Detroit Red Wings vs Columbus Blue Jackets — Sep 21, 2026

Who is unavailable, in each club’s own words to the league. A day-to-day designation still allows a start, so a name here is not always a scratch; an injured-list stint is.

Detroit Red Wings3 listed

Viktor ArvidssonLW · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Mason AppletonCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Michael RasmussenCatcher · is out. Back 2026-09-15.

Columbus Blue Jackets2 listed

Elvis MerzlikinsG · is out. Back 2026-09-21.

Isac LundestromCatcher · is out. Back 2026-11-10.

Each club's active roster, as filed with ESPN. Nobody posts a projected line for this sport, so this is the group available to play, sorted by position.

Detroit Red Wings31 players

Forwards18

22Mason Appleton6' 2"30 yrs8 yrOut

18Andrew Copp6' 1"32 yrs11 yr

58Emmitt Finnie6' 0"21 yrsRookie

92Marco Kasper6' 1"22 yrs2 yr

71Dylan Larkin6' 1"30 yrs11 yr

27Michael Rasmussen6' 6"27 yrs7 yrOut

Wilmer Skoog6' 2"27 yrsRookie

Viktor Arvidsson5' 10"33 yrs11 yrOut

37J.T. Compher6' 0"31 yrs10 yr

34Carter Mazur6' 0"24 yrsRookie

57David Perron6' 0"38 yrs19 yr

23Lucas Raymond5' 11"24 yrs5 yr

21James van Riemsdyk6' 3"37 yrs17 yr

24Austin Watson6' 4"34 yrs11 yr

Cameron Butler6' 4"24 yrsRookie

93Alex DeBrincat5' 8"28 yrs9 yr

Dylan James6' 1"22 yrsRookie

Keegan Kolesar6' 2"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen9

Ronnie Attard6' 4"27 yrs3 yr

25Jacob Bernard-Docker6' 1"26 yrs4 yr

Jacob Bryson5' 9"28 yrs6 yr

8Ben Chiarot6' 3"35 yrs12 yr

77Simon Edvinsson6' 6"23 yrs3 yr

72Justin Faulk6' 0"34 yrs15 yr

52Travis Hamonic6' 0"36 yrs16 yr

20Albert Johansson6' 0"25 yrs2 yr

53Moritz Seider6' 3"25 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders4

36John Gibson6' 2"33 yrs12 yr

35Michal Postava6' 2"24 yrsRookie

39Cam Talbot6' 4"39 yrs13 yr

Daniil Tarasov6' 5"27 yrs4 yr

Columbus Blue Jackets28 players

Forwards16

3Charlie Coyle6' 3"34 yrs14 yr

19Adam Fantilli6' 2"21 yrs3 yr

91Kent Johnson6' 0"23 yrs4 yr

21Isac Lundestrom6' 0"26 yrs8 yrOut

23Sean Monahan6' 2"31 yrs13 yr

4Cole Sillinger6' 1"23 yrs5 yr

Owen Sillinger5' 10"28 yrsRookie

43Danton Heinen6' 2"31 yrs9 yr

Ryan Lomberg5' 9"31 yrs6 yr

10Dmitri Voronkov6' 5"25 yrs3 yrOut

11Miles Wood6' 2"30 yrs9 yr

Riley Bezeau6' 0"24 yrsRookie

83Conor Garland5' 10"30 yrs8 yr

86Kirill Marchenko6' 3"26 yrs4 yr

Valeri Nichushkin6' 4"31 yrs10 yrOut

24Mathieu Olivier6' 1"29 yrs6 yr

Defensemen9

2Jake Christiansen6' 0"26 yrs4 yr

15Dante Fabbro6' 0"28 yrs7 yr

44Erik Gudbranson6' 5"34 yrs15 yr

5Denton Mateychuk5' 11"22 yrs2 yr

9Ivan Provorov6' 1"29 yrs10 yr

78Damon Severson6' 2"32 yrs12 yrOut

7Brendan Smith6' 2"37 yrs15 yrInjured Reserve

8Zach Werenski6' 2"29 yrs10 yr

6Egor Zamula6' 3"26 yrs5 yr

Goaltenders3

Pheonix Copley6' 4"34 yrs3 yr

73Jet Greaves6' 0"25 yrs2 yr

90Elvis Merzlikins6' 3"32 yrs7 yrOut