Tonight’s game was the first of a home-and-home series against the “most-likely playoff bound” Ottawa Senators. Adding a little more intrigue to the matchup, both Evgeny Svechnikov and Colin White made their NHL debuts in this game. The Senators came into this looking to solidify their spot in the postseason whereas the Wings hoped to play spoiler as the last season at The Joe winds down. So how’d things go tonight?
1st Period
The Wings came out with some strong play in the initial four or five minutes. Henrik Zetterberg had a nice opportunity from the slot just over a minute in and a shot from the point nearly ricocheted off the end boards and into the Senators net shortly thereafter.