Red Wings Rant Podcast14 Nov 2025

Red Wings Are a Top-10 Win Percentage Team | Why Do They Keep Falling Apart?

The Red Wings are one of the strangest teams in the NHL right now.
By straight win percentage, Detroit ranks like a top-10 team. But watch the games — or just check the box scores — and you see a team that either plays fast, structured, playoff-caliber hockey … or completely falls apart for long stretches.

In this episode, we break down why the Wings keep swinging between dominant and disastrous, including:

Why their win percentage paints a WAY better picture than their actual record The standings favor loser points — we don’t. When you sort the NHL by actual wins per game, Detroit sits in the top third of the league. The goaltending problem that’s draining winnable games John Gibson allows 4 goals on 1.86 expected against Chicago. Talbot and Gibson rank bottom-10 in Goals Saved Above Expected. Detroit has the 6th-worst team save percentage. This team isn’t getting average goaltending — and it’s costing them points. Why the Red Wings get tons of possession but no scoring Detroit is top-10 in:

Corsi For %
Fenwick For %

But near the bottom in:

High-danger chances created
High-danger shooting percentage

They generate quantity, not quality — a huge problem for a team missing finishers outside of Larkin and DeBrincat. What’s wrong with the top six?

Emmitt Finnie may be skating hard, but is there enough skill next to Larkin and Kane?
Raymond is still recovering.
Kasper looks like a passenger, not a driver.
Patrick Kane is back, but still not at full speed — and the power play looks lost without his timing.

Why this might be mental, not just talent Todd McLellan has already said it: Detroit still struggles with game management, consistency, and responding to adversity. They look great when they’re “on”… …and downright broken when they’re “off.”

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