Steve Yzerman’s place atop the Detroit Red Wings’ single-season points list still looks safe, and the number he set nearly 40 years ago remains a monster to chase.
Back in the 1988-89 season, Yzerman piled up 65 goals and 90 assists for 155 points, passing Marcel Dionne for the franchise mark. Since then, the record has survived every push. Yzerman himself came the closest to topping it, with seasons of 137 and 127 points, but even those runs fell short.
The question now is whether Lucas Raymond is the one current Red Wing who could even get in the neighborhood.
Raymond is the clearest candidate on the roster, but the gap is still huge. His career best came in 2024-25, when he finished with 80 points.
Last season, he posted 75. Hockey Reference has his average at 68 points per 82 games, which is nowhere near Yzerman’s 155.
There is still room for him to grow. Raymond is only 24, and the NHL’s 84-game schedule gives players two extra chances to collect points over a full season. If the Red Wings end up moving Dylan Larkin, Raymond could be leaned on even more in the years ahead.
Even with that, Raymond would need a dramatic jump to enter this conversation. He’s productive, but this is a different level entirely.
Alex DeBrincat is the only other current Red Wing who scores at a comparable clip. He had his best offensive season last year, finishing with 85 points and doing it at better than a point per game.
It took him nine years to reach that level. If the Wings do move Larkin, he’d also be one of the players expected to take on more of the load.
And the broader NHL picture makes the task look even steeper. Not even Connor McDavid has reached 155 points in a season, despite the fact that he regularly finishes above 100. The last player to hit that mark was Mario Lemieux, who put up 161 points in 70 games for the Penguins in 1995-96.
A big reason is simple: goals are harder to come by now. In 1988-89, teams averaged 3.74 goals per game. Last season, that number was 3.08.
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