The bitter cold of losing to its crosstown rival might burn for Port Adelaide, but the Power won’t stew over the 23-point result too long.

With a six-day turnaround before the significant challenge of playing an Essendon side fighting to stay in touch with the top eight, Port Adelaide will need to get to work right away to keep its own foothold in the top four on firm ground.

At least the Power will enjoy another bumper crowd, with tickets likely to sell out for the Saturday night blockbuster.

The loss on Sunday was the Power’s biggest for the year – its net losing margin stands at 34 points for the year - and senior coach Ken Hinkley said his players would turn up at training on Monday with the Essendon challenge their new focus.

"We're not going to wallow in self-pity in any way, we're going to come back to work on Monday and be up and about, and know we've only got a six-day turnaround," Hinkley said.

"We play Essendon off an eight-day break, come back to the Adelaide Oval as the 'home' team with all our supporters back.

"They're going to be here and be really important for us."

While crediting Adelaide's pressure and well-structured defence for the result against the Power, Hinkley said the fallout of the Showdown was no different to the Power's other two losses this season.

“Hopefully we learn from it, like we learn from every game we play,” Hinkley said.

“We’re going to lose games of football, there’s no doubt about that, and it’s always about the response.

“Ladder position doesn’t mean too much”[in Showdowns] - it’s a game and it’s a game all night.

“I think their pressure hurt us, yeah we missed some shots, but that happens every week in football.

“[Adelaide’s] overall work rate as a team, over the course of the night was the most important thing, they outworked us.”