2015–16 Detroit Red Wings season

2015–16 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
2015–16 record	41–30–11
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	19–17–5
Goals for	211
Goals against	224
Team information
General Manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Jeff Blashill
Captain	Henrik Zetterberg
Alternate captains	Pavel Datsyuk Niklas Kronwall
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	20,027 (100%) Total: 821,107
Minor league affiliations	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Dylan Larkin (23)
Assists	Henrik Zetterberg (37)
Points	Henrik Zetterberg (50)
Penalties in minutes	Justin Abdelkader (120)
Plus/minus	Dylan Larkin (+11)
Wins	Petr Mrazek (27)
Goals against average	Petr Mrazek (2.33)
<2014–15	2016–17>

The 2015–16 Detroit Red Wings season was the 90th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. The regular season began on October 9, 2015 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and former Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock, with a 4–0 victory. This season also involved the Red Wings extending their playoff streak to 25 straight seasons.

Off-season

On June 9, 2015, Jeff Blashill was named the head coach of the Red Wings, following the departure of Mike Babcock to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On June 23, 2015, the Red Wings finalized their coaching staff, Tony Granato will return as an assistant coach, along with Pat Ferschweiler, who was an assistant coach under Blashill with the Grand Rapids Griffins. Dave Noel-Bernier was named video coach, and Chris Chelios will evaluate in-game player performance, and will continue to play a role in player development, by working on-ice with the team's defensemen during practices. Jim Bedard will return for his 19th season with the organization as goaltending coach.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Detroit	4–5	Chicago	OT	McCollum	20,736	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 23	Chicago	1–4	Detroit		Coreau	16,886	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 24	Pittsburgh	1–6	Detroit		Howard	15,677	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 26	Boston	4–5	Detroit	OT	Mrazek	––	2–0–2	Recap
5	September 28	Detroit	3–1	Boston		Howard	16,681	3–0–2	Recap
6	September 30	Detroit	7–2	Pittsburgh		Mrazek	18,207	4–0–2	Recap
7	October 2	Toronto	2–4	Detroit		Howard	19,149	5–0–2	Recap
8	October 3	Detroit	2–1	Toronto		Mrazek	17,879	6–0–2	Recap

