WPJ @ DET Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-10-04 Posted by kaylee on 2026-10-04 04:01:16

WPJ @ DET

Venue: Little Caesars Arena

Puck drop: Sun Oct 4, 2026 1:00pm EDT

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

Game Preview

WPJ (last 10)

Record 4-5-1
Streak L5
GF/GP · GA/GP 2.5 · 3.9
Power play 8/26 (30.8%)
Last game OTL vs BOS (3–4)

DET (last 10)

Record 2-6-2
Streak L4
GF/GP · GA/GP 2.6 · 4.1
Power play 6/22 (27.3%)
Last game L vs NYR (0–2)

Recent meetings:

2026-01-24 DET 5 @ WPJ 1
2025-12-31 WPJ 1 @ DET 2

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

WPJ

Kyle Connor 5 pts · 2 G · 27 SOG
Gabriel Vilardi 5 pts · 1 G · 5 SOG
Mark Scheifele 4 pts · 2 G · 7 SOG
Cole Koepke 2 pts · 1 G · 6 SOG

DET

Dylan Larkin 6 pts · 3 G · 9 SOG
Moritz Seider 5 pts · 1 G · 12 SOG
Patrick Kane 4 pts · 1 G · 7 SOG
Alex DeBrincat 3 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: WPJ 3.22 · DET 3.34 · Win odds: WPJ 47.4% · DET 52.7% · OT/SO chance: 15.5%

3-3 35.2%
3-2 32.9%
2-3 31.9%

Box Score

WPJ 3 Final DET 2

2026-10-04

Stat	WPJ	DET
Goals	3	2
Shots	27	36
Power Play	3/4 (75.0%)	1/5 (20.0%)
PIM	15	13
Faceoffs	21 / 33	33 / 21
Blocks	15	12
Saves	34	24

WPJ Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Kyle Connor	2	1	3
Cole Perfetti	1	2	3
Josh Morrissey	0	2	2
Gabriel Vilardi	0	1	1

DET Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Emmitt Finnie	1	0	1
Viktor Arvidsson	1	0	1
Alex DeBrincat	0	1	1
Andrew Copp	0	1	1
Michael Brandsegg-NygÃ¥rd	0	1	1
Moritz Seider	0	1	1

Lineups

As of 2026-10-04 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

WPJ Away

Forwards

Line 1

Kyle Connor

#81 · LW

TOI 18:18xGF/60 5.90xGA/60 10.30CF/60 101.8SC±/60 -44.53G±/60 -19.08CF% 50.0xGF% 52.2

Mark Scheifele

#55 · C

TOI 18:34xGF/60 1.67xGA/60 5.78CF/60 29.3SC±/60 -29.30G±/60 -8.37CF% 47.1xGF% 46.8

Cole Perfetti

#91 · RW

TOI 17:16xGF/60 3.28xGA/60 2.81CF/60 72.9SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -5.61CF% 50.0xGF% 49.9

Line 2

Isak Rosen

#27 · LW

TOI 13:25xGF/60 5.74xGA/60 6.37CF/60 97.3SC±/60 -48.65G±/60 -13.90CF% 36.8xGF% 39.4

Viggo Björck

#61 · C

TOI 13:21xGF/60 2.67xGA/60 5.80CF/60 35.7SC±/60 -5.95G±/60 0.00CF% 31.6xGF% 31.5

Gabriel Vilardi

#13 · RW

TOI 17:24xGF/60 2.39xGA/60 14.77CF/60 49.9SC±/60 -89.75G±/60 -19.94CF% 33.3xGF% 34.3

Line 3

Morgan Barron

#36 · LW

TOI 12:59xGF/60 3.40xGA/60 6.13CF/60 87.5SC±/60 -29.18G±/60 0.00CF% 27.3xGF% 21.2

Adam Lowry

#17 · C

TOI 14:42xGF/60 3.62xGA/60 3.13CF/60 75.9SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -5.42CF% 41.2xGF% 37.5

Brad Lambert

#93 · RW

TOI 14:44xGF/60 5.74xGA/60 5.29CF/60 94.7SC±/60 -31.58G±/60 -12.63CF% 37.5xGF% 31.8

Line 4

Nino Niederreiter

#62 · LW

TOI 15:37xGF/60 2.95xGA/60 3.03CF/60 66.4SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -6.04CF% 28.6xGF% 34.8

Vladislav Namestnikov

#7 · C

TOI 12:55xGF/60 3.02xGA/60 1.95CF/60 66.8SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -12.14CF% 29.4xGF% 37.9

