With their 62 wins, the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...

eclipsed the all-time record of most regular-season wins, which had been set at 60 by the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens

1976–77 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 68th season. The Canadiens won their 20th Stanley Cup in 1976–77, taking the NHL championship. They set an NHL record for most points in a season by a team with 132 points...

. Their 131 points during the regular season were the most since the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens

1976–77 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 68th season. The Canadiens won their 20th Stanley Cup in 1976–77, taking the NHL championship. They set an NHL record for most points in a season by a team with 132 points...

 accumulated 132 points (still an all-time record). They had two winning streaks of 9 games, and had a 13–game unbeaten streak from Sunday, March 3, 1996 to Sunday, March 31, 1996, going 12–0–1 during that stretch. Having the best record in the league, the Red Wings were awarded the President's Trophy. During the 1995–96 regular season, the Red Wings were the only team to score a goal in all 82 of its games.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Red Wings defeated the eighth-place 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. The latter series went to seven games, the seventh of which went to double overtime where Steve Yzerman

Steve Yzerman

Stephen Gregory "Steve" Yzerman is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League...

's slap-shot goal beat Jon Casey

Jon Casey

Jonathan James Casey is a retired American ice hockey goaltender.Jon Casey was born in Grand Rapids Minnesota to James and Colleen Casey. He is the second of four children...

 in the top right-hand corner of the net. In the Western Conference Finals, the Red Wings were ousted in 6 games by the Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1995–96 and 2000–01. The franchise...

 who were in the first year after moving from Quebec. These two teams would start the famed Detroit Red Wings Colorado Avalanche Rivalry which lasted nearly a decade.

Regular season

• November 28, 1995: The Montreal Canadiens were playing the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena. The day before the match, Mario Tremblay spoke to Mario Leclerc of Le Journal de Montreal
  Le Journal de Montréal
  Le Journal de Montréal is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is the largest-circulation French-language newspaper in North America. Established by Pierre Péladeau in 1964, it is owned by the Sun Media division of Quebecor Media. It is also Canada's largest tabloid...
  
   newspaper. Tremblay mentioned that he was resentful of current Red Wings head coach Scotty Bowman. The first five years of Tremblay’s career were played under Bowman, and Tremblay told Leclerc that Bowman would always threaten 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, the Journal de Montreal had a headline that stated, Bowman has the last word.
• Against the Hartford Whalers on March 6, 1996, Chris Osgood became the third goaltender in NHL history to score a goal.

The Red Wings finished first in wins (62), points (131), tied the Washington Capitals for most shutouts for (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%).

October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
1	October 6	Detroit	2 – 3	Colorado		0–1–0	0
2	October 8	Detroit	3 – 1	Edmonton		1–1–0	2
3	October 9	Detroit	5 – 3	Vancouver		2–1–0	4
4	October 13	Edmonton	0 – 9	Detroit		3–1–0	6
5	October 15	Detroit	5 – 5	Winnipeg	*	3–1–1	7
6	October 17	Calgary	3 – 3	Detroit	*	3–1–2	8
7	October 19	Detroit	2 – 4	New Jersey		3–2–2	8
8	October 21	Boston	2 – 4	Detroit		4–2–2	10
9	October 24	Ottawa	2 – 1	Detroit		4–3–2	10
10	October 27	Detroit	3 – 0	Calgary		5–3–2	12
11	October 30	Detroit	2 – 3	Winnipeg		5–4–2	12

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
12	November 1	Detroit	1 – 2	Buffalo		5–5–2	12
13	November 2	Detroit	6 – 5	Boston	*	6–5–2	14
14	November 4	Dallas	1 – 5	Detroit		7–5–2	16
15	November 7	Edmonton	2 – 4	Detroit		8–5–2	18
16	November 11	Detroit	5 – 2	San Jose		9–5–2	20
17	November 14	Detroit	6 – 5	Los Angeles		10–5–2	22
18	November 17	Detroit	5 – 4	Edmonton		11–5–2	24
19	November 22	San Jose	2 – 5	Detroit		12–5–2	26
20	November 24	Detroit	1 – 4	Philadelphia		12–6–2	26
21	November 25	NY Rangers	0 – 2	Detroit		13–6–2	28
22	November 28	Montreal	2 – 3	Detroit		14–6–2	30

