The Detroit Red Wings used 31 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 32-48-0 record. Dale McCourt led the team with 81 points (30 goals, 51 assists) in 80 games. Rogie Vachon played the most games in goal (59).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale McCourt 🇨🇦 C 23 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 30 | 51 | 81 | 1.01 | 7 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 2 | Vaclav Nedomansky 🇨🇿 C 36 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 0.94 | 11 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 3 | Mike Foligno 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 80 | 🧊 2 | 36 | 35 | 71 | 0.89 | 9 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 109 | — |
| 4 | Reed Larson 🇺🇸 D 23 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 0.82 | 7 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 101 | — |
| 5 | Peter Mahovlich 🇨🇦 C 33 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 16 | 50 | 66 | 0.82 | 3 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 69 | — |
| 6 | Dan Labraaten 🇸🇪 LW 28 | 76 | 🔥 1 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 0.75 | 6 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 7 | Errol Thompson 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 77 | 🔥 1 | 34 | 14 | 48 | 0.62 | 8 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 8 | Willie Huber 🇩🇪 D 22 | 76 | 🧊 1 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 0.53 | 4 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 164 | — |
| 9 | John Ogrodnick 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 41 | 🧊 2 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 0.78 | 3 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 10 | Paul Woods 🇨🇦 C 24 | 79 | 🔥 1 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 0.33 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 11 | Jim Korn 🇺🇸 D 22 | 63 | 🧊 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.29 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 108 | — |
| 12 | Barry Long 🇨🇦 D 31 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0.21 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 13 | Bill Hogaboam 🇨🇦 C 30 | 42 | 🧊 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0.36 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 14 | Greg Joly 🇨🇦 D 25 | 59 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.22 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 15 | George Lyle 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 28 | 🧊 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.39 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 16 | Dan Bolduc 🇺🇸 RW 26 | 45 | 🧊 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.24 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 17 | Dennis Sobchuk 🇨🇦 C 26 | 33 | 🧊 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.30 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Dennis Polonich 🇨🇦 C 26 | 66 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.15 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 127 | — |
| 19 | Thommie Bergman 🇸🇪 D 32 | 28 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.21 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 20 | Jean Hamel 🇨🇦 D 27 | 49 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.10 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 21 | Glenn Hicks 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 50 | 🧊 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 22 | Brent Peterson 🇨🇦 C 22 | 18 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 23 | Perry Miller 🇨🇦 D 27 | 16 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 24 | Alex Pirus 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 4 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Rejean Cloutier 🇨🇦 D 20 | 3 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Tom Webster 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Kevin Schamehorn 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 28 | John Hilworth 🇨🇦 D 22 | 17 | 🧊 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 29 | Rick Vasko 🇨🇦 D 22 | 8 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 29 skaters | 80 | 268 | 421 | 689 | 8.61 | 61 | 2389 | 0 | 0 | 1070 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ▲ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogie Vachon 🇨🇦 G 34 | 59 | 23 | 3.54 | 0.000 | 0 | 209 | 58:42 | |
| 2 | Jim Rutherford 🇨🇦 G 31 | 23 | 10 | 4.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 92 | 57:26 |
77% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 61% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 24 |
|
-7 | 417 (61%) | McCourt, Foligno, Mahovlich, Thompson +20 |
| United States | 3 |
|
even | 95 (14%) | Larson, Korn, Bolduc |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+3 | 63 (9%) | Labraaten, Bergman |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+3 | 74 (11%) | Nedomansky |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+3 | 40 (6%) | Huber |
Dale McCourt led the Detroit Red Wings in scoring in 1979-80 with 81 points — 30 goals and 51 assists in 80 games. Next came Vaclav Nedomansky (74) and Mike Foligno (71).
Mike Foligno scored 36 goals for the Detroit Red Wings in 1979-80, 9 of them on the power play.
The Detroit Red Wings dressed 31 players in 1979-80: 29 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 268 goals.
Rogie Vachon played the most games in goal for the Detroit Red Wings in 1979-80: 59 games, 23 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.54 goals against average. Jim Rutherford was the backup, in 23 games.
The average age was 26.1 years. Rejean Cloutier was the youngest at 20, and Vaclav Nedomansky the oldest at 36.
The Detroit Red Wings used 31 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 24 in Canada, 3 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 2 came from Czechia and Germany. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 77% on this roster.