2018–19 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2018–19 Detroit Red Wings season was the 93rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[2] It was also the Red Wings' second season at Little Caesars Arena. The team was eliminated from playoff contention on March 12, 2019, and missed the playoffs for the third year in a row.^[3]

2018–19 Detroit Red Wings
Division	7th Atlantic
Conference	14th Eastern
2018–19 record	32–40–10
Home record	17–19–5
Road record	15–21–5
Goals for	227
Goals against	277
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Jeff Blashill
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Justin Abdelkader Niklas Kronwall Dylan Larkin Frans Nielsen
Arena	Little Caesars Arena
Average attendance	19,120^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Dylan Larkin (32)
Assists	Dylan Larkin (41)
Points	Dylan Larkin (73)
Penalty minutes	Dylan Larkin (75)
Plus/minus	Tyler Bertuzzi (11)
Wins	Jimmy Howard (23)
Goals against average	Jimmy Howard (3.07)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Off-season

On June 22, the Red Wings hired Dan Bylsma as an assistant coach.^[4]

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	62	16	4	56	325	222	+103	128
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	49	24	9	47	259	215	+44	107
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	46	28	8	46	286	251	+35	100
4	Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	+13	96
5	Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	−13	86
6	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	−45	76
7	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	−50	74
8	Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	−60	64

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
2	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
3	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	44	30	8	41	249	236	+13	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	36	32	14	33	267	280	−13	86
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
7	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	39	10	28	226	271	−45	76
8	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	29	227	277	−50	74
9	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72
10	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	29	47	6	29	242	302	−60	64

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

2018 preseason game log: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)^[7]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 19	Pittsburgh	2–3	Detroit	OT	Sateri	15,107	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 20	Chicago	2–4	Detroit		Rybar	16,475	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 22	Boston	3–4	Detroit	OT	Howard	16,855	3–0–0	Recap
4	September 23	Detroit	3–2	Pittsburgh		Sateri	18,306	4–0–0	Recap
5	September 25	Detroit	8–6	Chicago		Howard	19,864	5–0–0	Recap
6	September 26	Detroit	3–2	Boston	OT	Bernier	17,565	6–0–0	Recap
7	September 28	Detroit	2–6	Toronto		Howard	18,889	6–1–0	Recap
8	September 29	Toronto	1–5	Detroit		Bernier	18,753	7–1–0	Recap

