1968–69 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th East
1968–69 record33–31–12
Goals for239
Goals against221
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachBill Gadsby
CaptainAlex Delvecchio
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (44)
AssistsGordie Howe (59)
PointsGordie Howe (103)
Penalty minutesBob Baun (121)
WinsRoy Edwards (18)
Goals against averageRoy Edwards (2.54)

The 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 43rd season of competition, 37th season as the Red Wings.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens76461911271202+69103
2Boston Bruins76421816303221+82100
3New York Rangers7641269231196+3591
4Toronto Maple Leafs76352615234217+1785
5Detroit Red Wings76333112239221+1878
6Chicago Black Hawks7634339280246+3477

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 11, 19682–4@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)0–1–0
2LOctober 13, 19681–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)0–2–0
3WOctober 17, 19687–2New York Rangers (1968–69)1–2–0
4LOctober 20, 19682–4Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)1–3–0
5WOctober 27, 19684–3Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)2–3–0
6WOctober 31, 19687–5Boston Bruins (1968–69)3–3–0
7LNovember 2, 19681–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)3–4–0
8TNovember 3, 19684–4St. Louis Blues (1968–69)3–4–1
9WNovember 6, 19686–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)4–4–1
10WNovember 7, 19685–2Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)5–4–1
11LNovember 9, 19684–6@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)5–5–1
12TNovember 10, 19684–4Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)5–5–2
13LNovember 13, 19681–2@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)5–6–2
14WNovember 14, 19685–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)6–6–2
15TNovember 16, 19681–1@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)6–6–3
16LNovember 20, 19682–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)6–7–3
17WNovember 23, 19685–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)7–7–3
18WNovember 27, 19685–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)8–7–3
19LNovember 28, 19681–3St. Louis Blues (1968–69)8–8–3
20TDecember 1, 19683–3Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)8–8–4
21WDecember 4, 19687–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)9–8–4
22WDecember 5, 19684–2New York Rangers (1968–69)10–8–4
23LDecember 7, 19681–4@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)10–9–4
24WDecember 8, 19685–2@ New York Rangers (1968–69)11–9–4
25LDecember 11, 19683–6@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)11–10–4
26LDecember 12, 19680–6@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)11–11–4
27WDecember 14, 19683–1Oakland Seals (1968–69)12–11–4
28WDecember 15, 19685–2Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)13–11–4
29LDecember 19, 19680–2Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)13–12–4
30LDecember 21, 19683–8@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)13–13–4
31WDecember 22, 19683–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)14–13–4
32LDecember 25, 19683–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)14–14–4
33TDecember 27, 19683–3Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)14–14–5
34TDecember 29, 19683–3Boston Bruins (1968–69)14–14–6
35WDecember 31, 19686–3Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)15–14–6
36LJanuary 1, 19691–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)15–15–6
37LJanuary 4, 19691–3@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)15–16–6
38WJanuary 5, 19692–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)16–16–6
39WJanuary 9, 19696–2Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)17–16–6
40WJanuary 11, 19693–2New York Rangers (1968–69)18–16–6
41WJanuary 12, 19695–1Oakland Seals (1968–69)19–16–6
42WJanuary 15, 19694–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)20–16–6
43WJanuary 16, 19693–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)21–16–6
44TJanuary 18, 19691–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)21–16–7
45LJanuary 19, 19691–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)21–17–7
46TJanuary 23, 19692–2Boston Bruins (1968–69)21–17–8
47WJanuary 25, 19695–3Oakland Seals (1968–69)22–17–8
48WJanuary 26, 19693–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)23–17–8
49LJanuary 29, 19690–2@ New York Rangers (1968–69)23–18–8
50LFebruary 1, 19690–2St. Louis Blues (1968–69)23–19–8
51LFebruary 2, 19692–4@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)23–20–8
52WFebruary 4, 19692–0@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)24–20–8
53WFebruary 6, 19696–1Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)25–20–8
54WFebruary 8, 19693–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)26–20–8
55WFebruary 9, 19695–0Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)27–20–8
56LFebruary 13, 19691–3Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)27–21–8
57LFebruary 15, 19692–6@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)27–22–8
58WFebruary 16, 19696–3Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)28–22–8
59TFebruary 19, 19691–1@ New York Rangers (1968–69)28–22–9
60WFebruary 20, 19693–0Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)29–22–9
61LFebruary 22, 19692–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)29–23–9
62WFebruary 23, 19699–1Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)30–23–9
63LFebruary 26, 19692–7@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)30–24–9
64WMarch 1, 19694–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)31–24–9
65WMarch 2, 19694–2Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)32–24–9
66TMarch 5, 19692–2@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)32–24–10
67LMarch 6, 19691–4New York Rangers (1968–69)32–25–10
68WMarch 8, 19697–4Boston Bruins (1968–69)33–25–10
69LMarch 15, 19692–3@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)33–26–10
70LMarch 16, 19694–6@ New York Rangers (1968–69)33–27–10
71TMarch 19, 19694–4@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)33–27–11
72LMarch 20, 19692–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)33–28–11
73LMarch 22, 19691–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)33–29–11
74LMarch 27, 19692–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)33–30–11
75TMarch 29, 19691–1Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)33–30–12
76LMarch 30, 19695–9@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)33–31–12

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Gordie HoweRW76445910358906
Alex DelvecchioC/LW722558838702
Frank MahovlichLW7649297838705
Pete StemkowskiC7121315281324
Garry UngerC7624204433514
Bruce MacGregorC6918234114233
Gary BergmanD767303780202
Dean PrenticeLW7414203418211
Kent DouglasD692293197100
Nick LibettLW7510142434102
Bob BaunD7641620121000
Ron HarrisD733131691001
Poul PopielD622131582002
Wayne ConnellyC1949130100
Danny LawsonRW44571221000
Hank MonteithLW3419106000
Rene LeclercRW4323562000
Pete MahovlichC3022421000
Ed HatoumRW162132001
Jim WatsonD80114000
Ron AndersonRW70008000
Bart CrashleyD10000000
Roger CrozierG380000000
Roy EdwardsG400000000
Bob FalkenbergD50000000
Gerry HartD10002000
Rick McCannC30000000
Terry SawchukG130000000
Sandy SnowRW30002000
Fred SpeckC50002000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roy Edwards20994018116892.544
Roger Crozier182038121631013.330
Terry Sawchuk64113343282.620
Team:4560763331122182.874

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
111Steve Andrascik CanadaFlin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
217Herb Boxer United StatesMichigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1968-69 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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