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
23	December 1	Anaheim	2 – 5	Detroit		15–6–2	32
24	December 2	Detroit	11 – 1	Montreal		16–6–2	34
25	December 5	Philadelphia	3 – 5	Detroit		17–6–2	36
26	December 7	Dallas	1 – 3	Detroit		18–6–2	38
27	December 8	Detroit	1 – 2	NY Rangers	*	18–7–2	38
28	December 12	Detroit	5 – 2	St. Louis		19–7–2	40
29	December 13	Chicago	1 – 3	Detroit		20–7–2	42
30	December 15	New Jersey	1 – 3	Detroit		21–7–2	44
31	December 20	Detroit	6 – 1	Anaheim		22–7–2	46
32	December 22	Detroit	5 – 1	Calgary		23–7–2	48
33	December 23	Detroit	1 – 0	Vancouver		24–7–2	50
34	December 26	St. Louis	2 – 3	Detroit		25–7–2	52
35	December 29	Detroit	2 – 1	Dallas		26–7–2	54
36	December 31	Hartford	2 – 3	Detroit		27–7–2	56

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
37	January 3	Dallas	3 – 3	Detroit	*	27–7–3	57
38	January 5	Detroit	2 – 5	Pittsburgh		27–8–3	57
39	January 6	Chicago	0 – 3	Detroit		28–8–3	59
40	January 8	Winnipeg	6 – 4	Detroit		28–9–3	59
41	January 10	Detroit	4 – 0	Dallas		29–9–3	61
42	January 12	Los Angeles	2 – 3	Detroit		30–9–3	63
43	January 13	Detroit	4 – 2	Washington		31–9–3	65
44	January 17	Colorado	2 – 3	Detroit		32–9–3	67
45	January 24	San Jose	2 – 4	Detroit		33–9–3	69
46	January 25	Detroit	4 – 2	Ottawa		34–9–3	71
47	January 27	Detroit	5 – 5	Chicago	*	34–9–4	72
48	January 30	Toronto	2 – 4	Detroit		35–9–4	74

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
49	February 3	Pittsburgh	0 – 3	Detroit		36–9–4	76
50	February 6	Florida	2 – 4	Detroit		37–9–4	78
51	February 8	Detroit	1 – 3	Florida		37–10–4	78
52	February 10	Detroit	3 – 2	Tampa Bay	*	38–10–4	80
53	February 13	Los Angeles	4 – 9	Detroit		39–10–4	82
54	February 15	Washington	3 – 4	Detroit		40–10–4	84
55	February 16	Detroit	3 – 4	St. Louis		40–11–4	84
56	February 18	Detroit	3 – 2	Toronto		41–11–4	86
57	February 19	Vancouver	3 – 4	Detroit		42–11–4	88
58	February 22	Toronto	3 – 5	Detroit		43–11–4	90
59	February 24	Tampa Bay	0 – 2	Detroit		44–11–4	92
60	February 27	Detroit	6 – 2	NY Islanders		45–11–4	94
61	February 29	NY Islanders	1 – 5	Detroit		46–11–4	96

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
62	March 2	Vancouver	3 – 2	Detroit		46–12–4	96
63	March 3	Detroit	6 – 2	Chicago		47–12–4	98
64	March 6	Detroit	4 – 2	Hartford		48–12–4	100
65	March 8	Detroit	4 – 2	Colorado		49–12–4	102
66	March 10	Detroit	5 – 2	Winnipeg		50–12–4	104
67	March 12	Winnipeg	2 – 5	Detroit		51–12–4	106
68	March 17	Calgary	2 – 4	Detroit		52–12–4	108
69	March 19	Toronto	5 – 6	Detroit		53–12–4	110
70	March 20	Detroit	4 – 3	Toronto	*	54–12–4	112
71	March 22	Colorado	0 – 7	Detroit		55–12–4	114
72	March 24	Detroit	2 – 2	St. Louis	*	55–12–5	115
73	March 25	Anaheim	1 – 5	Detroit		56–12–5	117
74	March 27	Buffalo	2 – 4	Detroit		57–12–5	119
75	March 31	St. Louis	1 – 8	Detroit		58–12–5	121

April

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
76	April 2	Detroit	3 – 6	San Jose		58–13–5	121
77	April 3	Detroit	2 – 2	Los Angeles	*	58–13–6	122
78	April 5	Detroit	2 – 2	Anaheim	*	58–13–7	123
79	April 7	Detroit	4 – 1	Chicago		59–13–7	125
80	April 10	Winnipeg	2 – 5	Detroit		60–13–7	127
81	April 12	Chicago	3 – 5	Detroit		61–13–7	129
82	April 14	Detroit	5 – 1	Dallas		62–13–7	131

