DET @ WPJ Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-01-24 Posted by kaylee on 2026-01-24 05:01:31

DET @ WPJ

Venue: Canada Life Centre

Puck drop: Sat Jan 24, 2026 7:00pm EST

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

DET (last 10)
  • Record 7-2-1
  • Streak L1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.2 · 2.4
  • Power play 8/32 (25%)
  • Last game OTL vs MIN (3–4)
WPJ (last 10)
  • Record 5-2-3
  • Streak L1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.3 · 2.6
  • Power play 6/25 (24%)
  • Last game OTL vs FLO (1–1)

Recent meetings:

  • 2025-12-31 WPJ 1 @ DET 2

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

DET
  • Lucas Raymond 7 pts · 3 G · 10 SOG
  • Dylan Larkin 5 pts · 2 G · 19 SOG
  • James van Riemsdyk 4 pts · 2 G · 6 SOG
  • Marco Kasper 4 pts · 1 G · 11 SOG
WPJ
  • Mark Scheifele 7 pts · 3 G · 7 SOG
  • Josh Morrissey 5 pts · 2 G · 9 SOG
  • Kyle Connor 4 pts · 1 G · 13 SOG
  • Gabriel Vilardi 3 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: DET 2.93 · WPJ 3.04 · Win odds: DET 47.3% · WPJ 52.8% · OT/SO chance: 17.4%

  • 2-3 33.6%
  • 2-2 33.4%
  • 3-3 33%

Box Score

DET 5 Final WPJ 1

2026-01-24

Stat DET WPJ
Goals51
Shots3127
Power Play 0/3 (0.0%) 0/1 (0.0%)
PIM26
Faceoffs33 / 2727 / 33
Blocks1415
Saves2626
DET Scorers
GAPTS
J 2 0 2
Lucas Raymond 1 1 2
Marco Kasper 1 1 2
Alex DeBrincat 1 0 1
Andrew Copp 0 2 2
Emmitt Finnie 0 1 1
Jacob Bernard-Docker 0 1 1
James van Riemsdyk 0 1 1
Patrick Kane 0 1 1
WPJ Scorers
GAPTS
Cole Koepke 1 0 1
Logan Stanley 0 1 1
Morgan Barron 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-01-24 11:55PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

DET Away

Forwards

Line 1
Marco Kasper
#92 · LW
TOI 14:10xGF/60 3.57xGA/60 1.66CF/60 55.9SC±/60 +18.63G±/60 +9.31CF% 60.0xGF% 68.2
Dylan Larkin
#71 · C
TOI 19:19xGF/60 3.31xGA/60 2.55CF/60 53.6SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +8.25CF% 46.4xGF% 56.5
Lucas Raymond
#23 · RW
TOI 18:22xGF/60 3.45xGA/60 2.67CF/60 57.5SC±/60 -4.78G±/60 +4.79CF% 48.0xGF% 56.4
Line 2
Alex DeBrincat
#93 · LW
TOI 19:25xGF/60 2.57xGA/60 2.73CF/60 53.6SC±/60 -12.37G±/60 +4.12CF% 43.3xGF% 48.5
Andrew Copp
#18 · C
TOI 17:32xGF/60 3.66xGA/60 3.19CF/60 86.9SC±/60 +9.65G±/60 0.00CF% 54.5xGF% 53.4
Patrick Kane
#88 · RW
TOI 19:07xGF/60 4.57xGA/60 4.24CF/60 87.4SC±/60 +5.83G±/60 +5.83CF% 48.4xGF% 51.9
Line 3
Emmitt Finnie
#58 · LW
TOI 10:51xGF/60 2.67xGA/60 2.47CF/60 63.1SC±/60 +25.22G±/60 0.00CF% 52.6xGF% 51.9
J.T. Compher
#37 · C
TOI 15:32xGF/60 4.89xGA/60 5.82CF/60 91.1SC±/60 +5.35G±/60 +5.35CF% 43.6xGF% 45.6
James van Riemsdyk
#21 · RW
TOI 11:59xGF/60 5.62xGA/60 4.46CF/60 131.1SC±/60 +40.34G±/60 0.00CF% 59.1xGF% 55.8
Line 4
Elmer Soderblom
#85 · LW
TOI 10:14xGF/60 3.22xGA/60 4.48CF/60 52.2SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 35.3xGF% 41.8
Michael Rasmussen
#27 · C
TOI 13:44xGF/60 2.42xGA/60 2.85CF/60 37.3SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 35.0xGF% 45.9
Mason Appleton
#22 · RW
TOI 12:50xGF/60 3.59xGA/60 2.21CF/60 50.3SC±/60 +11.18G±/60 +11.18CF% 45.0xGF% 61.9

