1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1995–96
Year:	1995
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Conference:	Western
Conferencerank:	1st
Division:	Central
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	62–13–7
Homerecord:	36–3–2
Roadrecord:	26–10–5
Goalsfor:	325
Goalsagainst:	181
Generalmanager:	Scotty Bowman (interim) Jim Devellano (interim)
Coach:	Scotty Bowman
Captain:	Steve Yzerman
Altcaptain:	Paul Coffey Sergei Fedorov
Arena:	Joe Louis Arena
Attendance:	19,923 (100%) Total: 816,850
Minorleague:	Adirondack Red Wings (AHL) Toledo Storm (ECHL) Jacksonville Bullets (SHL)
Goalsleader:	Sergei Fedorov (39)
Assistsleader:	Sergei Fedorov (68)
Pointsleader:	Sergei Fedorov (107)
Pimleader:	Keith Primeau (168)
Plusminusleader:	Vladimir Konstantinov (+60)
Winsleader:	Chris Osgood (39)
Gaaleader:	Chris Osgood (2.17)
Divisionwin:	yes
Presidentstrophy:	Yes

The 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings season was the 70th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.

Regarded as one of the greatest regular seasons in NHL history, the Red Wings eclipsed the all-time record of most regular-season wins with 62, a record previously set at 60 by the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens. This record was later tied by the 2018–19 Tampa Bay Lightning, and broken by the 2022–23 Boston Bruins, with their groundbreaking 65 wins that was set as a new NHL record.^[1] During the regular season, they garnered a total of 131 points, marking the highest tally since the Montreal Canadiens amassed 132 points in 1976–77. They surpassed most of that year's NBA season win records except for the Seattle SuperSonics (64–18) and the Chicago Bulls (72–10) being the only teams to win more games. The Red Wings had two winning streaks of nine games and had a 13-game unbeaten streak from March 3, 1996, to March 31, going 12–0–1 during that stretch.

Having the best record in the league, the Red Wings were awarded the Presidents' Trophy. During the 1995–96 regular season, the Red Wings were the only team to score at least one goal in all 82 of its games. While the team is remembered for its record-breaking regular season, it ended in heartbreaking fashion in the playoffs. Detroit lost five games to Winnipeg and St. Louis, both teams that failed to get above 80 points in the regular season, including having to go to a decisive game 7 against St. Louis. They were ultimately upset by the Colorado Avalanche, winning only two of the six games in the series, and failed to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. Throughout the season, the Red Wings achieved a total of 72 victories, which was on par with the 1976-77 Canadiens.

Off-season

In September 1995, the former 1974 draft pick and attorney Bill Evo was appointed president the Detroit Red Wings.^[2]

Regular season

November 28, 1995: The Montreal Canadiens were playing the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena. The day before the game, Mario Tremblay spoke to Mario Leclerc of Le Journal de Montreal. Tremblay mentioned that he was resentful of current Red Wings head coach Scotty Bowman. He had played under Bowman for the first five years of his NHL career, and Tremblay told Leclerc that Bowman always threatened to send him to the minors.^[3] When Leclerc approached Cournoyer, he stated that he did not want to speak about Bowman.^[4] The Canadiens lost the game by a score of 3–2. The next day, Le Journal de Montreal had a headline that stated, "Bowman has the last word."^[4]
December 2, 1995: The Red Wings played at the Montreal Forum (their final season for the Habs before they moved to the Bell Centre) and dealt Tremblay's Montreal Canadiens their worst home game in franchise history, with an 11–1 win.^[5] The Habs' star goaltender Patrick Roy allowed nine goals on 26 shots (five in the first period, and then another four in the second period), and the crowd jeered him whenever he made an easy save during the second period after the game was already 7–1 in favor of the Red Wings. In response, Roy raised his arms in mock celebration. When Head Coach Mario Tremblay finally pulled Roy in the middle of the second period in favor of Pat Jablonski (who allowed two more goals), Roy stormed past him and told Canadiens President Ronald Corey, "It's my last game in Montreal."^[6] Tremblay was roundly criticized for not relieving Roy earlier, violating the unwritten rule that a star goaltender be taken out of the game once it is clear he is having an off-night.^[7] Roy was traded to the Colorado Avalanche after that game, and he played a key role in eliminating the Red Wings during the Western Conference Finals, precipitating the Avalanche–Red Wings rivalry.
Against the Hartford Whalers on March 6, 1996, Chris Osgood became the third goaltender in NHL history to score a goal.^[8]
On March 22, 1996, the Red Wings scored three short-handed goals in a 7–0 win over the Colorado Avalanche, clinching the Presidents' Trophy.^[9] ^[10]

