2015–16 Detroit Red Wings season

2015–16 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
2015–16 record	41–30–11
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	19–17–5
Goals for	211
Goals against	224
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Jeff Blashill
Captain	Henrik Zetterberg
Alternate captains	Pavel Datsyuk Niklas Kronwall
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	20,027 (100%) Total: 821,107
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Dylan Larkin (23)
Assists	Henrik Zetterberg (37)
Points	Henrik Zetterberg (50)
Penalty minutes	Justin Abdelkader (120)
Plus/minus	Dylan Larkin (+11)
Wins	Petr Mrazek (27)
Goals against average	Petr Mrazek (2.33)

The 2015–16 Detroit Red Wings season was the 90th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.^[1] The regular season began on October 9, 2015, against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and former Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock, with a 4–0 victory.^[2] This season also involved the Red Wings extending their playoff streak to 25 straight seasons.

Off-season

On June 9, 2015, Jeff Blashill was named the head coach of the Red Wings, following the departure of Mike Babcock to the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[3]

On June 23, 2015, the Red Wings finalized their coaching staff, Tony Granato will return as an assistant coach, along with Pat Ferschweiler, who was an assistant coach under Blashill with the Grand Rapids Griffins. Dave Noel-Bernier was named video coach, and Chris Chelios will evaluate in-game player performance, and will continue to play a role in player development, by working on-ice with the team's defensemen during practices. Jim Bedard will return for his 19th season with the organization as goaltending coach.^[4]

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Florida Panthers	82	47	26	9	40	239	203	+36	103
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	31	5	43	227	201	+26	97
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	30	11	39	211	224	−13	93
4	Boston Bruins	82	42	31	9	38	240	230	+10	93
5	Ottawa Senators	82	38	35	9	32	236	247	−11	85
6	Montreal Canadiens	82	38	38	6	33	221	236	−15	82
7	Buffalo Sabres	82	35	36	11	33	201	222	−21	81
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	29	42	11	23	198	246	−48	69

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 6–0–2 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 3–0–1)[6]
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Detroit	4–5	Chicago	OT	McCollum	20,736	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 23	Chicago	1–4	Detroit		Coreau	16,886	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 24	Pittsburgh	1–6	Detroit		Howard	15,677	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 26	Boston	4–5	Detroit	OT	Mrazek	––	2–0–2	Recap
5	September 28	Detroit	3–1	Boston		Howard	16,681	3–0–2	Recap
6	September 30	Detroit	7–2	Pittsburgh		Mrazek	18,207	4–0–2	Recap
7	October 2	Toronto	2–4	Detroit		Howard	19,149	5–0–2	Recap
8	October 3	Detroit	2–1	Toronto		Mrazek	17,879	6–0–2	Recap

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[7]
October: 5–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Toronto 0–4 Detroit Howard 20,027 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 10 Detroit 4–3 Carolina Mrazek 18,949 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 13 Tampa Bay 1–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 16 Carolina 5–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 17 Detroit 1–4 Montreal Mrazek 21,288 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 21 Detroit 1–3 Edmonton Mrazek 16,839 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 23 Detroit 2–3 Calgary OT Howard 19,158 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 24 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver OT Mrazek 18,312 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 27 Carolina 3–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 October 30 Ottawa 3–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 4–5–1 9 Recap 11 October 31 Detroit 5–3 Ottawa Mrazek 16,964 5–5–1 11 Recap
November: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–2–3; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 3 Tampa Bay 1–2 Detroit Howard 20,027 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 November 6 Detroit 2–1 Toronto OT Mrazek 19,680 7–5–1 15 Recap 14 November 8 Dallas 4–1 Detroit Howard 20,027 7–6–1 15 Recap 15 November 10 Washington 0–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 8–6–1 17 Recap 16 November 13 San Jose 3–2 Detroit Howard 20,027 8–7–1 17 Recap 17 November 14 Detroit 1–3 Boston Mrazek 17,565 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 November 16 Detroit 4–3 Ottawa OT Howard 16,718 9–8–1 19 Recap 19 November 18 Washington 2–1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 9–8–2 20 Recap 20 November 20 Los Angeles 2–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 10–8–2 22 Recap 21 November 21 Detroit 4–3 St. Louis OT Howard 18,098 11–8–2 24 Recap 22 November 25 Boston 3–2 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 11–8–3 25 Recap 23 November 27 Edmonton 3–4 Detroit OT Howard 20,027 12–8–3 27 Recap 24 November 29 Florida 2–1 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 12–8–4 28 Recap
December: 6–5–3 (Home: 5–3–1; Road: 1–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 1 Buffalo 4–5 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 13–8–4 30 Recap 26 December 3 Arizona 1–5 Detroit Howard 20,027 14–8–4 32 Recap 27 December 5 Nashville 4–5 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 15–8–4 34 Recap 28 December 8 Detroit 2–3 Washington SO Howard 18,506 15–8–5 35 Recap 29 December 10 Montreal 2–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 16–8–5 37 Recap 30 December 11 Detroit 2–3 New Jersey OT Howard 16,514 16–8–6 38 Recap 31 December 14 Buffalo 2–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 16–9–6 38 Recap 32 December 18 Vancouver 4–3 Detroit SO Howard 20,027 16–9–7 39 Recap 33 December 20 Calgary 2–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 17–9–7 41 Recap 34 December 22 New Jersey 4–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 17–10–7 41 Recap 35 December 26 Detroit 3–2 Nashville Mrazek 17,208 18–10–7 43 Recap 36 December 28 Detroit 1–3 Minnesota Mrazek 19,110 18–11–7 43 Recap 37 December 29 Detroit 1–4 Winnipeg Howard 15,294 18–12–7 43 Recap 38 December 31 Pittsburgh 5–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 18–13–7 43 Recap
January: 7–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1; Road: 7–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 2 Detroit 4–3 Buffalo Mrazek 19,070 19–13–7 45 Recap 40 January 4 Detroit 1–0 New Jersey Mrazek 15,547 20–13–7 47 Recap 41 January 7 Detroit 2–1 San Jose Mrazek 16,856 21–13–7 49 Recap 42 January 10 Detroit 2–1 Anaheim Mrazek 17,174 22–13–7 51 Recap 43 January 11 Detroit 2–4 Los Angeles Howard 18,230 22–14–7 51 Recap 44 January 14 Detroit 3–2 Arizona OT Mrazek 12,014 23–14–7 53 Recap 45 January 17 Philadelphia 2–1 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 23–14–8 54 Recap 46 January 20 St. Louis 2–1 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 23–15–8 54 Recap 47 January 22 Detroit 3–0 Buffalo Mrazek 18,601 24–15–8 56 Recap 48 January 23 Anaheim 4–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 24–16–8 56 Recap 49 January 25 Detroit 4–2 N.Y. Islanders Mrazek 12,086 25–16–8 58 Recap
