Career Milestones
HENRIK ZETTERBERG NHL MILESTONES REACHED: (listed chronologically)
1st NHL game – 10/10/02 at San Jose (Linemates Brendan Shanahan and Sergei Fedorov)
1st NHL point (assist on goal by Sergei Fedorov) 10/10/02 at San Jose
1st NHL goal (power play, assisted by Chris Chelios and Luc Robitaille) 10/13/02 at Anaheim (J.S. Giguere)
1st career shorthanded goal (assisted by Brett Hull) – 11/02/02 at Ottawa (P. Lalime)
1st game winning goal (assisted by Pavel Datsyuk and Brett Hull) – 11/16/02 at Toronto (E. Belfour)
1st Overtime goal (assisted by Jason Woolley and Chris Chelios)– 12/8/02 vs St. Louis (F. Brathwaite)
1st Two goal game (assists by Brett Hull, Pavel Datsyuk, Steve Yzerman, Jason Woolley)- 2/27/03 vs Toronto (E. Belfour)
1st Back to back games with goals- 2/28/03 vs Toronto (E. Belfour) and 3/2/03 vs Phoenix (B. Boucher)
1st Twenty goal season- 3/22/03 at St. Louis (C. Osgood)
1st Empty Net goal- 3/31/03 vs Nashville
1st Playoff Goal (assisted by Brett Hull)- 4/16/03 at Anaheim (J.S. Giguere)
1st Game with over 20 minutes played (21:59 on 21 Shifts)- 10/30/03 at Nashville
100th Career Game, 3-1 Win- 1/3/04 vs Anaheim
1st Playoff Assist (goal by Brett Hull)- 4/11/04 at Nashville (T. Vokoun)
1st four point game (1 goal and 3 assists)-10/09/05 vs Calgary (M. Kiprusoff)
100th Career Point (42nd goal)- 10/24/05 at Columbus (Highlight reel goal on M. Denis)
100th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (tied with Mark Osborne, Micheal Bergeron, and Dwight Foster with 110 points.) Assist on goal by Robert Lang-11/23/05 vs Colorado (P. Budaj)
1st career shoot-out goal on his first career shootout attempt - 1/28/06 at Dallas (M. Turco)
1st Thirty goal season- 3/4/06 at Phoenix (C. Joseph), Career High 39th goal scored- 4/15/06 at St. Louis (J. Bacashihua)
200th Career Game, 6-4 Win- 3/11/06 vs Chicago (Goal, N. Khabibulin)
100th Career Assist (goal by Niklas Lidstrom)- 11/24/06 vs St. Louis (M. Legace)
1st Nine Shot Game- 12/09/06 vs Toronto (A. Raycroft)
1st +4 (plus/minus) Game- 12/28/06 at Columbus (F. Norrena)
200th Career Point (108th assist on Tomas Holmstrom PP goal)- 1/04/07 at San Jose (E. Nabokov)
8 game point streak -from 12/20/06 vs Columbus (assist on Niklas Lidstrom PP goal) to 1/04/07 at San Jose (assist on Tomas Holmstrom PP goal)
50th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (tied with Earl Reibel and Floyd Smith with 215 points.) Game-winning goal in overtime- 1/30/07 at New York Islanders (R. Dipietro)
100th Career Goal- (Game-winning goal, assisted by Niklas Lidstrom and Tomas Holmstrom) 2/7/07 vs Phoenix (C. Joseph)
1st Career HAT TRICK- 2/17/07 at Phoenix (M. Tellqvist) Hat Trick on three consecutive power-play goals, assists by Mathieu Schneider (2), Pavel Datsyuk (3), and Niklas Lidstrom (1)
1st Ten Shot Game- 02/24/07 at Nashville (T. Vokoun)
40th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (Passing Dino Ciccarelli with 240 points.) Assist on Tomas Holmstrom's 3rd power-play goal- 2/24/07 at Nashville (T. Vokoun)
1st game with over 25 minutes played, 25:03 in 4-2 Win- 10/18/07 at San Jose (E. Nabokov)
6 game goal scoring streak from 10/10/2007 vs Calgary (M. Kiprusoff) to 10/20/2007 at Phoenix (M. Tellqvist)
17 game point streak (to start season) from 10/03/07 vs Anaheim (PP goal, I. Bryzgalov) to 11/11/07 at Chicago (assist on goal by Jiri Hudler against Nikolai Khabibulin) (Detroit Red Wings record. Previous record: 14 games by Norm Ullman in 1960.)
