List of Detroit Red Wings seasons

Since their founding, the Red Wings have won 3,097 regular season games, accumulated 19 division championships and six conference championships, led the league in points 18 times, appeared in the Stanley Cup playoffs 64 times, and won 11 Stanley Cup titles.

[4] Detroit first qualified for the playoffs in 1929 where they lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 in total goals scored.

The Red Wings then experienced a period, from 1967 until 1983, when they made the playoffs only twice, winning only one series, beating the Atlanta Flames two games to none in 1978.

[8] The Red Wings returned to the playoffs in 1984 where they suffered a first round defeat to the St. Louis Blues.

However, in 1997 they made it back to the Finals, winning the series in a four-game sweep over the Philadelphia Flyers.

In the front row, Nicklas Lidstrom holds a Red Wings jersey with the last name "BUSH" and the number "41" while George W. Bush holds a Red Wings jersey with the last name "BUSH" and the number "43". To Lidstrom's right is the Stanley Cup. Second row, left to right: Mike Babcock, Ken Holland, Jim Devellano, Jim Nill, unknown man. Third row, left to right: Kris Draper, Pavel Datsyuk, Mikael Samuelsson, Brian Rafalski, Derek Meech, Kirk Maltby, Chris Osgood, Aaron Downey.
The 2008 Stanley Cup champion Red Wings present two jerseys to U.S. President George W. Bush .