The Detroit Red Wings will battle the Ottawa Senators as both teams look to make it to the playoffs. It will be a clash at the Canadian Tire Centre as we continue our NHL odds series and make a Red Wings-Senators prediction and pick.

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.

In their first game since the trade deadline and acquiring Petr Mrazek and Craig Smith, the Red Wings lost to Brady Tkachuk and the Ottawa Senators’ trade deadline acquisition, Dylan Cozens. Former Red Wing David Perron had the first goal of the game,