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log
October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Toronto 0–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 10 Detroit 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 18,949 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 13 Tampa Bay 1–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 16 Carolina 5–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 17 Detroit 1–4 Montreal Mrazek 21,288 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 21 Detroit 1–3 Edmonton Mrazek 16,839 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 23 Detroit 2–3 Calgary OT Howard 19,158 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 24 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver OT Mrazek 18,312 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 27 Carolina 3–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 October 30 Ottawa 3–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 4–5–1 9 Recap 11 October 31 Detroit 5–3 Ottawa Mrazek 16,964 5–5–1 11 Recap
November: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–2–3 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 3 Tampa Bay 1–2 Detroit Howard 20,027 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 November 6 Detroit 2–1 Toronto OT Mrazek 19,680 7–5–1 15 Recap 14 November 8 Dallas 4–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 November 10 Washington 0–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 November 13 San Jose 3–2 Detroit Howard 20,027 8–7–1 17 Recap 17 November 14 Detroit 1–3 Boston Mrazek 17,565 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 November 16 Detroit 4–3 Ottawa OT Howard 16,718 9–8–1 19 Recap 19 November 18 Washington 2–1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 November 20 Los Angeles 2–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 10–8–2 22 Recap 21 November 21 Detroit 4–3 St. Louis OT Howard 18,098 11–8–2 24 Recap 22 November 25 Boston 3–2 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 11–8–3 25 Recap 23 November 27 Edmonton 3–4 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 12–8–3 27 Recap 24 November 29 Florida 2–1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 12–8–4 28 Recap
December: 6–5–3 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Buffalo 4–5 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 13–8–4 30 Recap 26 December 3 Arizona 1–5 Detroit Howard 20,027 14–8–4 32 Recap 27 December 5 Nashville 4–5 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 15–8–4 34 Recap 28 December 8 Detroit 2–3 Washington SO Howard 18,506 15–8–5 35 Recap 29 December 10 Montreal 2–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 16–8–5 37 Recap 30 December 11 Detroit 2–3 New Jersey OT Howard 16,514 16–8–6 38 Recap 31 December 14 Buffalo 2–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 16–9–6 38 Recap 32 December 18 Vancouver 4–3 Detroit SO Howard 20,027 16–9–7 39 Recap 33 December 20 Calgary 2–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 17–9–7 41 Recap 34 December 22 New Jersey 4–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 17–10–7 41 Recap 35 December 26 Detroit 3–2 Nashville Mrazek 17,208 18–10–7 43 Recap 36 December 28 Detroit 1–3 Minnesota Mrazek 19,110 18–11–7 43 Recap 37 December 29 Detroit 1–4 Winnipeg Howard 15,294 18–12–7 43 Recap 38 December 31 Pittsburgh 5–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 18–13–7 43 Recap
January: 7–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 7–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Detroit 4–3 Buffalo Mrazek 19,070 19–13–7 45 Recap 40 January 4 Detroit 1–0 New Jersey Mrazek 15,547 20–13–7 47 Recap 41 January 7 Detroit 2–1 San Jose Mrazek 16,856 21–13–7 49 Recap 42 January 10 Detroit 2–1 Anaheim Mrazek 17,174 22–13–7 51 Recap 43 January 11 Detroit 2–4 Los Angeles Howard 18,230 22–14–7 51 Recap 44 January 14 Detroit 3–2 Arizona OT Mrazek 12,014 23–14–7 53 Recap 45 January 17 Philadelphia 2–1 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 23–14–8 54 Recap 46 January 20 St. Louis 2–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 23–15–8 54 Recap 47 January 22 Detroit 3–0 Buffalo Mrazek 18,601 24–15–8 56 Recap 48 January 23 Anaheim 4–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 24–16–8 56 Recap 49 January 25 Detroit 4–2 N.Y. Islanders Mrazek 12,086 25–16–8 58 Recap
February: 7–4–3 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 2–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 3 Detroit 1–3 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 25–17–8 58 Recap 51 February 4 Detroit 3–6 Florida Howard 16,991 25–18–8 58 Recap 52 February 6 N.Y. Islanders 1–5 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 26–18–8 60 Recap 53 February 8 Florida 0–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 27–18–8 62 Recap 54 February 10 Ottawa 1–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 28–18–8 64 Recap 55 February 12 Colorado 3–2 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 28–18–9 65 Recap 56 February 14 Boston 5–6 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 29–18–9 67 Recap 57 February 15 Detroit 1–4 N.Y. Islanders Howard 15,795 29–19–9 67 Recap 58 February 18 Detroit 3–6 Pittsburgh Mrazek 18,584 29–20–9 67 Recap 59 February 20 Detroit 2–3 Ottawa SO Mrazek 18,930 29–20–10 68 Recap 60 February 21 Detroit 0–1 N.Y. Rangers OT Howard 18,006 29–20–11 69 Recap 61 February 23 Columbus 1–2 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 30–20–11 71 Recap 62 February 27 Detroit 5–3 Colorado Mrazek 50,095 31–20–11 73 Recap 63 February 29 Detroit 3–2 Dallas OT Howard 18,532 32–20–11 75 Recap ^ Outdoor game, played at Coors Field.
March: 6–8–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 Chicago 5–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 32–21–11 75 Recap 65 March 6 Detroit 1–4 Chicago Mrazek 22,247 32–22–11 75 Recap 66 March 8 Detroit 3–5 Columbus Howard 14,426 32–23–11 75 Recap 67 March 10 Winnipeg 2–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 33–23–11 77 Recap 68 March 12 N.Y. Rangers 2–3 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 34–23–11 79 Recap 69 March 13 Toronto 1–0 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 34–24–11 79 Recap 70 March 15 Detroit 3–4 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,806 34–25–11 79 Recap 71 March 17 Detroit 3–1 Columbus Howard 14,415 35–25–11 81 Recap 72 March 19 Detroit 5–3 Florida Howard 20,817 36–25–11 83 Recap 73 March 22 Detroit 2–6 Tampa Bay Howard 19,092 36–26–11 83 Recap 74 March 24 Montreal 3–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 37–26–11 85 Recap 75 March 26 Pittsburgh 7–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 37–27–11 85 Recap 76 March 28 Buffalo 2–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 38–27–11 87 Recap 77 March 29 Detroit 3–4 Montreal Howard 21,288 38–28–11 87 Recap
April: 3–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Minnesota 2–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 39–28–11 89 Recap 79 April 2 Detroit 3–2 Toronto Howard 19,371 40–28–11 91 Recap 80 April 6 Philadelphia 0–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 41–28–11 93 Recap 81 April 7 Detroit 2–5 Boston Howard 17,565 41–29–11 93 Recap 82 April 9 Detroit 2–3 N.Y. Rangers Howard 18,006 41–30–11 93 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Henrik Zetterberg	82	13	37	50	−15	24
Pavel Datsyuk	66	16	33	49	7	14
Dylan Larkin	80	23	22	45	11	34
Tomas Tatar	81	21	24	45	4	24
Gustav Nyquist	82	17	26	43	−2	34
Justin Abdelkader	82	19	23	42	−16	120
Mike Green	74	7	28	35	−6	38
Brad Richards	68	10	18	28	4	8
Darren Helm	77	13	13	26	−2	32
Niklas Kronwall	64	3	23	26	−21	30
Riley Sheahan	81	14	11	25	−8	12
Luke Glendening	81	8	13	21	4	46
Danny DeKeyser	78	8	12	20	2	44
Jonathan Ericsson	71	3	12	15	2	56
Brendan Smith	63	3	12	15	1	62
Andreas Athanasiou	37	9	5	14	1	5
Teemu Pulkkinen	36	6	6	12	2	14
Kyle Quincey	47	4	7	11	1	36
Alexei Marchenko	66	2	9	11	−5	10
Tomas Jurco	44	4	2	6	−6	16
Jakub Kindl‡	25	2	4	6	3	14
Anthony Mantha	10	2	1	3	−6	2
Joakim Andersson	29	1	2	3	1	6
Drew Miller	28	1	1	2	−5	2
Johan Franzen	2	0	1	1	0	2
Xavier Ouellet	5	0	1	1	−2	0
Eric Tangradi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tomas Nosek	6	0	0	0	−2	2
Landon Ferraro‡	11	0	0	0	−3	7

