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NHL Sunday, 18 October 2026

Detroit Red Wings vs San Jose Sharks 4-3 – NHL, 18 Oct 2026

Detroit Red Wings 24th place · GP 8 · W 3 · PTS 8
4–3 Final
San Jose Sharks 20th place · GP 8 · W 4 · PTS 9
VenueLittle Caesars Arena CountryUnited States Kick-off18 Oct · 00:00 BST CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match
Detroit Red Wings 46% Detroit Red Wings Home
Our pick San Jose Sharks 54% San Jose Sharks Away

Our pick San Jose Sharks Low confidence Missed

  • Sharks sit 25th with 6 points from 6 games, Red Wings 27th with 4 points from 6
  • Red Wings form LWLLL and have lost three of their last four games
  • Sharks form WLWLL and won two of their last four games

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the league table, recent form and results, last meetings and home advantage. Not betting advice.

Match stats

NHL
Detroit Red WingsSan Jose Sharks
27Shots on goal34
45%Face-off %55%
1/4Power play2/6
25%Power play %33%
17Penalty minutes13
28Hits18
21Blocked shots11
11Giveaways15
5Takeaways5

Skaters

NHL

Detroit Red Wings

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
E. FinnieC1121618:45
M. SeiderD0221229:46
J. FaulkD1010419:43
V. ArvidssonL0110320:58
A. DeBrincatR1012219:16
M. RasmussenC0110118:34
M. Brandsegg-NygårdR0112017:02
A. CoppC0000220:53

San Jose Sharks

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
M. CelebriniC1231726:54
I. StenbergL112-1317:30
W. SmithC0111425:11
A. WennbergC011-1323:00
M. KesselringD0111120:23
D. OrlovD101-1120:09
D. NurseD0001521:47
Z. OstapchukC000-1311:09

Scoring summary

NHL
TimeTeamScorerAssistsScore
P1 12:47DETJ. Faulk (PP)E. Finnie, M. Rasmussen1–0
P1 17:59SJSD. Orlov (PP)I. Stenberg, M. Celebrini1–1
P2 04:55SJSM. CelebriniW. Smith, M. Kesselring1–2
P3 02:48SJSI. Stenberg (PP)A. Wennberg, M. Celebrini1–3
P3 05:00DETE. FinnieM. Brandsegg-Nygård, M. Seider2–3
P3 18:27DETA. DeBrincatV. Arvidsson, M. Seider3–3
SO 00:00DETL. Raymondunassisted4–3

Goaltenders

NHL
GoalieTeamSavesSV%TOI
J. GibsonDetroit Red Wings31/340.91264:20
A. NedeljkovicSan Jose Sharks24/270.88964:38

Three stars

NHL
#PlayerTeamPosLine
1E. FinnieDETC1G 1A
2M. CelebriniSJSC1G 2A
3A. DeBrincatDETR1G 0A

Form and recent results

Last meetings