The Red Wings finished first in wins (62), points (131), tied the Washington Capitals for most shutouts (9), allowed the fewest goals (181), the fewest even-strength goals (128), the fewest power-play goals (44) and had the best penalty-kill percentage (88.27%).^[11]

Season standings

Playoffs

In the first round of the playoffs, the Red Wings defeated the eighth-seeded Winnipeg Jets marking the Jets' final games in Winnipeg as the franchise relocated to Phoenix following their playoff defeat. The Wings then defeated the fifth-place St. Louis Blues in the second round. In the Western Conference Finals, the Red Wings were ousted in six games by the Colorado Avalanche, who were in the first year after moving from Quebec. These two teams started the Avalanche–Red Wings rivalry, which lasted nearly a decade.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || October 6 || Detroit || 2–3 || Colorado || || Vernon || 16,061 || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || October 8 || Detroit || 3–1 || Edmonton || || Osgood || 13,302 || 1–1–0 || 2 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 3 || October 9 || Detroit || 5–3 || Vancouver || || Vernon || 19,024 || 2–1–0 || 4 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 4 || October 13 || Edmonton || 0–9 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,875 || 3–1–0 || 6 || |-| 5 || October 15 || Detroit || 5–5 || Winnipeg || OT || Vernon || 9,399 || 3–1–1 || 7 || |-| 6 || October 17 || Calgary || 3–3 || Detroit || OT || Osgood || 19,638 || 3–1–2 || 8 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 7 || October 19 || Detroit || 2–4 || New Jersey || || Vernon || 16,147 || 3–2–2 || 8 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 8 || October 21 || Boston || 2–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,875 || 4–2–2 || 10 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 9 || October 24 || Ottawa || 2–1 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,512 || 4–3–2 || 10 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 10 || October 27 || Detroit || 3–0 || Calgary || || Osgood || 19,001 || 5–3–2 || 12 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 11 || October 30 || Detroit || 2–3 || Winnipeg || || Osgood || 7,905 || 5–4–2 || 12 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12 || November 1 || Detroit || 1–2 || Buffalo || || Osgood || 12,653 || 5–5–2 || 12 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 13 || November 2 || Detroit || 6–5 || Boston || OT || Osgood || 17,565 || 6–5–2 || 14 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 14 || November 4 || Dallas || 1–5 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,852 || 7–5–2 || 16 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 15 || November 7 || Edmonton || 2–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,776 || 8–5–2 || 18 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 16 || November 11 || Detroit || 5–2 || San Jose || || Vernon || 17,190 || 9–5–2 || 20 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 17 || November 14 || Detroit || 6–5 || Los Angeles || || Osgood || 14,154 || 10–5–2 || 22 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 18 || November 17 || Detroit || 5–4 || Edmonton || || Vernon || 10,803 || 11–5–2 || 24 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 19 || November 22 || San Jose || 2–5 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 12–5–2 || 26 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 20 || November 24 || Detroit || 1–4 || Philadelphia || || Vernon || 17,380 || 12–6–2 || 26 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 21 || November 25 || NY Rangers || 0–2 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 13–6–2 || 28 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 22 || November 28 || Montreal || 2–3 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,945 || 14–6–2 || 30 || |-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23 || December 1 || Anaheim || 2–5 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,881 || 15–6–2 || 32 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 24 || December 2 || Detroit || 11–1 || Montreal || || Vernon || 17,803 || 16–6–2 || 34 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 25 || December 5 || Philadelphia || 3–5 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,918 || 17–6–2 || 36 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 26 || December 7 || Dallas || 1–3 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,640 || 18–6–2 || 38 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 27 || December 8 || Detroit || 1–2 || NY Rangers || OT || Osgood || 18,200 || 18–7–2 || 38 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 28 || December 12 || Detroit || 5–2 || St. Louis || || Vernon || 17,965 || 19–7–2 || 40 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 29 || December 13 || Chicago || 1–3 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 20–7–2 || 42 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 30 || December 15 || New Jersey || 1–3 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 21–7–2 || 44 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 31 || December 20 || Detroit || 6–1 || Anaheim || || Vernon || 17,174 || 22–7–2 || 46 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 32 || December 22 || Detroit || 5–1 || Calgary || || Osgood || 17,302 || 23–7–2 || 48 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 33 || December 23 || Detroit || 1–0 || Vancouver || || Vernon || 18,422 || 24–7–2 || 50 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 34 || December 26 || St. Louis || 2–3 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 25–7–2 || 52 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 35 || December 29 || Detroit || 2–1 || Dallas || || Osgood || 16,924 || 26–7–2 || 54 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 36 || December 31 || Hartford || 2–3 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 27–7–2 || 56 || |-|-| 37 || January 3 || Dallas || 3–3 || Detroit || OT || Osgood || 19,944 || 27–7–3 || 57 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 38 || January 5 || Detroit || 2–5 || Pittsburgh || || Osgood || 17,181 || 27–8–3 || 57 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 