Detroit Red Wings Schedule December 2026: 15 Games, Times and TV

The Detroit Red Wings play 15 games in December 2026, eight of them at Little Caesars Arena, according to the National Hockey League (NHL) club schedule. The month opens Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) against Calgary and ends Thursday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. ET against Carolina.

The source is the NHL’s club schedule feed for Detroit, read Nov. 11, 2026. It gives every start in UTC, so we converted the times to ET, which is Detroit time, and worked out the weekdays. The table puts Detroit SportsNet, national U.S. TV and Canadian TV side by side. The feed lists broadcasters as of that date, and they can change. A one-page printable follows the table.

Red Wings December 2026 game times and TV channels

Detroit SportsNet is the regional channel the feed lists for Detroit. Turner Network Television (TNT), truTV and HBO Max carry the Dec. 9 game nationally in the U.S., and ESPN+, Hulu and Disney+ carry the Dec. 15 game. Sportsnet West, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet, Sportsnet+ and Télé-Diffuseurs Associés (TVA) Sports are the Canadian networks the feed lists. “None listed” means the feed shows no Canadian broadcaster.

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Detroit SportsNet and U.S. TV	TV in Canada
Tue., Dec. 1	Flames at Red Wings	7 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	Sportsnet West
Thu., Dec. 3	Avalanche at Red Wings	7 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	None listed
Sat., Dec. 5	Red Wings at Bruins	1 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	Sportsnet One
Wed., Dec. 9	Red Wings at Devils	7 p.m.	TNT, truTV, HBO Max (no Detroit SportsNet listed)	None listed
Fri., Dec. 11	Rangers at Red Wings	7 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	TVA Sports
Sat., Dec. 12	Panthers at Red Wings	7 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	None listed
Tue., Dec. 15	Kings at Red Wings	7:30 p.m.	ESPN+, Hulu, Disney+ (no Detroit SportsNet listed)	Sportsnet+
Thu., Dec. 17	Red Wings at Capitals	7 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	None listed
Fri., Dec. 18	Red Wings at Flyers	7 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	Sportsnet
Sun., Dec. 20	Lightning at Red Wings	5 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	Sportsnet One, TVA Sports
Tue., Dec. 22	Maple Leafs at Red Wings	7 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	Sportsnet
Sat., Dec. 26	Red Wings at Predators	7 p.m. (6 p.m. CT)	Detroit SportsNet	None listed
Mon., Dec. 28	Red Wings at Sabres	7 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	None listed
Tue., Dec. 29	Red Wings at Rangers	7 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	None listed
Thu., Dec. 31	Hurricanes at Red Wings	2 p.m.	Detroit SportsNet	Sportsnet+

Listings change. Check NHL.com on game day.

How many Red Wings games are at Little Caesars Arena in December 2026?

Eight: Dec. 1, 3, 11, 12, 15, 20, 22 and 31. The seven road games are at Boston (Dec. 5, TD Garden), New Jersey (Dec. 9, Prudential Center), Washington (Dec. 17, Capital One Arena), Philadelphia (Dec. 18, Xfinity Mobile Arena), Nashville (Dec. 26, Bridgestone Arena), Buffalo (Dec. 28, KeyBank Center) and the Rangers (Dec. 29, Madison Square Garden).

The Rangers are the one opponent Detroit meets twice, at home on Friday, Dec. 11, and in New York on Tuesday, Dec. 29. The Rangers’ own month is in our Rangers December schedule, and the Dec. 22 opponent’s is in the Maple Leafs December schedule.

Back-to-backs, the road trip after Christmas and afternoon starts

These are our own counts from the feed:

• Back-to-backs: Dec. 11 at home and Dec. 12 at home; Dec. 17 at Washington and Dec. 18 at Philadelphia; Dec. 28 at Buffalo and Dec. 29 at the Rangers.
• Road run after Christmas: three away games in four days, at Nashville on Dec. 26, Buffalo on Dec. 28 and the Rangers on Dec. 29.
• Afternoon starts: Sat., Dec. 5, at Boston, 1 p.m. ET; Sun., Dec. 20, vs. Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. ET; and Thu., Dec. 31, vs. Carolina, 2 p.m. ET.
• National U.S. TV: Dec. 9 at New Jersey (TNT, truTV, HBO Max) and Dec. 15 vs. Los Angeles (ESPN+, Hulu, Disney+).
• No game: Dec. 23, 24 and 25.

Is there a printable Red Wings schedule for December 2026?

Yes, and it is free. The one-page sheet lists all 15 games with home or away, ET start time, channels and a result box. Keep it next to the December 2026 printable calendar or copy the games into a printable weekly calendar. Christmas Day itself is in our Christmas Day date guide. Another team’s December sheet is in the Bruins schedule.

Confirm puck drop and channel on NHL.com before game day. Results, line-ups, injuries, tickets and radio are not part of the schedule feed and are not covered here.