Detroit Red Wings at Winnipeg Jets: game preview
DetroitRed Wings2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 41-31-10 · 92 pts · 16that
WinnipegJets2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 35-35-12 · 82 pts · 26thTen points apart last season
Detroit finished last season 16th in the league on 92 points. Winnipeg finished 26th on 82, and the 2025-26 season series went DET 2-0-0.
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Meeting number 27
Across 26 completed games, Winnipeg lead the head-to-head 14-10-1.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 31 Dec 2025, Detroit were 5th in the league and Winnipeg 32nd. By 4 Oct it was 29th and 15th.
Detroit out-attempted Winnipeg 274 to 272
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Detroit Red Wings
Winnipeg Jets
Detroit and Winnipeg are level on chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for Detroit, 3 for Winnipeg. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Detroit, 10 for Winnipeg.
2025-26: 82 games for Detroit, 82 for Winnipeg.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Detroit
Small sampleWinnipeg
Small sampleLucas Raymond has 8 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Lucas Raymond vs Winnipeg · game by game
See all: Lucas Raymond vs Winnipeg · game by game →John Gibson has been the difference
John Gibson faced 78 shots across 3 appearances against Winnipeg and conceded 5, a .936 save percentage against a season figure of .903. Starters are confirmed on game day.
John Gibson
See all: John Gibson →DET · 1-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 6 Mar
Connor Hellebuyck
See all: Connor Hellebuyck →WPG · 23-23-11 in 2025-26 Starter estimate from 6 Mar
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Stuart Skinner .909 (2 GP) · Clay Stevenson .938 (1 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 5.9 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Detroit2.332.672.943.15
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
11 on the injury lists
Detroit · injuries
Winnipeg · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed F Dylan Larkin on the non-roster injured reserve.
Assigned Fs Ondrej Becher, Cameron Butler, Sheldon Dries, Noah Dower Nilsson, Dylan James, Jesse Kiiskinen, John Leonard, Sutter Muzzatti, Theo Rochette, Dominik Shine and Wilmer Skoog, Ds Ronnie Attard, Jacob Bryson, Shai Buium and William Lagesson and Gs Trey Augustine and Michal Postava to Grand Rapids (AHL).
Acquired F Sutter Muzzatti from Nashville Predators for future considerations.
Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.
Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.
Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.
Detroit · 2026 draft
See all: Detroit · 2026 draft →Winnipeg · 2026 draft
See all: Winnipeg · 2026 draft →Tuesday 9 March · the full slate
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