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1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season

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

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. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

1983–84 regular season[3]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
80 L April 1, 1984 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 31–42–7

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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

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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;

Awards and records

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 Klíma  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

  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 Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. ^ "1983-84 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.