NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
New York Islanders 4, New York Rangers 3 – November 8, 2022 – (Madison Square Garden)
NYR Goals: F. Chytil (3), C. Kreider (5), V. Trocheck (5)
NYI Goals: K. Palmieri (5), A. Pelech (1), B. Nelson (6), A. Lee (8)
NYR Goalie: I. Shesterkin (L – 22/26)
NYI Goalie: S. Varlamov (W – 37/40)
NYR Shots: 40
NYI Shots: 26
NYR PP: 2/4
NYR PK: 1/3
RECAP/NOTES: The Blueshirts fell in the finale of the four-game homestand to the Islanders, 4-3. The Rangers built a 3-1 lead heading into the third thanks to two power play goals but the Islanders responded with three of their own in the third to earn the win. In the loss, the Blueshirts tallied 40 shots on goal, marking the fifth time this season they have registered at least 40 shots in a game, already surpassing the amount (four) they had last year.
RANGERS RUNDOWN
- The New York Rangers begin a road swing with a matchup against the Detroit Red Wings for the second time in five days (7:00 PM ET – TV: MSG Network – Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM).
- New York will play six of its next seven games on the road leading into Thanksgiving. This season, the Blueshirts are 3-2-0 away from home.
- Tonight, Mika Zibanejad is set to play in his 700th career NHL game.
- The Rangers have earned at least one point in seven-straight games against Detroit (5-0-2) and 14 of their last 15 games against the Red Wings, dating back to Jan. 22, 2017 (9-1-5 record). On the road against the Red Wings, the Blueshirts have earned a point in nine-straight contests (4-0-5).
- Artemi Panarin has a point in seven of his last eight games (4G-9A) and 10 of his last 12 games (6G-13A) against Detroit. Panarin has recorded at least one point in 15 of 17 career games (10G-16A) against the Red Wings, including five two-point games and three three-point games.
- This season, New York’s 16 second-period goals rank tied for seventh in the NHL while their 197 shots in the second period lead the NHL.
- In the month of November since 2005-06, the Rangers have the most wins in the NHL (128). In addition, the Blueshirts have posted a 55-23-7 record in November since 2015-16, the third most wins in the NHL in that span. The 14 games the Blueshirts are set to play this month are the second-most in a month this season (March – 16).
DATE/TIME OPPONENT/LOCATION TV RADIO
Nov. 12/7:00 PM Nashville/Bridgestone Arena MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Nov. 13/7:00 PM Arizona/MSG MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Nov. 17/10:00 PM Seattle/Climate Pledge Arena MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Nov. 19/10:30 PM San Jose/SAP Center MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Nov. 22/10:30 PM Los Angeles/Crypto.com Arena MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Nov. 8 NY Islanders L, 4-3
Nov. 6 Detroit OTL, 3-2
Nov. 3 Boston L, 5-2
Nov. 1 Philadelphia OTW, 1-0
Oct. 30 @Arizona W, 3-2
INJURIES (21 MGL)
PLAYER INJURY DATES MISSED CONS. GAMES MISSED
Ryan Lindgren Upper Body Nov. 6-8 2
Julien Gauthier Upper Body Nov. 8 1
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
October 27 – Signed Ben Harpur to one-year contract
October 26 – Recalled Julien Gauthier from Hartford.
October 20 – Dryden Hunt claimed off of waivers by Colorado
October 11 – Signed Talyn Boyko to a entry-level contract
October 10 – Assigned Julien Gauthier to Hartford. Matt Bartkowski released from PTO. Jarred Tinordi claimed off waivers by Chicago.
