The Western Bulldogs know full well it only takes one match to kill a winning streak.

That's why coach Rodney Eade says a break next week - after slamming Port Adelaide by 55 points at TIO Stadium in Darwin on Saturday - is welcome relief.

"I think it's come just at the right time for us," Eade said, adding that most teams were starting to tire as the competition nears its final weeks.

"Teams I think are just starting to feel the pinch.

"We've been fortunate with our injuries but we've just had a few players who were just getting to the line at this stage so I think the break's come at a good time."

Asked how important it was to take their winning momentum into the break, Eade replied: "I'm not too sure about that because you can lose that in two weeks.

Luckily, Eade said Saturday's clash only cost the Bulldogs a couple of broken fingers while catapulting them to the top of the ladder halfway through round 14.

Although the Doggies notched their fifth win in a row, reigning premiers Geelong can regain the top spot if they beat Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Friday night.

Eade said there were a number of lessons the Bulldogs would take from the match.

"We got beaten in stoppages," he said, adding that it wasn't until the second quarter that the Bulldogs "broke the game open".

But the Bulldogs defence was maturing, he said.

"We've got a reasonably young defence and we've had that for a while but I thought Stephen Tiller did really well and (Ryan) Hargrave. Dale Morris is terrific, I mean his body work was fantastic."

Despite the gulf on the score board, Power coach Mark Williams said he could take a number of positives from the game.

"There were a lot of hard-ball gets and we won the tackles and the inside fifties were the same and I thought we dominated stoppage," he said.

"Our forwards probably weren't involved in the game enough so they let us down a little bit."

Darwin's warm weather also took its toll.

"The sweat rolling down their hands, I don't think we did that as well as we might," he said.

Williams also welcomed a streaker on the field.

"It's fantastic isn't it," he said.

"The things that are unique here - warm weather and streakers."

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