough Petes (OHL) 2 25 Lane Lambert Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 3 46 Bob Probert Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHL) 4 68 Dave Korol Canada Winnipeg Warriors (WHL) 5 86 Petr Klíma Litvinov (Czechoslovakia) 5 88 Joey Kocur Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 6 106 Chris Pusey Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHL) 7 126 Bob Pierson Canada London Knights (OHL) 8 146 Craig Butz Canada Kelowna Wings (WHL) 9 166 Dave Sikorski United States Cornwall Royals (OHL) 10 186 Stu Grimson Canada Regina Pats (WHL) 11 206 Jeff Frank Canada/United States Regina Pats (WHL) 12 226 Chuck Chiatto United States Cranbrook High School (USHS-MI) References Red Wings on Hockey Database Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Detroit Red Detroit Red Category:1983 in Detroit Category:1984 in Detroit