The host Ottawa Senators are surging, while the Detroit Red Wings are slumping ahead of their pivotal matchup on Monday night. The Senators, who entered Sunday leading the Eastern Conference wild-card race,

DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings practiced at Little Caesars Arena’s BELFOR Training Center on Monday afternoon, beginning a stretch that will see them host the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night and Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night before visiting the Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on Friday night.

Talbot is expected to start on the road outdoors at Ohio Stadium in Saturday's Stadium Series game versus the Blue Jackets, Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports. Talbot was torched for four goals on 29 shots in Thursday's game versus the Blue Jackets in Detroit.

The Jackets' win allowed them to leapfrog Detroit into the Eastern Conference's first wild ... on his own rebound and putting the puck past Cam Talbot. Adam Fantilli would add an empty-netter ...

In the first game of a home-and-(outdoors) home, the Blue Jackets' tipped-in goals were too much for the Wings in a 5-2 loss.

Talbot stopped 22 of 24 shots in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Wild.

who are elbowing each other in the Eastern Conference's wild-card spots. The Wings looked flat for much of the night, and not even an exceptionally acrobatic performance from Cam Talbot could ...