Kanata, Ontario - This felt like a playoff game, with the accompanying emotion in the building and bad blood on the ice.
The Red Wings and Ottawa Senators, two long rebuilding teams aiming to finally make the playoffs, got a taste of what it would be like Monday at Canadian Tire Centre.
From the Wings' perspective, it was likely memorable except for the end result, a 6-2 loss to the Senators.
Ottawa scored four goals in the second period, two on the power play, as they erased an early deficit and took the first game of this two-game in two-nights series (Tuesday's game at 7 p.