Steve Yzerman may not be the general manager of the Detroit Red Wings anymore, but his single-season points record is still intact. In the 1988-89 season, Steve Yzerman scored 65 goals and put up 90 assists for a total of 155 points, breaking Marcel Dionne's single-season Red Wings record. The record has stood for nearly 40 years. Yzerman himself has come the closest to breaking the record, putting up 137 and 127 points. Still, the record lives on.
Looking at the current Red Wings roster, could Lucas Raymond be the next Red Wing to break Yzerman's record?
Can Lucas Raymond break Yzerman's record?
Even if Raymond is the only current Red Wings player who could maybe even come close to Yzerman's record, he's still got a long way to go.
In his young career, Raymond's best points total came in the 2024-25 season, where he earned 80 points. Last season, he clocked in at 75 points, just a few points back of that career high. Hockey Reference lists his average points per 82-game season at just 68, a far cry from 155.
It is possible that Raymond will continue to improve, putting up more points as he matures as a player. With the NHL bringing in 84 games a season, that's two more opportunities in the season to gain points. If the Red Wings do move Larkin, they may rely on Raymond even more in the coming seasons.
Good news for the Red Wings, Raymond is only 24 years old. Even if he doesn't ever break the 155 point record, he's still contributing at team-high rates.
Can any other current Red Wings break the record?
There's only one other Red Wings player who produces at a similar rate to Lucas Raymond, and that's Alex DeBrincat. The forward had his career-best points production last season, producing at over a point-per-game rate and finishing the season with 85 points. It's taken him nine years to reach this milestone. He, too, will likely be called upon to step up if the Wings do move Larkin.
The thing is, though, not even Connor McDavid has hit 155 points in his career, and he continuously puts up upwards of 100 points per season. The last time anyone in the NHL hit 155 points in a single season was in 1995-96, when Mario Lemieux had161 points in 70 games with the Penguins.
The biggest contributing factor to this is that there simply are fewer goals being scored in the modern day. In 1988-89, there was an average of 3.74 goals scored per game. Last season, it was just 3.08.
If the Red Wings can't find a scoring superstar like McDavid or Kucherov, the Yzerman record will stay standing for many, many seasons to come.
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