Detroit Red Wings · #58 · Centre

Emmitt Finnie

Age 21 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 196 lb · Born Lethbridge, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2023, #201 overall by Detroit

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-3rd on DET
Assists0T-12th on DET
Points1T-6th on DET
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots520.0% shooting
TOI / GP16:3211th on DET

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 13-17-30, 0.37 points per game Season detail →

Emmitt Finnie has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 30 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 26th-placed Detroit

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Shooting %20.0%71st
Ice time16:3267th
Goals / 601.2166th
Hits563rd
Shots / GP1.6755th
Penalty differential048th
Blocked shots141st
Points / GP0.3340th
PP points036th
Takeaways027th
Assists / 600.0021st

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-6th on DET
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists0T-12th on DET
Shooting %20.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:3211th on DET
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Detroit's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:01
Power play1:51
Shorthanded1:41
Total16:32

21.0 shifts a game, averaging 47 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on DET
PP assists0T-6th on DET
PP points0T-8th on DET · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on DET

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Detroit total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every DET PPG
PP TOI share26.1%of DET PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on DET
Overtime goals0T-1st on DET
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading0
Trailing1

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Detroit trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.21
Goals / 601.21
Shots / 606.0
ES points / 601.541 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the crease

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 1 G
Slot4 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.6215th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.4
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.113
ixG per 600.68

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 96th percentile of forwards: 14

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

20+ mph bursts1496th
Average shot, mph67.290th
Hardest shot, mph83.3778th
Top speed, mph21.8076th
Distance skated, mi8.057th
Offensive-zone time42.4%56th
90+ mph shots048th
Distance / 60, mi9.7047th
22+ mph bursts041st
Defensive-zone time42.4%32nd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.80Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph83.37Forward average 74.7
Distance skated8.0 mi2.98 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts52.6%23.7% defensive · 23.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.0%All situations43.7%
40.7%Even strength44.3%
47.1%Power play35.3%
35.1%Shorthanded50.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.80vsNYR2 Oct · 2nd 18:29
  2. 21.47vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 10:40
  3. 21.19vsNYR2 Oct · 3rd 16:39
  4. 21.10vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 08:29
  5. 20.54vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 03:11
  6. 20.44vsNYR2 Oct · 2nd 04:24
  7. 20.32vsNYR2 Oct · 1st 04:57
  8. 20.19vsNYR2 Oct · 1st 09:51

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph14 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph21 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 83.37vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 08:29
  2. 68.23vsNYR2 Oct · 2nd 02:38
  3. 59.42vsNYR2 Oct · 3rd 16:40

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph1 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.98vsOTT6 Oct · 18:17 TOI
  2. 2.53vsWPG4 Oct · 16:56 TOI
  3. 2.51vsNYR2 Oct · 14:24 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.67 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-11th on DET
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits5T-6th on DET
Blocked shots1T-11th on DET

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken258.3 a game
Won9
Win %36.0%
Offensive zone6 of 11

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Seattle, a point in two of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 Dec 2025@SEAW 4-31012−215:09
18 Nov 2025vsSEAW 4-21011+111:36

Contract

$922K a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 32.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 17th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$922K0.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28RFA at 23
Cap value$2.8MCap hit × 3 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Detroit

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård1
Alex DeBrincat1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points31124th for Detroit
Goals14110th
Assists17134th
Games played85149th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

One season, all with the Red Wings

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26DET821317300.3710.8%
Career821317300.3710.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2023Detroit · round 7#201

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · DET points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct