SSOTD: Red Wings vs. Penguins, 1/3/2026

Stupid Stat of the Day for January 3, 2026; Detroit Red Wings vs. Pittsburgh Penguins.

Stupid Stat of the Day: The Red Wings are unbeaten all-time in their second game of the calendar year when it is the back half of a home-and-home series and they lost the first game of that series.

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— DetroitHockey.Net (@detroithockey.net) Jan 3, 2026 at 10:59 AM

This previously happened in 1949 against Chicago and 1955 against Montreal. It is the seventh time overall that Detroit has started the calendar year with a home-and-home, having lost the second game of the series in 1943 and won the rest of them.