Regular season

2018–19 game log: 32–40–10 (Home: 17–19–5; Road: 15–21–5)^[8]
October: 3–7–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Columbus 3–2 Detroit OT Howard 19,515 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 7 Detroit 2–4 Los Angeles Bernier 18,230 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 8 Detroit 2–3 Anaheim SO Howard 17,436 0–1–2 2 Recap 4 October 11 Toronto 5–3 Detroit Howard 19,515 0–2–2 2 Recap 5 October 13 Detroit 2–8 Boston Bernier 17,565 0–3–2 2 Recap 6 October 15 Detroit 3–7 Montreal Howard 20,323 0–4–2 2 Recap 7 October 18 Detroit 1–3 Tampa Bay Howard 19,092 0–5–2 2 Recap 8 October 20 Detroit 4–3 Florida OT Howard 14,534 1–5–2 4 Recap 9 October 22 Carolina 3–1 Detroit Howard 19,515 1–6–2 4 Recap 10 October 26 Winnipeg 2–1 Detroit Howard 19,515 1–7–2 4 Recap 11 October 28 Dallas 2–4 Detroit Bernier 19,515 2–7–2 6 Recap 12 October 30 Detroit 5–3 Columbus Howard 14,288 3–7–2 8 Recap
November: 8–4–1 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 New Jersey 3–4 Detroit Howard 18,273 4–7–2 10 Recap 14 November 3 Edmonton 4–3 Detroit Bernier 19,515 4–8–2 10 Recap 15 November 6 Vancouver 2–3 Detroit SO Howard 18,640 5–8–2 12 Recap 16 November 9 N.Y. Rangers 2–3 Detroit OT Howard 19,515 6–8–2 14 Recap 17 November 10 Detroit 4–3 Carolina SO Bernier 13,029 7–8–2 16 Recap 18 November 13 Arizona 1–6 Detroit Howard 18,257 8–8–2 18 Recap 19 November 15 Detroit 1–2 Ottawa Howard 13,402 8–9–2 18 Recap 20 November 17 Detroit 3–2 New Jersey OT Bernier 16,514 9–9–2 20 Recap 21 November 21 Boston 2–3 Detroit OT Howard 19,515 10–9–2 22 Recap 22 November 23 Detroit 1–3 Washington Bernier 18,506 10–10–2 22 Recap 23 November 24 Buffalo 3–2 Detroit SO Howard 19,515 10–10–3 23 Recap 24 November 26 Columbus 7–5 Detroit Bernier 19,515 10–11–3 23 Recap 25 November 28 St. Louis 3–4 Detroit Howard 18,165 11–11–3 25 Recap
December: 4–8–4 (Home: 1–4–2 ; Road: 3–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Detroit 4–2 Boston Howard 17,565 12–11–3 27 Recap 27 December 2 Colorado 2–0 Detroit Bernier 18,248 12–12–3 27 Recap 28 December 4 Tampa Bay 6–5 Detroit SO Howard 18,477 12–12–4 28 Recap 29 December 6 Detroit 5–4 Toronto OT Bernier 19,392 13–12–4 30 Recap 30 December 8 N.Y. Islanders 3–2 Detroit Bernier 19,515 13–13–4 30 Recap 31 December 10 Los Angeles 1–3 Detroit Howard 18,322 14–13–4 32 Recap 32 December 11 Detroit 2–6 Washington Bernier 18,506 14–14–4 32 Recap 33 December 14 Ottawa 4–2 Detroit Howard 18,330 14–15–4 32 Recap 34 December 15 Detroit 3–4 N.Y. Islanders SO Bernier 13,917 14–15–5 33 Recap 35 December 18 Detroit 2–3 Philadelphia Bernier 19,255 14–16–5 33 Recap 36 December 20 Detroit 4–1 Carolina Bernier 13,548 15–16–5 35 Recap 37 December 22 Florida 2–1 Detroit Howard 19,515 15–17–5 35 Recap 38 December 23 Detroit 4–5 Toronto OT Bernier 19,196 15–17–6 36 Recap 39 December 27 Detroit 2–5 Pittsburgh Howard 18,639 15–18–6 36 Recap 40 December 29 Detroit 1–5 Dallas Bernier 18,532 15–19–6 36 Recap 41 December 31 Florida 4–3 Detroit SO Howard 19,515 15–19–7 37 Recap
January: 4–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Calgary 5–3 Detroit Howard 19,515 15–20–7 37 Recap 43 January 4 Nashville 3–4 Detroit OT Howard 19,515 16–20–7 39 Recap 44 January 6 Washington 3–2 Detroit Howard 19,515 16–21–7 39 Recap 45 January 8 Montreal 3–2 Detroit Howard 19,515 16–22–7 39 Recap 46 January 11 Detroit 2–4 Winnipeg Bernier 15,321 16–23–7 39 Recap 47 January 12 Detroit 5–2 Minnesota Howard 19,087 17–23–7 41 Recap 48 January 15 Anaheim 1–3 Detroit Howard 19,515 18–23–7 43 Recap 49 January 18 Detroit 4–6 Calgary Howard 19,289 18–24–7 43 Recap 50 January 20 Detroit 2–3 Vancouver Bernier 18,865 18–25–7 43 Recap 51 January 22 Detroit 3–2 Edmonton Howard 18,347 19–25–7 45 Recap
