Red Wings' John Leonard: Agrees to one-year contract
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Leonard signed a one-year contract extension with the Red Wings on Thursday.
Per PuckPedia, the contract is worth $850,000. Leonard had two goals and four points in 11 games with Detroit in 2025-26. He also has 32 goals and 53 points across 46 appearances with AHL Grand Rapids this season.
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Red Wings' Axel Sandin-Pellikka: Heads to AHL
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Sandin-Pellikka was reassigned to AHL Grand Rapids on Thursday.
Sandin-Pellikka had seven goals and 21 points in 68 outings as a rookie with the Red Wings in 2025-26. Detroit's season is done after failing to make the playoffs, but Grand Rapids secured a postseason berth, so the 21-year-old defenseman will gain some more experience by playing for the minor-league squad.
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Red Wings' Dominik Shine: Sent to AHL
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Shine was demoted to AHL Grand Rapids on Thursday.
Shine managed three goals in 18 regular-season games with the Red Wings this season. The 32-year-old veteran will return to the Griffins, where he had 21 goals and 37 points over 38 AHL contests this season.
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Red Wings' Carter Mazur: Sent to Grand Rapids
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Mazur was reassigned to AHL Grand Rapids on Thursday.
Mazur was unable to hit the scoresheet in eight NHL games with the Red Wings this season. He had 11 goals and three assists in 14 AHL games before his recall.
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Red Wings' Michael Brandsegg-Nygard: Heads to minors
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Brandsegg-Nygard was reassigned to AHL Grand Rapids on Thursday.
Brandsegg-Nygard finished the NHL regular season with an assist in 14 appearances with the Red Wings. He also has 20 goals and 44 points in 58 outings with Grand Rapids. The Red Winds fell short of the playoffs, but the Griffins won their division, so Brandsegg-Nygard will help them in their postseason run.
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Red Wings' Justin Faulk: Reaches 40-point mark
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Faulk scored a goal on two shots in Wednesday's 8-1 loss to the Panthers.
Faulk had four goals and an assist over the last five games of the regular season. The defenseman reached the 40-point mark this year, the first time in three seasons he's achieved that level of offense. He concludes 2025-26 with 16 goals, 24 assists, 148 shots on net, 130 blocked shots, 70 hits and a minus-8 rating over 78 appearances between the Red Wings and the Blues.
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Red Wings' Cam Talbot: Needed in relief in finale
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Talbot allowed four goals on 12 shots after replacing John Gibson midway through the second period of Wednesday's 8-1 loss to the Panthers.
Neither goalie fared well in the regular-season finale, as the Red Wings seemed mentally checked out at the end of a massively disappointing campaign. Talbot will be a free agent this spring, and the 38-year-old could have trouble landing a secure No. 2 job given his 3.19 GAA and .883 save percentage over 34 outings in 2025-26.
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Red Wings' John Gibson: Gets hook in season finale
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Gibson gave up four goals on 15 shots before being replaced by Cam Talbot midway through the second period of Wednesday's 8-1 rout at the hands of the Panthers.
The Red Wings apparently hit the links early to close out a massively disappointing season, hanging both their netminders out to dry in the process against a Florida lineup that was missing most of its stars. Gibson had something of a bounce-back campaign in Detroit despite a late fade, with his 29 wins being his highest total since 2017-18 with Anaheim. The 32-year-old goalie has one more year left on his current contract, but he could begin to get phased out next season by the Wings' top prospects Sebastian Cossa and Trey Augustine, who are both knocking on the door.
Red Wings' Mason Appleton: Not in action Wednesday
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Appleton (upper body) won't play Wednesday versus the Panthers.
Appleton will miss his sixth straight game to end the campaign. He'll finish the season with 14 points in 65 outings. He is under contract for 2026-27, but without an update on his injury status, it's unclear if he'll be ready for the start of that campaign.
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Red Wings' Dylan Larkin: Out for finale
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Larkin (undisclosed) won't play in Wednesday's game versus the Panthers.
