It was a very busy year for Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard, on and off the ice.
Howard, who turned 34 on March 26, came into the season as the team's No. 1 goaltender, having been protected in the expansion draft.
The Wings traded backup Petr Mrazek to the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 19 and Howard continued to play the bulk of the games the rest of the way.
The veteran netminder is entering the final year of his six-year, $31.75 million contract.
60 -- Howard made 60 appearances in the 2017-18 season, the most since appearing in 63 games in both 2009-10 and 2010-11, his first two seasons in the league.
200 -- When the Wings played their first regular season game at Little Caesars Arena on Oct. 5, a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild, it marked Howard's 200th career victory. He made 37 saves and earned second start of the game honors.
450 -- On March 4 at Minnesota, Howard played in his 450th career NHL game, a 4-1 loss. He had 23 saves.
9 -- Howard now ranks ninth in games played by an American-born goaltender. He passed Chris Terreri, Jon Casey and Tim Thomas to reach 461 games. Next up is Guy Hebert in eighth place with 491 games. John Vanbiesbrouck is first with 882 games played.
8 -- With 22 victories this season, Howard passed Thomas (214) and moved into eighth place among American-born goalies with 221. Next up is Frank Brimsek with 252. Vanbiesbrouck also leads this category with 374 wins.
1 -- After missing 32 games with a knee injury last season, Howard was delighted to miss only one game, Jan. 7 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, due to a lower-body injury he suffered against the Florida Panthers on Jan. 5. Howard also posted one shutout this season, March 31 against the Ottawa Senators, a 2-0 victory in which he made 31 saves.
3 -- On May 7, Howard and his wife, Rachel, welcomed their third child and first girl to the family, Olivia Theresa. The Howards have two sons, James IV and Henry.
