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2025–26 Detroit Red Wings season

2025–26 Detroit Red Wings
DivisionAtlantic
ConferenceEastern
2025–26 record33–19–6
Home record18–10–2
Road record15–9–4
Goals for174
Goals against175
Team information
General managerSteve Yzerman
CoachTodd McLellan
CaptainDylan Larkin
Alternate captainsLucas Raymond
Moritz Seider
ArenaLittle Caesars Arena
Minor league affiliatesGrand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsAlex DeBrincat (30)
AssistsLucas Raymond (41)
PointsLucas Raymond (60)
Penalty minutesSimon Edvinsson (54)
Plus/minusMoritz Seider (+13)
WinsJohn Gibson (22)
Goals against averageJohn Gibson (2.62)

The 2025–26 Detroit Red Wings season is the 100th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[1] It is the Red Wings' ninth season at Little Caesars Arena. This is the Red Wings' first full season under head coach Todd McLellan, after former head coach Derek Lalonde, was fired on December 26, 2024.[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Tampa Bay Lightning 55 37 14 4 28 199 140 +59 78
2 Montreal Canadiens 57 32 17 8 21 199 187 +12 72
3 Detroit Red Wings 58 33 19 6 23 174 175 −1 72
4 Buffalo Sabres 57 32 19 6 26 195 176 +19 70
5 Boston Bruins 57 32 20 5 24 195 182 +13 69
6 Ottawa Senators 57 28 22 7 22 191 184 +7 63
7 Toronto Maple Leafs 57 27 21 9 19 188 194 −6 63
8 Florida Panthers 57 29 25 3 23 174 191 −17 61
Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2026. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 AT Buffalo Sabres 57 32 19 6 26 195 176 +19 70
2 AT Boston Bruins 57 32 20 5 24 195 182 +13 69
3 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 56 29 20 7 20 179 177 +2 65
4 ME Washington Capitals 59 29 23 7 24 189 177 +12 65
5 AT Ottawa Senators 57 28 22 7 22 191 184 +7 63
6 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 57 27 21 9 19 188 194 −6 63
7 ME Philadelphia Flyers 56 25 20 11 18 167 180 −13 61
8 AT Florida Panthers 57 29 25 3 23 174 191 −17 61
9 ME New Jersey Devils 57 28 27 2 18 146 175 −29 58
10 ME New York Rangers 57 22 29 6 14 151 180 −29 50
Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2026. Source: National Hockey League[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular season

2025–26 game log: 33–19–6 (Home: 18–10–2; Road: 15–9–4)[14]
February: 1–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 1–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
57 February 2 Detroit 2–0 Colorado Gibson 18,145 33–18–6 72 [71]
58 February 4 Detroit 1–4 Utah Gibson 12,478 33–19–6 72 [72]
Winter Olympics break in Milan
59 February 26 Detroit Ottawa
60 February 28 Detroit Carolina

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Roster

Updated February 4, 2026[73][74]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
22 United States Mason Appleton C R 30 2025 Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Canada Jacob Bernard-Docker D R 25 2025 Canmore, Alberta
8 Canada Ben Chiarot D L 34 2022 Hamilton, Ontario
37 United States J. T. Compher LW R 30 2023 Northbrook, Illinois
18 United States Andrew Copp C L 31 2022 Ann Arbor, Michigan
93 United States Alex DeBrincat RW R 28 2023 Farmington Hills, Michigan
77 Sweden Simon Edvinsson Injured Reserve D L 23 2021 Onsala, Sweden
58 Canada Emmitt Finnie LW L 20 2023 Lethbridge, Alberta
36 United States John Gibson G L 32 2025 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
56 Sweden Erik Gustafsson D L 33 2024 Nynäshamn, Sweden
52 Canada Travis Hamonic D R 35 2025 St. Malo, Manitoba
20 Sweden Albert Johansson D L 25 2019 Karlstad, Sweden
88 United States Patrick Kane RW L 37 2023 Buffalo, New York
92 Austria Marco Kasper C L 21 2022 Innsbruck, Austria
71 United States Dylan Larkin (C) C L 29 2014 Waterford, Michigan
27 Canada Michael Rasmussen C L 26 2017 Vancouver, British Columbia
23 Sweden Lucas Raymond (A) LW R 23 2020 Gothenburg, Sweden
44 Sweden Axel Sandin-Pellikka D R 20 2023 Gällivare, Sweden
53 Germany Moritz Seider (A) D R 24 2019 Zell, Germany
85 Sweden Elmer Soderblom LW L 24 2019 Gothenburg, Sweden
39 Canada Cam Talbot G L 38 2024 Caledonia, Ontario
21 United States James van Riemsdyk LW L 36 2025 Middletown, New Jersey

