Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson showed some verbal slickness Monday in skating away from his dismal performance in Saturday’s 4-2 loss to the Boston Bruins.

When asked if he could turn the page in preparation for Tuesday’s home game against the Detroit Red Wings, Karlsson didn’t hesitate.

“Oh, yeah, I do it all the time when I read,” he said.

“No, it’s not that hard at all. I don’t know how many games I’ve played now. If I evaluated every game I ever played where I let myself down or I didn’t play well enough, I think I wouldn’t be here right now. I’m just going to turn the page, move forward and play again (Tuesday). I don’t really care what happened last game. We lost. That’s the end of the story for me.”

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DETROIT RED WINGS

THE MATCHUP

- Tonight is the 30th all-time meeting between DET and OTT
- Tonight marks the 1st of 4 meetings this season between DET and OTT, 1st of 2 in OTT
- DET’s all-time record vs. OTT: 18-10-1-0
- DET’s all-time road record at OTT: 10-4-1-0
- DET has won 12 of its last 17 games vs. OTT
- DET evenly split the season series with OTT in 2013-14 with 2-2 record; DET outscored OTT 10-3 in its 2 visits to OTT and was outscored 10-3 by OTT in its 2 home games
- DET’s top scorers vs. OTT in 2013-14: Niklas Kronwall (0-7-7), Johan Franzen (4-0-4) and Tomas Tatar (1-3-4); OTT’s top scorers vs. DET: Bobby Ryan (4-1-5), Erik Karlsson (0-5-5) and Clarke MacArthur (3-1-4)
- Jonas Gustavsson is 4-3-0 with a 2.05 GAA and .930 SV% vs. OTT
- Jakub Kindl has 3 points (0-3-3) in 5 games vs. OTT
- Pavel Datsyuk has 9 points (4-5-9) in 13 games vs. OTT
- Tomas Tatar has 4 points (1-3-4) in 4 games vs. OTT
- Henrik Zetterberg has 14 points (2-12-14) in 12 games vs. OTT
- Niklas Kronwall has 9 points (1-8-9) in 9 games vs. OTT
- Johan Franzen has 12 points (12-0-12) in 9 games vs. OTT
- OTT’s all-time top scorers vs. DET: David Legwand (15-26-41 in 69 GP), Milan Michalek (6-10-16 in 22 GP) and Bobby Ryan (11-4-15 in 23 GP)
- OTT F David Legwand is a Grosse Pointe, MI native who had 11 points (4-7-11) in 21 games for DET after being acquired at the trade deadline from NSH
- OTT F Erik Condra was born in Trenton, MI
- OTT F Chris Neil had 55 points (24-31-55) and 655 PIM in 129 GP for the Grand Rapids Griffins from 1999-01
- OTT GM Bryan Murray was DET’s head coach from 1990-93
- OTT head coach Paul MacLean was DET’s assistant coach from 2005-11 and had 71 points (36-35-71) in 76 games for DET in 1988- 89. From that team, 8 players currently work for NHL teams: Dave Barr (NJ asst. coach), Gerard Gallant (FLA head coach), Doug Houda (BOS asst. coach), Jim Nill (DAL general manager), Mike O’Connell (LA advisor/development coach), Greg Stefan (CAR pro scout), Steve Yzerman (TB general manager) and MacLean

RIGHT AT HOME

Johan Franzen has scored 12 goals in 9 career games against the Senators, 11 of which have come in his last four visits to Ottawa:
2/27/14 at OTT – 3 goals
12/1/13 at OTT – 1 goal
2/2/11 at OTT – 5 goals
10/11/08 at OTT – 2 goals

PAV ON FIRE

After returning from a shoulder injury suffered in the preseason, Pavel Datsyuk has racked up 10 points (5-5-10), notching a point in each game he’s played to give him a Red Wings’ season-best 6-game point streak. He’s also riding a 4-game goal streak, matching Gustav Nyquist for Detroit’s longest this season. On Monday, Datsyuk was named the NHL’s 2nd Star of the Week (1. STL Tarasenko, 3. PIT Fleury) after tying for the league scoring lead last week with seven points (4-3-7) to help Detroit to a 2-0-1 record. Datsyuk is also within reach of Ilya Kovalchuk among the highest scoring Russian players in NHL history, a list that includes two former Red Wings

SEASON LEADERS

The Red Wings have several players who rank among NHL early-season statistical leaders:
Goals: Nyquist – 7 (T4th), Abdelkader/Datsyuk – 5 (T21st)
Assists: Zetterberg – 11 (T3rd)
Points: Zetterberg – 14 (T6th)
Power Play Goals: Nyquist – 4 (T2nd)
Game-Winning Goals: Abdelkader/Nyquist – 2 (T2nd)
Shots: Zetterberg – 36 (30th)
TOI: Kronwall – 24:15 (T18th)
Defensive Scoring: Kronwall – 8 (T10th)
Shooting %: Nyquist – 29.2 (6th), Datsyuk 26.3 (10th)
Faceoffs: Glendening – 56.4% (14th)
Wins: Howard – 5 (T10th)
GAA: Howard – 1.95 (8th)
SV%: Howard - .927 (T13th)
Goals Against: Detroit – 2.00 (7th)
Penalty Kill: Detroit – 94.7 (1st)
Shots Against: Detroit – 26.6 (4th)
Penalty Minutes: Detroit – 8.5 (5th)

OTTAWA SENATORS

OTTAWA vs. DETROIT - History:

2014-2015 (0-0-0): Nov. 4 @ Ottawa, Nov. 24 @ Detroit, Dec. 27 @ Ottawa, March 31 @ Detroit
2013-2014 (2-2-0): 10/23/13 @ Detroit (6-1 win), 11/23/13 @ Detroit (4-2 win), 12/1/13 @ Ottawa (4-2 loss), 2/27/14 @ Ottawa (6-1 loss)
Series record: Overall: 10-16-1-2; Home: 4-9-1-1; Away: 6-7-0-1
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 1/12/08 (3-2); @ Detroit: 11/23/13 (4-2)
Last Detroit win: @ Ottawa: 2/27/14 (6-1); @ Detroit: 10/7/11 (5-3)
Last OT result: 10/11/03 (3-2 OT loss) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: None
Most goals, game: Scored: 6, 10/23/13 (6-1 win); Allowed: 8, 12/3/93 (8-1 loss); Both teams: 12, 2/2/11 (7-5 loss)

ATTENDANCE REPORT: The Senators are averaging 18,926 patrons through four home games this season and have attracted two sellout crowds ... The club averaged 17,450 fans over two 2014-15 pre-season contests ... Canadian Tire Centre capacity is 19,153.

HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has earned a record of 2-0-2 through its first four home games this season ... Ryan leads the club with three home goals while Karlsson maintains the assist lead with three at Canadian Tire Centre to this point in 2014-15 ... Three players (Karlsson, Legwand and Ryan) share the team lead with four points respectively in Ottawa this season ... The Senators registered a record of 18-17-6 through 41 home contests in 2013-14.

ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are eight-for-40 (20.0%) on the power play this season ... Chiasson and MacArthur are tied for the team lead with three power-play markers each ... The club has tallied multiple power-play goals on two occasions this season after having done so nine times last season en route to concluding 2013-14 14th in the NHL with an efficiency rate of 18.4%.

ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 35 of 42 (83.3%) shorthanded situations to date this season ... Michalek has the team's lone shorthanded goal in 2014-15 ... Last season, the Senators tied for 20th in the NHL with five shorthanded goals (Condra, MacArthur, Smith, Turris x 2).