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Justin Abdelkader lit the lamp 13 times in 2017-18.

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	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Justin Abdelkader J. Abdelkader	13	2017-18	DET	75	22	35	-11	78	4	5	0	0	0	0	110	11.8	47	97	48.5	174	40	21	34	16:33
2	Pontus Aberg P. Aberg	4	2017-18	TOT	53	12	16	+9	10	0	1	0	0	3	0	70	5.7	4	12	33.3	24	8	12	20	12:10
3	Noel Acciari N. Acciari	10	2017-18	BOS	60	1	11	-6	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	66	15.2	42	93	45.2	152	41	20	9	12:55
4	Sebastian Aho S. Aho	29	2017-18	CAR	78	36	65	+4	24	8	8	0	0	4	0	200	14.5	78	172	45.3	65	17	59	53	17:55
5	Karl Alzner K. Alzner	1	2017-18	MTL	82	11	12	-7	40	0	0	0	1	0	0	84	1.2	0	0		141	144	22	90	20:05
6	Michael Amadio M. Amadio	4	2017-18	LAK	37	4	8	-2	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	28	14.3	74	170	43.5	18	9	11	6	9:19
7	Josh Anderson J. Anderson	19	2017-18	CBJ	63	11	30	-1	42	1	3	0	0	5	2	188	10.1	26	62	41.9	109	24	41	20	18:02
8	Andy Andreoff A. Andreoff	3	2017-18	LAK	45	6	9	-6	50	0	0	0	0	2	0	47	6.4	24	53	45.3	77	11	3	7	9:23
9	Sven Andrighetto S. Andrighetto	8	2017-18	COL	50	14	22	-15	10	3	6	0	0	2	0	111	7.2	7	22	31.8	38	18	22	15	14:29
10	Artem Anisimov A. Anisimov	20	2017-18	CHI	72	11	31	-17	22	11	1	1	0	6	0	130	15.4	416	910	45.7	15	40	18	26	16:47
11	Darren Archibald D. Archibald	4	2017-18	VAN	27	5	9	-1	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	14.3	0	1	0.0	80	14	5	1	14:52
12	Josh Archibald J. Archibald	5	2017-18	TOT	42	6	11	-2	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	11.9	25	65	38.5	86	16	7	4	11:57
13	Joel Armia J. Armia	12	2017-18	WPG	79	17	29	+3	22	0	4	1	1	2	0	128	9.4	7	15	46.7	86	39	48	16	12:36
14	Viktor Arvidsson V. Arvidsson	29	2017-18	NSH	78	32	61	+20	36	3	5	3	0	6	1	247	11.7	11	33	33.3	30	52	31	35	17:45
15	Cam Atkinson C. Atkinson	24	2017-18	CBJ	65	22	46	+19	14	3	7	1	0	5	1	231	10.4	21	65	32.3	32	29	31	19	18:54
16	Yohann Auvitu Y. Auvitu	3	2017-18	EDM	33	6	9	+4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	4.3	0	0		18	26	8	17	13:33
17	David Backes D. Backes	14	2017-18	BOS	57	19	33	+2	53	2	4	0	1	1	0	160	8.8	125	242	51.7	137	25	31	21	15:24
18	Mikael Backlund M. Backlund	14	2017-18	CGY	82	31	45	-21	78	3	8	1	2	2	0	214	6.5	705	1,410	50.0	54	40	81	48	19:01
19	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	21	2017-18	WSH	81	50	71	+5	46	7	19	0	0	4	1	165	12.7	702	1,371	51.2	37	51	44	58	19:40
20	Sven Baertschi S. Baertschi	14	2017-18	VAN	53	15	29	+3	20	7	2	0	0	2	1	82	17.1	1	7	14.3	19	29	19	17	15:36
21	Josh Bailey J. Bailey	18	2017-18	NYI	76	53	71	-20	17	5	26	0	0	3	1	151	11.9	11	50	22.0	12	33	45	62	17:53
22	Mark Barberio M. Barberio	3	2017-18	COL	46	10	13	+6	31	0	1	1	1	1	0	52	5.8	0	0		26	62	8	16	17:17
23	Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	27	2017-18	FLA	79	51	78	+9	14	5	12	5	0	3	0	256	10.5	908	1,697	53.5	30	67	82	63	22:04
24	Tyson Barrie T. Barrie	14	2017-18	COL	68	43	57	-15	22	7	23	0	0	3	0	178	7.9	0	0		40	79	20	38	22:42
25	Jay Beagle J. Beagle	7	2017-18	WSH	79	15	22	+3	16	0	0	1	0	2	0	65	10.8	584	998	58.5	69	44	25	10	12:27

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Team Leaders

+/-

0

Gibson

Team Rankings

G/GP

0.00

30th

GA/GP

2.00

8th

PP%

0.0

17th

PK%

75.0

20th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	2	0	0	4	4
Panthers	1	0	1	3	0
Canadiens	1	0	0	2	1
Maple Leafs	1	1	0	2	0
Red Wings	0	1	0	0	-2
Sabres	0	1	0	0	-3
Senators	0	0	0	0	0
Lightning	0	1	0	0	-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	WPG	@	DET	1:00 PM
Tue 10/6	OTT	@	DET	7:00 PM
Fri 10/9	SEA	@	DET	7:00 PM
Sat 10/10	DET	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Tue 10/13	NJD	@	DET	6:00 PM

Last Game

Rangers

2 - 1 - 0

Final

Red Wings

0 - 1 - 0

Fri 2 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

4

Bouchard

3

Rossi

3

Podkolzin

Assists Leaders

6

McDavid

4

Bouchard

4

Hronek

Points Leaders

8

Bouchard

7

McDavid

5

Eichel

Hits Leaders

11

Cuylle

11

Staal

10

Bennett

Blocks Leaders

10

Murphy

9

Gavrikov

8

Pettersson

Wins Leaders

2

Swayman

1

Shesterkin

1

Markstrom

Goals Against Leaders

0.00

Markstrom

0.00

Vejmelka

0.00

Garand

Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Markstrom

1.000

Vejmelka

1.000

Garand

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

8.00

7.00

Goals Against Rankings

0.00

Power Play Rankings

80.0

66.7

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

0-2

0-1

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	2	0	0	4	4
Panthers	1	0	1	3	0
Canadiens	1	0	0	2	1
Maple Leafs	1	1	0	2	0
Senators	0	0	0	0	0
Red Wings	0	1	0	0	-2
Sabres	0	1	0	0	-3
Lightning	0	1	0	0	-4
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Rangers	2	1	0	4	3
Penguins	1	0	0	2	7
Blue Jackets	1	0	0	2	3
Capitals	1	0	0	2	3
Devils	1	0	0	2	1
Hurricanes	0	1	1	1	-4
Flyers	0	1	1	1	-8
Islanders	0	1	0	0	-1

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	1	0	0	2	6
Avalanche	1	0	0	2	4
Blues	1	0	0	2	4
Wild	1	0	0	2	2
Jets	0	0	1	1	-1
Predators	0	1	0	0	-2
Stars	0	1	0	0	-4
Blackhawks	0	2	0	0	-9
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	1	0	1	3	1
Kraken	1	0	0	2	5
Ducks	1	0	0	2	1
Sharks	1	0	0	2	1
Golden Knights	1	1	0	2	2
Canucks	1	1	0	2	-1
Kings	0	1	0	0	-4
Flames	0	1	0	0	-5