October 9 – Signed Jimmy Vesey to a one-year contract
ALL-TIME RECORD 225-263-103-9 (562 PTS)
2022-23 0-0-1
2021-22 2-0-1
NYR HOME 144-96-58-3 (349 PTS)
NYR AWAY 81-167-45-6 (213 PTS)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS 3-0-2
LEADING SCORER(S) – CURRENT RANGERS IN CAREER G: Panarin (10) – A: Panarin (16) – Pts: Panarin (26)
LEADING SCORER(S) – ALL-TIME IN GAMES W/NYR G: Gilbert (52) – A: Bathgate (80) – Pts: Bathgate (131)
2022-23 SEASON SERIES
November 6 at MSG OTL, 3-2
November 10 at Little Caesars Arena 7:00 PM ET
February 23 at Little Caesars Arena 7:00 PM ET
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES ET)
LAST FIVE GAMES
RANGERS AND RED WINGS CONNECTIONS
• Andrew Copp played for the Rangers at the end of the 2021-22 season following his acquisition at the trade deadline. Copp finished with the second most points by an in-season acquisition in Rangers history, behind Steve Larmer in 1994 (16 PTS in 23 GP). Copp accumulated 32 points in 36 total games with the Rangers (8G-10A in 16 RS GP & 6G-8A in 20 PS (GP)
• Jacob Trouba is a native of Rochester, Michigan, and he played hockey in Michigan with Compuware organization, the U.S. National Team Development Program (2010-11 and 2011-12), and the University of Michigan (2012-13). Trouba was a Red Wings fan growing up; he lists Nicklas Lidstrom as his hockey idol.
• Rangers assistant general manager Ryan Martin had a 16-year stint (2005-21) with the Red Wings, including 11 seasons (2010-21) as the team’s assistant general manager and eight seasons as the general manager of the Grand Rapids Griffins (2013-21).
TEAM NOTES
MIKA’S 700TH GAME
Tonight, Mika Zibanejad is set to play in his 700th career NHL game in Detroit where on October 7, 2011 he made his NHL debut with the Ottawa Senators. In those 699 games, Zibanejad has registered 236 goals and 295 assists for 531 points. Zibanejad has played 418 games for the Rangers after playing his first 281 with Ottawa. Zibanejad has recorded a point in 362 of his 699 games (51.8) and scored a goal in 197 of his first 699 games (28.2). Since his first full season in 2012-13, Zibanejad ranks tied for seventh in the NHL in power play goals with 87 and 23rd in the NHL in goals (236). Zibanejad has points in six-straight games (3G-5A) and has notched seven goals and nine assists for 16 points in 14 games. When Zibanejad records a point this season, the Rangers are 6-2-1. Zibanejad’s point streak is tied for the fifth longest of his career. His longest was a nine-game streak from Feb. 11-27, 2020 (8G-7A). Six of Zibanejad’s seven goals have come on the power play, his six PPGs rank tied for the second most in the NHL (McDavid – 7). Since joining the Rangers in 2016-17, Zibanejad has 75 goals on the man advantage, the fifth most in the league in that span.
MOST POWER PLAY GOALS IN THE NHL SINCE 2016-17
RANK PLAYER PP GOALS
1st Alex Ovechkin 95
2nd Leon Draisaitl 93
3rd David Pastrnak 83
4th Steven Stamkos 78
5th Mika Zibanejad 75
Zibanejad has posted 61 shots on goal this season, the team-lead and the fifth most in the league.
TROCHECK-ING
Vincent Trocheck has 11 points (5G-6A) in his first 14 games with the Blueshirts while also delivering a team-high 48 hits (tied for the ninth most in the NHL) and winning 56.8 of his faceoffs (tied for the 10th highest FO win percentage in the NHL). Trocheck has also registered 55 shots on goal, tied for the eighth most in the NHL. He has notched eight or more shots in a game on two occasions (Nov. 8 vs. NYI and Oct. 30 at ARI).
KREIDING A CAREER-LONG POINT STREAK
Chris Kreider is currently on a career-high tying six-game point streak (3G-4A) after he scored his fifth goal on Tuesday night against the Islanders.
LONGEST POINT STREAKS IN KREIDER’S CAREER
STREAK LENGTH DATES TOTAL POINTS
6 GAMES Mar. 20-30, 2022 10 (6G-4A)
6 GAMES Jan. 13-24, 2022 11 (9G-2A)
6 GAMES Oct. 29-Present 7 (3G-4A)
Two of Kreider’s goals have come on the power play, giving him the second most power play goals in the NHL over the last two seasons.