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Tomas Tatar	5	0	3	3	1	2
Mike Green	5	1	1	2	−1	10
Brad Richards	5	1	0	1	−4	7
Henrik Zetterberg	5	1	0	1	3	4
Niklas Kronwall	5	0	1	1	3	8
Jonathan Ericsson	5	0	1	1	0	2
Kyle Quincey	4	0	1	1	−2	4
Justin Abdelkader	5	1	0	1	−3	35
Darren Helm	5	1	0	1	−1	6
Brendan Smith	3	0	1	1	2	0
Joakim Andersson	5	0	1	1	−1	2
Gustav Nyquist	5	1	0	1	2	6
Riley Sheahan	5	0	1	1	0	4
Luke Glendening	5	0	1	1	−2	0
Andreas Athanasiou	5	1	0	1	1	0
Danny DeKeyser	5	0	1	1	−3	4
Dylan Larkin	5	1	0	1	−2	18
Pavel Datsyuk	5	0	0	0	2	4
Alexei Marchenko	3	0	0	0	−1	10

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Petr Mrazek	54	49	2961	27	16	6	115	2.33	1448	.921	4	0	2	2
Jimmy Howard	37	33	1974	14	14	5	92	2.80	979	.906	2	0	1	2

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Petr Mrazek	3	3	177	1	2	4	1.36	73	.945	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Howard	2	2	117	0	2	7	3.59	64	.891	0	0	0	0

