Detroit Red Wings Set 23-Man Roster

The Detroit Red Wings will drop the puck on the 2025-26 season on Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens. This season will be the Red Wings’ 100th season. Today, they set their roster as they assigned defenseman Justin Holl to the Grand Rapids Griffins. The roster has 13 forwards, eight defenseman, and two goalies. Three of their top prospects made the team out of camp, as Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Emmitt Finnie, and Axel Sandin-Pellikka are on the Opening Night roster. Nate Danielson and Shai Buium are on the injured non-roster, and forward James van Riemsdyk is on the non-roster.

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Detroit Red Wings 2025-26 Roster

Forwards

18 – Andrew Copp
22 – Mason Appleton
23 – Lucas Raymond
27 – Michael Rasmussen
28 – Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
37 – J.T. Compher
48 – Jonatan Berggren
58 – Emmitt Finnie
71 – Dylan Larkin
85 – Elmer Soderblom
88 – Patrick Kane
92 – Marco Kasper
93 – Alex DeBrincat

Defenseman

2 – Travis Hamonic
8 – Ben Chiarot
20 – Albert Johansson
24 – Jacob Bernard-Docker
44 – Axel Sandin-Pellikka
53 – Moritz Seider
56 – Erik Gustafsson
77 – Simon Edvinsson

Goalies

36 – John Gibson
39 – Cam Talbot

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Detroit Red Wings Opening Night Projected Lines

Finnie-Larkin-Raymond
DeBrincat-Kasper-Kane
Copp-Compher-Brandsegg Nygard
Soderblom-Rasmussen-Appleton

Chiarot-Seide
Edvinsson-Sandin Pellikka
Johansson-Hamonic

Gibson
Talbot

PP1: DeBrincat-Larkin-Kane-Raymond-Seider

PP2: Compher-Copp-Kasper-Brandsegg Nygard-Sandin Pellikka