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Axel Sandin-Pellikka's 2025-2026 season

Points
21
Swedish flag#39NHL#393
Goals
7
Swedish flag#35NHL#376
Assists
14
Swedish flag#40NHL#384
Plus/minus
-20
NHL#900
Games
68
82%
82% of 82

Defenceman Axel Sandin-Pellikka was 20 years old when the 2025-2026 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 68 of a possible 82 games and scored 7 goals and 14 assists for 21 points, 0.31 points per game. That was 39th among the Swedes and 393th in the NHL. Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2025-2026
  1. NHL debut

    Axel Sandin-Pellikka makes his NHL debut in 1–⁠5 loss against Montréal Canadiens

    Axel was 20 years old · Little Caesars Arena, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    22:34
    TOI

    Other Swedes on the ice: Albert Johansson, Elmer Söderblom, Lucas Raymond, among others.

    • The game
      MTL5–1DET
      L
      game 1/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:34TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–6DET
      W
      game 2/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:20TOI
    • The game
      DET3–2TOR
      W
      game 3/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG22:12TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–4DET
      W
      game 4/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:48TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–2DET
      W
      game 5/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG17:27TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Axel Sandin-Pellikka scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Tampa Bay Lightning · October 17

    • The game
      EDM2–4DET
      W
      game 6/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:37TOI
    • The game
      DET2–4BUF
      L
      game 7/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:35TOI
    • The game
      DET2–7NYI
      L
      game 8/828
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG21:10TOI
    • The game
      STL4–6DET
      W
      game 9/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP13:56TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Axel Sandin-Pellikka records his first NHL assist

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · October 25

    • The game
      DET5–2STL
      W
      game 10/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:18TOI
    • The game
      DET4–3LAK
      W
      game 11/827
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–5ANA
      L
      game 12/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:50TOI
    • November 2025
    • The game
      DET3–2SJS
      W
      game 13/828
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET0–1VGK
      L
      game 14/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:30TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–1DET
      L
      game 15/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:21TOI
    • The game
      CHI5–1DET
      L
      game 16/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:02TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–6DET
      W
      game 17/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG13:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF5–4DET
      L
      game 18/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:59TOI
    • The game
      DET2–1NYR
      W
      game 19/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:55TOI
    • The game
      SEA2–4DET
      W
      game 20/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG20:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–0DET
      L
      game 21/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG18:19TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      6
      points
      Swedish flag#34NHL#329
      2
      goals
      Swedish flag#28NHL#295
      4
      assists
      Swedish flag#32NHL#305
      -10
      +/-
      Swedish flag#27NHL#255
      DET
      12-8-1W-L-OT25Points
      1st in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CBJ3–4DET
      W
      game 22/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:20TOI
    • The game
      DET3–4NJD
      L
      game 23/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:44TOI
    • The game
      NSH6–3DET
      L
      game 24/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:00TOI
    • The game
      TBL6–3DET
      L
      game 25/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:10TOI
    • The game
      DET2–3BOS
      L
      game 26/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:06TOI
    • December 2025
    • The game
      BOS4–5DET
      W
      game 27/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:03TOI
    • The game
      DET5–6CBJ
      L
      game 28/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP13:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–3SEA
      W
      game 29/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP15:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–0VAN
      W
      game 30/829
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-0SOG14:06TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET4–3CGY
      W
      game 31/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG16:28TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–4EDM
      L
      game 32/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:02TOI
    • The game
      DET4–0CHI
      W
      game 33/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG18:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–3DET
      W
      game 34/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG17:36TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      UTA4–1DET
      L
      game 35/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG17:15TOI
    • The game
      DET5–2WSH
      W
      game 36/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:04TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3DET
      W
      game 37/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP15:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL3–4DET
      W
      game 38/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:34TOI
    • The game
      DET2–5CAR
      L
      game 39/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP17:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–3DET
      W
      game 40/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:47TOI
    • The game
      WPG1–2DET
      W
      game 41/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:10TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      15
      points
      Swedish flag#29NHL#262
      4
      goals
      Swedish flag#31NHL#314
      11
      assists
      Swedish flag#25NHL#219
      -17
      +/-
      Swedish flag#31NHL#278
      DET
      24-14-3W-L-OT51Points
      1st in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET3–4PIT
      L
      game 42/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:43TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–1DET
      L
      game 43/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:03TOI
    • The game
      DET5–3OTT
      W
      game 44/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:32TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–5DET
      W
      game 45/8210
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG15:55TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET4–0MTL
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:13TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–4DET
      W
      game 47/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG09:31TOI
    • The game
      DET0–3BOS
      L
      game 48/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG15:47TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–4DET
      W
      game 49/828
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG09:01TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–4DET
      W
      game 50/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP14:02TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–1TOR
      W
      game 51/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG09:55TOI
    • The game
      DET3–4MIN
      L
      game 52/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG12:31TOI
    • The game
      DET5–1WPG
      W
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG13:29TOI
    • The game
      LAK3–1DET
      L
      game 54/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:38TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–3DET
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG11:20TOI
    • The game
      COL5–0DET
      L
      game 56/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:25TOI
    • February 2026
    • The game
      DET2–0COL
      W
      game 57/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:20TOI
    • The game
      DET1–4UTA
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG16:36TOI
    • The game
      DET2–1OTT
      W
      game 59/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:38TOI
    • The game
      DET2–5CAR
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG12:21TOI
    • March 2026
    • The game
      DET4–2NSH
      W
      game 61/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG12:16TOI
    • The game
      VGK4–3DET
      L
      game 62/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG09:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      19
      points
      Swedish flag#36NHL#343
      6
      goals
      Swedish flag#33NHL#339
      13
      assists
      Swedish flag#33NHL#308
      -21
      +/-
      Swedish flag#34NHL#294
      DET
      35-20-7W-L-OT77Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA3–1DET
      L
      game 63/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:56TOI
    • April 2026
    • The game
      DET1–4NYR
      L
      game 76/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:51TOI
    • The game
      MIN5–4DET
      L
      game 77/827
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG15:04TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CBJ4–3DET
      L
      game 78/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG09:34TOI
    • The game
      DET3–4TBL
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:52TOI
    • The game
      DET1–8FLA
      L
      game 82/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:06TOI
    The season in numbers

    Axel Sandin-Pellikka closes the 2025-2026 season with 21 points

    Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    21
    #39NHL#393
    Games
    68of 82
    83%
    Goals
    7
    #35NHL#376
    Assists
    14
    #40NHL#384
    P/GP
    0.31
    #42NHL#411
    +/-
    -20
    #84NHL#900
    Events
    21
    career best in points
    7
    career best in goals
    14
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    3×
    Second star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts