Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin kakar wasa ta 2003 <unk> 04, Lang yana jin daɗin wata shekara ta aiki kuma ya rubuta aikinsa na farko a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 2003. Yana jagorantar NHL a cikin zira kwallaye lokacin da aka siyar da shi zuwa gasar cin kofin Stanley ta Detroit Red Wings don samun damar Tomáš Fleischmann, zagaye na farko (Mike Green) a 2004
da kuma zagaye na huɗu a shekara ta 2006. Wannan shine karo na farko a tarihin NHL da aka yi musayar dan wasa yayin da yake jagorantar NHL a maki. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan musayar, an cire shi tare da hawan haƙarƙari a ranar 8 ga Maris. Ba a buga wasanni 13 ba, ya ba da jagorancin wasan NHL ga Martin St. Louis na Tampa Bay Lightning kuma ya gama da maki 79 a cikin wasanni 69, maki daya da ya rage daga aikinsa mafi girma a 2000-01 kuma na tara a cikin League. (Lang ta maki-da-game na 1.14 ya kasance daidai da St. Louis '.) Lang ya koma Red Wings a lokaci don wasan kwaikwayo na 2004, amma Calgary Flames ta fitar da tawagar a zagaye na biyu. Ya yi rikodin maki tara mafi girma a cikin wasanni 12 na wasan kwaikwayo.