39 || January 6 || Chicago || 0–3 || Detroit || || Hodson || 19,983 || 28–8–3 || 59 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 40 || January 8 || Winnipeg || 6–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,825 || 28–9–3 || 59 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 41 || January 10 || Detroit || 4–0 || Dallas || || Osgood || 15,621 || 29–9–3 || 61 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 42 || January 12 || Los Angeles || 2–3 || Detroit || || Hodson || 19,983 || 30–9–3 || 63 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 43 || January 13 || Detroit || 4–2 || Washington || || Osgood || 18,130 || 31–9–3 || 65 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 44 || January 17 || Colorado || 2–3 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 32–9–3 || 67 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 45 || January 24 || San Jose || 2–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,946 || 33–9–3 || 69 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 46 || January 25 || Detroit || 4–2 || Ottawa || || Osgood || 16,882 || 34–9–3 || 71 || |-| 47 || January 27 || Detroit || 5–5 || Chicago || OT || Osgood || 22,640 || 34–9–4 || 72 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 48 || January 30 || Toronto || 2–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 35–9–4 || 74 || |-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 49 || February 3 || Pittsburgh || 0–3 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 36–9–4 || 76 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 50 || February 6 || Florida || 2–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 37–9–4 || 78 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 51 || February 8 || Detroit || 1–3 || Florida || || Vernon || 14,703 || 37–10–4 || 78 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 52 || February 10 || Detroit || 3–2 || Tampa Bay || OT || Osgood || 22,636 || 38–10–4 || 80 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 53 || February 13 || Los Angeles || 4–9 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 39–10–4 || 82 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 54 || February 15 || Washington || 3–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,952 || 40–10–4 || 84 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 55 || February 16 || Detroit || 3–4 || St. Louis || || Vernon || 20,156 || 40–11–4 || 84 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 56 || February 18 || Detroit || 3–2 || Toronto || || Osgood || 15,746 || 41–11–4 || 86 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 57 || February 19 || Vancouver || 3–4 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 42–11–4 || 88 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 58 || February 22 || Toronto || 3–5 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 43–11–4 || 90 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 59 || February 24 || Tampa Bay || 0–2 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 44–11–4 || 92 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 60 || February 27 || Detroit || 6–2 || NY Islanders || || Osgood || 11,762 || 45–11–4 || 94 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 61 || February 29 || NY Islanders || 1–5 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 46–11–4 || 96 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62 || March 2 || Vancouver || 3–2 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 46–12–4 || 96 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 63 || March 3 || Detroit || 6–2 || Chicago || || Vernon || 22,540 || 47–12–4 || 98 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 64 || March 6 || Detroit || 4–2 || Hartford || || Osgood || 11,252 || 48–12–4 || 100 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 65 || March 8 || Detroit || 4–2 || Colorado || || Vernon || 16,061 || 49–12–4 || 102 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 66 || March 10 || Detroit || 5–2 || Winnipeg || || Osgood || 14,757 || 50–12–4 || 104 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 67 || March 12 || Winnipeg || 2–5 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 51–12–4 || 106 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 68 || March 17 || Calgary || 2–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 52–12–4 || 108 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 69 || March 19 || Toronto || 5–6 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 53–12–4 || 110 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 70 || March 20 || Detroit || 4–3 || Toronto || OT || Osgood || 15,746 || 54–12–4 || 112 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 71 || March 22 || Colorado || 0–7 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 55–12–4 || 114 || |-| 72 || March 24 || Detroit || 2–2 || St. Louis || OT || Osgood || 20,708 || 55–12–5 || 115 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 73 || March 25 || Anaheim || 1–5 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 56–12–5 || 117 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 74 || March 27 || Buffalo || 2–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 57–12–5 || 119 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 75 || March 31 || St. Louis || 1–8 || Detroit || || Vernon || 19,983 || 58–12–5 || 121 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 76 || April 2 || Detroit || 3–6 || San Jose || || Osgood || 17,190 || 58–13–5 || 121 || |-| 77 || April 3 || Detroit || 2–2 || Los Angeles || OT || Vernon || 14,663 || 58–13–6 || 122 || |-| 78 || April 5 || Detroit || 2–2 || Anaheim || OT || Osgood || 17,174 || 58–13–7 || 123 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 79 || April 7 || Detroit || 4–1 || Chicago || || Vernon || 21,986 || 59–13–7 || 125 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 80 || April 10 || Winnipeg || 2–5 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 60–13–7 || 127 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 81 || April 12 || Chicago || 3–5 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 61–13–7 || 129 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 82 || April 14 || Detroit || 5–1 || Dallas || || Osgood || 16,924 || 62–13–7 || 131 || |-|-| Legend:

