HighDanger

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Atlantic Division · Est. 1926

Detroit Red Wings

2025–26 · 41–31–10 · 92 pts · #6 Atlantic

Yzerplan Year 6GM: Steve YzermanHC: Todd McLellan

STANLEY CUP

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STANLEY CUP

1936

Team xGF%

50.4

% · all situations · HighDanger xG

18th in NHL

Identity

Mid-pack mediocrity

Yzerplan fatigue

Contention window

Stalled

Behind schedule

Coach

McLellan

Improved D structure

Avg age · forwards

27.8

Balanced

Team Identity

Mid-pack mediocrity · "Yzerplan" fatigue

Dylan Larkin is having a strong individual year and Patrick Kane scored his 500th career goal in Detroit colors, but missing the playoffs again means the patient Yzerman rebuild is officially behind schedule. The defensive structure under Todd McLellan is better than years past, they're middle-of-the-pack in goals against, but the offensive ceiling caps out without a true second line center. John Gibson has been steady since arriving from Anaheim but isn't enough to flip the script.

Cap situation · 2026-27

Cap committed

$85.3M

of $104.0M

Cap space

$18.7M

Players signed

23/23

roster full

Pending RFAs

team-controlled

Cap utilization82%

Lines · cap by group

Forwards14 signed · $53.49M committed

Line 1$17.7M

LW1Emmitt Finnie

$922K · thru 2028 · ELC

82 GP · 13G · 17A · 30P

C1Dylan Larkin

$8.7M · thru 2031 · NTC

74 GP · 34G · 33A · 67P

RW1Lucas Raymond

$8.07M · thru 2031

80 GP · 25G · 51A · 76P

Line 2$18.5M

LW2Alex DeBrincat

$7.88M · thru 2027 · NTC

82 GP · 41G · 44A · 85P

C2Andrew Copp

$5.62M · thru 2027 · NTC

79 GP · 9G · 34A · 43P

RW2Viktor Arvidsson

$5.0M · thru 2028

69 GP · 25G · 29A · 54P

Line 3$4.66M

$887K · thru 2028 · ELC

81 GP · 9G · 10A · 19P

RW3Mason Appleton

$2.9M · thru 2027

65 GP · 6G · 8A · 14P

Line 4$10.8M

LW4Michael Rasmussen

$3.2M · thru 2028

64 GP · 6G · 8A · 14P

C4J.T. Compher

$5.1M · thru 2028 · NTC

82 GP · 11G · 17A · 28P

RW4Keegan Kolesar

$2.5M · thru 2029

82 GP · 6G · 11A · 17P

Press Box$875K

CDominik Shine

$875K · thru 2028

18 GP · 3G · 0A · 3P

Defense7 signed · $23.42M committed

Pair 1$8.55M

D1Simon Edvinsson

RFA

72 GP · 9G · 16A · 25P

D2Moritz Seider

$8.55M · thru 2031

82 GP · 10G · 50A · 60P

Pair 2$10.35M

D3Ben Chiarot

$3.85M · thru 2029 · NTC

82 GP · 5G · 10A · 15P

D4Justin Faulk

$6.5M · thru 2027 · NTC

78 GP · 16G · 24A · 40P

Pair 3$2.07M

D5Albert Johansson

$1.12M · thru 2027

82 GP · 3G · 8A · 11P

D6Axel Sandin-Pellikka

$941K · thru 2028 · ELC

68 GP · 7G · 14A · 21P

Press Box$2.45M

DJacob Bryson

$850K · thru 2027

50 GP · 2G · 6A · 8P

DJacob Bernard-Docker

$1.6M · thru 2028

63 GP · 1G · 4A · 5P

Goalies2 signed · $8.4M committed

G1John Gibson

$6.4M · thru 2027 · NTC

57 GP · 29-22-4 · .901 SV%

G2Daniil Tarasov

$2.0M · thru 2027

33 GP · 13-15-3 · .895 SV%

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).

Forwards · 18 41.2

top Alex DeBrincat (85.0) league 38.2 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 9 26.2

top Moritz Seider (56.6) league 24.7 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 2 .892

top John Gibson (0.9014) league .896 SV%

Injury report (0)

via CBS Sports

No injuries reported - offseason (updated in September).

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