1982–83 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1982–83 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 51st season, 57th overall for the franchise. They finished fifth in the Norris Division.Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW | 80 | 41 | 44 | 85 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 80 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 104 | -7 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| RW | 79 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 107 | -16 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| LW | 80 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 83 | -41 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| D | 74 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 106 | -34 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 64 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| RW | 80 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 22 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 58 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 58 | -8 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| LW | 63 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 30 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| RW | 78 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 13 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 33 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 14 | -6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 73 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 57 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 51 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 44 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 79 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 74 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW/C | 28 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C/LW | 42 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 31 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 57 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 18 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 53 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C/RW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 1756 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 106 | 3.62 | 2 |
| 1847 | 35 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 139 | 4.52 | 0 |
| 1137 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 85 | 4.49 | 0 |
| 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 21 | 44 | 15 | 337 | 4.21 | 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;Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 17 | Murray Craven | | Medicine Hat Tigers |
| 2 | 23 | Yves Courteau | | Laval Voisins |
| 3 | 44 | Carmine Vani | | Kingston Canadians |
| 4 | 66 | Craig Coxe | | St. Albert Saints |
| 5 | 86 | Brad Shaw | | Ottawa 67's |
| 6 | 107 | Claude Vilgrain | | Laval Voisons |
| 7 | 128 | Greg Hudas | | Redford Royals |
| 8 | 149 | Pat Lahey | | Windsor Spitfires |
| 9 | 170 | Gary Cullen | | Cornell University |
| 10 | 191 | Brent Meckling | | Calgary Canucks |
| 11 | 212 | Mike Stern | | Oshawa Generals |
| 12 | 233 | Shaun Reagan | | Brantford Alexanders |
