1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 52nd season, the franchise's 58th.

1983–84 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	7th Campbell
1983–84 record	31–42–7
Goals for	298
Goals against	323
Team information
General manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Nick Polano
Captain	Danny Gare
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	16,727
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Yzerman (39)
Assists	Ivan Boldirev and Steve Yzerman (48)
Points	Steve Yzerman (87)
Penalty minutes	Joe Paterson (148)
Plus/minus	Kelly Kisio (16)
Wins	Greg Stefan (19)
Goals against average	Greg Stefan (3.51)
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Offseason

The Red Wings drafted Steve Yzerman in the first round, fourth overall.

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Minnesota North Stars	80	39	31	10	345	344	88
St. Louis Blues	80	32	41	7	293	316	71
Detroit Red Wings	80	31	42	7	298	323	69
Chicago Black Hawks	80	30	42	8	277	311	68
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	26	45	9	303	387	61

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Norris Division 1983–84 NHL records^[2] Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total Chicago — 4−4 2−6 4−3−1 5−2−1 15−15−2 Detroit 4−4 — 2−6 5−3 3−5 14−18−0 Minnesota 6−2 6−2 — 5−2−1 5−2−1 22−8−2 St. Louis 3−4−1 3−5 2−5−1 — 6−2 14−16−2 Toronto 2−5−1 5−3 2−5−1 2−6 — 11−19−2 Vs. Smythe Division 1983–84 NHL records Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total Chicago 1−2 1−2 0−3 2−1 1−2 5−10−0 Detroit 2−1 0−3 0−2−1 1−2 1−0−2 4−8−3 Minnesota 1−2 0−2−1 1−1−1 1−1−1 2−1 5−7−3 St. Louis 0−2−1 2−1 1−1−1 2−1 1−2 6−7−2 Toronto 0−1−2 1−2 2−0−1 0−1−2 0−3 3−7−5 Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Adams Division 1983–84 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total Chicago 2−1 2−1 1−2 0−2−1 1−1−1 6−7−2 Detroit 1−2 1−1−1 1−1−1 0−3 2−1 5−8−2 Minnesota 2−1 2−1 0−3 2−1 0−2−1 6−8−1 St. Louis 0−3 1−2 1−2 0−3 0−2−1 2−12−1 Toronto 2−1 0−2−1 1−2 1−2 1−2 5−9−1 Vs. Patrick Division 1983–84 NHL records Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total Chicago 1−2 0−3 1−2 0−1−2 1−1−1 1−1−1 4−10−4 Detroit 1−2 2−1 0−3 0−1−2 3−0 2−1 8−8−2 Minnesota 2−1 0−2−1 1−1−1 1−0−2 2−1 0−3 6−8−4 St. Louis 3−0 1−1−1 1−2 2−1 2−0−1 1−2 10−6−2 Toronto 3−0 1−2 2−1 0−3 1−1−1 0−3 7−10−1