^†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

Final roster

Updated April 20, 2016.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
8		Justin Abdelkader	LW	L	29	2005	Muskegon, Michigan
18		Joakim Andersson	C	L	27	2007	Munkedal, Sweden
72		Andreas Athanasiou	C	L	21	2012	London, Ontario
13		Pavel Datsyuk (A)	C	L	37	1998	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
65		Danny DeKeyser	D	L	25	2013	Clay Township, Michigan
52		Jonathan Ericsson	D	L	32	2002	Karlskrona, Sweden
93		Johan Franzen	RW	L	36	2004	Vetlanda, Sweden
41		Luke Glendening	C	R	26	2013	Grand Rapids, Michigan
25		Mike Green	D	R	30	2015	Calgary, Alberta
43		Darren Helm	C	L	29	2005	St. Andrews, Manitoba
35		Jimmy Howard	G	L	32	2003	Ogdensburg, New York
26		Tomas Jurco	RW	L	32	2011	Košice, Czechoslovakia
55		Niklas Kronwall (A)	D	L	35	2000	Stockholm, Sweden
71		Dylan Larkin	C	L	19	2014	Waterford, Michigan
47		Alexei Marchenko	D	R	33	2011	Moscow, Russia
20		Drew Miller	LW	L	32	2009	Dover, New Jersey
34		Petr Mrazek	G	L	24	2010	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
14		Gustav Nyquist	RW	L	26	2008	Halmstad, Sweden
56		Teemu Pulkkinen	RW	R	24	2013	Vantaa, Finland
27		Kyle Quincey	D	L	30	2012	Kitchener, Ontario
17		Brad Richards	C	L	35	2015	Murray Harbour, P.E.I.
15		Riley Sheahan	C	L	24	2010	St. Catharines, Ontario
2		Brendan Smith	D	L	27	2007	Etobicoke, Ontario
21		Tomas Tatar	LW	L	25	2009	Ilava, Czechoslovakia
40		Henrik Zetterberg (C)	C	L	35	1999	Njurunda, Sweden

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Teemu Pulkkinen	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 211 in Dallas on Sunday, November 8, 2015, at 12:36 of the first period.	—	$2,000.00	November 13, 2015

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
Justin Abdelkader	NHL First Star of the Week	October 12, 2015
Dylan Larkin	NHL Rookie of the Month	December 1, 2015
Dylan Larkin	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016
Petr Mrazek	NHL Second Star of the Week	January 11, 2016
Pavel Datsyuk	NHL First Star of the Week	February 15, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Dylan Larkin	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	October 9, 2015
Jeff Blashill	1st Career NHL Win (coach)	October 9, 2015
Justin Abdelkader	400th Career NHL Game	October 10, 2015
Tomas Jurco	100th Career NHL Game	October 13, 2015
Brendan Smith	200th Career NHL Game	October 23, 2015
Petr Mrazek	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 24, 2015
Henrik Zetterberg	500th Career NHL Assist 800th Career NHL Point	October 31, 2015
Drew Miller	500th Career NHL Game	November 3, 2015
Henrik Zetterberg	300th Career NHL Goal	November 6, 2015
Andreas Athanasiou	1st Career NHL Game	November 8, 2015
Andreas Athanasiou	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	November 10, 2015
Tomas Tatar	200th Career NHL Game	November 16, 2015
Gustav Nyquist	200th Career NHL Game	November 21, 2015
Pavel Datsyuk	300th Career NHL Goal	November 25, 2015
Drew Miller	100th Career NHL Point with Detroit	December 1, 2015
Niklas Kronwall	700th Career NHL Game	December 3, 2015
Pavel Datsyuk	900th Career NHL Game	December 8, 2015
Mike Green	600th Career NHL Game	December 14, 2015
Tomas Nosek	1st Career NHL Game	December 26, 2015
Joakim Andersson	200th Career NHL Game	January 20, 2016
Danny DeKeyser	200th Career NHL Game	January 23, 2016
Andreas Athanasiou	1st Career NHL Assist	February 6, 2016
Brad Richards	1,100th Career NHL Game	February 14, 2016
Pavel Datsyuk	900th Career NHL Point	February 14, 2016
Henrik Zetterberg	900th Career NHL Game	March 2, 2016
Anthony Mantha	1st Career NHL Game	March 15, 2016
Anthony Mantha	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	March 22, 2016
Anthony Mantha	1st Career NHL Goal	March 24, 2016
Pavel Datsyuk	600th Career NHL Assist	March 26, 2016

