{"id":429250,"date":"2026-01-26T18:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/429250\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:11:19","slug":"the-daily-no-february-home-games-for-red-wings-playoff-odds-improving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/429250\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily: No February Home Games for Red Wings; Playoff Odds Improving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the Detroit Red Wings win 15 of their final 29 games this season, they would have a 99% probability of ending their nine-year playoff drought.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how playoffstatus.com sees the Detroit math moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen wins would give the Red Wings 99 points.\u00a0 Based on today\u2019s numbers, playoff status gives Detroit a 90% chance of qualifying for the playoffs. Moneypuck.com has Detroit\u2019s odds at 88.5%.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Wings clearly aren\u2019t focused on probability as they prepare for their final three home games before the Olympic break. They play the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, the Washington Capitals on Thursday, and the Colorado Avalanche in a Saturday matinee.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly, the Red Wings don\u2019t play a single home game in the month of February. They play next Monday in Denver to complete a home-and-home with the Avalanche and then head for a game in Utah on Wednesday, Feb. 4. After the Olympics, they resume the NHL schedule with a game Thursday, Feb. 26 at Ottawa and then finish the month with a road game Saturday, Feb. 28 at Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Red Wings In Case You Missed It<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: Red Wings are not as impressive when defenseman<a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/26\/can-red-wings-survive-extended-stay-of-hamonic-on-teams-blueline-edvinsson-mclellan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Travis Hamonic<\/a> is in the Detroit lineup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/25\/marco-kasper-finds-confidence-red-wings-youngster-returns-top-line-lucas-raymond\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Kasper<\/a> is rediscovering his offensive confidence in time for the playoff drive.<\/p>\n<p>Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2026\/01\/25\/red-wings-learning-nuances-of-game-management-mclellan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Todd McLellan <\/a>is teaching his Red Wings the finer points of game management.<\/p>\n<p>Red Wings Extra<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Rapids Griffins didn\u2019t perform as well Sunday in Manitoba as the Red Wings did Saturday. The Manitoba Moose downed the Griffins 3-2.\u00a0 That ended Grand Rapids\u2019 17-game AHL-record road points streak. Goalie Michal Postava posted 34 saves as his record fell to 7-2. John Leonard scored his 26th goal of the season. Leonard and William Wallinder also assisted on Sheldon Dries\u2019 goal.<\/p>\n<p>Hockey Now Network<\/p>\n<p>Florida: George Richards writes that the Panthers seem to be heating up just in time for the stretch drive. <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-stay-hot-on-the-road-heat-up-playoff-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal: The Canadiens waste Cole Caufield\u2019s hat trick in a loss to the Boston Bruins.<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/montreal-canadiens\/montreal-canadiens-higlights-cole-caufield-hat-trick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Montreal Canadiens.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Jersey: James Nichols writes that the Devils\u2019 loss to the Seattle Kraken was about inferior goaltending and Nico Hischier\u2019s line struggling. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\/devils-news-loss-to-kraken-markstrom-hischier-struggles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Devils.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the Detroit Red Wings win 15 of their final 29 games this season, they would have a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,93,5137,58,5,596,4,3358,5138],"class_list":{"0":"post-429250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-red-wings","10":"tag-detroitredwings","11":"tag-featured","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-lucas-raymond","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-red-wings","16":"tag-redwings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115962753058307885","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}