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 5, 1983	6–6 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	0–0–1
2	L	October 8, 1983	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	0–1–1
3	L	October 9, 1983	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	0–2–1
4	L	October 12, 1983	3–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	0–3–1
5	T	October 15, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	0–3–2
6	W	October 19, 1983	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	1–3–2
7	W	October 22, 1983	4–1	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	2–3–2
8	W	October 26, 1983	6–5 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	3–3–2
9	W	October 29, 1983	4–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	4–3–2
10	W	November 1, 1983	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	5–3–2
11	W	November 3, 1983	7–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	6–3–2
12	L	November 5, 1983	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	6–4–2
13	L	November 6, 1983	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	6–5–2
14	L	November 9, 1983	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	6–6–2
15	L	November 12, 1983	3–7	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	6–7–2
16	L	November 13, 1983	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	6–8–2
17	W	November 15, 1983	3–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	7–8–2
18	L	November 17, 1983	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	7–9–2
19	L	November 19, 1983	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	7–10–2
20	W	November 23, 1983	3–0	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	8–10–2
21	W	November 25, 1983	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	9–10–2
22	W	November 26, 1983	7–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	10–10–2
23	L	November 30, 1983	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	10–11–2
24	L	December 3, 1983	2–4	New York Rangers (1983–84)	10–12–2
25	L	December 4, 1983	0–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	10–13–2
26	L	December 7, 1983	2–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	10–14–2
27	L	December 10, 1983	3–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	10–15–2
28	L	December 11, 1983	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	10–16–2
29	L	December 13, 1983	5–7	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	10–17–2
30	L	December 15, 1983	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	10–18–2
31	T	December 17, 1983	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	10–18–3
32	T	December 18, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	10–18–4
33	L	December 21, 1983	5–9	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	10–19–4
34	W	December 23, 1983	9–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	11–19–4
35	L	December 26, 1983	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	11–20–4
36	W	December 28, 1983	3–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	12–20–4
37	W	December 29, 1983	6–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	13–20–4
38	W	December 31, 1983	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	14–20–4
39	W	January 3, 1984	7–1	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	15–20–4
40	L	January 5, 1984	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	15–21–4
41	L	January 7, 1984	4–8	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	15–22–4
42	L	January 9, 1984	3–7	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	15–23–4
43	L	January 11, 1984	2–7	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	15–24–4
44	L	January 14, 1984	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	15–25–4
45	L	January 16, 1984	5–8	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	15–26–4
46	L	January 18, 1984	2–4	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	15–27–4
47	L	January 20, 1984	5–8	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	15–28–4
48	L	January 21, 1984	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	15–29–4
49	W	January 24, 1984	4–0	New York Islanders (1983–84)	16–29–4
50	T	January 27, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	16–29–5
51	W	January 28, 1984	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	17–29–5
52	T	February 1, 1984	6–6 OT	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	17–29–6
53	L	February 4, 1984	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	17–30–6
54	W	February 5, 1984	6–5	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	18–30–6
55	L	February 7, 1984	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	18–31–6
56	W	February 9, 1984	9–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	19–31–6
57	W	February 11, 1984	6–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	20–31–6
58	T	February 12, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	20–31–7
59	L	February 15, 1984	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	20–32–7
60	W	February 18, 1984	6–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	21–32–7
61	W	February 19, 1984	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	22–32–7
62	W	February 22, 1984	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	23–32–7
63	W	February 25, 1984	4–1	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	24–32–7
64	W	February 26, 1984	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	25–32–7
65	L	February 28, 1984	2–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	25–33–7
66	L	March 1, 1984	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	25–34–7
67	W	March 3, 1984	6–1	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	26–34–7
68	L	March 5, 1984	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	26–35–7
69	W	March 6, 1984	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	27–35–7
70	W	March 8, 1984	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	28–35–7
71	L	March 10, 1984	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	28–36–7
72	L	March 14, 1984	2–4	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	28–37–7
73	L	March 15, 1984	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	28–38–7
74	L	March 17, 1984	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	28–39–7
75	W	March 20, 1984	6–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	29–39–7
76	W	March 22, 1984	6–4	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	30–39–7
77	L	March 24, 1984	7–9	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	30–40–7
78	W	March 28, 1984	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	31–40–7
79	L	March 31, 1984	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	31–41–7
80	L	April 1, 1984	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	31–42–7

Playoffs

Since they last made it into the playoffs in 1978, they made it again this season but lost in the first round in a best of five series by St. Louis in 4 games, or 1–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Steve Yzerman	C	80	39	48	87	33	-17	13	0	2
Ivan Boldirev	C	75	35	48	83	20	3	12	0	4
Ron Duguay	C/RW	80	33	47	80	34	-26	13	1	1
John Ogrodnick	LW	64	42	36	78	14	-16	19	3	5
Reed Larson	D	78	23	39	62	122	-10	10	0	5
Kelly Kisio	C	70	23	37	60	34	16	1	0	2
Brad Park	D	80	5	53	58	85	-29	4	0	0
Lane Lambert	RW	73	20	15	35	115	-5	1	0	2
Danny Gare	RW	63	13	13	26	147	3	1	0	2
Eddie Johnstone	RW	46	12	11	23	54	3	4	0	0
Greg Smith	D	75	3	20	23	108	6	0	0	1
Bob Manno	D	62	9	13	22	60	-1	0	1	4
Dwight Foster	RW	52	9	12	21	50	-4	0	2	1
Blake Dunlop	C	57	6	14	20	20	-13	1	1	0
Randy Ladouceur	D	71	3	17	20	58	-12	0	0	0
Claude Loiselle	C	28	4	6	10	32	4	0	0	0
John Barrett	D	78	2	8	10	78	0	0	0	0
Rick MacLeish	C	25	2	8	10	4	-4	0	0	0
Colin Campbell	D	68	3	4	7	108	0	0	0	1
Joe Paterson	LW	41	2	5	7	148	0	0	0	0
Paul Woods	LW	57	2	5	7	18	-16	0	0	0
Pierre Aubry	LW	14	4	1	5	8	-1	0	0	0
Andre St. Laurent	C	19	1	3	4	17	-3	0	1	0
Murray Craven	LW	15	0	4	4	6	2	0	0	0
Brad Smith	RW	8	2	1	3	36	-2	0	0	0
Ted Nolan	C	19	1	2	3	26	-11	0	0	1
Greg Stefan	G	50	0	3	3	14	0	0	0	0
Barry Melrose	D	21	0	1	1	74	0	0	0	0
Corrado Micalef	G	14	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Eddie Mio	G	24	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Jody Gage	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Holland	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Johnson	RW	3	0	0	0	5	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Greg Stefan	2600	50	19	22	2	152	3.51	2
Eddie Mio	1295	24	7	11	3	95	4.40	1
Corrado Micalef	808	14	5	8	1	52	3.86	0
Ken Holland	146	3	0	1	1	10	4.11	0
Team:	4849	80	31	42	7	309	3.82	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Steve Yzerman	C	4	3	3	6	0	1	0	1
Ron Duguay	C/RW	4	2	3	5	2	1	0	0
Ivan Boldirev	C	4	0	5	5	4	0	0	0
Bob Manno	D	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Brad Park	D	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Danny Gare	RW	4	2	0	2	38	0	0	0
Reed Larson	D	4	2	0	2	21	2	0	0
Kelly Kisio	C	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Randy Ladouceur	D	4	1	0	1	6	0	1	0
Greg Smith	D	4	1	0	1	8	0	0	0
Blake Dunlop	C	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Dwight Foster	RW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Pierre Aubry	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
John Barrett	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Colin Campbell	D	4	0	0	0	21	0	0	0
Eddie Johnstone	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lane Lambert	RW	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Rick MacLeish	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corrado Micalef	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Mio	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Ogrodnick	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Paterson	LW	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Greg Stefan	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Greg Stefan	210	3	1	2	8	2.29	0
Corrado Micalef	7	1	0	0	2	17.14	0
Eddie Mio	63	1	0	1	3	2.86	0
Team:	280	4	1	3	13	2.79	0

^[3]

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

• Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: || Brad Park

Draft picks

See also: 1983 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Steve Yzerman	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	25	Lane Lambert	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3	46	Bob Probert	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
4	68	Dave Korol	Canada	Winnipeg Warriors (WHL)
5	86	Petr Klima	Czechoslovakia	Litvinov (Czechoslovakia)
5	88	Joey Kocur	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	106	Chris Pusey	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
7	126	Bob Pierson	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
8	146	Craig Butz	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)
9	166	Dave Sikorski	United States	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
10	186	Stu Grimson	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
11	206	Jeff Frank	Canada/   United States	Regina Pats (WHL)
12	226	Chuck Chiatto	United States	Cranbrook High School (USHS-MI)

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1983-84 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.