Ottawa's Senators saw their season-opening winning streak end on Tuesday night, as the Detroit Red Wings beat them 5-3 behind a goal and an assist from Dylan Larkin.
The loss is the first of the young season for Ottawa, which had won its first two games.
Larkin returns with a goal
The storyline in Detroit's win was Larkin. He scored in his first game since asking for a trade, and finished with a goal and an assist in his season debut, according to NHL.com. His goal also gave Detroit its first lead of the season, at 13:14.
John Gibson made 22 saves for Detroit.
Who scored for Ottawa
The Senators got goals from Drake Batherson, Tim Stutzle and William Eklund. Samuel Ersson stopped 31 shots in goal for Ottawa.
Ridly Greig made his season debut for the Senators and finished with an assist.
Goaltending context
The Senators went into Tuesday's game with a question mark in net. As ottown reported on Wednesday, goalie Linus Ullmark was listed as out with an undisclosed injury in the lineup for the Red Wings game. He had left Monday's 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins after two periods, which coach Travis Green described as precautionary. The sources for this game recap do not say whether Ullmark's status has changed, so there is no update to pass along yet.