Regular season

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sergei Fedorov Sergei Fedorov Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward and occasional defenceman...	78	39	68	107	48
Steve Yzerman Steve Yzerman Stephen Gregory "Steve" Yzerman is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League...	80	36	59	95	64
Vyacheslav Kozlov Vyacheslav Kozlov Vyacheslav Anatolevich 'Slava' Kozlov is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger who plays for Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League. He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion from his years playing with the Detroit Red Wings. He has also played for the Buffalo Sabres, Atlanta Thrashers...	82	36	37	73	70
Igor Larionov Igor Larionov Igor Nikolayevich Larionov is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player, known as The Professor. Along with Viacheslav Fetisov, he was instrumental in breaking the barrier that stopped Soviet players from joining the National Hockey League . He primarily played the centre position, and is...	69	21	50	71	34
Keith Primeau Keith Primeau Keith Primeau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers...	74	27	25	52	168
Dino Ciccarelli Dino Ciccarelli .Dino Ciccarelli is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League, primarily with the Minnesota North Stars. He scored 1,200 points in his NHL career. His 608 career NHL goals are also the most goals scored by a draft-eligible player who was not...	64	22	21	43	99
Greg Johnson	60	18	22	40	30
Bob Errey Bob Errey Robert Errey is a retired former professional ice hockey left wing who was drafted 15th overall in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and played 895 NHL games over the course of his career...	71	11	21	32	66
Darren McCarty Darren McCarty Darren McCarty is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward, best known for his years playing with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League...	63	15	14	29	158
Doug Brown Doug Brown (ice hockey) Douglas Brown is a former American ice hockey right winger. After playing four seasons with Boston College, Brown was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Jersey Devils on August 6, 1986....	62	12	15	27	4
Tim Taylor	72	11	14	25	39
Kris Draper Kris Draper Kristopher Draper is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. Draper is a four-time winner of the Stanley Cup, a Frank J. Selke Trophy winner and scored over 100 goals in the Red Wings uniform. Draper was a member of the famous Grind Line in Detroit, consisting of himself, Kirk Maltby...	52	7	9	16	32
Martin Lapointe Martin Lapointe Martin Lapointe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, and Chicago Blackhawks.-Playing career:...	58	6	3	9	93
Ray Sheppard Ray Sheppard Raymond Sheppard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played in the NHL from 1987 to 2000.Sheppard was selected 60th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. He played 817 career NHL games, scoring 357 goals and 300 assists for 657 points...	5	2	2	4	2
Stu Grimson Stu Grimson A. Stuart Grimson is a former Canadian ice hockey forward. Grimson played in the National Hockey League from 1989 to 2002. During this time, he played for the Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes, Los Angeles Kings,...	56	0	1	1	128
Kirk Maltby Kirk Maltby Kirk Maltby is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers and Detroit Red Wings.-Playing career:...	6	1	0	1	6
Wes Walz Wes Walz Wesley Walz is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and former assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League . Currently, Walz works as a volunteer assistant coach with the Raptors of East Ridge High School, Woodbury, Minnesota. There he coaches his son...	2	0	0	0	0

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Paul Coffey Paul Coffey Paul Douglas Coffey is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League. Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey ranks second all-time among NHL defencemen in career goals, assists, and points, behind Ray Bourque.-Playing career:Coffey was drafted 6th...	76	14	60	74	90
Nicklas Lidström Nicklas Lidström Nicklas Erik Lidström is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings, and is their captain...	81	17	50	67	20
Viacheslav Fetisov Viacheslav Fetisov Viacheslav "Slava" Alexandrovich Fetisov is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman...	69	7	35	42	96
Vladimir Konstantinov Vladimir Konstantinov Vladimir Nikolaevich Konstantinov is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings. Previously, he had played for Soviet club CSKA Moscow...	81	14	20	34	139
Mathieu Dandenault Mathieu Dandenault Mathieu Dandenault is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...	34	5	7	12	6
Marc Bergevin Marc Bergevin Marc Bergevin is a retired French Canadian professional hockey defenceman. He is the current assistant General Manager of the Chicago Blackhawks.-Playing career:...	70	1	9	10	33
Bob Rouse Bob Rouse -Playing career:A prototypical stay-at-home defenceman, Rouse was drafted in 1982 by the Minnesota North Stars. After playing parts of six season with the North Stars, Rouse was traded to the Washington Capitals at the trade deadline of the 1988–89 NHL season in the deal that also sent Dino...	58	0	6	6	48
Mike Ramsey	47	2	4	6	35
Jamie Pushor Jamie Pushor James M. Pushor is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played professionally for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League....	5	0	1	1	17
Anders Eriksson	1	0	0	0	2

Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA	Goals
Chris Osgood Chris Osgood Christopher John Osgood is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He's currently ranked tenth in wins in NHL regular season history with 401 career wins. He spent the first part of his 17-year NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, then the New York Islanders and the St. Louis...	50	39	6	5	5	2.17	1
Mike Vernon	32	21	7	2	3	2.26	0
Kevin Hodson Kevin Hodson Kevin Hodson is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Hodson played professionally in the NHL and AHL before ending his playing career in the Finnish SM-liiga in 2003–04....	4	2	0	0	1	1.10	0

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	18	8	12	20	4	4	0	1
	C	19	2	18	20	10	0	0	2
	D	17	5	9	14	30	3	2	1
	D	19	5	9	14	10	1	0	0
	C	19	6	7	13	6	3	0	2
	LW	19	5	7	12	10	2	0	1
	D	19	4	5	9	28	0	1	0
	RW	17	6	2	8	26	6	0	1
	C	18	4	2	6	18	0	1	0
	RW	13	3	3	6	4	0	1	0
	RW	19	3	2	5	20	0	0	1
	D	19	1	4	5	34	0	0	1
	C	17	1	4	5	28	0	0	0
	C	13	3	1	4	8	0	0	0
	LW	14	0	4	4	8	0	0	0
	D	15	0	4	4	10	0	0	0
	C	18	0	4	4	4	0	0	0
	RW	11	1	2	3	12	0	0	0
	D	17	1	0	1	14	1	0	0
	RW	8	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
	D	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	15	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	936	15	8	7	33	2.12	2	322	289	.898
	243	4	2	2	11	2.72	0	81	70	.864
Team:	1179	19	10	9	44	2.24	2	403	359	.891

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; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Awards and records

• Most Wins in One Season
• Presidents' Trophy
  Presidents' Trophy
  The Presidents' Trophy is an award presented by the National Hockey League to the team that finishes with the most points in the league during the regular season. If two teams tie for the most points, then the trophy goes to the team with the most wins. The winning team is also awarded C$350,000...
  
  
• Frank J. Selke Trophy
  Frank J. Selke Trophy
  The Frank J. Selke Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League forward who demonstrates the most skill in the defensive component of the game. The winner is selected by a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association following the regular season. It has been awarded 33 times to...
  
  , Sergei Fedorov
  Sergei Fedorov
  Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward and occasional defenceman...
  
  
• Jack Adams Award
  Jack Adams Award
  The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." It has been awarded 37 times to 32 different coaches. The winner is selected by a poll of the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association at the end of the...
  
  , Scotty Bowman
  Scotty Bowman
  William Scott "Scotty" Bowman is a retired National Hockey League head coach. He holds the record for most wins in league history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He coached the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...
  
  
• NHL Plus/Minus Award
  NHL Plus/Minus Award
  The NHL Plus-Minus Award is a trophy awarded annually by the National Hockey League to the ice hockey "player, having played a minimum of 60 games who leads the league in plus/minus statistics." It is sponsored by a commercial business, and it has been known under five different names...
  
  , Vladimir Konstantinov
  Vladimir Konstantinov
  Vladimir Nikolaevich Konstantinov is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings. Previously, he had played for Soviet club CSKA Moscow...
  
  
• William M. Jennings Trophy
  William M. Jennings Trophy
  The William M. Jennings Trophy is an annual National Hockey League award given to "the goalkeeper having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it. Winners are selected based on regular-season play." From 1946 until 1981, the Vezina Trophy had been awarded...
  
  , Chris Osgood and Mike Vernon

• Chris Osgood
  Chris Osgood
  Christopher John Osgood is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He's currently ranked tenth in wins in NHL regular season history with 401 career wins. He spent the first part of his 17-year NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings, then the New York Islanders and the St. Louis...
  
  , Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Vladimir Konstantinov
  Vladimir Konstantinov
  Vladimir Nikolaevich Konstantinov is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings. Previously, he had played for Soviet club CSKA Moscow...
  
  , D
  Defenceman (ice hockey)
  Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
  
  , NHL Second Team All-Star