Recap: Red Wings drop 4-1 decision to Senators

The Detroit Red Wings dropped a 4-1 decision to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night at Little Caesars Arena.

Tyler Bertuzzi's power-play goal tied the score, 1-1, midway though the second period, but the Senators netted the eventual game-winner 3:05 later and pulled away with two late empty-netters in the final frame.
Wings netminder Thomas Greiss stopped 28 of 30 shots.
Tuesday's final score also saw Ottawa complete its first three-game season series sweep over Detroit in franchise history.
NEXT UP:The Red Wings will hit the road to face the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night. Puck drop from PNC Arena is set for 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN+ and Hulu.

SCORING SUMMARY

Ottawa 1, Detroit 0 (19:55, 1st period)
Ann Arbor, Mich., native Austin Watson scored from near the slot in the closing seconds of the opening frame for his fourth goal in the last five games.
Detroit 1, Ottawa 1 (12:27, 2nd period)
The Red Wings evened the score after Moritz Seider's shot from the point hit the backboard and slid right to Bertuzzi, who grabbed the rebound and put the puck past Senators netminder Anton Forsberg for a power-play goal. Lucas Raymond was also credited with an assist on Bertuzzi's first tally since March 30.

Ottawa 2, Detroit 1 (15:32, 2nd period)
Drake Batherson redirected Michael Del Zotto's shot past Greiss for his 15th goal of the season and the eventual game-winner.
Ottawa 3, Detroit 1 (18:55, 3rd period)
Tim Stützle scored an empty-net goal to put the Senators ahead by a pair.
Ottawa 4, Detroit 1 (19:46, 3rd period)
Stützle recorded his second empty-netter of the night to complete the scoring.

QUOTABLE

Jeff Blashill on the Red Wings' offense versus the Senators
"I thought on some cases we missed the net, some cases we didn't shoot and some cases the goalie made a save. But I can't look back on the game and say we didn't generate chances. I think we generated enough chances."
Marc Staal on what was missing for Detroit
"The whole third period, we're trying. We're trying to create, trying to get into their zone and create offense. For whatever reason against this team, we had a tough time finding ways to do that."