2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season
The 2016–17 Detroit Red Wings season was the 91st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926. It was the Red Wings' final season at Joe Louis Arena before their move to Little Caesars Arena for the 2017–18 season. This season also marked the end of the Red Wings playoff streak at 25 consecutive seasons, and was their first losing season since 1990–91.
Off-season
On May 10, 2016, the Red Wings named Doug Houda as an assistant coach.On May 17, 2016, the Red Wings named Jeff Salajko as their new goaltending coach, replacing long-time former coach Jim Bedard.
On June 9, 2016, the Red Wings named John Torchetti as an assistant coach.
On September 16, 2016, the Red Wings named Shawn Horcoff director of player development.
Standings
Schedule and results
Pre-season
Regular season
Player statistics
Skaters
| Player | ||||||
| 82 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 15 | 22 | |
| 76 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 0 | 18 | |
| 82 | 25 | 21 | 46 | −8 | 26 | |
| 79 | 17 | 24 | 41 | −19 | 18 | |
| ‡ | 48 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 2 | 16 |
| 60 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 10 | 53 | |
| 72 | 14 | 22 | 36 | −20 | 40 | |
| 80 | 17 | 15 | 32 | −28 | 37 | |
| 64 | 18 | 11 | 29 | −7 | 28 | |
| 64 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −20 | 50 | |
| 50 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −6 | 20 | |
| 74 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −10 | 26 | |
| 49 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −7 | 12 | |
| 80 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −29 | 14 | |
| 57 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −7 | 32 | |
| 82 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −22 | 33 | |
| 66 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 51 | |
| 51 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −2 | 63 | |
| 55 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −12 | 18 | |
| 27 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −8 | 6 | |
| ‡ | 42 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −6 | 63 |
| ‡ | 30 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| ‡ | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 34 |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| ‡ | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 2 |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders
†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 7, 2017.Awards and honours
Awards
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| NHL Third Star of the Week | October 24, 2016 |
Milestones
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| 400th career NHL point 1st career NHL hat-trick | October 17, 2016 | |
| 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 21, 2016 | |
| 100th career NHL point | October 22, 2016 | |
| 800th career NHL game | October 27, 2016 | |
| 100th career NHL game | October 27, 2016 | |
| 1st career NHL game | November 8, 2016 | |
| Ryan Sproul | 1st career NHL goal | November 15, 2016 |
| 100th career NHL game | November 23, 2016 | |
| 500th career NHL game | November 26, 2016 | |
| Jonathan Ericsson | 500th career NHL game | November 26, 2016 |
| 1st career NHL game | December 3, 2016 | |
| 100th career NHL game | December 9, 2016 | |
| 1st career NHL hat-trick | December 17, 2016 | |
| 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | December 20, 2016 | |
| Jared Coreau | 1st career NHL win | December 23, 2016 |
| Tomas Tatar | 300th career NHL game | January 1, 2017 |
| Jared Coreau | 1st career NHL shutout | January 5, 2017 |
| 300th career NHL game | January 5, 2017 | |
| Justin Abdelkader | 100th career NHL assist | January 20, 2017 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 100th career NHL assist | January 24, 2017 |
| Nick Jensen | 1st career NHL goal | January 31, 2017 |
| Mike Green | 700th career NHL game | February 28, 2017 |
| 1st career NHL game | March 7, 2017 | |
| 300th career NHL assist | March 18, 2017 | |
| 1st career NHL game | March 27, 2017 | |
| 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | March 28, 2017 | |
| 900th career NHL point | March 30, 2017 | |
| 1st career NHL game | April 3, 2017 | |
| 400th career NHL game | April 4, 2017 | |
| 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | April 8, 2017 | |
| Henrik Zetterberg | 1,000th career NHL game | April 9, 2017 |
Suspensions/fines
Transactions
Trades
;Notes- Detroit to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.
Free agents acquired
Free agents lost
Claimed via waivers
Lost via waivers
Lost via retirement
Player signings
Draft picks
Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 20 | Dennis Cholowski | D | Canada | Chilliwack Chiefs |
| 2 | 46 | Givani Smith | RW | Canada | Guelph Storm |
| 2 | 53 | Filip Hronek | D | Czech | Mountfield HK |
| 4 | 107 | Alfons Malmstrom | D | Sweden | Örebro HK |
| 5 | 137 | Jordan Sambrook | D | Canada | Erie Otters |
| 6 | 167 | Filip Larsson | G | Sweden | Djurgården |
| 7 | 197 | Mattias Elfstrom | C | Sweden | Malmö Redhawks |
;Draft notes
- The Detroit Red Wings' first-round pick went to the Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Joe Vitale, the Rangers' first-round pick and a compensatory second-round pick both in 2016 to Detroit in exchange for Pavel Datsyuk and this pick.
- The New York Rangers' first-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Pavel Datsyuk and a first-round pick in 2016 to Arizona in exchange for Joe Vitale, a compensatory second-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
- The Arizona Coyotes' compensatory second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Pavel Datsyuk and a first-round pick in 2016 to Arizona in exchange for Joe Vitale, the Rangers' first-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
- The Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Beau Bennett to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.