Larkin will sit out the regular-season finale since the Red Wings have nothing to play for. Travis Hamonic will draw in as a seventh defenseman. Larkin ends the year with 34 goals and 67 points over 74 appearances.
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Red Wings' John Gibson: Drawing start against Florida
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Gibson will defend the road crease in Wednesday's regular-season finale against Florida, Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports.
Gibson hasn't been particularly sharp in recent weeks, going 2-4-1 with a 3.74 GAA and .876 save percentage over his last seven appearances. He made a pair of starts against the Panthers in March and went 0-2-0 with a 3.06 GAA and .880 save percentage.
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Red Wings' James van Riemsdyk: Gathers helper Monday
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Van Riemsdyk notched an assist in Monday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Lightning.
Van Riemsdyk is in a 16-game goal drought, and he's logged just four assists in that span. The 36-year-old winger has maintained a steady spot on the fourth line, but the Red Wings' late collapse means he won't get back into the postseason. Van Riemsdyk has produced 15 goals, 16 assists, 98 shots on net and a minus-14 rating over 71 appearances this season.
Red Wings' David Perron: Goals in back-to-back games
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Perron scored a goal Monday in a 4-3 overtime loss to Tampa Bay.
Perron has scored in two straight games, but he has just three goals in 15 games since his arrival from Ottawa on March 5. He had previously played in Detroit from 2022-24 and was viewed as a veteran who could help get them to the postseason. The 37-year-old Perron's contract expires at the end of 2025-26. He may still have something in the tank -- he had 25 points in 49 games in Ottawa prior to the deal.
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Red Wings' Alex DeBrincat: Post-Olympic production not enough
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DeBrincat scored a goal Monday in a 4-3 overtime loss to Tampa Bay.
DeBrincat's goal tied the game late in the third period and forced overtime. Linemate Patrick Kane stole the puck at the defensive blue line and they took off on a 2-on-0. He almost beat Andrei Vasilevskiy on a partial breakaway in overtime, right before the play turned and the Bolts scored the winner. DeBrincat turned his Team USA Olympic snub into a post-Games offensive outburst, but it wasn't enough to lift the Red Wings into the postseason. He has 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) over his last 23 games.
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Red Wings' Marco Kasper: Rare goal in tough sophomore season
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Kaspar scored a goal in a 4-3 overtime loss to Tampa Bay on Monday.
It was a backhander from the edge of the crease; it was his ninth snipe of the season (10 assists, 129 shots; 80 games). Kasper took a huge step backward in 2025-26. Last year, he had 19 goals, 18 assists and 145 shots. Kasper has one more year on his entry-level contract, and he will need to prove he can be the top-six pivot the team hoped they were drafting in 2022.
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Red Wings' Cam Talbot: Loses in OT as contract nears end
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Talbot made 18 saves on 22 shots Monday in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Lightning.
Talbot is 12-9-6 with a 3.10 GAA and .886 save percentage in 25 starts (33 appearances) this season. He's 43rd overall in GAA and 45th in save percentage. Talbot's contract expires at the end of the season, and at 38, his options are limited. Detroit's Sebastian Cossa has had a very strong season in Grand Rapids -- he's 26-8-4 with a 2.28 GAA and .917 save percentage, so the Red Wings are far more likely to elevate him than re-sign Talbot. The 2025-26 season was touted as his possible last year prior to Opening Night.
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Red Wings' Patrick Kane: Hits 1,400-point milestone
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Kane delivered an assist Monday in a 4-3 overtime loss to Tampa Bay.
The assist gave Kane 1,400 NHL points (508 goals, 892 assists); he accomplished that in 1,368 career games. He's the fourth active player to that reach the 1,400-point milestone. Kane, who is 24th all-time in NHL scoring, joins Sidney Crosby (1,761; seventh all-time), Alex Ovechkin (1,686; 10th all-time) and Evgeni Malkin (1,407; 23rd all-time).
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