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Morning report · executive brief

Detroit Red Wings

By the ModelMon, Sep 21Latest file · Wed, Apr 152025-26last seasonAs of Sun, Sep 20
Executive summary

Last time out (Wed, Apr 15): DET 1 - 8 FLA — a loss to the Panthers.

Red Wings: a outshot/run-and-gun team (0.0% 5v5 xG) with league-average goaltending.

Season complete · final ledger
82
Games filed
41
Wins (all)
41
Losses (all)
241
Goals for
258
Goals against

No scheduled fixture on file — counts from published recaps; OT/SO losses count as losses

Schedule load · logistics

How hard is this team’s season, logistically? This grades the schedule itself — travel, rest, and clustering — separate from how good the team is.

Logistics, not talent

Schedule load

AVERAGE
Load index
42/ 100 · pctile vs league

The 19th-heaviest schedule in the league84 games, 1.3 days average rest.

Total travel
35,405
road miles flown
12
Back-to-backs
2 games, 0 days off
12
3-in-4s
3 games / 4 nights
11
4-in-6s
4 games / 6 nights
5
Longest road trip
2,839 mi
Rest-days distribution
0d12
1d47
2d18
3+d6

Nights of rest before each game · 0 days = red, 3+ = green

Rest advantage

20 games with more rest than the opponent · 19 with fewer · 44 even.

Hardest stretches
  • 6 games in 10 days with 3,459 travel miles

    Oct 29Nov 7

  • 6 games in 11 days with 3,464 travel miles

    Feb 11Feb 21

  • 6 games in 10 days with 2,397 travel miles

    Dec 26Jan 4

Source · NHL schedule · arena coordinates · rest & travel model
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