Detroit Red Wings at Ottawa Senators: game preview
DetroitRed Wings2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 41-31-10 · 92 pts · 16that
OttawaSenators2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 44-27-11 · 99 pts · 9thSeven points apart last season
Detroit finished last season 16th in the league on 92 points. Ottawa finished 9th on 99, and the 2025-26 season series went DET 3-1-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 76
Across 75 completed games, Detroit lead the head-to-head 39-30-5.
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 5 Jan 2026, Detroit were 4th in the league and Ottawa 20th. By 6 Oct it was 26th and 11th.
Detroit out-attempted Ottawa 297 to 285
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Detroit Red Wings
Ottawa Senators
Ottawa 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 Ottawa. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Detroit, 10 for Ottawa.
2025-26: 82 games for Detroit, 82 for Ottawa.
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 sampleOttawa
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 Ottawa · game by game
See all: Lucas Raymond vs Ottawa · game by game →John Gibson has started most of these meetings
John Gibson played 5 of the last 5 meetings with Ottawa, with a .902 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
John Gibson
See all: John Gibson →DET · 1-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 1 Apr
Linus Ullmark
See all: Linus Ullmark →OTT · 2-0-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 1 Apr
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Samuel Ersson .886 (2 GP)
Full game logScoring rates point to about 6.1 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
Ottawa3.332.673.393.00Goals 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.
13 on the injury lists
Detroit · injuries
Ottawa · 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.
Recalled G Marcus Johansson from Belleville (AHL). Assigned D Donovan Sebrango to Belleville.
Recalled D Donovan Sebrango from Belleville (AHL). Placed LW Andre Burakovsky on injured reserve.
Loaned D Hoyt Stanley to Belleville (AHL).
Detroit · 2026 draft
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