Montréal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Thursday, February 18, 2027 · Little Caesars Arena

7:00 PM ET

DSN · TSN2 · RDS

Game preview

The Montréal Canadiens visit the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday, February 18, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on DSN, TSN2 and RDS.

This is the second of 4 meetings this season. Canadiens 1, Red Wings 0 so far; the last game finished DET 0, MTL 1.

Rest and travel

Canadiens

First game of a road trip.

82027-02-08: no game
92027-02-09: no game
102027-02-10: no game
112027-02-11: no game
122027-02-12: no game
132027-02-13: vs WSH
142027-02-14: vs NYR, second of a back-to-backB2B
152027-02-15: no game
162027-02-16: no game
172027-02-17: no game
182027-02-18: at DET

rest since last game: 3 days; rest since last game
since last game: ~520 mi; since last game
on this road trip: ~520 mi; on this road trip
body clock vs home: Home time; body clock vs home

Red Wings

First home game after a 5-game road trip (Columbus, Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose and Vegas).

82027-02-08: no game
92027-02-09: at ANA
102027-02-10: no game
112027-02-11: at LAK
122027-02-12: no game
132027-02-13: at SJS
142027-02-14: no game
152027-02-15: at VGK
162027-02-16: no game
172027-02-17: no game
182027-02-18: vs MTL

rest since last game: 2 days; rest since last game
since last game: ~1,761 mi; since last game
on this road trip: ~4,600 mi; on this road trip
body clock vs home: Home time; body clock vs home

Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Does a long trip matter? Not much. Teams home for the first time after five or more road games have won 53% since 2016–17 (244-175-43), about the same as any home team (54%).