Yzerman Couldn't Move Larkin. His Successor May Not Want To.
The frozen market didn't thaw because Yzerman left. But the one thing that changed, a clean-slate relationship, is exactly the thing that could talk Detroit's captain into staying.
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Red Wings by the numbers
Final 2025-26 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 41-31-10Record
- 92Points
- 16thNHL rank
- 2.91GF / GP
- 3.10GA / GP
- 22.6PP%
- 77.1PK%
- 51.0FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2025-26, 1312 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
- 48.8CF%21st of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 49.7FF%16th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 98.6PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 46.8OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alex DeBrincat | 82 | 41 | 44 | 85 |
 Lucas Raymond | 80 | 25 | 51 | 76 |
 Dylan Larkin | 74 | 34 | 33 | 67 |
 Moritz Seider | 82 | 10 | 50 | 60 |
 Patrick Kane | 67 | 16 | 41 | 57 |
 Andrew Copp | 79 | 9 | 34 | 43 |
 Justin Faulk | 78 | 16 | 24 | 40 |
 James van Riemsdyk | 72 | 15 | 16 | 31 |
 Emmitt Finnie | 82 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
 David Perron | 65 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
 J.T. Compher | 82 | 11 | 17 | 28 |
 Simon Edvinsson | 72 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
 Axel Sandin-Pellikka | 68 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
 Marco Kasper | 81 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
 Ben Chiarot | 82 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
 Mason Appleton | 65 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
 Michael Rasmussen | 64 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
 Albert Johansson | 82 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
 Nate Danielson | 28 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
 Jacob Bernard-Docker | 63 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 John Leonard | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Dominik Shine | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Travis Hamonic | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Michael Brandsegg-Nygård | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Carter Mazur | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Erik Gustafsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sheldon Dries | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 John Gibson | 57 | 29 | 22 | .901 | 2.72 |
 Cam Talbot | 34 | 12 | 9 | .883 | 3.19 |
Red Wings on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
- 22.8mphTop skating speed32nd of 32league avg 23.8
- 45Shots over 90 mph21st of 32league avg not published
- 1701Bursts over 20 mph15th of 32league avg 1762
- 3739.8miDistance skated14th of 32league avg 3727.0
- 98.9mphTop shot speed22nd of 32league avg 99.7
- 2316Shots on goal11th of 32league avg 2282
- 10.3%Shooting %26th of 32league avg 11.1
- 40.0%Offensive-zone time26th of 32league avg 41.1
- 42.5%Defensive-zone time28th of 32league avg 41.1
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