The Detroit Red Wings certainly hope to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2025. Detroit nearly made it in 2024, but fell short by virtue of a tiebreaker with the Washington Capitals. The team has leaned a bit more toward a youth movement as they relied less on splashy free-agency moves over the summer.

In an offseason that saw the Detroit Red Wings overhaul their roster with several acquisitions came the subtraction of some players. Whether through trade or contract expiration the Red Wings saw some players that played a big role on the team last season leave the organization.

Despite only minor changes in personnel, the Detroit Red Wings so far have been unable to duplicate last season's success on penalty kills.

Detroit Red Wings penalty kill is in disastrous shape. The Red Wings have successfully killed just 65.0% of the penalties they've faced, going 26/40 thus far. That's 31st in the NHL (only better than the Edmonton Oilers) and comfortably worse than last season's worst NHL PK,