DETROIT – Veteran forward Patrick Kane has agreed to a one-year contract extension with an average value of $3 million with the Detroit Red Wings.
The deal, which was announced on Monday (June 30), was for Kane to avoid unrestricted free agency on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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Kane, 36, played in 72 games during the 2024-25 season, where he ranked fourth on the Red Wings leaders with 21 goals, tied for third with 38 assists, fourth in points with 59, third in power-play goals with 12, and 29 power-play points, tying him second.
He was also ranked first in overtime goals (two) six game-winning goals while ranking fourth in shots with 175 last season.
Kane also took a one-year deal to join the Red Wings ahead of the 2023-24 season, with a $4 million salary cap hit, which he outplayed.
The 5′10 “, 177-pound grizzled vet recorded his 17th career 20-goal season, surpassing Mike Modano’s 16 for the most by a United States-born player in NHL history.
During the 2023-24 season, Kane tallied 47 points (20 goals, 27 assists) and 16 penalty minutes in 50 games.
Since his National Hockey League debut in 2007-08, Kane has amassed 1,343 points (492 goals, 851 assists) and 454 penalty minutes in 1,302 games with the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, and Red Wings.
The right winger trails only “Sid the Kid” Sidney Crosby (1,687 points), Alex Ovechkin (1,623), and Evgeni Malkin (1,346) for the most points among active players.
The 18-year veteran has also compiled 138 points (53 goals, 85 assists) in 143 postseason games, leading the Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup championships in 2010, 2013, and 2015.
He was selected with the No. 1 pick by the Blackhawks during the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, where he ultimately ended the franchise’s 49-year championship drought with an overtime-winning Game 6 Stanley Cup Final against the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010.
Kane was named the 2013 Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP after recording 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) in 23 postseason games, becoming the first U.S.-born forward to earn the honor.
Kane led all playoff scorers with 23 points (11 goals, 12 assists) in 23 games to help the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup on home ice for the first time since 1938 during the 2009-10 season.
The now 38-year-old future Hockey Hall of Famer played 16 seasons with Blackhawks from 2007 to 2023, ranking among franchise leaders in games played (1,161, third), goals (446, third), assists (779, second), points (1,225, second), power-play goals (122, fourth) and game-winning goals (67, fourth).
Kane has been selected for nine NHL All-Star Games, including six consecutive appearances from 2015 to 2020.
He also earned NHL First All-Star Team honors three times and was named to the Second All-Star Team in 2018-19.
Kane won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player, the Art Ross Trophy as the top scorer, and the Ted Lindsay Award as the most outstanding player, recording 106 points (46 goals, 60 assists) in 82 games following the 2015-16 season.
He set a career high with 110 points (44 goals, 66 assists) in 81 games during the 2018-19 season.
Kane was honored as the NHL’s top rookie in 2007-08, winning the Calder Memorial Trophy after leading all rookies with 72 points (21 goals, 51 assists).
Kane was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players as part of the league’s Centennial Celebration in 2017.
Before turning pro, Kane played for the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights in 2006-07, earning Rookie of the Year honors after leading the league with 145 points (62 goals, 83 assists) in 58 games.
He also represented the U.S. National Team Development Program from 2004 to 2006 and played for the Honeybaked AAA program in Metro Detroit during the 2003-04 season.
Internationally, Kane has represented Team USA at the IIHF World Championship three times, earning a bronze medal and MVP honors at the 2018 tournament after leading all players in assists (12) and points (20).
Kane also served as an alternate captain for Team USA at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey and played in the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2010.
He also earned a bronze medal at the 2007 IIHF World Junior Championship and a gold medal at the 2006 IIHF World Under-18 Championship, leading the latter tournament in goals and points.
As he suits up for the Red Wings during the 2025-26 season, Kane will sit third on the all-time list for goals by American-born players, 31 tallies away from Mike Modano in second place.