Red Wings reduce roster to 23

Detroit opens 101st season with home game against New York Rangers on Friday, Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena

DET-roster-update
By Thomas Roth
DetroitRedWings.com

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today assigned goaltender Carter Gylander to the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins. Additionally, the Red Wings have placed defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker on injured reserve retroactive to Sept. 24. The Red Wings have also designated defenseman Andreas Englund as immigration non-roster, and forwards Carter Bear and Chase Stillman as injured non-roster.

The roster moves bring the Red Wings to a 23-man roster, consisting of 14 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders. The Red Wings will begin their 101st season in franchise history on Friday, Oct. 2 with a home game against the New York Rangers at 6:30 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena.

PLAYERS ASSIGNED/RELEASED ON 9/28/26

32
Carter Gylander
G
L
5-Jun
197
Beaumont, Alberta
6/5/01
2019 Draft (7/191)

Detroit Red Wings 2026-27 Roster

#
FORWARDS (14)
POS
S
HGT
WGT
BIRTHPLACE
BIRTHDATE
ACQUIRED
18
Andrew Copp
C
L
1-Jun
200
Ann Arbor, Michigan
7/8/94
Signed, 7/13/22
22
Mason Appleton
C
R
2-Jun
193
Green Bay, Wisconsin
1/15/96
Signed, 7/1/25
23
Lucas Raymond
LW
R
11-May
188
Gothenburg, Sweden
3/28/02
2020 Draft (1/4)
27
Michael Rasmussen
C
L
6-Jun
220
Surrey, British Columbia
4/17/99
2017 Draft (1/9)
28
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
RW
R
1-Jun
205
Oslo, Norway
10/5/05
2024 Draft (1/15)
29
Nate Danielson
C
R
2-Jun
196
Red Deer, Alberta
9/27/04
2023 Draft (1/9)
33
Viktor Arvidsson
LW
R
10-May
181
Skellefteå, Sweden
4/8/93
Signed, 7/1/26
34
Carter Mazur
LW
R
1-Jun
200
Jackson, Michigan
3/28/02
2021 Draft (3/70)
37
J.T. Compher
LW
R
Jun-00
192
Northbrook, Illinois
4/8/95
Signed, 7/1/23
55
Keegan Kolesar
RW
R
2-Jun
218
Brandon, Manitoba
4/8/97
Trade w/VGK, 7/1/26
58
Emmitt Finnie
C
L
2-Jun
196
Lethbridge, Alberta
6/27/05
2023 Draft (7/201)
71
Dylan Larkin
C
L
1-Jun
198
Waterford, Michigan
7/30/96
2014 Draft (1/15)
92
Marco Kasper
C
L
1-Jun
203
Innsbruck, Austria
4/8/04
2022 Draft (1/8)
93
Alex DeBrincat
RW
R
8-May
177
Farmington Hills, Michigan
12/18/97
Trade w/OTT, 7/9/23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#
DEFENSEMEN (7)
POS
S
HGT
WGT
BIRTHPLACE
BIRTHDATE
ACQUIRED
8
Ben Chiarot
D
L
3-Jun
224
Hamilton, Ontario
5/9/91
Signed, 7/13/22
20
Albert Johansson
D
L
Jun-00
200
Karlstad, Sweden
¼/2001
2019 Draft (2/60)
42
Anton Johansson
D
R
4-Jun
203
Stockholm, Sweden
6/10/04
2022 Draft (4/105)
44
Axel Sandin-Pellikka
D
R
Jun-00
189
Gällivare, Sweden
3/11/05
2023 Draft (1/17)
53
Moritz Seider
D
R
4-Jun
211
Zell, Germany
4/6/01
2019 Draft (1/6)
54
William Wallinder
D
L
5-Jun
210
Sollefteå, Sweden
7/28/02
2020 Draft (2/32)
72
Justin Faulk
D
R
Jun-00
209
South St. Paul, Minnesota
3/20/92
Trade w/STL, 3/6/26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#
GOALIES (2)
POS
C
HGT
WGT
BIRTHPLACE
BIRTHDATE
ACQUIRED
36
John Gibson
G
L
3-Jun
209
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7/14/93
Trade w/ANA, 6/28/25
80
Daniil Tarasov
G
L
5-Jun
204
Novokuznetsk, Russia
3/27/99
Signed, 7/1/26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#
INJURED RESERVE (1)
POS
S
HGT
WGT
BIRTHPLACE
BIRTHDATE
ACQUIRED
25
Jacob Bernard-Docker
D
R
1-Jun
190
Canmore, Alberta
6/30/00
Signed, 7/1/25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#
IMMIGRATION NON-ROSTER (1)
POS
S
HGT
WGT
BIRTHPLACE
BIRTHDATE
ACQUIRED
24
Andreas Englund
D
L
4-Jun
200
Stockholm, Sweden
1/21/96
Claimed, 9/26/26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#
RESTRICTED FA (1)
POS
S
HGT
WGT
BIRTHPLACE
BIRTHDATE
ACQUIRED
77
Simon Edvinsson
D
L
6-Jun
225
Kungsbacka, Sweden
2/5/03
2021 Draft (1/6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#
INJ. NON-ROSTER (2)
POS
C
HGT
WGT
BIRTHPLACE
BIRTHDATE
ACQUIRED
41
Carter Bear
LW
L
1-Jun
190
West St. Paul, Manitoba
11/4/06
2025 Draft (1/13)
49
Chase Stillman
RW
R
1-Jun
185
St. Louis, Missouri
3/19/03
Signed, 7/5/26

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