Final
WPG at DET game report
Sunday, October 4, 2026 · 1:00 p.m. ET · Little Caesars Arena
Jets beat the Red Wings 3–2 despite being out-chanced 4.1–3.4 in expected goals and 19–13 in high-danger chances. Stuart Skinner saved 2.1 goals more than expected.
Team comparison
- 2Goals3
- 4.13Expected goals3.37
- 2.525-on-5 expected goals1.67
- 19High-danger chances13
- 36Shots on goal27
- 78Shot attempts53
- 535-on-5 shot attempts33
- 9:42Power-play time5:08
5-on-5 shares for DET: 61.6% of shot attempts, 60.2% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
By strength
| DET at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 43:02 | 53–33 | 2.52–1.67 | 1–0 |
| Power play | 9:42 | 15–13 | 1.23–0.91 | 1–3 |
| Shorthanded | 5:08 | 1–6 | 0.00–0.19 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 2:08 | 9–1 | 0.37–0.60 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as DET–WPG. “Power play” means DET had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Skinner WPG | 34/36 | .944 | 4.13 | +2.13 |
| John Gibson DET | 24/27 | .889 | 2.77 | -0.23 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingRed Wings6.4Jets5.6
| ★Top three of the night: Kyle ConnorFWPG | 8.7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20:05 | 48.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Josh MorrisseyDWPG | 7.9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 21:33 | 50.0 |
| ★Top three of the night: Cole PerfettiFWPG | 7.9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17:10 | 48.5 |
| Michael Brandsegg-NygårdFDET | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19:33 | 61.8 |
| Stuart SkinnerGWPG | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | — | 60:00 | — |
| Emmitt FinnieFDET | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:56 | 65.5 |
| Alex DeBrincatFDET | 7.4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23:16 | 57.1 |
| Andrew CoppFDET | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:44 | 58.6 |
| Moritz SeiderDDET | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25:41 | 55.2 |
| Viktor ArvidssonFDET | 6.9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:24 | 54.3 |
| Axel Sandin-PellikkaDDET | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:37 | 66.7 |
| Ben ChiarotDDET | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:23 | 66.7 |
| Michael RasmussenFDET | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:09 | 73.7 |
| Andreas EnglundDDET | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:15 | 81.8 |
| Justin FaulkDDET | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:32 | 59.3 |
| J.T. CompherFDET | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:51 | 76.5 |
| Anton JohanssonDDET | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 | 65.0 |
| Gabriel VilardiFWPG | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:41 | 31.6 |
| Keegan KolesarFDET | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 | 72.7 |
| Lucas RaymondFDET | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:55 | 59.3 |
| John GibsonGDET | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | — | 57:11 | — |
| Brad LambertFWPG | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:27 | 37.5 |
| Mason AppletonFDET | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:23 | 57.1 |
| Albert JohanssonDDET | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 | 40.0 |
| Tyrel BauerDWPG | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:35 | 33.3 |
| Neal PionkDWPG | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:53 | 36.4 |
| Alex IafalloFWPG | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:44 | 28.6 |
| Nate DanielsonFDET | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:09 | 41.7 |
| Mario FerraroDWPG | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:17 | 42.9 |
| Mark ScheifeleFWPG | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:06 | 45.7 |
| Adam LowryFWPG | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 | 41.2 |
| Isak RosenFWPG | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 | 38.9 |
| Nino NiederreiterFWPG | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 | 30.8 |
| Viggo BjörckFWPG | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 | 33.3 |
| Morgan BarronFWPG | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 | 27.3 |
| Vladislav NamestnikovFWPG | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:09 | 31.3 |
| Dylan SambergDWPG | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 | 26.7 |
| Dylan DeMeloDWPG | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 | 37.1 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Red Wings
Forward lines
- Copp – DeBrincat – Raymond7:48 · 10–7 · xG 0.3–0.4
- Compher – Kolesar – Rasmussen6:49 · 8–3 · xG 0.2–0.1
- Arvidsson – Finnie – Brandsegg-Nygård6:33 · 11–6 · xG 0.6–0.2
Defence pairs
- Seider – Johansson9:32 · 8–10 · xG 0.2–0.5
- Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka8:26 · 15–8 · xG 1.0–0.4
- Faulk – Johansson8:14 · 11–6 · xG 0.6–0.5
Jets
Forward lines
- Scheifele – Connor – Perfetti11:07 · 16–15 · xG 1.0–1.1
- Lowry – Barron – Lambert8:45 · 6–9 · xG 0.2–0.2
- Vilardi – Rosen – Björck8:30 · 5–10 · xG 0.2–0.5
- Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Iafallo6:59 · 3–9 · xG 0.0–0.1
Defence pairs
- DeMelo – Morrissey12:23 · 11–17 · xG 0.8–0.8
- Samberg – Pionk12:17 · 5–18 · xG 0.3–0.5
- Ferraro – Bauer7:20 · 4–8 · xG 0.0–0.3
Three stars
- ★K. ConnorWPG · 2G 1A
- ★★C. PerfettiWPG · 1G 2A
- ★★★V. ArvidssonDET · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 13:04WPG C. Perfetti pp (from K. Connor, J. Morrissey)1–0
- 14:36WPG K. Connor pp (from G. Vilardi, C. Perfetti)2–0
Period 2
- 05:41WPG K. Connor pp (from J. Morrissey, C. Perfetti)3–0
- 16:52DET V. Arvidsson pp (from A. Copp, M. Seider)3–1
Period 3
- 04:56DET E. Finnie (from M. Brandsegg-Nygård, A. DeBrincat)3–2