February: 4–7–2 (Home: 2–5–1 ; Road: 2–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Toronto 2–3 Detroit OT Howard 19,515 20–25–7 47 Recap 53 February 2 Detroit 2–0 Ottawa Bernier 15,714 21–25–7 49 Recap 54 February 7 Vegas 4–3 Detroit Howard 18,889 21–26–7 49 Recap 55 February 9 Detroit 1–3 Buffalo Howard 19,070 21–27–7 49 Recap 56 February 10 Detroit 2–5 Chicago Bernier 21,941 21–28–7 49 Recap 57 February 12 Detroit 3–2 Nashville Howard 17,260 22–28–7 51 Recap 58 February 14 Ottawa 2–3 Detroit Howard 18,575 23–28–7 53 Recap 59 February 16 Detroit 5–6 Philadelphia OT Bernier 19,342 23–28–8 54 Recap 60 February 17 Philadelphia 3–1 Detroit Howard 19,515 23–29–8 54 Recap 61 February 20 Chicago 5–4 Detroit OT Bernier 18,806 23–29–9 55 Recap 62 February 22 Minnesota 3–2 Detroit Bernier 19,515 23–30–9 55 Recap 63 February 24 San Jose 5–3 Detroit Bernier 19,515 23–31–9 55 Recap 64 February 26 Montreal 8–1 Detroit Howard 18,845 23–32–9 55 Recap
March: 8–6–1 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 4–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Detroit 1–3 Arizona Howard 15,552 23–33–9 55 Recap 66 March 5 Detroit 3–4 Colorado OT Bernier 18,011 23–33–10 56 Recap 67 March 7 N.Y. Rangers 2–3 Detroit SO Howard 18,333 24–33–10 58 Recap 68 March 9 Detroit 2–3 Tampa Bay Bernier 19,092 24–34–10 58 Recap 69 March 10 Detroit 1–6 Florida Howard 15,238 24–35–10 58 Recap 70 March 12 Detroit 1–3 Montreal Bernier 21,302 24–36–10 58 Recap 71 March 14 Tampa Bay 5–4 Detroit Howard 19,515 24–37–10 58 Recap 72 March 16 N.Y. Islanders 1–2 Detroit Bernier 19,515 25–37–10 60 Recap 73 March 19 Detroit 3–2 N.Y. Rangers Howard 17,183 26–37–10 62 Recap 74 March 21 Detroit 2–5 St. Louis Bernier 18,272 26–38–10 62 Recap 75 March 23 Detroit 3–2 Vegas OT Howard 18,437 27–38–10 64 Recap 76 March 25 Detroit 3–2 San Jose Bernier 17,393 28–38–10 66 Recap 77 March 28 Detroit 5–4 Buffalo OT Howard 16,236 29–38–10 68 Recap 78 March 29 New Jersey 0–4 Detroit Bernier 19,515 30–38–10 70 Recap 79 March 31 Boston 3–6 Detroit Howard 19,515 31–38–10 72 Recap
April: 1–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 Pittsburgh 1–4 Detroit Howard 19,515 32–38–10 74 Recap 81 April 4 Detroit 1–4 Pittsburgh Howard 18,574 32–39–10 74 Recap 82 April 6 Buffalo 7–1 Detroit Howard 19,515 32–40–10 74 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Dylan Larkin	76	32	41	73	−6	75
Andreas Athanasiou	76	30	24	54	−9	38
Gustav Nyquist^‡	62	16	33	49	0	8
Anthony Mantha	67	25	23	48	−8	30
Tyler Bertuzzi	73	21	26	47	11	36
Thomas Vanek	64	16	20	36	−12	26
Frans Nielsen	72	10	25	35	−7	14
Niklas Kronwall	79	3	24	27	−5	40
Mike Green	43	5	21	26	−1	28
Luke Glendening	78	10	13	23	2	15
Filip Hronek	46	5	18	23	−10	30
Danny DeKeyser	52	5	15	20	2	39
Justin Abdelkader	71	6	13	19	−14	38
Michael Rasmussen	62	8	10	18	−8	29
Darren Helm	61	7	10	17	−11	20
Dennis Cholowski	52	7	9	16	−20	16
Nick Jensen^‡	60	2	13	15	1	17
Jacob de la Rose	60	3	6	9	−13	16
Christoffer Ehn	60	3	6	9	−5	6
Trevor Daley	44	2	6	8	−3	12
Taro Hirose	10	1	6	7	0	2
Martin Frk	30	1	5	6	−9	4
Jonathan Ericsson	52	3	2	5	−10	35
Madison Bowey	17	1	3	4	−4	8
Filip Zadina	9	1	2	3	−5	0
Luke Witkowski	34	0	2	2	−5	23
Matt Puempel	8	1	0	1	−2	2
Wade Megan	11	0	1	1	−4	2
Brian Lashoff	3	0	1	1	0	2
Joe Hicketts	11	0	0	0	−9	0
Ryan Kuffner	10	0	0	0	−4	0
Dylan McIlrath	7	0	0	0	2	4
Libor Sulak	6	0	0	0	−4	6
Jake Chelios	5	0	0	0	0	2
Dominic Turgeon	4	0	0	0	−3	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jimmy Howard	55	52	3,053	23	22	5	156	3.07	1,709	.909	0	0	1	2
Jonathan Bernier	35	30	1,860	9	18	5	98	3.16	1,025	.904	1	0	0	0
Kaden Fulcher	1	0	28	0	0	0	2	4.44	11	.818	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Tyler Bertuzzi NHL Second Star of the Week^[9] April 1, 2019