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc" | 1 || April 17 || Winnipeg || 1–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 2 || April 19 || Winnipeg || 0–4 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc"| 3 || April 21 || Detroit || 1–4 || Winnipeg || || Vernon || 15,544 || 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 4 || April 23 || Detroit || 6–1 || Winnipeg || || Vernon || 15,557 || 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc"| 5 || April 26 || Winnipeg || 3–1 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 6 || April 28 || Detroit || 4–1 || Winnipeg || || Vernon || 15,567 || 4–2 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc" | 1 || May 3 || St. Louis || 2–3 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 2 || May 5 || St. Louis || 3–8 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 2–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc"| 3 || May 8 || Detroit || 4–5 || St. Louis || OT || Vernon || 20,796 || 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc"| 4 || May 10 || Detroit || 0–1 || St. Louis || || Osgood || 20,796 || 2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc"| 5 || May 12 || St. Louis || 3–2 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 2–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 6 || May 14 || Detroit || 4–2 || St. Louis|| || Osgood || 20,796 || 3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 7 || May 16 || St. Louis || 0–1 || Detroit || 2OT || Osgood || 19,983 || 4–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc"| 1 || May 19 || Colorado || 3–2 || Detroit || OT || Osgood || 19,957 || 0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc"| 2 || May 21 || Colorado || 3–0 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 0–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 3 || May 23 || Detroit || 6–4 || Colorado || || Osgood || 16,061 || 1–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc"| 4 || May 25 || Detroit || 2–4 || Colorado || || Osgood || 16,061 || 1–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#cfc"| 5 || May 27 || Colorado || 2–5 || Detroit || || Osgood || 19,983 || 2–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc"| 6 || May 29 || Detroit || 1–4 || Colorado || || Osgood || 16,061 || 2–4 || |-|-| Legend:

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
= Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.

	Regular season						Playoffs
	Player
91		RW	78	39	68	107	49	48	19	2	18	20	8	10
19		C	80	36	59	95	29	64	18	8	12	20	−1	4
77		D	76	14	60	74	19	90	17	5	9	14	−3	30
13		LW	82	36	37	73	33	70	19	5	7	12	3	10
8		C	69	21	50	71	37	34	19	6	7	13	5	6
5		D	81	17	50	67	29	20	19	5	9	14	2	10
55		C	74	27	25	52	19	168	17	1	4	5	−1	28
22		RW	64	22	21	43	14	99	17	6	2	8	−6	26
2		D	69	7	35	42	37	96	19	1	4	5	3	34
23		LW	60	18	22	40	6	30	13	3	1	4	−3	8
16		D	81	14	20	34	60	139	19	4	5	9	4	28
21		LW	71	11	21	32	30	66	14	0	4	4	1	8
25		RW	63	15	14	29	14	158	19	3	2	5	−2	20
17		LW	62	12	15	27	11	4	13	3	3	6	0	4
37		C	72	11	14	25	11	39	18	0	4	4	0	4
33		C	52	7	9	16	2	32	18	4	2	6	2	18
11		RW	34	5	7	12	6	6
27		D	70	1	9	10	7	33	17	1	0	1	−4	14
20		RW	58	6	3	9	0	93	11	1	2	3	2	12
15		D	47	2	4	6	17	35	14	0	4	4	1	10
3		D	58	0	6	6	5	48	7	0	1	1	4	4
26		RW	5	2	2	4	0	2
30		G	50	1	2	3		4	15	0	0	0		4
18		RW	6	1	0	1	0	6	8	0	1	1	0	4
32		LW	56	0	1	1	−10	128	2	0	0	0	0	0
4		D	5	0	1	1	2	17
34		D	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0
31		G	4	0	0	0		0
29		G	32	0	0	0		2	4	0	0	0		2
26		C	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