MOST GWG’S IN NYR HISTORY
RANK PLAYER GWG’S
1st Rod Gilbert 52
2nd Jean Ratelle 46
3rd Bill Cook 42
4th Mark Messier 41
5th Vic Hadfield 40
6th Brian Leetch 37
7th Adam Graves 36
T-8th Chris Kreider 35
T-8th Steve Vickers 35
PANARIN PLAYS IN 200TH GAME WITH NYR
On Tuesday night against the Islanders, Artemi Panarin played in his 200th game with the Rangers, recording two assists. Since he signed with the Rangers ahead of the 2019-20 season, Panarin has recorded 76 goals and 192 assists for 268 points. Panarin’s 268 points are the most by a Ranger through their first 200 games in team history.
In that span among NHL skaters, he ranks tied for second in assists and third in points. He also ranks for fourth in the NHL with 88 power play points.
Among Rangers to skate in 10 or more games with the team all-time, Panarin ranks first with 1.34 points per game and first with 0.95 assists per game.
Panarin’s 79 multi-point games since 2019-20 rank fourth in the league.
MOST ASSISTS IN THE NHL SINCE 2019-20
RANK PLAYER ASSISTS
1st Connor McDavid 229
T-2nd Artemi Panarin 192
T-2nd Leon Draisaitl 192
4th Jonathan Huberdeau 186
5th Patrick Kane 176
MOST POINTS IN THE NHL SINCE 2019-20
RANK PLAYER POINTS
1st Connor McDavid 354
2nd Leon Draisaitl 330
3rd Artemi Panarin 268
4th Auston Matthews 266
5th Nathan MacKinnon 265
MOST POINTS THROUGH FIRST 200 GAMES WITH NYR
PLAYER SEASON SPAN GOALS ASSISTS POINTS
Artemi Panarin 2019-20 to 2022-23 76 192 268
Mark Messier 1991-92 to 1993-94 82 173 255
Jaromir Jagr 2003-04 to 2007-08 100 154 254
Mike Rogers 1981-82 to 1983-84 84 144 228
Wayne Gretzky 1996-97 to 1998-99 54 170 224
Panarin has seven points in his last six games (1G-6A) and 19 points (5G-14A) on the season. His 14 assists rank tied for sixth in the NHL while his 19 points are tied for the fifth most in the league.
FOX ON FIRE
Adam Fox has points in three-straight games and overall has 12 points (3G-9A) on the season. Among NHL blueliners, Fox ranks tied for sixth in points and tied for seventh in assists. Fox’s average time on ice per game of 24:56 is the 10th highest among NHL defensemen. Fox has led the Rangers in time on ice in all but three games this season. Since 2019-20, only four defensemen in the NHL have more points than Adam Fox’s 175 (27G-148A).
MOST POINTS AMONG DEFENSEMEN
SINCE 2019-20
PLAYER POINTS
Roman Josi 201
John Carlson 196
Victor Hedman 194
Cale Makar 193
Adam Fox 175
THE CAPTAIN CLOSES IN ON 200 ASSISTS
Rangers captain Jacob Trouba is one assist away from his 200th career NHL assist. With one assist, Trouba would become the third defenseman from the 2012 NHL Draft class to reach the feat (Morgan Rielly – 314, Shayne Gostisbehere – 202).
SPECIAL TEAMS
- In Tuesday’s loss to the Islanders, the Rangers scored twice on the power play, the third time this season they have scored two power play goals in a game (Nov. 8 vs. NYI, Oct. 29 at DAL, Oct. 17 vs. ANA). The Rangers’ 12 power play goals are tied for the fifth most in the NHL.
- Since 2021-22, the Rangers have two players (Zibanejad, Kreider) in the top three of most PPG scorers.
- New York has scored three power play goals in its last two contests.
DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 2 vs. MONTREAL 3 SO (11/8/22)
1ST PERIOD: MTL Hoffman (Gallagher, Harris) 5:41-EV; DET Czarnik (Kubalík, Copp) 16:29-EV; MTL Hoffman (Gallagher, Dvorak)
19:44-EV
2ND PERIOD: No scoring
3RD PERIOD: DET Raymond (Suter, Hronek) 10:37-EV
OT: No scoring
SO: MTL Caufield (goal), DET Raymond (save); MTL Suzuki (goal), DET Perron (goal); MTL Drouin (save), DET Larkin (miss)
SHOTS: DET 43 (16-14-10-3) / MTL 33 (8-9-12-4)
GOALIES: DET Husso (SOL, 31-33) / MTL Allen (W, 41-43)
PP: DET 0-7 / MTL 0-1
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Robby Fabbri – lower body (13 / Oct. 10)
Tyler Bertuzzi – upper body (11 / Oct. 15)
Jakub Vrána – personal (11 / Oct. 17)
Oskar Sundqvist – upper body (7 / Oct. 27)
Filip Zadina – lower body (2 / Nov. 5)
Total Man Games Lost: 46
Individual Man Games Lost: Michael Rasmussen (2)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
11/10 – Recalled forwards Jonatan Berggren and Givani Smith from Grand Rapids
11/9 – Placed forward Matt Luff on injured reserve
11/7 – Reassigned defenseman Seth Barton to Grand Rapids from Toledo (ECHL)
11/5 (POSTGAME) – Placed forward Filip Zadina on injured reserve
11/5 (PREGAME) – Recalled forward Austin Czarnik from Grand Rapids
TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS vs. RANGERS / 7:00 P.M. EST / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 601st all-time meeting, 300th in Detroit … Second of three games this season, first of two at Little Caesars Arena ALL-TIME vs. NYR: 272-218-103-7 / HOME: 173-77-46-3 / LAST 10: 5-4-1 / IN 2021-22: 1-1-1 / THIS SEASON: 1-0-0 DET top scorers vs. NYR: David Perron (8-7-15 in 21 GP), Moritz Seider (0-5-5 in 4 GP), Dominik Kubalík (3-0-3 in 4 GP), Jordan Oesterle (1-2-3 in 4 GP), Pius Suter (1-1-2 in 4 GP) NYR top scorers vs. DET: Artemi Panarin (10-16-26 in 17 GP), Vincent Trocheck (9-11-20 in 30 GP), Chris Kreider (7-10-17 in 24 GP), Mika Zibanejad (7-9-16 in 29 GP), Adam Fox (0-6-6 in 7 GP), Alexis Lafrenière (2-0-2 in 4 GP), Sammy Blais (0-1-1 in 2 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Nov. 12: RED WINGS at KINGS / 10:30 p.m. EST / Crypto.com Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Tuesday, Nov. 15: RED WINGS at DUCKS / 10:00 p.m. EST / Honda Center / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Thursday, Nov. 17: RED WINGS at SHARKS / 10:30 p.m. EST / SAP Center at San Jose / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
Nov. 8 vs. Montreal – 3-2 SOL
The Red Wings fell 3-2 in a shootout against the Canadiens to move to 7-3-3 overall and 5-1-2 inside Little Caesars Arena … Detroit extended its point streak to four-consecutive games (3-0-1) since Nov. 3 vs. Washington … The Red Wings are also on a four-game point streak (3-0-1) on home ice dating back to Oct. 29 vs. Minnesota … The Red Wings are 4-0-1 in their last five home games against The Canadiens dating back to Jan. 7, 2020 … David Perron tallied Detroit’s lone goal in the shootout, making him 25-for-69 (36.2%) in shootout attempts during his NHL career … Dylan Larkin was awarded a penalty shot after being slashed by Montreal forward Kirby Dach on a breakaway attempt with 7:08 left in the opening period … It was the first penalty shot of Larkin’s NHL career, and Detroit’s first penalty shot since Andreas Athanasiou scored against Ottawa goaltender Anders Nilsson on Feb. 14, 2019 … Austin Czarnik tied the game at one apiece with his first goal/point in a Detroit jersey … Czarnik, a Metro Detroit native, debuted with his hometown team on Nov. 6 against the New York Rangers after logging 10 points (5-5-10) in eight games with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins … Lucas Raymond scored to make it a 2-2 