In Detroit, Patrick Kane was the lone striker for the Red Wings on Saturday in a 5-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators. was ugly.
His marker came at 14:49 of the opening stanza on a 4-on-3 power play to tie the game, 1-1, at the time.
The power was the result of a series of calls following an injury to Detroit’s Dylan Larkin who unable to move on the ice for several minutes after taking a hit.
He left the game wiht an upper body injury.
“Obviously, that’s a really scary situation with him being knocked out, but he was able to leave on his own feet,” Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said. “There’s no further update, he’s still getting evaluated.”
The altercation at the Senators net was ugly, the Red Wings’ David Perron was hit with a match penalty.
“I think the refs probably did the right thing, taking the five-minute call to be able to review it, and they communicated well,” Lalonde said. “They probably did a really good job with that situation, all things considered.”
Joonas Korpisalo made 30 saves in the win.
“I was lying on the ground, so I didn’t see what happened,” Korpisalo said of the Larkin injury. “I finally saw him motionless and you obviously never want to see that. It was pretty scary and I hope he’s good.”
Ottawa improved to 11-11-0.
Claude Giroux scored off the power play at 1:57 of the opening stanza for a 1-0 lead to Ottawa.
The game went to the middle frame tied, 1-1, when the Senators hit for three goals to wrest control from the Red Wings.
“I think that was probably the best second period we have played in a long time,” Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. “That’s against one of the best second-period teams in the League.”
Vladimir Tarasenko scored off the power play at 3:36 of the middle frame.
Dominik Kubalik pushed the advantage to 3-1 at 8:36 of the second.
Ottawa’s Tim Stützle ballooned the lead to 4-1 with 64 seconds left in the frame.
“I think we’re consistent in what we’re doing right now,” Giroux said. “They had a couple stretches where they were coming at us, but overall, we played a very consistent 60 minutes.”
Detroit dropped to 14-8-4.
“We scored after the (Larkin injury), so I don’t think that’s where the game got away from us,” Lalonde said. “We were down to nine forwards in a very emotional situation, and then took two penalties early in the second period. That changed the game.”
Ottawa’s Jake Sanderson hit an empty net at 16:35 of the third period for the 5-1 final count; the shot was from goal line to goal line for the goal.
Alex Lyon got the start for Detroit, and made 21 saves, yielding four goals before getting the hook in the second intermission.
James Reimer made 11 saves in the third period mop up.
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