	Regular season											Playoffs
	Player
30		50	47	39	6	5	1,190	106	2.17	.911	5	2,932:59	15	15	8	7	322	33	2.12	.898	2	935:48
29		32	22	21	7	2	723	70	2.26	.903	3	1,854:43	4	4	2	2	81	11	2.71	.864	0	243:23
31		4	3	2	0	0	67	3	1.10	.955	1	163:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy	Sergei Fedorov	^[12]
	Jack Adams Trophy	Scotty Bowman	^[13]
	NHL Second All-Star team	Vladimir Konstantinov (Defense)	^[14]
	NHL Second All-Star team	Chris Osgood (Goaltender)	^[14]
	NHL Plus-Minus Award	Vladimir Konstantinov	^[15]
	William M. Jennings Trophy	Chris Osgood	^[16]
	William M. Jennings Trophy	Mike Vernon	^[16]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Scotty Bowman (coach)	^[17]
Paul Coffey
Sergei Fedorov
Nicklas Lidstrom
Chris Osgood

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details
	To Tampa Bay Lightning Shawn Burr 1996 3rd-round pick (#80 overall)	To Detroit Red Wings Marc Bergevin Ben Hankinson
	To San Jose Sharks Ray Sheppard	To Detroit Red Wings Igor Larionov 1998 conditional pick
	To Edmonton Oilers Dan McGillis	To Detroit Red Wings Kirk Maltby

Free agents

Date	Player	Team
		from Boston Bruins
		to Hartford Whalers
		to Winnipeg Jets
		to Florida Panthers

		from Calgary Flames

		to San Jose Sharks

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term
		1-year
		1-year

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.^[18]

Round		Player	Pos	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	26	Maxim Kuznetsov	D	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
2	52	Philippe Audet	LW	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
3¹	58	Darryl Laplante	C	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
4	104	Anatoli Ustyugov	LW	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
5²	125	Chad Wilchynski	D	Regina Pats (WHL)
5³	126	Dave Arsenault	G	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
6	156	Tyler Perry	C	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7	182	Per Eklund	RW	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
8	208	Andrei Samokhvalov	RW	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan)
9	234	David Engblom	C	Vallentuna (Sweden)

Notes

The Red Wings acquired this pick as the result of a trade on May 25, 1994 that sent Sheldon Kennedy to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.
The Red Wings acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 17, 1994 that sent Vincent Riendeau to Boston in exchange for this pick.
The Red Wings acquired this pick as the result of a trade on September 9, 1993 that sent Stewart Malgunas to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.

The Red Wings third-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on April 3, 1995 that sent Viacheslav Fetisov to Detroit in exchange for this pick (78th overall).
The Red Wings fifth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on February 27, 1995 that sent Bob Errey to Detroit in exchange for this pick (130th overall).

References

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Web site: 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . August 16, 2023.

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News: Remembering Roy's Career-Changing Game . TSN . 2005-12-02 . 2008-04-29.
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http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18352 Legends of Hockey - NHL Player Search - Player - Chris Osgood
Web site: Colorado Avalanche at Detroit Red Wings Box Score — March 22, 1996.
Web site: RED WINGS' ROMP CLINCHES TROPHY . 2023-04-09 . Chicago Tribune.
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Web site: Bud Light Plus-Minus Award . nhl.cz . August 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071008152313/http://www.nhl.cz/index.php?view=clanek&lng=CZ&short=TROF&id=113941&flag=4 . October 8, 2007 . Czech.
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