After last season's near playoff miss, the Detroit Red Wings are unfortunately familiar with coming close but painfully short, and they replicated that fate Monday night at the Canadian Tire Centre, falling 2–1 to the Ottawa Senators.

The Detroit Red Wings have lost five games in a row, and captain Dylan Larkin acknowledged their confidence is shaken.

"We didn’t do a whole lot, but it’s honestly been hard to follow because of our game and back-to-back," Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin said.

Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark made an impressive 48 saves in a crucial 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night at a very loud Canadian Tire Centre. The Sens are now 4-0-1 in their last five games while the Wings have lost six straight.

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FOX 2 Detroit is teaming up with FanDuel Sports Network to air five Red Wings regular season games this spring. These games will be available for FREE on FOX 2 and will be simulcast from FanDuel Sports Network. The FOX 2 pregame show starts at 6:30 on Monday, ahead of the Red Wings matchup with the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre.

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