24 game point streak (regular season games) from 2/11/2007 vs Calgary (Goal, J. McLennan) to 11/11/07 at Chicago (assist on goal by Jiri Hudler against Nikolai Khabibulin)
First 25+ Minute Game, 25:13 in 4-3 Loss- 11/13/07 at St. Louis
300th Career Game, 5-4 Win (SO)- 11/18/2007 at Columbus (assist on game-tying goal by Pavel Datsyuk on Pascal Leclaire)
Fastest goal from start of game: 22 seconds- 11/21/07 vs St. Louis (Powerplay goal on Manny Legace)
27 home-game point streak from 12/9/2006 vs Toronto (2 goals, A. Raycroft) to 11/27/07 vs Calgary (assist on highlight-reel goal by Pavel Datsyuk against Mikka Kiprusoff)
100 Career Penalty Minutes, 4-2 win -11/29/2007 vs Tampa Bay (Tripping Penalty)
30th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (Passing Carl Liscombe, Modere "Mud" Bruneteau, and Larry Aurie with 278 points.)
Game-winning goal (1st goal of hat-trick), assisted by Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom- 12/7/07 vs Minnesota (Josh Harding)
2nd Career HAT TRICK- 12/7/07 vs Minnesota (Josh Harding) One goal in each period. 1st period goal was game-winner. 2nd period goal was short-handed.
300th Career Point (163rd assist on Tomas Holmstrom PP goal)- 1/19/08 at San Jose (E. Nabokov)
1000th Career Shot on Goal- 2/01/2008 vs Colorado (P. Budaj)
+100 Career Plus/Minus (139th goal, 30th of season, game-winner, assisted by Pavel Datsyuk and Brian Rafalski)- 2/01/2008 vs Colorado (P. Budaj)
25th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (Passing Mickey Redmond with 311 points.) Assist on Pavel Datsyuk's power-play goal- 2/15/08 vs Columbus (P. Leclaire)
Most Minutes in One Game, 25:34 in 1-0 Loss- 02/22/08 at Calgary
3rd Career HAT TRICK- 3/19/2008 vs Columbus (F. Norrena)
1st Natural Hat Trick. Three consecutive goals in third period. 2nd goal was game-winner on the power play. Ended 7 game goalless streak.
Closest Back-to-back Goals- 3/19/2008 vs Columbus (F. Norrena) 35 seconds apart at 18:06 and 18:41 of the third period.
1st Forty goal season- 3/22/2008 vs Columbus (Career High 40th goal was game-winner, scored on the power-play against Fredrik Norrena)
24th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (Passing Hall-of Famer Ebbie Goodfellow with 324 points.) Career High 40th goal was game-winner, scored on the power-play on 3/22/2008 vs Columbus (F. Norrena)
150th Career Goal- (1st period goal, assisted by Dan Cleary and Pavel Datsyuk) 3/25/2008 at St. Louis (M. Legace)
20th amongst All-time Red Wing's Goal-Scoring Leaders- (Passing Bruce McGregor with 152 career franchise goals.) (Scored on career high 43rd goal of season, Game-winning goal with 12 seconds remaining in 3rd period. Assisted by Pavel Datsyuk and Chris Chelios) 4/03/2008 vs Columbus (P. Leclaire)
20th amongst All-time Red Wing's Playoff Scoring Leaders- (tying Gerard Gallant, Martin Lapointe, and Adam Oates with 39 career playoff points. (Assisted on Tomas Holmstrom playoff goal.) 5/08/08 vs Dallas (M. Turco)
FRANCHISE RECORD: Broke single-season club playoff point record of 24 points shared by Sergei Fedorov (1995) and Steve Yzerman (1998), with 25th point of the post-season (assist on Brian Rafalski go-ahead goal)-6/02/08 vs Pittsburgh (M.A. Fleury)
50th Career Playoff Point-(23rd Career Playoff assist on Brian Rafalski go-ahead goal)-6/02/08 vs Pittsburgh (M.A. Fleury)
200th Career Assist-(Goal by defenseman Brett Lebda)- 01/01/09 at Chicago's Wrigley Field at the 2009 "Winter Classic" (C. Huet)
20th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (Passing Hall-of-Famer Marcel Dionne with 366 points.) Recorded on 200th Career Assist-(Goal by defenseman Brett Lebda)- 01/01/09 at Chicago's Wrigley Field at the 2009 "Winter Classic" (C. Huet)
400th Career Game, 3-2 Loss (OT)- 1/27/09 at Columbus (Assisted on Marian Hossa Power-play goal. Left game in 1st period with back spasms)
1st Four Assists Game (Goals by Brian Rafalski, Johan Franzen, Marian Hossa, and Dan Cleary) -3/20/09 at Atlanta (K. Lehtonen)
19th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing Hall-of-Famer Igor Larionov with 398 points.) Recorded on 217th career assist (Goal by Marian Hossa.) -3/20/09 at Atlanta (K. Lehtonen)
400th Career Point (182nd career goal, assisted by Niklas Lidstrom and Niklas Kronwall) (Scored on 30th goal of season)-3/29/09 vs Nashville (P. Rinne)
30th Career Playoff Goal (2nd period goal, assisted by Dan Cleary and Johan Franzen) -04/21/09 at Columbus (S. Mason) (10th player in Red Wings history to score 30 or more career playoff goals.)
