Who wins
| Source | DET wins | SJS wins | Basis |
|---|
| DraftKings | — | — | no line yet |
| Pinnacle | — | — | not posted yet |
| Kalshi | — | — | no market yet |
| Composite ours | — | — | not built yet |
| DRatings public model | — | — | not published yet |
| Neil Paine Elo public model | — | — | not published for this game |
The pickers see DraftKings, Pinnacle and Kalshi. They never see the composite, DRatings or Paine's Elo - opinions get copied.
Goalies
| Team | Goalie | Status | Reported | GSAx | Sv% | GP |
|---|
| SJS | — | unknown | | — | — | — |
| DET | — | unknown | | — | — | — |
DailyFaceoff's starter and status; "not reported" is its projection before any news. GSAx (goals saved above expected) and Sv% are this season's (MoneyPuck).
Rest and travel
| Team | Rest days | Back-to-back | 3 in 4 | Km | Time zones | Trip/stand game |
|---|
| SJS | 1 | no | no | 758 | +1 | 2 |
| DET | 1 | no | no | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Who is outESPN
| Team | Player | Status | Note |
|---|
| DET | Dylan Larkin | Out | Head coach Todd McLellan said Thursday that Larkin (upper body) will be out for Friday's game against the Rangers and Sunday's game against the Jets, Max Bultman of The Athletic reports. |
| DET | Simon Edvinsson | Out | Edvinsson, who is a restricted free agent, has returned to Sweden to resume his training, per Andreas III Johnsson of Goteborgs-Posten on Wednesday. |
| DET | Andreas Englund | Injured Reserve | ir-nr |
| DET | Chase Stillman | Injured Reserve | Stillman (undisclosed) was moved to the injured non-roster list Monday. |
| DET | Carter Bear | Injured Reserve | Bear (upper body) was placed on the injured non-roster list Monday. |
| DET | Jacob Bernard-Docker | Injured Reserve | The Red Wings placed Bernard-Docker (upper body) on injured reserve Monday, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports. |
| SJS | Adam Gaudette | Injured Reserve | Gaudette (upper body) will begin the 2026-27 regular season on the injured non-roster list, per Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News. |
| SJS | Alex Barre-Boulet | Injured Reserve | Barre-Boulet (undisclosed) will begin the 2026-27 regular season on injured reserve, per Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News. |
| SJS | Quentin Musty | Injured Reserve | Musty (upper body) was put on non-roster injured reserve Monday, according to Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News. |
| SJS | Cam Lund | Injured Reserve | Lund (upper body) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by the Sharks on Monday, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports. |
| SJS | Kyle Keyser | Injured Reserve | Keyser (upper body) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by the Sharks on Monday, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports. |
| SJS | Patrick Giles | Injured Reserve | Giles (upper body) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by the Sharks on Monday, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports. |