Defense

Pair 1
Jacob Bernard-Docker
#25 · LD
TOI 18:32xGF/60 1.26xGA/60 2.59CF/60 23.6SC±/60 -20.19G±/60 +3.36CF% 25.0xGF% 32.7
Moritz Seider
#53 · RD
TOI 28:14xGF/60 2.29xGA/60 2.10CF/60 39.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +2.61CF% 41.7xGF% 52.2
Pair 2
Axel Sandin-Pellikka
#44 · LD
TOI 13:29xGF/60 4.58xGA/60 1.48CF/60 68.4SC±/60 +9.77G±/60 0.00CF% 60.9xGF% 75.6
Ben Chiarot
#8 · RD
TOI 19:20xGF/60 4.68xGA/60 4.45CF/60 74.2SC±/60 -8.24G±/60 0.00CF% 42.9xGF% 51.2
Pair 3
Albert Johansson
#20 · LD
TOI 20:17xGF/60 3.89xGA/60 1.85CF/60 77.6SC±/60 +43.86G±/60 +6.75CF% 67.6xGF% 67.8
Travis Hamonic
#52 · RD
TOI 15:03xGF/60 3.48xGA/60 2.92CF/60 80.4SC±/60 +17.23G±/60 +5.74CF% 58.3xGF% 54.3

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 John Gibson [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 70]
G2 Cam Talbot

WPJ Home

Forwards

Line 1
Kyle Connor
#81 · LW
TOI 22:28xGF/60 2.94xGA/60 4.26CF/60 67.3SC±/60 -35.61G±/60 -7.91CF% 41.5xGF% 40.8
Mark Scheifele
#55 · C
TOI 21:39xGF/60 2.20xGA/60 3.81CF/60 58.7SC±/60 -27.61G±/60 -6.90CF% 42.5xGF% 36.6
Alex Iafallo
#9 · RW
TOI 17:53xGF/60 1.30xGA/60 3.30CF/60 41.8SC±/60 -29.27G±/60 -4.18CF% 41.7xGF% 28.3
Line 2
Cole Perfetti
#91 · LW
TOI 10:17xGF/60 3.20xGA/60 2.33CF/60 85.4SC±/60 +14.23G±/60 -7.11CF% 75.0xGF% 57.8
Jonathan Toews
#19 · C
TOI 12:10xGF/60 4.48xGA/60 3.88CF/60 102.3SC±/60 +9.30G±/60 -9.30CF% 64.7xGF% 53.6
Gabriel Vilardi
#13 · RW
TOI 15:49xGF/60 4.13xGA/60 4.13CF/60 92.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -11.50CF% 55.2xGF% 50.0
Line 3
Nino Niederreiter
#62 · LW
TOI 13:52xGF/60 4.97xGA/60 5.51CF/60 78.3SC±/60 -14.23G±/60 0.00CF% 45.8xGF% 47.4
Adam Lowry
#17 · C
TOI 15:16xGF/60 3.78xGA/60 3.61CF/60 59.6SC±/60 -5.41G±/60 0.00CF% 47.8xGF% 51.2
Vladislav Namestnikov
#7 · RW
TOI 14:48xGF/60 6.15xGA/60 6.01CF/60 95.7SC±/60 -22.09G±/60 0.00CF% 44.8xGF% 50.6
Line 4
Cole Koepke
#45 · LW
TOI 11:18xGF/60 2.32xGA/60 2.90CF/60 84.8SC±/60 +30.83G±/60 0.00CF% 64.7xGF% 44.5
Morgan Barron
#36 · C
TOI 11:02xGF/60 3.92xGA/60 3.83CF/60 124.8SC±/60 +38.40G±/60 0.00CF% 61.9xGF% 50.6
Tanner Pearson
#70 · RW
TOI 10:57xGF/60 2.64xGA/60 2.89CF/60 96.2SC±/60 +32.07G±/60 0.00CF% 66.7xGF% 47.8

Defense

Pair 1
Josh Morrissey
#44 · LD
TOI 23:17xGF/60 3.41xGA/60 2.36CF/60 73.6SC±/60 -3.20G±/60 -6.40CF% 56.1xGF% 59.0
Dylan DeMelo
#2 · RD
TOI 22:25xGF/60 3.01xGA/60 2.26CF/60 61.9SC±/60 -9.27G±/60 -3.09CF% 51.3xGF% 57.1
Pair 2
Dylan Samberg
#54 · LD
TOI 22:16xGF/60 2.31xGA/60 1.36CF/60 49.0SC±/60 +8.17G±/60 0.00CF% 60.0xGF% 62.9
Elias Salomonsson
#57 · RD
TOI 18:56xGF/60 2.76xGA/60 2.28CF/60 59.6SC±/60 +7.44G±/60 0.00CF% 57.1xGF% 54.7
Pair 3
Logan Stanley
#64 · LD
TOI 16:50xGF/60 2.37xGA/60 7.22CF/60 74.5SC±/60 -26.59G±/60 -5.32CF% 43.8xGF% 24.7
Luke Schenn
#5 · RD
TOI 13:58xGF/60 2.04xGA/60 8.95CF/60 73.0SC±/60 -43.81G±/60 -14.61CF% 38.5xGF% 18.6

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Connor Hellebuyck [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 82]
G2 Eric Comrie

Injuries

As of 2026-01-24 11:55PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

DET

Player Pos # Description Status
Simon Edvinsson NA 77 DTD DTD

WPJ

Player Pos # Description Status
Haydn Fleury NA 24 IR IR
Colin Miller NA 6 IR IR
Neal Pionk NA 4 IR IR
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