Thomas Chabot and Tim Stutzle scored in the first period for Ottawa and the Senators held off the Detroit Red Wings in a 4-3 victory Thursday night. Linus Ullmark made 31 saves and David Perron and Michael Amadio also had goals for the Senators,

The Ottawa Senators opened up a three-goal lead then held off a furious Detroit rally to defeat the host Red Wings 4-3 on Thursday night.

It was more than just a new-coach bump when the Detroit Red Wings went 17-5-2 in Todd McLellan’s first 24 games to resurrect their season. It showed that maybe coaching was an issue before McLellan arrived,