1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season explained

The 1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 53rd season, the franchise's 59th.

Regular season

On October 26, 1984, Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers would be the last defenceman in the 20th Century to score four goals in one game. It occurred in a game versus the Detroit Red Wings.^[1]

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1984	3–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	0–1–0
2	W	October 13, 1984	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1984	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1984	4–6	New York Islanders (1984–85)	1–3–0
5	L	October 18, 1984	3–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	1–4–0
6	W	October 20, 1984	7–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	2–4–0
7	L	October 24, 1984	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	2–5–0
8	W	October 26, 1984	7–3	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	3–5–0
9	L	October 30, 1984	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	3–6–0
10	L	November 1, 1984	5–9	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	3–7–0
11	T	November 2, 1984	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	3–7–1
12	W	November 6, 1984	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	4–7–1
13	L	November 8, 1984	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	4–8–1
14	L	November 10, 1984	2–4	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	4–9–1
15	L	November 13, 1984	4–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	4–10–1
16	L	November 14, 1984	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	4–11–1
17	T	November 17, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	4–11–2
18	W	November 21, 1984	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	5–11–2
19	W	November 23, 1984	6–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	6–11–2
20	L	November 24, 1984	4–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	6–12–2
21	T	November 28, 1984	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	6–12–3
22	L	November 30, 1984	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	6–13–3
23	L	December 1, 1984	5–10	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	6–14–3
24	W	December 4, 1984	7–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	7–14–3
25	W	December 5, 1984	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	8–14–3
26	W	December 7, 1984	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	9–14–3
27	L	December 9, 1984	0–4	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	9–15–3
28	W	December 10, 1984	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	10–15–3
29	L	December 12, 1984	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	10–16–3
30	T	December 14, 1984	4–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	10–16–4
31	L	December 16, 1984	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	10–17–4
32	W	December 20, 1984	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	11–17–4
33	L	December 22, 1984	4–5	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	11–18–4
34	W	December 26, 1984	5–2	New York Rangers (1984–85)	12–18–4
35	W	December 28, 1984	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	13–18–4
36	L	December 29, 1984	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	13–19–4
37	T	December 31, 1984	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	13–19–5
38	L	January 2, 1985	2–7	New York Islanders (1984–85)	13–20–5
39	L	January 3, 1985	2–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	13–21–5
40	L	January 5, 1985	3–5	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	13–22–5
41	L	January 8, 1985	2–4	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	13–23–5
42	L	January 12, 1985	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	13–24–5
43	L	January 13, 1985	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	13–25–5
44	T	January 16, 1985	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	13–25–6
45	L	January 17, 1985	5–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	13–26–6
46	L	January 19, 1985	5–8	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	13–27–6
47	L	January 21, 1985	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	13–28–6
48	W	January 22, 1985	5–4	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	14–28–6
49	L	January 24, 1985	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	14–29–6
50	T	January 26, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	14–29–7
51	W	January 29, 1985	4–3	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	15–29–7
52	L	January 31, 1985	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	15–30–7
53	W	February 2, 1985	6–3	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	16–30–7
54	T	February 3, 1985	5–5 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	16–30–8
55	T	February 7, 1985	5–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	16–30–9
56	L	February 9, 1985	5–6	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	16–31–9
57	T	February 14, 1985	5–5 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	16–31–10
58	W	February 16, 1985	7–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	17–31–10
59	T	February 17, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	17–31–11
60	W	February 20, 1985	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	18–31–11
61	L	February 23, 1985	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	18–32–11
62	L	February 24, 1985	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	18–33–11
63	W	February 27, 1985	11–5	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	19–33–11
64	W	March 1, 1985	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	20–33–11
65	L	March 2, 1985	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	20–34–11
66	W	March 6, 1985	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	21–34–11
67	L	March 9, 1985	5–8	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	21–35–11
68	L	March 10, 1985	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	21–36–11
69	L	March 13, 1985	6–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	21–37–11
70	W	March 15, 1985	6–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	22–37–11
71	L	March 16, 1985	3–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	22–38–11
72	W	March 20, 1985	8–6	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	23–38–11
73	W	March 22, 1985	5–3	New York Rangers (1984–85)	24–38–11
74	L	March 24, 1985	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	24–39–11
75	W	March 26, 1985	5–1	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	25–39–11
76	L	March 28, 1985	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	25–40–11
77	W	March 30, 1985	9–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	26–40–11
78	W	April 3, 1985	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	27–40–11
79	T	April 6, 1985	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	27–40–12
80	L	April 7, 1985	5–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	27–41–12

Playoffs

They made it into the playoffs again and got swept in the first round in a best of five series by Chicago in 3 games, or 0–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	79	55	50	105	30	1	15	1	6
	C/RW	80	38	51	89	51	-16	11	3	4
	C	80	30	59	89	58	-17	9	0	3
	D	77	17	45	62	139	7	7	0	0
	C	75	20	41	61	56	2	5	0	0
	RW	71	27	29	56	163	5	3	0	3
	C	75	19	30	49	16	-25	11	0	3
	D	67	13	30	43	53	-15	6	0	0
	RW	50	16	16	32	56	12	0	3	0
	D	74	10	22	32	32	0	0	3	1
	D	80	3	27	30	108	3	1	0	1
	C	61	11	16	27	37	-10	4	0	2
	RW	69	14	11	25	104	-3	0	0	1
	D	71	6	19	25	117	-15	0	0	1
	D	73	2	18	20	117	-26	0	0	0
	LW	32	6	12	18	66	9	0	0	2
	LW	55	3	8	11	158	-16	0	0	0
	D	40	3	7	10	39	11	1	0	0
	C	30	8	1	9	45	-5	0	0	0
	W	49	5	4	9	13	-7	0	0	0
	D	57	1	5	6	124	-14	0	0	0
	D	14	0	5	5	6	4	0	0	0
	LW	25	2	2	4	33	-1	0	0	0
	G	36	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
	RW	12	2	0	2	10	-6	0	0	0
	G	46	0	2	2	23	0	0	0	0
	RW	17	1	0	1	64	-4	0	0	0
	RW	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
	LW/C	9	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2635	46	21	19	3	190	4.33	0
	1856	36	5	19	7	136	4.40	0
	376	7	1	3	2	27	4.31	0
Team:	4867	80	27	41	12	353	4.35	0

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	C	3	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
	D	3	1	2	3	20	0	0	0
	LW	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
	C/RW	3	1	0	1	7	1	0	0
	RW	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
	D	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	D	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	42	2	0	0	6	8.57	0
	138	3	0	3	17	7.39	0
Team:	180	3	0	3	23	7.67	0

^[2]

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;

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	7	Shawn Burr		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	28	Doug Houda		Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
3	49	Milan Chalupa		HC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
5	91	Mats Lundstrom		Skelleftea AIK (Sweden)
6	112	Randy Hansch		Victoria Cougars (WHL)
7	133	Stefan Larsson		Frolunda (Sweden)
8	152	Lars Karlsson		Färjestad BK (Sweden)
8	154	Urban Nordin		Modo Hockey (Sweden)
9	175	Bill Shibicky		Michigan State University (CCHA)
10	195	Jay Rose		New Preparatory School (USHS-MA)
11	216	Tim Kaiser		Guelph Platers (OHL)
12	236	Tom Nickolau		Guelph Platers (OHL)

See also

• 1984–85 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1984–85 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.27, James Duplacey, JG Press,
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-02 . 1984-85 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.