Playoffs

Player	Milestone	Reached
Dylan Larkin	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 13, 2016
Andreas Athanasiou	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 13, 2016
Dylan Larkin	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 15, 2016
Andreas Athanasiou	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 17, 2016

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
January 15, 2016	To St. Louis Blues Richard Nedomlel	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations
February 27, 2016	To Florida Panthers Jakub Kindl	To Detroit Red Wings 6th round pick in 2017
May 26, 2016	To San Jose Sharks 3rd round pick in 2017	To Detroit Red Wings Dylan Sadowy

Notes

• ^a Detroit to retain 15% ($720,000) of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Mike Green	Washington Capitals	3 years, $18 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Brad Richards	Chicago Blackhawks	1 year, $4 million
July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08)	Eric Tangradi	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $575,000
August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)	Robbie Russo	University of Notre Dame	2 years, entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Kevin Porter	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $575,000
October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04)	Jonas Gustavsson	Boston Bruins	1 year, $750,000

Claimed via waivers

Player

Former team

Date

Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
Landon Ferraro	Boston Bruins	November 22, 2015

Lost via retirement

Player

Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	Joakim Andersson	1 year, $815,000 contract extension
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	Brendan Smith	2 years, $5.5 million contract extension
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Andy Miele	1 year, $575,000
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Tom McCollum	1 year, $600,000
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Vili Saarijarvi	3 years, entry-level contract
July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05)	Landon Ferraro	1 year, two-way contract
July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09)	Jared Coreau	1 year, $600,000
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)	Gustav Nyquist	4 years, $19 million contract extension
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Mitch Callahan	1 year, $600,000
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Nick Jensen	2 years, $1.764 million
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	Louis-Marc Aubry	1 year, $575,000
July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)	Teemu Pulkkinen	1 year, $735,000
July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)	Tomas Jurco	2 years, $1.8 million
September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04)	Daniel Cleary	1 year, $950,000
October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)	Evgeny Svechnikov	3 years, entry-level contract
November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12)	Justin Abdelkader	7 years, $29.75 million contract extension
November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)	Xavier Ouellet	1 year, $715,000 contract extension
March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)	Eric Tangradi	2 years, $1.25 million contract extension
May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27)	Tomas Nosek	2 years, $1.225 million contract extension
May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31)	Dylan Sadowy	3 years, entry-level contract
June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16)	Riley Sheahan	2 years, $4.15 million contract extension
	Brian Lashoff	1 year, $650,000 contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

The Detroit Red Wings' picks at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	19	Evgeny Svechnikov	LW	Russia	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
3	73	Vili Saarijärvi	D	Finland	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
4	110	Joren Van Pottelberghe	G	Switzerland	Linköpings HC (J20 SuperElit)
5	140	Chase Pearson	C	Canada	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
6	170	Patrick Holway	D	USA	Boston Advantage U18 (MWEHL)
7	200	Adam Marsh	LW	USA	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)

Draft notes

• The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Erik Cole and a conditional third-round pick in 2015 to Detroit in exchange for Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman and this pick.
• ^a The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015 that sent Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman, and a second-round pick in 2015 to Dallas in exchange for Erik Cole and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Detroit will receive a third-round pick in 2015 if they do not qualify for the 2015 Eastern Conference Final and Cole does not play in 50% of Detroit's playoff games – was converted on April 8, 2015 when Cole was injured for the remainder of the season.
• The Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Rene Bourque, William Karlsson and a second-round pick in 2015 to Columbus in exchange for James Wisniewski and this pick.

  Columbus previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent Edmonton's third-round pick in 2014 to Detroit in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.

References