game with 9:23 left in regulation … It marked Raymond’s fifth goal in his last six appearances since Oct. 29 vs. Minnesota … Larkin tallied a season-high seven shots in 25:11 time on ice … Larkin also leads the Red Wings with a plussix rating … Dominik Kubalík recorded the primary assist on Czarnik’s goal to improve his point streak to four-straight games (2-3-5 in 4 GP) … Kubalík paces the Red Wings in assists (10) and points (16) through 13 games to begin the 2022-23 season … Andrew Copp also picked up an assist on Czarnik’s goal, giving him five points (1-4-5) in five games dating back to Oct. 31 at Buffalo … Copp finished 11-for-15 (73.3%) at the faceoff circle … Pius Suter has the primary assist on Raymond’s game-tying goal to extend His point streak to three-consecutive games (2-1-3 in 3 GP) … In all, Suter has six points (3-3-6) in his last 11 games since Oct. 17 vs. Los Angeles … Filip Hronek also assisted on Raymond’s goal and continues to lead all Detroit blueliners with eight assists, 12 penalty minutes and a plus-five rating … Detroit logged a season-high 43 shots, and is 4-0-1 this season when outshooting its opponent … The Red Wings are 2-0-3 in one-goal games this season, and 17-1-13 in one-goal contests since the beginning of the 2021-22 campaign.
HOW THEY GOT THEIR WINGS
Drafted (11): Tyler Bertuzzi (IR, 58th overall/2013), Dylan Larkin (15th overall/2014), Filip Hronek (53rd overall/2016), Michael Rasmussen (9th overall/2017), Gustav Lindström (38th overall/2017), Filip Zadina (IR, 6th overall/2018), Joe Veleno (30th overall/2018), Moritz Seider (6th overall/2019), Givani Smith (46th overall/2016), Elmer Söderblom (159th overall/2019), Lucas Raymond (4th overall/2020)
Free Agency (10): Jordan Oesterle (July 2021), Pius Suter (July 2021), Ben Chiarot (July 2022), Andrew Copp (July 2022), Austin Czarnik (July 2022), Robert Hägg (July 2022), Dominik Kubalík (July 2022), Matt Luff (July 2022), Olli Määttä (July 2022), David Perron (July 2022)
Trade (6): Adam Erne (August 2019), Robby Fabbri (IR, November 2019), Jakub Vrána (April 2021), Alex Nedeljkovic (July 2021), Oskar Sundqvist (March 2022), Ville Husso (July 2022)
ALFIE GETS THE CALL
- Daniel Alfredsson will be formally inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday, Nov. 14 at Meridian Hall in Toronto, Ontario, along with Herb Carnegie (Builder), Roberto Luongo, Riikka Sallinen, Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin.
- Elected to Hockey Hall of Fame Honored Membership in the Player Category on June 27.
- Played the final season of his 18-year NHL career in Detroit, tying for the team lead in scoring with 49 points (18-31-49) in 68 games during the 2013-14 campaign.
- Won a gold medal with Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, along with Detroit forwards Tomas Holmström, Mikael Samuelsson and Henrik Zetterberg, and defensemen Niklas Kronwall and Nicklas Lidström.
BIG VILLE STYLE
Detroit acquired goaltender Ville Husso from St. Louis in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (Aleksanteri Kaskimäki) on July 8 and subsequently signed him to a three-year contract extension with an average annual value of $4.75 million.
- Became the eighth goaltender to win at least five of his first seven appearances in a Red Wings uniform; only Ty Conklin (6-1-0 in 2008-09), Dominik Hasek (6-1-0 in 2001-02), Manny Legace (6-1-0 from 1999-00 to 2000-01) and Vincent Riendeau (6-0-0 from 1991-92 to 1992-93) have done so in the NHL’s expansion era (since 1967-68).
- Also the fifth goaltender in franchise history to record two shutouts within his first seven starts with the club, following Kevin Hodson (2 in 5 GS), Wilf Cude (2 in 5 GS), Dolly Dolson (2 in 7 GS) and Hap Holmes (2 in 4 GS).
