Detroit Red Wings at St. Louis Blues: game preview
DetroitRed Wings2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 41-31-10 · 92 pts · 16that
St. LouisBlues2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 37-33-12 · 86 pts · 22ndSix points apart last season
Detroit finished last season 16th in the league on 92 points. St. Louis finished 22nd on 86.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 343
Across 342 completed games, Detroit lead the head-to-head 177-136-29.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 25 Oct 2025, Detroit were 10th in the league and St. Louis 28th. By 28 Oct 2025 it was 8th and 30th.
St. Louis out-attempted Detroit 115 to 106
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Detroit Red Wings
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis have created the better 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 St. Louis. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Detroit, 10 for St. Louis.
2025-26: 82 games for Detroit, 82 for St. Louis.
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 sampleSt. Louis
Small sampleSkaters to watch
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Detroit crease
DET · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 7 Nov
No appearances against St. Louis in the last meetings.
St. Louis crease
STL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 7 Nov
No appearances against Detroit in the last meetings.
Scoring 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
St. Louis2.333.332.823.15Goals 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
St. Louis · 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.
Placed LW Alexey Toropchenko on injured reserve.
Placed G Georgii Romanov and D Calle Rosen on waivers. Claimed RD Justin Barron off waivers.
Placed D Marc Andre Gaudet was placed on waivers.
Detroit · 2026 draft
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