February: 7–4–3 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 2–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 3 Detroit 1–3 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 25–17–8 58 Recap 51 February 4 Detroit 3–6 Florida Howard 16,991 25–18–8 58 Recap 52 February 6 N.Y. Islanders 1–5 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 26–18–8 60 Recap 53 February 8 Florida 0–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 27–18–8 62 Recap 54 February 10 Ottawa 1–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 28–18–8 64 Recap 55 February 12 Colorado 3–2 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 28–18–9 65 Recap 56 February 14 Boston 5–6 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 29–18–9 67 Recap 57 February 15 Detroit 1–4 N.Y. Islanders Howard 15,795 29–19–9 67 Recap 58 February 18 Detroit 3–6 Pittsburgh Mrazek 18,584 29–20–9 67 Recap 59 February 20 Detroit 2–3 Ottawa SO Mrazek 18,930 29–20–10 68 Recap 60 February 21 Detroit 0–1 N.Y. Rangers OT Howard 18,006 29–20–11 69 Recap 61 February 23 Columbus 1–2 Detroit SO Mrazek 20,027 30–20–11 71 Recap 62 February 27^1 Detroit 5–3 Colorado Mrazek 50,095 31–20–11 73 Recap 63 February 29 Detroit 3–2 Dallas OT Howard 18,532 32–20–11 75 Recap ^ Outdoor game, played at Coors Field.
March: 6–8–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 Chicago 5–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 32–21–11 75 Recap 65 March 6 Detroit 1–4 Chicago Mrazek 22,247 32–22–11 75 Recap 66 March 8 Detroit 3–5 Columbus Howard 14,426 32–23–11 75 Recap 67 March 10 Winnipeg 2–3 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 33–23–11 77 Recap 68 March 12 N.Y. Rangers 2–3 Detroit OT Mrazek 20,027 34–23–11 79 Recap 69 March 13 Toronto 1–0 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 34–24–11 79 Recap 70 March 15 Detroit 3–4 Philadelphia Mrazek 19,806 34–25–11 79 Recap 71 March 17 Detroit 3–1 Columbus Howard 14,415 35–25–11 81 Recap 72 March 19 Detroit 5–3 Florida Howard 20,817 36–25–11 83 Recap 73 March 22 Detroit 2–6 Tampa Bay Howard 19,092 36–26–11 83 Recap 74 March 24 Montreal 3–4 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 37–26–11 85 Recap 75 March 26 Pittsburgh 7–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 37–27–11 85 Recap 76 March 28 Buffalo 2–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 38–27–11 87 Recap 77 March 29 Detroit 3–4 Montreal Howard 21,288 38–28–11 87 Recap
April: 3–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Minnesota 2–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 39–28–11 89 Recap 79 April 2 Detroit 3–2 Toronto Howard 19,371 40–28–11 91 Recap 80 April 6 Philadelphia 0–3 Detroit Howard 20,027 41–28–11 93 Recap 81 April 7 Detroit 2–5 Boston Howard 17,565 41–29–11 93 Recap 82 April 9 Detroit 2–3 N.Y. Rangers Howard 18,006 41–30–11 93 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 13 Detroit 2–3 Tampa Bay Howard 19,092 0–1 Recap 2 April 15 Detroit 2–5 Tampa Bay Howard 19,092 0–2 Recap 3 April 17 Tampa Bay 0–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 1–2 Recap 4 April 19 Tampa Bay 3–2 Detroit Mrazek 20,027 1–3 Recap 5 April 21 Detroit 0–1 Tampa Bay Mrazek 19,092 1–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Henrik Zetterberg 82 13 37 50 −15 24 Pavel Datsyuk 66 16 33 49 7 14 Dylan Larkin 80 23 22 45 11 34 Tomas Tatar 81 21 24 45 4 24 Gustav Nyquist 82 17 26 43 −2 34 Justin Abdelkader 82 19 23 42 −16 120 Mike Green 74 7 28 35 −6 38 Brad Richards 68 10 18 28 4 8 Darren Helm 77 13 13 26 −2 32 Niklas Kronwall 64 3 23 26 −21 30 Riley Sheahan 81 14 11 25 −8 12 Luke Glendening 81 8 13 21 4 46 Danny DeKeyser 78 8 12 20 2 44 Jonathan Ericsson 71 3 12 15 2 56 Brendan Smith 63 3 12 15 1 62 Andreas Athanasiou 37 9 5 14 1 5 Teemu Pulkkinen 36 6 6 12 2 14 Kyle Quincey 47 4 7 11 1 36 Alexei Marchenko 66 2 9 11 −5 10 Tomas Jurco 44 4 2 6 −6 16 Jakub Kindl^‡ 25 2 4 6 3 14 Anthony Mantha 10 2 1 3 −6 2 Joakim Andersson 29 1 2 3 1 6 Drew Miller 28 1 1 2 −5 2 Johan Franzen 2 0 1 1 0 2 Xavier Ouellet 5 0 1 1 −2 0 Eric Tangradi 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tomas Nosek 6 0 0 0 −2 2 Landon Ferraro^‡ 11 0 0 0 −3 7

