Detroit Red Wings at Edmonton Oilers: game preview
DetroitRed Wings2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 41-31-10 · 92 pts · 16that
EdmontonOilers2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 41-30-11 · 93 pts · 14thOne points apart last season
Detroit finished last season 16th in the league on 92 points. Edmonton finished 14th on 93.
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Meeting number 164
Across 163 completed games, Detroit lead the head-to-head 87-59-17.
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 19 Oct 2025, Detroit were 3rd in the league and Edmonton 23rd. By 11 Dec 2025 it was 11th and 17th.
Detroit out-attempted Edmonton 134 to 96
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Detroit Red Wings
Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton 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 Edmonton. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Detroit, 10 for Edmonton.
2025-26: 82 games for Detroit, 82 for Edmonton.
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 sampleEdmonton
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 23 Oct
No appearances against Edmonton in the last meetings.
Edmonton crease
EDM · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 23 Oct
No appearances against Detroit in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 6.6 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
Edmonton5.674.673.443.28Goals 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.
16 on the injury lists
Detroit · injuries
Edmonton · 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 F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve. Placed D Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve. Recalled F Josh Samanski under emergency conditions.
Placed G Matt Tomkins on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).
Loaned D Tomas Cibulka, Fs Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl and Aku Raty and G Connor Ungar to Bakersfield (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield Ds Josh Brown and Riley Stillman and F Eduards Tralmaks.
Detroit · 2026 draft
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