1981–82 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1981–82 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 50th season, 56th overall for the franchise.Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW | 80 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 61 | -7 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| D | 80 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 112 | -17 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| RW | 80 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 48 | -15 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| C | 74 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 35 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| LW | 80 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 28 | -15 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| D | 74 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 98 | -16 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 74 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 62 | -18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RW | 68 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 22 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 69 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 79 | -22 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 26 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 6 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 75 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 48 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| RW | 26 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 52 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 35 | -21 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 36 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 74 | -4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| RW | 49 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C/LW | 49 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 31 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 41 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 45 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D | 39 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 69 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 93 | -31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D/LW | 59 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 104 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW/C | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 30 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 80 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2365 | 41 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 165 | 4.19 | 0 |
| 1478 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 105 | 4.26 | 0 |
| 809 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 63 | 4.67 | 0 |
| 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 21 | 47 | 12 | 343 | 4.29 | 0 |
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
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 2 | 23 | Claude Loiselle | | Windsor Spitfires |
| 3 | 44 | Corrado Micalef | | Sherbrooke Castors |
| 5 | 86 | Larry Trader | | London Knights |
| 6 | 107 | Gerard Gallant | | Sherbrooke Castors |
| 7 | 128 | Greg Stefan | | Oshawa Generals |
| 8 | 149 | Rick Zombo | | Austin Mavericks |
| 9 | 170 | Don LeBlanc | | Moncton Hawks |
| 10 | 191 | Robert Nordmark | | Frolunda |