13th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Scoring Leaders (Passing #13 Pavel Datysuk with 56 career playoff points. 31 Goals and 25 assists)Scored 31st career playoff goal. -04/21/09 at Columbus
12th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Scoring Leaders (Passing Sid Abel with 59 career playoff points. 32 Goals and 27 assists.) Scored 32nd career playoff goal. -05/05/09 at Anaheim.
11th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Scoring Leaders (Passing Igor Larionov with 60 career playoff points. 33 Goals and 27 assists.)Scored 33rd career playoff goal. -05/07/09 at Anaheim. (Empty-net)
9th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Goal Scorers (Passing Brendan Shanahan with 34 career playoff goals in 71 games.) -05/10/09 at Anaheim. (Empty-net)
8th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Goal Scorers (Passing Alex Delvecchio with 36 career playoff goals in 77 games.) -05/24/09 at Chicago. (C. Crawford)
1st Career Fighting Major Penalty (against Evgeni Malkin) -05/31/09 vs Pittsburgh
9th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Scoring Leaders (Passing Norm Ullman and Brendan Shanahan with 74 career playoff points. 38 goals and 36 assists.) Assist on goal by defenseman Brad Stuart. -06/04/09 at Pittsburgh. (M. Fleury)
18th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing Slava Kozlov with 416 points.) Recorded on 185th career goal (Assists by Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk.) -10/29/2009 at Edmonton (N. Khabibulin)
14th amongst All-time Red Wing's Goal-Scoring Leaders- (Passing Syd Howe and Reed Larson with 189 career franchise goals.) (Scored on 1st of three in 3rd period.) (Assisted by Dan Cleary and Nicklas Lidstrom) -11/14/09 vs Anaheim (J. Hiller)
1st Five Point Game. (1st period PP Assist on Goal by Brian Rafalski, 3rd period PP assist on Goal by Pavel Datsyuk, and three 3rd period goals including game-winner) -11/14/09 vs Anaheim (J. Hiller) 4th Career HAT TRICK -11/14/09 vs Anaheim (J. Hiller) (Three 3rd period goals including game-winner)
17th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing legendary Hall-of-Famer Syd Howe with 436 points.) Recorded on 243rd career assist (on game-tying goal by Todd Bertuzzi) -12/11/09 vs Anaheim (J.S. Giguere)
16th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing long-time teammate and fellow Swede Tomas Holmstrom with 446 points.) Recorded on 196th career goal (assisted by Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidstrom) -1/29/10 vs Nashville (D. Ellis)
200th Career Goal- (tied game, assisted by Andreas Lilja) 3/3/10 vs Vancouver (R. Luongo, Canadian Olympic Gold-medal winner)
15th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing legendary Hall-of-Famer Sid Abel with 464 points.) Recorded on 262nd career assist. (on shorthanded goal by Valtteri Filppula) -3/20/10 at Vancouver. (R. Luongo)
13th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing long-time forwards Gerard Gallant and Nick Libett with 468 points.) Recorded on 205th career goal. (assisted by Valtteri Filppula and Nicklas Lidstrom.) -3/22/10 vs Pittsburgh. (M. Fleury)
500th Career Game, 5-4 Win 3/30/10 vs Edmonton (Assisted on Andreas Lilja goal.)
