As hope fades, Red Wings need to play like it’s 2013 all over again

Detroit Red Wings playoff odds drop to 8% with just 4 games remaining

The Detroit Red Wings are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the 10th straight season after nine losses in the month of March.Detroit has just four games left in the regular season and has 89 points before facing Philadelphia on Thursday night at home.According to the NHL Playoff Status website, Detroit has just an 8% chance of making the playoffs with the second wild card. The Ottawa Senators, which currently sit in the second wild card s…

Red Wings Vet Might Not Be Back in 2026-27

The Detroit Red Wings are staring at a three-point gap between them and the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with four games to play.That’s not an insurmountable deficit, but not realistic to make up with so little runway to go. The Red Wings are likely heading to another playoff miss, with one particular moment potentially becoming the straw that broke the camel’s back this season.That moment was the inexplicable penalty Patrick Kan…

As hope fades, Red Wings need to play like it’s 2013 all over again

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings are competing with five teams for the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, so the math is complicated.

Realistic but fragile: Red Wings’ playoff hopes

The Detroit Red Wings entered the 2025–26 season with cautious optimism, aiming to end their lengthy playoff drought and reestablish themselves as a contender in the Eastern Conference. As the season has unfolded, that optimism has fluctuated, with stretches of promising play offset by inconsistency that has kept their postseason hopes uncertain but very much alive. Through much of the year, Detroit has hovered around the playoff bubble, competi…