The Detroit Red Wings are surging in the month of December, having posted a 6-2-1 record to improve their overall season record to 19-13-3 after 35 games. The Atlantic Division is still a log jam with only seven points separating the first-place Red Wings and last-place Buffalo Sabres.
While December has already been a month that has brought the Red Wings to near the top of the Eastern Conference, the final six games to close out 2025 will be a good measuring stick stretch for a Red Wings team looking to enter the playoffs for the first time since 2016.