- Stopped all 29 shots he faced in his Red Wings debut on Oct. 14 vs. Montreal, becoming the second goalie in franchise history to post a shutout in his team debut, joining Dave Gatherum who did so on Oct. 11, 1953 vs. Toronto.
EARLY RETURNS
Detroit forwards Andrew Copp, Austin Czarnik, Dominik Kubalík, Matt Luff and David Perron, and defensemen Ben Chiarot, Robert Hägg and Olli Määttä have made an immediate impact to begin the 2022-23 season. The eight players, all signed as free agents by the Red Wings in July, have combined for 44 points (17-27-44) through the first 13 games of the campaign.
- Ben Chiarot recorded a goal and an assist on Oct. 15 at New Jersey. He also picked up an assist on Nov. 6 against the New York Rangers.
- Andrew Copp has logged five points (1-4-5) in his last five games since Oct. 31 at Buffalo. He scored the game-winning goal and collected an assist on Nov. 3 vs. Washington.
- Austin Czarnik picked up his first goal/point in a Detroit jersey on Nov. 8 vs. Montreal. The Metro Detroit native made his Red Wings debut on Nov. 6 against the New York Rangers, finishing with two shots in 12:45 time on ice.
- Robert Hägg ranks among the team leaders with 26 hits (6th) and 15 blocks (5th). He picked up an assist on Oct. 21 at Chicago and Oct. 25 vs. New Jersey.
- Dominik Kubalík is currently on a four-game point streak, tallying five points (2-3-5) in that span. He paces the Red Wings in assists (10), points (16), power play points (8) and overtime goals (1).
- Matt Luff picked up his first goal/point with Detroit on Nov. 6 against the New York Rangers. He registered seven points (3-4-7) in five appearances with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins to begin the 2022-23 season.
- Olli Määttä ranks second among Detroit blueliners with six points (2-4-6) and a plus-four rating through 13 games. He began the season with a four-game point streak from Oct. 14-21 (1-4-5 in 4 GP), becoming the first Red Wings defenseman to record a point in each of the first four-plus games of the season since Brian Rafalski in 2008-09 (1-8-9 in 7 GP).
- David Perron has totaled eight points (5-3-8) in 13 games. He is also tied with Lucas Raymond for the team lead with two game-winning goals. The 16-year NHL veteran picked up two goals and an assist on Oct. 17 vs. Los Angeles.
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
- The Red Wings own a 7-3-3 record (17 points), marking the team’s best start through the first 13 games of a season since going 9-3-1 (19 points) to begin the 2010-11 campaign.
- The 2022-23 season is the first in the NHL’s expansion era (since 1967-68) that the Red Wings were the last team to suffer a regulation loss, with the last such occurrence coming in 1962-63 when Detroit started 8-0-2 (the 2 designating ties) before its first defeat on Nov. 8, 1962 against Montreal.
- Detroit opened the season with a five-game point streak (3-0-2) for the eighth time in franchise history and just the fourth time in the NHL’s expansion era.
2022-23 2021-22
OVERALL RECORD 7-3-3 6-5-2
HOME RECORD 5-1-2 3-1-2
ROAD RECORD 2-2-1 3-4-0
POINTS 17 14
GOALS FOR 39 39
GOALS AGAINST 38 44
POWER PLAY 17.6% 18.1%
PENALTY KILL 82.5% 71.1%
AVG. GF/GAME 3.00 3.00
AVG. GA/GAME 2.92 3.38
SOG/GAME 29.9 28.8
SOG AGAINST/GAME 33.6 34.5
CZECH MATE
- Dominik Kubalík leads the Red Wings with five multi-point games this season, including four-straight multi-point outings from Oct. 17-25 (3-6-9 in 4 GP). The last Detroit skater with five-consecutive multi-point games was Johan Franzén from March 15-24, 2009 (4-7-11 in 5 GP)
- Recorded eight points (3-5-8) through his first five games with Detroit. The last skater to record more points through their first five career contests with the franchise was Paul Coffey (2-8-10 in 5 GP) in 1992-93.
