Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Detroit Red Wings 3: final score and stats
Columbus Blue Jackets beat Detroit Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 to Detroit Red Wings 3, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Detroit Red Wings vs Columbus Blue Jackets.
NHLTuesday, April 7, 2026
DateApr 7, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueLittle Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI
TVESPN+
Attendance17,687
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsDetroit Red Wings
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
39-27-12Record40-29-9
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding8th in Atlantic Division
1-5Road record / home record4-6
LLWWLLast 5LLLLW
L2StreakL4
Team stats
Columbus Blue JacketsDetroit Red Wings
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Detroit Red Wings
Albert Johansson D · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveDylan Larkin C · Suspension
Injured ReserveSimon Edvinsson D · Contract Dispute
Injured ReserveBox score
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22:18 | 3:44 | 0:51 | 17:43 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25:08 | 4:15 | 0:00 | 20:53 | 25 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Garland | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:34 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 15:15 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Danton Heinen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:19 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:58 | 0:33 | 0:51 | 14:34 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:24 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 8:21 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:51 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24:49 | 4:35 | 0:00 | 20:14 | 29 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Marchment | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19:43 | 4:21 | 0:00 | 15:22 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 | 1:00 | 0:00 | 14:37 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:35 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Wood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:54 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Christiansen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Fabbro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:15 | 0:20 | 0:00 | 18:55 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 | 0:02 | 0:51 | 15:43 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:08 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 19:53 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23:49 | 0:48 | 0:51 | 22:10 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Werenski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33:26 | 4:55 | 0:00 | 28:31 | 32 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .919 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 63:58 | 0 | 0 |
Detroit Red Wings Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.T. Compher | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:34 | 0:00 | 3:05 | 16:29 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Copp | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:33 | 0:00 | 2:18 | 15:15 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex DeBrincat | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17:54 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 17:03 | 23 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmitt Finnie | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16:32 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 15:47 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Kane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 15:57 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Kasper | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 14:33 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Larkin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 | 0:51 | 2:46 | 19:43 | 27 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Mazur | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:55 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Perron | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 13:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:52 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Michael Rasmussen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:57 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 6:25 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Raymond | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:33 | 0:51 | 0:17 | 19:25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James van Riemsdyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:40 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Detroit Red Wings Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Chiarot | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:24 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 20:51 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Simon Edvinsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:49 | 0:00 | 3:24 | 23:25 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Faulk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:40 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 21:49 | 29 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Johansson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:38 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 11:30 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Axel Sandin-Pellikka | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:34 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Moritz Seider | 8 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 29:33 | 0:51 | 3:20 | 25:22 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Detroit Red Wings Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gibson | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .914 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs Detroit Red Wings?
Columbus Blue Jackets won, 4-3, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs Detroit Red Wings?
Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Detroit Red Wings 3.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Zach Werenski (1 goals). Detroit Red Wings: Justin Faulk (2 goals).
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets vs Detroit Red Wings played?
Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI.
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