(Photo: Paul Sancya, Associated Press)
Detroit — The Red Wings played one bad period Tuesday and that was enough to hang another loss.
Now, one period, sometimes, isn’t going to cost a hockey team. There are 40 other minutes to rally or outplay the opponent.
But this second period was a little different. Ottawa scored three times, the Red Wings fell into too big of a deficit, and the Senators defeated the Red Wings, 4-3, at Little Caesars Arena.
So much for the optimism from a decent three-game West Coast swing, earning four of possible six points.