The Ottawa Senators have reached the midpoint of their season, still alive in hopes of ending their lengthy playoff drought. We’ve put together a midseason assessment of everyone’s performance, including the head coach and general manager.

The Senators swept their third straight back-to-back weekend as they beat the Utah Hockey Club by a score of 3-1.

With the Ottawa Senators in the middle of a heated playoff race, Brady Tkachuk has gone cold. What’s gone wrong for the Senators captain? The post What’s Wrong With Brady Tkachuk? appeared first on Ottawa Hockey Now.

Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk expressed his relief and happiness after breaking a 10-game goalless streak in Sunday’s 3-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club.

One big key to the Senators emerging victorious over Toronto was Pinto’s play against Leafs superstar Auston Matthews. Pinto played over 13 minutes against Matthews at five-on-five, according to Natural Stat Trick. Matthews played 22:47 but had just one shot in the loss, snapping his five-game points streak.

Ridly Greig hadn't scored in 13 games. Claude Giroux hadn't scored in 14. And captain Brady Tkachuk hadn't scored in 11. Those three were the goal scorers tonight, as the Sens beat Utah 3-1. Leevi Meriläinen made 34 saves in the win, and deserves the lion's share of the credit for tonight's win.

Coach Travis Green pointed out mistakes that led to the loss to the Boston Bruins and sent a message to the Ottawa Senators' offense, which includes NHL star Brady Tkachuck.

Tim Stützle scored the lone goal in the shootout Saturday to give Ottawa a 6-5 win over the Bruins in a matinee that had the feel, intensity, and nastiness of a playoff game. Stützle’s backbreaker capped a furious comeback by the Senators, who trailed, 5-3, with less than four minutes remaining.

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Tkachuk has shown himself to be a play-driver in his career. The captain started this season hot while playing with Tim Stutzle, registering a point in 11 of the first 12 games. Around that point ...

Brady Tkachuk bumped into Igor Shesterkin, which caused a massive scrum behind the net. Shesterkin looked hurt for a second, but then perceived to charge Tkachuk who actually wanted to fight the ...

Clayton Keller's 18th goal of the season not enough as Utah falls, 3-1, in Ottawa