1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season

East Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	76	46	19	11	271	202	+69	103
2	Boston Bruins	76	42	18	16	303	221	+82	100
3	New York Rangers	76	41	26	9	231	196	+35	91
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	76	35	26	15	234	217	+17	85
5	Detroit Red Wings	76	33	31	12	239	221	+18	78
6	Chicago Black Hawks	76	34	33	9	280	246	+34	77

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1968	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	0–1–0
2	L	October 13, 1968	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	0–2–0
3	W	October 17, 1968	7–2	New York Rangers (1968–69)	1–2–0
4	L	October 20, 1968	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	1–3–0
5	W	October 27, 1968	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	2–3–0
6	W	October 31, 1968	7–5	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	3–3–0
7	L	November 2, 1968	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	3–4–0
8	T	November 3, 1968	4–4	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	3–4–1
9	W	November 6, 1968	6–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	4–4–1
10	W	November 7, 1968	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	5–4–1
11	L	November 9, 1968	4–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	5–5–1
12	T	November 10, 1968	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	5–5–2
13	L	November 13, 1968	1–2	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	5–6–2
14	W	November 14, 1968	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	6–6–2
15	T	November 16, 1968	1–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	6–6–3
16	L	November 20, 1968	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	6–7–3
17	W	November 23, 1968	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	7–7–3
18	W	November 27, 1968	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	8–7–3
19	L	November 28, 1968	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	8–8–3
20	T	December 1, 1968	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	8–8–4
21	W	December 4, 1968	7–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	9–8–4
22	W	December 5, 1968	4–2	New York Rangers (1968–69)	10–8–4
23	L	December 7, 1968	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	10–9–4
24	W	December 8, 1968	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	11–9–4
25	L	December 11, 1968	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	11–10–4
26	L	December 12, 1968	0–6	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	11–11–4
27	W	December 14, 1968	3–1	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	12–11–4
28	W	December 15, 1968	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	13–11–4
29	L	December 19, 1968	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	13–12–4
30	L	December 21, 1968	3–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	13–13–4
31	W	December 22, 1968	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	14–13–4
32	L	December 25, 1968	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	14–14–4
33	T	December 27, 1968	3–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	14–14–5
34	T	December 29, 1968	3–3	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	14–14–6
35	W	December 31, 1968	6–3	Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	15–14–6
36	L	January 1, 1969	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	15–15–6
37	L	January 4, 1969	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	15–16–6
38	W	January 5, 1969	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	16–16–6
39	W	January 9, 1969	6–2	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	17–16–6
40	W	January 11, 1969	3–2	New York Rangers (1968–69)	18–16–6
41	W	January 12, 1969	5–1	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	19–16–6
42	W	January 15, 1969	4–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	20–16–6
43	W	January 16, 1969	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	21–16–6
44	T	January 18, 1969	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	21–16–7
45	L	January 19, 1969	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	21–17–7
46	T	January 23, 1969	2–2	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	21–17–8
47	W	January 25, 1969	5–3	Oakland Seals (1968–69)	22–17–8
48	W	January 26, 1969	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	23–17–8
49	L	January 29, 1969	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	23–18–8
50	L	February 1, 1969	0–2	St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	23–19–8
51	L	February 2, 1969	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	23–20–8
52	W	February 4, 1969	2–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	24–20–8
53	W	February 6, 1969	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	25–20–8
54	W	February 8, 1969	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	26–20–8
55	W	February 9, 1969	5–0	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	27–20–8
56	L	February 13, 1969	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	27–21–8
57	L	February 15, 1969	2–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	27–22–8
58	W	February 16, 1969	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	28–22–8
59	T	February 19, 1969	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	28–22–9
60	W	February 20, 1969	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	29–22–9
61	L	February 22, 1969	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)	29–23–9
62	W	February 23, 1969	9–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)	30–23–9
63	L	February 26, 1969	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	30–24–9
64	W	March 1, 1969	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)	31–24–9
65	W	March 2, 1969	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)	32–24–9
66	T	March 5, 1969	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)	32–24–10
67	L	March 6, 1969	1–4	New York Rangers (1968–69)	32–25–10
68	W	March 8, 1969	7–4	Boston Bruins (1968–69)	33–25–10
69	L	March 15, 1969	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)	33–26–10
70	L	March 16, 1969	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1968–69)	33–27–10
71	T	March 19, 1969	4–4	@ Oakland Seals (1968–69)	33–27–11
72	L	March 20, 1969	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)	33–28–11
73	L	March 22, 1969	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	33–29–11
74	L	March 27, 1969	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)	33–30–11
75	T	March 29, 1969	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	33–30–12
76	L	March 30, 1969	5–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)	33–31–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	76	44	59	103	58	9	0	6
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	72	25	58	83	8	7	0	2
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	76	49	29	78	38	7	0	5
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	C	71	21	31	52	81	3	2	4
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	76	24	20	44	33	5	1	4
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	C	69	18	23	41	14	2	3	3
Bergman, GaryGary Bergman	D	76	7	30	37	80	2	0	2
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	LW	74	14	20	34	18	2	1	1
Douglas, KentKent Douglas	D	69	2	29	31	97	1	0	0
Libett, NickNick Libett	LW	75	10	14	24	34	1	0	2
Baun, BobBob Baun	D	76	4	16	20	121	0	0	0
Harris, RonRon Harris	D	73	3	13	16	91	0	0	1
Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel	D	62	2	13	15	82	0	0	2
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	19	4	9	13	0	1	0	0
Lawson, DannyDanny Lawson	RW	44	5	7	12	21	0	0	0
Monteith, HankHank Monteith	LW	34	1	9	10	6	0	0	0
Leclerc, ReneRene Leclerc	RW	43	2	3	5	62	0	0	0
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	30	2	2	4	21	0	0	0
Hatoum, EdEd Hatoum	RW	16	2	1	3	2	0	0	1
Watson, JimJim Watson	D	8	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Anderson, RonRon Anderson	RW	7	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Crashley, BartBart Crashley	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	G	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	G	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McCann, RickRick McCann	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Snow, SandySandy Snow	RW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Speck, FredFred Speck	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Edwards, RoyRoy Edwards	2099	40	18	11	6	89	2.54	4
Crozier, RogerRoger Crozier	1820	38	12	16	3	101	3.33	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	641	13	3	4	3	28	2.62	0
Team:	4560	76	33	31	12	218	2.87	4

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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;

Roster

1968–1969 Detroit Red Wings Roster

Goaltenders

Defensemen

2 – Gary Bergman
3 – Bob Falkenberg
3 – Poul Popiel
4 – Bobby Baun
5 – Kent Douglas
8 – Bart Crashley
16 – Ron Harris
21 – Gerry Hart
21 – Jim Watson

Wingers

8 – Reynald Leclerc
9 – Gordie Howe
12 – Bruce MacGregor
14 – Nick Libett
15 – Ron Anderson
15 – Hank Monteith
15 – Sandy Snow
17 – Wayne Connelly
18 – Ed Hatoum
18 – Danny Lawson
20 – Dean Prentice
27 – Frank Mahovlich

Centers

7 – Garry Unger
8 – Rick McCann
10 – Alex Delvecchio –C
11 – Pete Mahovlich
15 – Fred Speck
19 – Pete Stemkowski
GM: Sid Abel
Coach: Bill Gadsby

References

↑ "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1968-69 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

"1968–69 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season

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Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Roster

See also

References

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