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Tomas Tatar 5 0 3 3 1 2 Mike Green 5 1 1 2 −1 10 Dylan Larkin 5 1 0 1 −2 18 Justin Abdelkader 5 1 0 1 −3 35 Darren Helm 5 1 0 1 −1 6 Gustav Nyquist 5 1 0 1 2 6 Andreas Athanasiou 5 1 0 1 1 0 Henrik Zetterberg 5 1 0 1 3 4 Brad Richards 5 1 0 1 −4 7 Luke Glendening 5 0 1 1 −2 0 Niklas Kronwall 5 0 1 1 3 8 Jonathan Ericsson 5 0 1 1 0 2 Kyle Quincey 4 0 1 1 −2 4 Brendan Smith 3 0 1 1 2 0 Joakim Andersson 5 0 1 1 −1 2 Riley Sheahan 5 0 1 1 0 4 Danny DeKeyser 5 0 1 1 −3 4 Pavel Datsyuk 5 0 0 0 2 4 Alexei Marchenko 3 0 0 0 −1 10

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Petr Mrazek	54	49	2961	27	16	6	115	2.33	1448	.921	4	0	2	2
Jimmy Howard	37	33	1974	14	14	5	92	2.80	979	.906	2	0	1	2

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Petr Mrazek	3	3	177	1	2	4	1.36	73	.945	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Howard	2	2	117	0	2	7	3.59	64	.891	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Player suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Teemu Pulkkinen	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 211 in Dallas on Sunday, November 8, 2015, at 12:36 of the first period.	—	$2,000.00	November 13, 2015[8]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Justin Abdelkader NHL First Star of the Week[9] October 12, 2015 Dylan Larkin NHL Rookie of the Month[10] December 1, 2015 Dylan Larkin NHL All-Star game selection[11] January 6, 2016 Petr Mrazek NHL Second Star of the Week[12] January 11, 2016 Pavel Datsyuk NHL First Star of the Week[13] February 15, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Dylan Larkin 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point October 9, 2015 Jeff Blashill 1st Career NHL Win (coach) October 9, 2015 Justin Abdelkader 400th Career NHL Game October 10, 2015 Tomas Jurco 100th Career NHL Game October 13, 2015 Brendan Smith 200th Career NHL Game October 23, 2015 Petr Mrazek 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point October 24, 2015 Henrik Zetterberg 500th Career NHL Assist 800th Career NHL Point October 31, 2015 Drew Miller 500th Career NHL Game November 3, 2015 Henrik Zetterberg 300th Career NHL Goal November 6, 2015 Andreas Athanasiou 1st Career NHL Game November 8, 2015 Andreas Athanasiou 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point November 10, 2015 Tomas Tatar 200th Career NHL Game November 16, 2015 Gustav Nyquist 200th Career NHL Game November 21, 2015 Pavel Datsyuk 300th Career NHL Goal November 25, 2015 Drew Miller 100th Career NHL Point with Detroit December 1, 2015 Niklas Kronwall 700th Career NHL Game December 3, 2015 Pavel Datsyuk 900th Career NHL Game December 8, 2015 Mike Green 600th Career NHL Game December 14, 2015 Tomas Nosek 1st Career NHL Game December 26, 2015 Joakim Andersson 200th Career NHL Game January 20, 2016 Danny DeKeyser 200th Career NHL Game January 23, 2016 Andreas Athanasiou 1st Career NHL Assist February 6, 2016 Brad Richards 1,100th Career NHL Game February 14, 2016 Pavel Datsyuk 900th Career NHL Point February 14, 2016 Henrik Zetterberg 900th Career NHL Game March 2, 2016 Anthony Mantha 1st Career NHL Game March 15, 2016 Anthony Mantha 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point March 22, 2016 Anthony Mantha 1st Career NHL Goal March 24, 2016 Pavel Datsyuk 600th Career NHL Assist March 26, 2016 Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Dylan Larkin 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 13, 2016 Andreas Athanasiou 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 13, 2016 Dylan Larkin 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point April 15, 2016 Andreas Athanasiou 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal 1st Career NHL Playoff Point April 17, 2016

Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
January 15, 2016	To St. Louis Blues Richard Nedomlel	To Detroit Red Wings Future considerations	[14]
February 27, 2016	To Florida Panthers Jakub Kindl ^[a]	To Detroit Red Wings 6th round pick in 2017	[15]
May 26, 2016	To San Jose Sharks 3rd round pick in 2017	To Detroit Red Wings Dylan Sadowy	[16]

Notes

• ^a Detroit to retain 15% ($720,000) of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Mike Green Washington Capitals 3 years, $18 million [17] July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Brad Richards Chicago Blackhawks 1 year, $4 million [18] July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08) Eric Tangradi Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $575,000 [19] August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16) Robbie Russo University of Notre Dame 2 years, entry-level contract [20]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Kevin Porter Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $575,000 [21] October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) Jonas Gustavsson Boston Bruins 1 year, $750,000 [22]

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
Landon Ferraro	Boston Bruins	November 22, 2015	[23]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)	Joakim Andersson	1 year, $815,000 contract extension	[24]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	Brendan Smith	2 years, $5.5 million contract extension	[25]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Andy Miele	1 year, $575,000	[26]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Tom McCollum	1 year, $600,000
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Vili Saarijarvi	3 years, entry-level contract	[27]
July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05)	Landon Ferraro	1 year, two-way contract	[28]
July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09)	Jared Coreau	1 year, $600,000	[29]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)	Gustav Nyquist	4 years, $19 million contract extension	[30]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Mitch Callahan	1 year, $600,000	[31]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13)	Nick Jensen	2 years, $1.764 million
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)	Louis-Marc Aubry	1 year, $575,000	[32]
July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)	Teemu Pulkkinen	1 year, $735,000	[33]
July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)	Tomas Jurco	2 years, $1.8 million	[34]
September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04)	Daniel Cleary	1 year, $950,000	[35]
October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02)	Evgeny Svechnikov	3 years, entry-level contract	[36]
November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12)	Justin Abdelkader	7 years, $29.75 million contract extension	[37]
November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)	Xavier Ouellet	1 year, $715,000 contract extension	[38]
March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)	Eric Tangradi	2 years, $1.25 million contract extension	[39]
May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27)	Tomas Nosek	2 years, $1.225 million contract extension	[40]
May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31)	Dylan Sadowy	3 years, entry-level contract	[41]
June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16)	Riley Sheahan	2 years, $4.15 million contract extension	[42]
	Brian Lashoff	1 year, $650,000 contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

The Detroit Red Wings' picks at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Evgeny Svechnikov	LW	Russia	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
3	73^[a]	Vili Saarijarvi	D	Finland	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
4	110	Joren van Pottelberghe	G	Switzerland	Linköpings HC (J20 SuperElit)
5	140	Chase Pearson	C	Canada	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
6	170	Patrick Holway	D	United States	Boston Advantage U18 (MWEHL)
7	200	Adam Marsh	LW	United States	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)

Draft notes^[43]

• The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015, that sent Erik Cole and a conditional third-round pick in 2015 to Detroit in exchange for Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman and this pick.^[44]
• ^a The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015, that sent Mattias Janmark, Mattias Backman, and a second-round pick in 2015 to Dallas in exchange for Erik Cole and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[45] The condition – Detroit will receive a third-round pick in 2015 if they do not qualify for the 2015 Eastern Conference Final and Cole does not play in 50% of Detroit's playoff games^[44] – was converted on April 8, 2015, when Cole was injured for the remainder of the season.^[46]
• The Detroit Red Wings' third-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015, that sent Rene Bourque, William Karlsson and a second-round pick in 2015 to Columbus in exchange for James Wisniewski and this pick.^[47]

  Columbus previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent Edmonton's third-round pick in 2014 to Detroit in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.^[48]

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