A commitment to defence has been a central theme for the Senators, not just Tkachuk, under new head coach Travis Green. The Senators have the sixth-best goals-against rate in the league, a 180-degree turn from the fifth-worst in the league last season.

Brady Tkachuk does plenty of good things, but his recent offensive drought is becoming a bit of a concern. The Senators will struggle to earn a playoff berth if Tkachuk can’t get out of his funk.

We just had a great display of sportsmanship, courtesy of Brady Tkachuk. The captain of the Ottawa Senators indeed had a penalty called against the opposing team overturned.

New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin got a little hot under the collar during his team's 5-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Senators captain Brady Tkachuk bumped into Shesterkin in the crease early in the third period,

Chaos ensued between the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night after Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin went after Senators forward Brady Tkachuk in the third period.

The two teams met over the weekend when the Bruins lost the lead in the final minutes of regulation and then the game in a shootout.

New York Rangers superstar goalie Igor Shesterkin charged straight into a melee during the third period of the Rangers' 5-0 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.

The Rangers are on a season-long nine-game point streak (6-0-3), one point behind the Columbus Blue Jackets (whom they also shut out last weekend) and two behind the Senators, Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens (whom they lost to 5-4 in overtime Sunday). They are physically healthy and their game is healthy again.

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In the early minutes of the third period Tuesday, Rempe found space alongside Adam Edstrom on a rush, collected a pass and flipped the puck into the Senators net with his backhand moments later, giving the Rangers a three-goal lead. It marked just the third goal of Rempe’s career and first of the campaign.

Tuesday night saw an important matchup for the New York Rangers as the Ottawa Senators came to town for an Eastern Conference showdown. Going into the game, the