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1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season

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1968–69 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th East
1968–69 record33–31–12
Goals for239
Goals against221
Team information
General managerSid Abel
CoachBill Gadsby
CaptainAlex Delvecchio
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (44)
AssistsGordie Howe (59)
PointsGordie Howe (103)
Penalty minutesBob Baun (121)
WinsRoy Edwards (18)
Goals against averageRoy Edwards (2.54)

The 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings season was the franchise's 43rd season of competition, 37th season as the Red Wings.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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Schedule and results

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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

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Gordie Howe RW 76 44 59 103 58 9 0 6
Alex Delvecchio C/LW 72 25 58 83 8 7 0 2
Frank Mahovlich LW 76 49 29 78 38 7 0 5
Pete Stemkowski C 71 21 31 52 81 3 2 4
Garry Unger C 76 24 20 44 33 5 1 4
Bruce MacGregor C 69 18 23 41 14 2 3 3
Gary Bergman D 76 7 30 37 80 2 0 2
Dean Prentice LW 74 14 20 34 18 2 1 1
Kent Douglas D 69 2 29 31 97 1 0 0
Nick Libett LW 75 10 14 24 34 1 0 2
Bob Baun D 76 4 16 20 121 0 0 0
Ron Harris D 73 3 13 16 91 0 0 1
Poul Popiel D 62 2 13 15 82 0 0 2
Wayne Connelly C 19 4 9 13 0 1 0 0
Danny Lawson RW 44 5 7 12 21 0 0 0
Hank Monteith LW 34 1 9 10 6 0 0 0
Rene Leclerc RW 43 2 3 5 62 0 0 0
Pete Mahovlich C 30 2 2 4 21 0 0 0
Ed Hatoum RW 16 2 1 3 2 0 0 1
Jim Watson D 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Ron Anderson RW 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Bart Crashley D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Crozier G 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Edwards G 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Falkenberg D 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Hart D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rick McCann C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Sawchuk G 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sandy Snow RW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Fred Speck C 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roy Edwards 2099 40 18 11 6 89 2.54 4
Roger Crozier 1820 38 12 16 3 101 3.33 0
Terry 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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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Detroit's draft picks at the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 11 Steve Andrascik  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
2 17 Herb Boxer  United States Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1968-69 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
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