Alex Iafallo

#9 · RW

TOI 15:03xGF/60 2.42xGA/60 4.43CF/60 54.9SC±/60 -24.41G±/60 -6.10CF% 21.4xGF% 26.1

Defense

Pair 1

Josh Morrissey

#44 · LD

TOI 21:36xGF/60 4.42xGA/60 6.05CF/60 72.7SC±/60 -25.98G±/60 -10.39CF% 51.3xGF% 50.5

Dylan DeMelo

#2 · RD

TOI 19:45xGF/60 1.85xGA/60 5.18CF/60 26.8SC±/60 -43.50G±/60 -13.38CF% 38.2xGF% 40.1

Pair 2

Dylan Samberg

#54 · LD

TOI 19:17xGF/60 3.65xGA/60 6.81CF/60 80.8SC±/60 -55.54G±/60 -5.05CF% 22.6xGF% 27.2

Neal Pionk

#4 · RD

TOI 20:00xGF/60 1.53xGA/60 3.34CF/60 28.5SC±/60 -28.54G±/60 -14.27CF% 35.3xGF% 40.5

Pair 3

Mario Ferraro

#38 · LD

TOI 21:23xGF/60 2.76xGA/60 2.00CF/60 51.7SC±/60 +12.15G±/60 +3.04CF% 42.9xGF% 31.0

Tyrel Bauer

TOI 8:35xGF/60 1.24xGA/60 3.38CF/60 28.0SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 33.3xGF% 26.9

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Stuart Skinner [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 40]
G2	Clay Stevenson

DET Home

Forwards

Line 1

Alex DeBrincat

#93 · LW

TOI 18:38xGF/60 3.20xGA/60 4.15CF/60 88.7SC±/60 +14.77G±/60 -4.93CF% 55.6xGF% 52.3

Andrew Copp

#18 · C

TOI 15:13xGF/60 1.97xGA/60 4.75CF/60 60.3SC±/60 -18.09G±/60 -12.06CF% 60.0xGF% 55.0

Lucas Raymond

#23 · RW

TOI 15:57xGF/60 2.68xGA/60 4.36CF/60 52.8SC±/60 -21.98G±/60 -8.79CF% 60.7xGF% 54.8

Line 2

Viktor Arvidsson

#33 · LW

TOI 13:17xGF/60 8.41xGA/60 3.92CF/60 161.9SC±/60 +12.45G±/60 +12.46CF% 56.8xGF% 55.8

Emmitt Finnie

#58 · C

TOI 15:45xGF/60 2.37xGA/60 3.01CF/60 40.4SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 65.5xGF% 67.5

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård

#28 · RW

TOI 16:22xGF/60 2.43xGA/60 0.90CF/60 54.4SC±/60 +11.65G±/60 -3.88CF% 61.8xGF% 63.4

Line 3

Michael Rasmussen

#27 · LW

TOI 7:57xGF/60 3.05xGA/60 0.94CF/60 85.0SC±/60 +28.35G±/60 0.00CF% 73.7xGF% 79.3

J.T. Compher

#37 · C

TOI 16:06xGF/60 5.52xGA/60 6.44CF/60 116.3SC±/60 +19.39G±/60 -12.93CF% 76.5xGF% 76.4

Keegan Kolesar

#55 · RW

TOI 12:07xGF/60 6.26xGA/60 2.50CF/60 96.3SC±/60 +44.45G±/60 +14.81CF% 72.7xGF% 74.9

Line 4

Carter Mazur

#34 · LW

TOI 13:11xGF/60 3.95xGA/60 4.62CF/60 78.4SC±/60 +5.60G±/60 -5.60

Nate Danielson

#29 · C

TOI 11:52xGF/60 1.64xGA/60 2.35CF/60 33.0SC±/60 -5.50G±/60 0.00CF% 41.7xGF% 45.2

Mason Appleton

#22 · RW

TOI 17:13xGF/60 1.75xGA/60 4.02CF/60 41.5SC±/60 -36.92G±/60 0.00CF% 57.1xGF% 56.0

Defense

Pair 1

Albert Johansson

#20 · LD

TOI 14:50xGF/60 3.16xGA/60 2.85CF/60 63.8SC±/60 +38.25G±/60 -8.50CF% 40.0xGF% 47.6

Moritz Seider

#53 · RD

TOI 16:51xGF/60 2.14xGA/60 4.37CF/60 46.3SC±/60 -12.64G±/60 -16.84CF% 55.2xGF% 58.2

Pair 2

Ben Chiarot

#8 · LD

TOI 19:08xGF/60 2.90xGA/60 3.02CF/60 78.2SC±/60 +12.34G±/60 -4.12CF% 67.6xGF% 66.9

Axel Sandin-Pellikka

#44 · RD

TOI 15:06xGF/60 2.78xGA/60 1.52CF/60 70.8SC±/60 +20.81G±/60 0.00CF% 67.9xGF% 67.0

Pair 3

Anton Johansson

TOI 13:30xGF/60 4.22xGA/60 2.78CF/60 62.7SC±/60 -4.82G±/60 0.00CF% 65.0xGF% 60.3

Justin Faulk

#72 · RD

TOI 19:58xGF/60 2.81xGA/60 2.75CF/60 70.0SC±/60 +20.60G±/60 -4.12CF% 59.3xGF% 54.7

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	John Gibson [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 80]
G2	Daniil Tarasov

Injuries

As of 2026-10-04 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

WPJ

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Elias Salomonsson	NA	57	OUT	OUT
Connor Hellebuyck	NA	37	OUT	OUT

DET

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Jacob Bernard-Docker	NA	25	IR	IR
Dylan Larkin	NA	71	IR	IR
Marco Kasper	NA	92	DTD	DTD

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