Player statistics

Stats updated as of February 5, 2026

Skaters

Regular season [75]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Lucas Raymond 56 19 41 60 10 12
Alex DeBrincat 58 30 27 57 1 10
Dylan Larkin 58 26 25 51 8 36
Moritz Seider 58 7 31 38 13 43
Andrew Copp 58 8 25 33 –1 16
Patrick Kane 43 8 25 33 0 10
James van Riemsdyk 49 14 11 25 –11 12
Emmitt Finnie 58 9 12 21 –9 6
J.T. Compher 58 8 11 19 –5 23
Axel Sandin Pellikka 58 6 12 18 –20 16
Simon Edvinsson 48 6 11 17 6 54
Michael Rasmussen 53 6 8 14 –4 8
Marco Kasper 57 6 7 13 –11 29
Ben Chiarot 58 5 7 12 –3 52
Mason Appleton 48 5 6 11 –4 30
Nate Danielson 28 2 5 7 –7 4
Albert Johansson 58 1 6 7 –10 12
Jonatan Berggren 15 2 4 6 –3 6
John Leonard 9 2 2 4 –2 0
Jacob Bernard-Docker 42 0 4 4 8 14
Elmer Soderblom 38 2 1 3 –4 12
Travis Hamonic 25 0 2 2 –10 29
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård 9 0 1 1 –5 2
Erik Gustafsson 2 0 0 0 –2 2

Goaltenders

Regular season [76]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
John Gibson 37 37 2,155:11 22 12 2 94 3.59 978 .904 4 0 1 2
Cam Talbot 24 21 1,342:09 11 7 4 67 2.99 618 .892 0 0 1 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.


Transactions

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28) To Detroit Red Wings
John Gibson 		To Anaheim Ducks
Petr Mrazek
4th-round pick in 2026
2nd-round pick in 2027 		[77]
June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30) To Detroit Red Wings
Future considerations 		To Minnesota Wild
Vladimir Tarasenko 		[78]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Ian Mitchell from Boston Bruins 1-year [79]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Jacob Bernard-Docker from Buffalo Sabres 1-year [80]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) James van Riemsdyk from Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year [81]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Jeff Petry to Florida Panthers 1-year [82]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Alex Lyon to Buffalo Sabres 2-year [83]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02) Mason Appleton from Winnipeg Jets 2-year [84]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
June 26, 2025 (2025-06-26) Antti Tuomisto 1-year [85]
June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) William Lagesson 2-year [86]
June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30) Albert Johansson 2-year [87]
June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30) Jonatan Berggren 1-year [88]
June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30) Patrick Kane 1-year [89]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02) Elmer Söderblom 2-year [90]

Draft picks

See also: List of Detroit Red Wings draft picks

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.[91]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 13 Carter Bear LW  Canada Everett Silvertips (WHL)
2 44 Eddie Genborg RW  Sweden Linköping HC (SHL)
3 751 Michal Pradel G  Slovakia Tri-City Storm (USHL)
4 1092 Brent Solomon RW  United States Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
1193 Michal Svrcek LW  Slovakia Brynäs IF (SHL)
5 140 Nikita Tyurin D  Russia Moscow Spartak Jr. (MHL)
6 172 Will Murphy D  Canada Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL)
7 204 Grayden Robertson-Palmer C  Canada Phillips-Andover Academy (USHS-Prep)

Notes:

  1. The New York Rangers' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on October 29, 2024, that sent Olli Maatta to Utah in exchange for this pick.[92]
  2. The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the Red Wings as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent a third-round pick in 2025 (76th overall) to Columbus in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2026 and this pick.
  3. The Tampa Bay Lightning's fourth-round pick went to the Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 5, 2025, that sent Yanni Gourde to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time). The condition – Detroit will receive the higher of Edmonton or Tampa Bay's fourth-round picks in 2025 – was converted when the Edmonton advanced to the Western Conference finals on May 14, 2025.[93]

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