Detroit Red Wings at Philadelphia Flyers: game preview
DetroitRed Wings2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 41-31-10 · 92 pts · 16that
PhiladelphiaFlyers2026-27: 0-2-2 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-27-12 · 98 pts · 11thSix points apart last season
Detroit finished last season 16th in the league on 92 points. Philadelphia finished 11th on 98.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 165
Across 164 completed games, Philadelphia lead the head-to-head 88-69-7.
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 28 Mar 2026, Detroit were 13th in the league and Philadelphia 15th. By 9 Apr 2026 it was 12th and 11th.
Philadelphia out-attempted Detroit 276 to 255
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Detroit Red Wings
Philadelphia Flyers
Detroit 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, 4 for Philadelphia. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Detroit, 10 for Philadelphia.
2025-26: 82 games for Detroit, 86 for Philadelphia.
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 samplePhiladelphia
Small samplePatrick Kane has 10 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.
Patrick Kane vs Philadelphia · game by game
See all: Patrick Kane vs Philadelphia · game by game →John Gibson has started most of these meetings
John Gibson played 3 of the last 5 meetings with Philadelphia, with a .886 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 17 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 16 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
John Gibson
See all: John Gibson →DET · 1-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 15 Dec
Dan Vladar
See all: Dan Vladar →PHI · 0-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 15 Dec
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Joseph Woll .929 (2 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
Philadelphia1.254.253.052.96Goals 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.
10 on the injury lists
Detroit · injuries
Philadelphia · 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.
Reinstated C Jett Luchanko Barkey from injured reserve.
Agreed to terms with LW Garrett Wilson on a 1-Year contract. Loaned G Alexei Kolosov to Lehigh Valley (AHL).
Loaned Fs Jacob Gaucher, Cole Knuble and Jett Luchanko and D Oliver Bonk to Lehigh Valley (AHL).
Detroit · 2026 draft
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