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Dennis Cholowski 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point October 4, 2018 Christoffer Ehn 1st career NHL game October 4, 2018 Filip Hronek 1st career NHL game October 4, 2018 Michael Rasmussen 1st career NHL game October 4, 2018 Libor Sulak 1st career NHL game October 4, 2018 Dennis Cholowski 1st career NHL assist October 7, 2018 Danny DeKeyser 100th career NHL point October 8, 2018 Michael Rasmussen 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist October 8, 2018 Christoffer Ehn 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist October 11, 2018 Filip Hronek 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist October 11, 2018 Filip Hronek 1st career NHL goal October 13, 2018 Michael Rasmussen 1st career NHL goal October 30, 2018 Thomas Vanek 400th career NHL assist November 23, 2018 Danny DeKeyser 400th career NHL game December 2, 2018 Trevor Daley 300th career NHL point December 15, 2018 Trevor Daley 1,000th career NHL game December 23, 2018 Christoffer Ehn 1st career NHL goal December 23, 2018 Andreas Athanasiou 100th career NHL point January 2, 2019 Thomas Vanek 1,000th career NHL game January 4, 2019 Tyler Bertuzzi 1st career NHL hat-trick January 12, 2019 Jimmy Howard 500th career NHL game February 14, 2019 Dylan Larkin 300th career NHL game February 16, 2019 Dylan Larkin 200th career NHL point February 22, 2019 Filip Zadina 1st career NHL game February 24, 2019 Filip Zadina 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point March 5, 2019 Filip Zadina 1st career NHL assist March 9, 2019 Darren Helm 100th career NHL goal March 14, 2019 Luke Glendening 100th career NHL point March 14, 2019 Ryan Kuffner 1st career NHL game March 16, 2019 Taro Hirose 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL point 1st career NHL assist March 19, 2019 Jake Chelios 1st career NHL game March 29, 2019 Taro Hirose 1st career NHL goal March 31, 2019 Kaden Fulcher 1st career NHL game April 6, 2019

