Ottawa Senators vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · Little Caesars Arena

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Recap

Red Wings rally past Senators behind DeBrincat and Larkin

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Tuesday night at Little Caesars Arena. Tim Stützle put Ottawa ahead early, but the Red Wings answered twice in the first period on goals from Alex DeBrincat and Dylan Larkin, then pulled away in the second with Viktor Arvidsson's power-play goal and the winner from Justin Faulk. Detroit outshot Ottawa 36-25.

Drake Batherson and William Eklund scored for the Senators in the second and third periods, the latter cutting the lead to 4-3, but DeBrincat sealed it with an empty-net power-play goal at 19:10 of the third. DeBrincat finished with 2 goals and 1 assist, and Lucas Raymond had 3 assists.

Larkin was named the first star with a goal and an assist, followed by DeBrincat and Arvidsson. John Gibson made 22 saves for the win, while Samuel Ersson stopped 31 shots in the loss.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
OTT	1	1	1	3	25
DET	2	2	1	5	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tim Stützle (3)Drake Batherson (1), Ridly Greig (1)1–002:44 OTT
Alex DeBrincat (1)Nate Danielson (1), Carter Mazur (1)1–103:16 DET
Dylan Larkin (1)Viktor Arvidsson (1), Alex DeBrincat (2)Chabot 1:18 into shift1–213:14 DET

2nd period

Viktor Arvidsson (2)Dylan Larkin (1), Lucas Raymond (1)Kleven 1:13 into shift1–302:01 DET · PPG
Justin Faulk (1)William Wallinder (1), Lucas Raymond (2)Chabot 1:15 into shift1–404:30 DET
Drake Batherson (2)William Eklund (1), Carter Yakemchuk (1)2–406:08 OTT · PPG

3rd period

William Eklund (1)Fabian Zetterlund (2), Tim Stützle (3)Raymond 1:17 into shift3–410:30 OTT
Alex DeBrincat (2)Lucas Raymond (3), Justin Faulk (1)3–519:10 DET · PPG · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:18

1–2 · 1st 13:14 · Larkin. Chabot was 1:18 into his shift when it went in.

GoalOTT on iceDET on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 OTT

1st 2:44 · Stützle

Sandin-Pellikka 0:54

NormalSandin-Pellikka 0:54

1–1 DET

1st 3:16 · DeBrincat

Cousins 0:32

Fresh legsCousins 0:32

1–2 DET

1st 13:14 · Larkin

Long shift: Chabot 1:18

Long shiftChabot 1:18

1–3 DET

2nd 2:01 · PP · Arvidsson

Long shift: Kleven 1:13

Long shiftKleven 1:13

1–4 DET

2nd 4:30 · Faulk

Long shift: Chabot 1:15

Long shiftChabot 1:15

2–4 OTT

2nd 6:08 · PP · Batherson

Copp 0:13

Fresh legsCopp 0:13

3–4 OTT

3rd 10:30 · Eklund

Long shift: Raymond 1:17

Long shiftRaymond 1:17

3–5 DET

3rd 19:10 · EN · DeBrincat

Chabot 1:41

Empty netChabot 1:41

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

OTTDET

25Shots on goal36

52%Faceoff %48%

1/5Power play2/5

18Penalty minutes18

31Hits28

16Blocked shots16

15Giveaways17

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 07:18Moritz Seider · hooking2 min
1st 11:01Nick Cousins · holding the stick2 min
1st 14:15Andrew Copp · high sticking2 min
2nd 00:48Nikolas Matinpalo · holding2 min
2nd 05:55Anton Johansson · holding2 min
2nd 15:51Drake Batherson · holding2 min
2nd 20:00Alex DeBrincat · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Alex DeBrincat · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Shane Pinto · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Shane Pinto · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Ben Chiarot · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Ben Chiarot · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Ridly Greig · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Ridly Greig · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Dylan Larkin · roughing2 min
3rd 06:20Ridly Greig · slashing2 min
3rd 15:37Keegan Kolesar · tripping2 min
3rd 18:17Drake Batherson · interference2 min

Season series

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters

18Tim StützleC	1	1	2	0	2	5	0	0	71	21:37
19Drake BathersonR	1	1	2	0	2	5	0	4	–	17:07
27William EklundL	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	0	–	20:09
20Fabian ZetterlundL	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0	–	15:00
71Ridly GreigC	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	6	100	13:10
26Carter YakemchukD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	17:07
12Shane PintoC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	42	16:37
21Nick CousinsC	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	2	–	06:02
22Michael AmadioR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:39
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	59	21:29
28Claude GirouxR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	15:28
34Stephen HallidayC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	38	10:37
37Warren FoegeleL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	08:51
5Cameron CrottyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	10:51
10Jordan SpenceD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	22:29
33Nikolas MatinpaloD	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	–	16:35
43Tyler KlevenD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	5	0	–	18:58
72Thomas ChabotD	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	–	26:12

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Samuel ErssonG	L	35	31	4	.886	57:56
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

23Lucas RaymondL	0	3	3	-1	6	0	1	0	–	19:47
93Alex DeBrincatR	2	1	3	+2	3	0	1	4	–	18:45
33Viktor ArvidssonL	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	17:20
71Dylan LarkinC	1	1	2	0	4	0	1	2	65	20:41
72Justin FaulkD	1	1	2	+3	3	0	0	0	–	18:21
29Nate DanielsonC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	57	08:02
34Carter MazurL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	07:25
54William WallinderD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	–	09:07
18Andrew CoppC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	54	18:24
27Michael RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	–	20:05
28Michael Brandsegg-NygårdR	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	12:37
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	2	–	15:07
58Emmitt FinnieC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	10	18:17
8Ben ChiarotD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	4	–	18:14
20Albert JohanssonD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	–	17:00
42Anton JohanssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2	–	17:13
44Axel Sandin-PellikkaD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	11:27
53Moritz SeiderD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	2	–	24:01

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36John GibsonG	W	25	22	3	.880	59:54
80Daniil TarasovG		0	0	0	–	00:00