1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 53rd season, the franchise's 59th.
Offseason
Regular season
On October 26, 1984, Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers would be the last defenceman in the 20th Century to score four goals in one game. It occurred in a game versus the Detroit Red Wings.Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
They made it into the playoffs again and got swept in the first round in a best of five series by Chicago in 3 games, or 0-3.Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW | 79 | 55 | 50 | 105 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | |
| C/RW | 80 | 38 | 51 | 89 | 51 | -16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | |
| C | 80 | 30 | 59 | 89 | 58 | -17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
| D | 77 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 139 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 75 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 71 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 163 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| C | 75 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 16 | -25 | 11 | 0 | 3 | |
| D | 67 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 53 | -15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 50 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| D | 74 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| D | 80 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 108 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 61 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 37 | -10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| RW | 69 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 104 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 71 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 117 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 73 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 117 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 32 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| LW | 55 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 158 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 40 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 30 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 45 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| W | 49 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 57 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 124 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 36 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW/C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2635 | 46 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 190 | 4.33 | 0 | |
| 1856 | 36 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 136 | 4.40 | 0 | |
| 376 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 4.31 | 0 | |
| Team: | 4867 | 80 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 353 | 4.35 | 0 |
Playoffs
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C/RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8.57 | 0 | |
| 138 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 7.39 | 0 | |
| Team: | 180 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 |
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 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 7 | Shawn Burr | Kitchener Rangers | |
| 2 | 28 | Doug Houda | Calgary Wranglers | |
| 3 | 49 | Milan Chalupa | HC Dukla Jihlava | |
| 5 | 91 | Mats Lundstrom | Skelleftea AIK | |
| 6 | 112 | Randy Hansch | Victoria Cougars | |
| 7 | 133 | Stefan Larsson | Frolunda | |
| 8 | 152 | Lars Karlsson | Farjestad BK | |
| 8 | 154 | Urban Nordin | Modo Hockey | |
| 9 | 175 | Bill Shibicky | Michigan State University | |
| 10 | 195 | Jay Rose | New Preparatory School | |
| 11 | 216 | Tim Kaiser | Guelph Platers | |
| 12 | 236 | Tom Nickolau | Guelph Platers |