Records

• On April 2, Tyler Bertuzzi recorded two goals and one assist in a 4–1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. He became the first player in Red Wings franchise history to record four consecutive three-point games.^[10]

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Tyler Bertuzzi	Roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct against Colorado Avalanche forward Matt Calvert during NHL game No. 410 in Detroit on Sunday, December 2, 2018, at 12:45 of the third period.	2 games	$15,053.76	December 3, 2018^[11]

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Columbus Blue Jackets MTL's 6th-round pick in 2018	To Detroit Red Wings 5th-round pick in 2019	^[12]
June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)	To Arizona Coyotes Robbie Russo	To Detroit Red Wings Conditional 7th-round pick in 2019	^[13]
February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)	To Washington Capitals Nick Jensen BUF's 5th-round pick in 2019	To Detroit Red Wings Madison Bowey 2nd-round pick in 2020	^[14]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To San Jose Sharks Gustav Nyquist	To Detroit Red Wings Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2020	^[15]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jonathan Bernier	from Colorado Avalanche	3-year	^[16]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jake Chelios	from Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	^[17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Wade Megan	from St. Louis Blues	1-year	^[17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Xavier Ouellet	to Montreal Canadiens	1-year	^[18]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Harri Sateri	from Florida Panthers	1-year	^[17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Chris Terry	from Montreal Canadiens	2-year	^[17]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Thomas Vanek	from Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	^[16]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Jared Coreau	to Anaheim Ducks	1-year	^[19]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Matt Lorito	to New York Islanders	2-year	^[20]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Dan Renouf	to Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	^[21]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Ben Street	to Anaheim Ducks	1-year	^[19]
July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17)	Tom McCollum	to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)	1-year	^[22]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	Eric Tangradi	to New Jersey Devils	1-year	^[23]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)	Zach Nastasiuk	to Charlotte Checkers (AHL)	1-year	^[24]
February 5, 2019 (2019-02-05)	Turner Elson	from Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)	2-year	^[25]
March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12)	Taro Hirose	from Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten)	2-year	^[26]
March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12)	Ryan Kuffner	from Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey)	2-year	^[27]
April 15, 2019 (2019-04-15)	Filip Larsson	from Denver Pioneers (NCHC)	3-year	^[28]
May 23, 2019 (2019-05-23)	Jake Chelios	to Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	2-year	^[29]^[30]
May 27, 2019 (2019-05-27)	Harri Sateri	to Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)	1-year	^[31]
May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28)	Oliwer Kaski	from Lahti Pelicans (Liiga)	1-year	^[32]
June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)	Libor Sulak	to Severstal Cherepovets (KHL)	1-year	^[33]^[34]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17)	Jacob de la Rose	from Montreal Canadiens	^[35]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24) Xavier Ouellet Buyout ^[36]

Retirement Date Player Ref September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14) Henrik Zetterberg ^[37]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)	Tyler Bertuzzi	2-year	^[38]
June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)	Martin Frk	1-year	^[38]
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30)	Mike Green	2-year	^[39]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Andreas Athanasiou	2-year	^[40]
July 7, 2018 (2018-07-07)	Filip Zadina	3-year	^[41]
July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11)	Anthony Mantha	2-year	^[42]
August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10)	Dylan Larkin	5-year	^[43]
September 9, 2018 (2018-09-09)	Matt Puempel	2-year	^[44]
March 13, 2019 (2019-03-13)	Brian Lashoff	2-year	^[45]
March 18, 2019 (2019-03-18)	Chase Pearson	2-year	^[46]
March 20, 2019 (2019-03-20)	Jimmy Howard	1-year	^[47]
April 15, 2019 (2019-04-15)	Filip Larsson	3-year	^[48]
May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01)	Joe Veleno	3-year	^[49]
May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09)	Dylan McIlrath	2-year	^[50]

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	6	Filip Zadina	RW	Czech Republic	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
1	30^1	Joe Veleno	C	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
2	33^2	Jonatan Berggren	RW	Sweden	Skellefteå AIK J20 (SuperElit)
2	36	Jared McIsaac	D	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3	67	Alec Regula	D	United States	London Knights (OHL)
3	81^3	Seth Barton	D	Canada	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)
3	84^4	Jesper Eliasson	G	Sweden	IF Troja/Ljungby J20 (SuperElit)
4	98	Ryan O'Reilly	RW	United States	Madison Capitols (USHL)
6	160^5	Victor Brattstrom	G	Sweden	Timra IK (Allsvenskan)
7	191	Otto Kivenmaki	C	Finland	Assat U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)

Notes:

1. The Vegas Golden Knights' first-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 26, 2018, that sent Tomas Tatar to Vegas in exchange for the Islanders' second-round pick in 2019, a third-round pick in 2021 and this pick.^[51]
2. The Ottawa Senators' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 28, 2017, that sent Brendan Smith to the New York Rangers in exchange for a third-round pick in 2017 and this pick.^[52]
3. The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on February 19, 2018, that sent Petr Mrazek to Philadelphia in exchange for a conditional third-round pick in 2019 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[53]
4. The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on October 21, 2017, that sent Riley Sheahan and a fifth-round pick in 2018 to Pittsburgh in exchange for Scott Wilson and this pick.^[54]
5. The Montreal Canadiens' sixth-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a fifth-round pick in 2019 to Detroit in exchange for this pick.^[12] The Red Wings acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2017, that sent Steve Ott to Montreal.^[12][55]

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