The Detroit Red Wings have locked up Alex DeBrincat on a seven-year extension, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Tuesday evening.
PuckPedia reported the deal is worth $13 million per season. DeBrincat, 28, was scheduled to hit unrestricted free agency after the 2026-27 season, but that path is off the table now.
DeBrincat is off to a fast start this year in Detroit, with four goals and eight points through six games. The 5-foot-8 right wing added to that total Tuesday night, scoring twice and assisting once in the Red Wings’ 5-4 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils.
For Detroit, the move keeps one of its top finishers in place after acquiring him from the Ottawa Senators in the summer of 2023. That trade sent Donovan Sebrango, Dominik Kubalik, a 2024 first-round pick, and a 2024 fourth-round pick to Ottawa. Later that offseason, DeBrincat signed a four-year deal with the Red Wings carrying a $7.875 million cap hit.
He rewarded that commitment in a big way during the 2025-26 regular season, matching his previous career high with 41 goals and setting a new personal best with 85 points in 82 games.
Now he’s tied to the Red Wings for the long haul, even as the team continues to deal with the difficult situations involving Dylan Larkin and Simon Edvinsson.
DeBrincat’s career has been built on finishing ability from the start. The Chicago Blackhawks took him in the second round, No. 39 overall, of the 2016 NHL Draft. He spent his junior years with the OHL’s Erie Otters, where he skated alongside Connor McDavid and Dylan Strome, before making the jump to the NHL with Chicago in 2017-18.
He became a reliable scoring threat almost immediately, reaching 41 goals twice and helping the Blackhawks get to the playoffs in 2020 before Chicago dealt him to Ottawa in 2022.
In 702 career NHL games across parts of 10 seasons with the Blackhawks, Senators, and Red Wings, DeBrincat has 298 goals and 603 points. He also has two goals and six points in nine playoff games.
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