- Over the past 10 years, only three players recorded more points through their first five contests with any NHL club: John Tavares (6-4-10 with Toronto in 2018-19), Matt Duchene (2-7-9 with Nashville in 2019-20) and Zach Parise (5-4-9 with Minnesota in 2012-13).
LOVE TO ‘C’ IT
- Dylan Larkin enters his third season as Detroit’s captain and eighth NHL campaign. He was named the 37th captain in franchise history on Jan. 13, 2021, becoming the first Michigander and native metro Detroiter to wear the ‘C’ for the Red Wings, assuming a captaincy that had been vacant for two seasons following the end of Henrik Zetterberg’s career in 2017-18 due to injury.
- Authored a five-game point streak from Oct. 29-Nov. 6, logging seven points (2-5-7) in that span.
- With an empty-net goal and an assist on Nov. 3 vs. Washington, he boosted his career totals to 371 points (153-218-371 in 514 GP), passing Johan Franzén (187-183-370 in 602 GP) for 22nd on the franchise’s all-time points list (see list below):
- Vyacheslav Kozlov – 415 career points with Detroit
- Igor Larionov – 392
- Dylan Larkin – 373
- Johan Franzén – 370
- Marcel Dionne – 366
- Shawn Burr – 362
CAPTAIN CLUTCH
- Dylan Larkin opened the scoring with a power play goal on Oct. 23 vs. Anaheim, marking his 150th career goal in his 509th game with the Red Wings. Among players to debut with the franchise, only four skaters have reached the 150-goal mark in fewer games over the past 25 years: Henrik Zetterberg (350 GP on March 25, 2008), Vyacheslav Kozlov (440 GP on Feb. 21, 1999), Johan Franzen (472 GP on April 7, 2012) and Pavel Datsyuk (477 GP on Dec. 20, 2008).
- Tallied his 153rd career NHL goal on Nov. 3 vs. Washington, passing Ray Sheppard for sole possession of 23rd place on the franchise’s all-time list (see list below):
- Mickey Redmond – 177 career goals with Detroit
- Red Kelly – 162
- Kris Draper – 158
- Dylan Larkin – 153
- Ray Sheppard – 152
- Bruce MacGregor – 151
GERMAN ENGINEERING
- Moritz Seider recorded two assists on Nov. 6 against the New York Rangers for his first multi-point game of the season. He had eight multi-assist games in 2021-22 en route to winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie.
- Has recorded 55 points in his NHL career (7-48-55 in 95 GP). The only defensemen in franchise history with more points before their 100th career NHL game are Nicklas Lidström (12-58-70 in 99 GP), Reed Larson (21-47-68 in 99 GP) and Yves Racine (11-51-62 in 99 GP).
FIL THE THRILL
- Filip Hronek picked up an assist in his 250th career NHL game on Oct. 23 vs. Anaheim.
- Also recorded his 100th career NHL assist on Dylan Larkin’s power play goal on Oct. 21 at Chicago.
- Among defensemen, Hronek needed the fifth-fewest games from the start of his NHL career to reach 100 assists with the Red Wings
(see list below):
Reed Larson – 185 games to reach the 100-assist mark with Detroit
Nicklas Lidström – 194
Yves Racine – 222
Niklas Kronwall – 248
Filip Hronek – 249
Willie Huber – 258
ELMER’S GLUE
- Elmer Söderblom scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in his NHL debut on Oct. 14 vs. Montreal.
- Became the fourth Red Wings player in the past 10 years to score in their NHL debut, joining Dennis Cholowski (Oct. 4, 2018), Dylan Larkin (Oct. 9, 2015) and Brian Lashoff (Jan. 21, 2013).
- Also the fifth player in franchise history to score in their first career NHL game and have it stand as the game-winning goal, joining Steve Martinson (Oct. 9, 1987), Mark Osborne (Oct. 6, 1981), Connie Brown (Jan. 26, 1939) and Carl Liscombe (Nov. 25, 1937).