12th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing legendary Hall-of-Famer Leonard “Red” Kelly with 473 points.) Recorded on 267th career assist. (3rd period goal by Pavel Datsyuk.) -4/4/2010 at Philadelphia. (B. Boucher)
8th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Scoring Leaders (Passing Slava Kozlov with 79 career playoff points. 42 Goals and 37 assists.) Scored 42nd career playoff goal. -4/6/10 at Phoenix. (Empty-net)
6th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Goal Scorers (Passing Slava Kozlov with 42 career playoff goals in 87 games.) -4/6/10 at Phoenix.(Empty-net)
1st Career Playoff HAT TRICK -4/16/10 at Phoenix (I. Bryzgalov) (including game-winning goal and empty netter.)
40th Career Playoff Goal (2nd period power-play goal, assisted by Valtteri Filppula and Niklas Kronwall) -4/16/10 at Phoenix (I. Bryzgalov)(7th player in Red Wings history to score 40 or more career playoff goals.)
7th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Scoring Leaders (Passing Tomas Holmstrom with 83 career playoff points. 44 Goals and 39 assists. Scored 44th career playoff goal. -4/20/10 vs Phoenix. (I. Bryzgalov)
5th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Goal Scorers (Passing Ted Lidsay with 44 career playoff goals in 89 games.) -4/20/10 vs Phoenix. (I. Bryzgalov)
40th Career Playoff Assist (2nd period breakaway goal by Pavel Datsyuk) -4/27/10 at Phoenix (I. Bryzgalov)
6th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Scoring Leaders (Passing Ted Lidsay with 89 career playoff points. 46 goals and 43 assists.) Recorded on 43rd career playoff assist on goal by Dan Cleary. -5/3/10 vs San Jose (E. Nabokov)
100th amongst All-time National Hockey League Playoff Scoring Leaders (Passing Sandis Ozolinsh with 90 career playoff points. 46 goals and 44 assists.) Recorded on 44th career playoff assist on goal by Todd Bertuzzi. -5/6/10 vs San Jose (E. Nabokov)
500th Career Point (215 goals, 285 assists). Recorded on assist on 2nd period goal by Tomas Holmstrom. -12/3/10 at Anaheim (J. Hiller)
20th amongst All-time Swedish NHL scoring leaders (Passing Bobby Nystromwith 514 points in 541 career games.) Recorded on 1st period goal, assisted by fellow Swedes Niklas Kronwall and Johan Franzen. -12/26/10 at Minnesota (N. Backstrom)
200th Career Penalty Minute (in 542 games). Recorded on a tripping call 1:28 into the third period. Colorado did not score on that power-play. -12/27/10 at Colorado (P. Budaj)
300th Career Assist-(game-tying goal by defenseman Brian Rafalski)- 01/7/11 at Calgary (M. Kiprusoff)
11th amongst All-time Red Wings Career Assists Leaders (Passing Leonard "Red" Kelly with 311 career assists in 561 games.)
Recorded on goal by Todd Bertuzzi. -2/11/11 at Boston. (T. Rask)
19th amongst All-time Swedish NHL scoring leaders (Passing Calle Johansson with 535 points in 561 career games.) Recorded on 2nd period power-play goal, assisted by fellow Swede Tomas Holmstrom and Dan Cleary. -2/11/11 at Boston. (T. Rask)
1st Fifty Assist season, (Career High 50th assist was on power-play goal by Nicklas Lidstrom against Jonathan Quick)- 2/28/11 at Los Angeles
Ended a streak of 102 consecutive games played in which he had at least one shot on goal per game. In the first 87 games of the streak he had at least two shots per game. Zetterberg had an amazing 432 shots on goal during the 102 game streak, averaging over four shots a game. Coincidentally, the last time Henrik was held without a shot in a game was January 9th, 2010 in San Jose. -3/3/11 at San Jose (A. Niemi)
11th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing long-time Wing's forward John Ogrodnick with 547 points in 578 career games.) Recorded on 321st career assist. (1st period power-play goal by Danny Cleary.) -3/19/2011 vs Nashville. (P. Rinne)
18th amongst All-time Swedish NHL scoring leaders (Passing Bengt-Ake Gustafsson with 555 points in 585 career games.) Recorded on assist of fellow-Swede Johan Franzen's 3rd period goal. -4/3/11 vs Minnesota. (J. Theodore)
100th Career Playoff Game- (Recorded two assists in game three, 4-3 OT loss) -5/4/11 vs San Jose (A. Niemi)
50th Career Playoff Assist- (on fellow-Swede Jonathan Ericsson's 3rd period goal) -5/8/11 at San Jose (A. Niemi)
600th Career Game, 3-0 Win -11/11/2011 vs Edmonton (N. Khabibulin) Henrik Zetterberg set up a third period goal by linemate Valtteri Filppula with a nice saucer pass.
10th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing long-time Wing's defenseman Reed Larson with 571 points (235 goals and 336 assists) in 613 career games.) Recorded on 336th career assist. (1st period goal by Valtteri Filppula.) -12/8/2011 vs Phoenix (M. Smith)
17th amongst All-time Swedish NHL scoring leaders (Passing Fredrik Olausson with 582 points in 625 career games.) Recorded on 1st period assist on goal by linemate Valtteri Filppula. -1/3/2012 at Dallas. (K. Lehtonen)
Scored his 1st career goal against the Buffalo Sabres in 10 games over 9 seasons. Zetterberg has now scored at least one goal against each team in the NHL. -1/16/2012 vs Buffalo. (R. Miller) The first period goal was the eventual game-winner. (Assisted by Jiri Hudler)
16th amongst All-time Swedish NHL scoring leaders (Passing Patrik Sundstrom with 589 points in 632 career games.) Recorded on 2nd period assist on goal by linemate Jiri Hudler. -1/17/2012 at Dallas (R. Bachman)
15th amongst All-time Swedish NHL scoring leaders (passing Thomas Gradin with 594 points in 640 career games), Recorded on 2nd period power play assist on goal by fellow Swede Johan Franzen, in -2/6/2012 at Phoenix. (K. Smith)
10th amongst All-time Red Wings Goal Scoring Leaders (Passing teamate and fellow Swede Tomas Holmstrom with 241 goals in 643 games). Recorded on 2nd period game-tying goal. -2/12/2012 vs Philadelphia (S. Bobrovsky)
600th Career Point (242 goals, 358 assists). Recorded on no-look assist on game-winning 3rd period goal with 5 seconds remaining by Pavel Datsyuk. -2/17/12 vs Nashville (P. Rinne)
250th Career Goal in 661st career game. Recorded on 2nd period goal. Assisted by linemates Valtteri Filppula and Jiri Hudler. -3/24/2012 vs Carolina (C. Ward)
First 82 Game Season- Completed 4/7/12 vs Chicago
50th Career Playoff Goal (2nd period power-play goal) -4/11/12 at Nashville (P. Rinne)
(5th player in Red Wings history, and 53rd player in NHL history, to score 50 or more career playoff goals.)
100th Career Playoff Point (2nd period power-play goal) -4/11/12 at Nashville (P. Rinne)
(6th player in Red Wings history, and 80th player in NHL history, to score 100 or more career playoff points.)
4th amongst All-time Red Wings Playoff Goal Scorers (Passing Sergei Fedorov with 51 career playoff goals in 107 games.) -4/15/12 vs Nashville. (P. Rinne)
Tied for 2nd place on Sweden’s all-time World Championships assists leaders list (with Swedish legend Ulf Sterner). Jumped from 15th place, to a tie for 2nd place with 12 assists in 8 games of 2012 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. -5/17/12.
Named 36th Captain in Detroit Red Wings History- 1/15/13
9th amongst All-time Red Wings Scoring Leaders (Passing former teamate Brendan Shanahan with 634 points in 675 games). Recorded on 1st period goal. -2/1/2013 vs St. Louis (J. Halak)
14th amongst All-time Swedish NHL scoring leaders (passing Mats Naslund with 635 points in 675 career games), Recorded on 3rd period power play assist on goal by Pavel Datsyuk, -2/1/2013 vs St. Louis (J. Halak)
5th Career Hat Trick. -2/1/2013 vs St. Louis (J. Halak)
700th Career Game, 2-1 Win -3/24/2013 at Anaheim (J. Hiller). (260 Goals and 395 Assists, 655 Points in 700 games, 93%)
