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With five points out of six earned on their mini-road trip, the Detroit Red Wings are on a pace for 106 points. If they reach that total, it would be their best finish since 2008-09 when they accumulated 112 points and reached the Stanley Cup Final.
After Tuesday and Thursday home games against Los Angeles and then Washington, the Red Wings will have completed more than two-thirds of the 2025-26 season. They are currently in first place in the Atlantic Division and tied for first in the Eastern Conference standings
Marco Kasper’s offensive contributions are among the positives of the road trip. Contributing a goal and an assist in the Red Wings 5-1 win against Winnipeg, Kasper owns 12 points on the season. Playing again on a line with Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond, Kasper has two goals and four assists for six points in his past five games. The Austrian forward is plus-seven with 13 shots on goal in those games.
John Gibson is now 17-2 in his last 19 games with an absolutely absurd 1.95 GAA over that time.
Elite goaltending is as valuable as anything in the sport.
A 4th & future 2nd-round pick for this level of performance?
Easily one of the better Detroit sports trades we’ve seen. pic.twitter.com/bjt6dAjlUS
— 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝟑𝟒𝟒 𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 (@Section344Lions) January 25, 2026
This comes after Kasper registered only six points in his previous 47 games. He’s playing more like he did in the second half of last season.
A bigger story is John Gibson strengthening his case to be a Vezina Trophy finalist. He now has his second eight-game winning streak of the season, joining Chris Osgood as the only Red Wings netminders to post two streaks of eight or more games in a single season.
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Detroit prospect goalie Trey Augustine of Michigan State posted two wins against Minnesota (3-1 and 3-2) to raise his record to 17-5-0. He has won eight of his last nine starts. Augustine boasts a 1.73 GAA and a .938 save percentage. The South Lyon product has given up two or fewer goals in 17 (77.2%) of his starts… Dylan James (40th, 2022) posted two assists and scored the go-ahead goal in North Dakota’s 5-3 come-from-behind win at Arizona State. . . Carter Bear (13th, 2025) has 26 points in his past 17 games for the Everett Silvertips. The edgy forward has 17 shots on goal in his past three games in the WHL.
Dylan James(2nd round’22 for North Dakota)
1 Goal 2 Assists +1 6/11 SOG in a 5-3 win#LGRW pic.twitter.com/gjpdmHCiRy— Red Wings Prospects (@LGRWProspects) January 25, 2026
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