1971–72 Detroit Red Wings season

No. R Date Score Opponent Record 1 L October 9, 1971 2–4 Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 0–1–0 2 L October 10, 1971 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 0–2–0 3 L October 16, 1971 2–9 @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 0–3–0 4 W October 17, 1971 5–3 St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 1–3–0 5 L October 20, 1971 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 1–4–0 6 W October 22, 1971 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 2–4–0 7 L October 24, 1971 3–6 California Golden Seals (1971–72) 2–5–0 8 L October 26, 1971 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 2–6–0 9 L October 27, 1971 4–7 @ New York Rangers (1971–72) 2–7–0 10 L October 30, 1971 0–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 2–8–0 11 W October 31, 1971 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 3–8–0 12 L November 1, 1971 1–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 3–9–0 13 T November 4, 1971 4–4 Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 3–9–1 14 L November 6, 1971 1–2 Boston Bruins (1971–72) 3–10–1 15 T November 7, 1971 3–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 3–10–2 16 W November 10, 1971 2–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 4–10–2 17 W November 13, 1971 6–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 5–10–2 18 T November 16, 1971 2–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 5–10–3 19 L November 20, 1971 1–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 5–11–3 20 T November 21, 1971 2–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 5–11–4 21 L November 24, 1971 1–6 @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) 5–12–4 22 W November 27, 1971 3–1 New York Rangers (1971–72) 6–12–4 23 W November 28, 1971 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 7–12–4 24 L December 1, 1971 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 7–13–4 25 T December 2, 1971 1–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 7–13–5 26 W December 4, 1971 5–1 Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 8–13–5 27 L December 5, 1971 1–2 St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 8–14–5 28 L December 8, 1971 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 8–15–5 29 W December 11, 1971 6–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 9–15–5 30 W December 14, 1971 4–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 10–15–5 31 T December 17, 1971 3–3 @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) 10–15–6 32 L December 18, 1971 2–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 10–16–6 33 W December 22, 1971 3–0 Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 11–16–6 34 L December 25, 1971 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 11–17–6 35 W December 26, 1971 5–1 Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 12–17–6 36 W December 29, 1971 7–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 13–17–6 37 W December 31, 1971 6–3 California Golden Seals (1971–72) 14–17–6 38 W January 2, 1972 6–4 Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 15–17–6 39 L January 5, 1972 2–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 15–18–6 40 T January 7, 1972 4–4 @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) 15–18–7 41 W January 9, 1972 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 16–18–7 42 W January 11, 1972 5–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 17–18–7 43 W January 15, 1972 7–4 Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 18–18–7 44 L January 16, 1972 2–9 @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 18–19–7 45 L January 19, 1972 1–4 Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 18–20–7 46 W January 22, 1972 3–2 Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 19–20–7 47 W January 23, 1972 3–1 St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 20–20–7 48 W January 27, 1972 3–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 21–20–7 49 T January 29, 1972 4–4 Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 21–20–8 50 L January 30, 1972 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 21–21–8 51 W February 1, 1972 4–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 22–21–8 52 L February 3, 1972 4–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 22–22–8 53 L February 5, 1972 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 22–23–8 54 W February 6, 1972 8–2 California Golden Seals (1971–72) 23–23–8 55 W February 10, 1972 4–2 Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 24–23–8 56 T February 12, 1972 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 24–23–9 57 L February 16, 1972 2–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 24–24–9 58 W February 19, 1972 6–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 25–24–9 59 L February 20, 1972 3–4 @ New York Rangers (1971–72) 25–25–9 60 W February 22, 1972 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 26–25–9 61 W February 24, 1972 2–0 Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 27–25–9 62 L February 26, 1972 1–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 27–26–9 63 L February 27, 1972 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 27–27–9 64 W February 29, 1972 8–2 Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 28–27–9 65 L March 2, 1972 4–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 28–28–9 66 L March 4, 1972 4–5 Boston Bruins (1971–72) 28–29–9 67 W March 5, 1972 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 29–29–9 68 L March 8, 1972 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 29–30–9 69 L March 11, 1972 2–4 New York Rangers (1971–72) 29–31–9 70 L March 12, 1972 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 29–32–9 71 L March 16, 1972 1–2 New York Rangers (1971–72) 29–33–9 72 W March 19, 1972 7–6 Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 30–33–9 73 W March 21, 1972 7–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 31–33–9 74 W March 22, 1972 6–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 32–33–9 75 L March 25, 1972 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 32–34–9 76 W March 28, 1972 6–3 Boston Bruins (1971–72) 33–34–9 77 T March 29, 1972 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1971–72) 33–34–10 78 L April 2, 1972 1–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 33–35–10