Postmedia hockey columnist Bruce Garrioch joins Claire Hanna to discuss how we were left with more questions than answers after Brady Tkachuk's session with the media ahead of his return to Ottawa. Garrioch also speculates on Tkachuk's seemingly strained relationship with Tim Stützle, and how he expects the Sens faithful to respond to their former captain tonight.
Brady Tkachuk explains why he wasn't going to re-sign in Ottawa without getting into too much detail, as the Senators former captain gets set for his first game against his former team.
Brady Tkachuk discusses the negative attention he might receive tonight during his return to Ottawa but says he won't be taking anything personally.
Brady Tkachuk discusses what he believes his legacy should be with the Senators, as the former captain makes his first return to Ottawa tonight as a member of the Panthers.
Senators fans are expected to be frothing at the mouth at a chance to let Brady Tkachuk hear it in his return to Ottawa Wednesday night. But with all the attention focused on what the reaction will be like in the arena, what's it going to be like for both rooms leading up to the game? TSN Hockey analyst Martin Biron shares his take as a former NHL player.
While Brady Tkachuk's return is creating a lot of noise in Ottawa, the team admits they're more focused on themselves and getting ready to play one of the top team's in the league.
Jake Sanderson will draw back onto the Senators blue line tonight alongside Artem Zub. He returns just in time for the highly anticipated return of Brady Tkachuk.
The Senators understand the buzz around Brady Tkachuk's return tonight and believe it will be an emotional, spirited contest, but say they're more focused on themselves and getting back to their game after a loss to the Flyers.
Kirill Marchenko was booed by Columbus fans every time he touched the puck in his return to Nationwide Arena on Tuesday. The Leafs winger also took a couple big hits, including from spurned linemate Adam Fantilli. "Happy to win. I can take so many hits if we win," Marchenko said with a smile. "It's so nice."
Asked about Easton Cowan's development, Morgan Rielly refused to answer because the 21-year-old winger was listening close by. But Cowan and coach Jim Hiller were more than happy to praise Rielly after the defenceman delivered a "vintage Morgan" three-assist performance.
Easton Cowan produced three points on Tuesday, including his first career shorthanded goal. "I can't say enough good things about him," gushed coach Jim Hiller, who recently promoted the sophomore winger to Toronto's top line. "Honestly, he's exceeded my expectations, and I had high expectations for him."
Jake McCabe left Tuesday's game after getting high sticked in the eye area by Kent Johnson. "We held him out for precautionary reasons," said coach Jim Hiller. "I bumped into him, seems to be doing okay." With McCabe out, Marshall Rifai played more than expected and scored his first career NHL goal.
Anthony Cirelli scored twice, Nikita Kucherov had three points to tie Tampa Bay's career scoring record, and the Lightning extended their strong start by beating the Golden Knights.
Evan Bouchard scored on a power play at 3:32 of overtime to give the Oilers a victory over the Wild. Connor McDavid set up Bouchard's goal for his third assist of the game, pushing his NHL-leading points total to 26 and extending his season-opening points streak to nine games.
Freddy Gaudreau and Bobby McMann scored for Seattle in a shootout as the Kraken defeated the Red Wings after blowing a three-goal lead in the third period.
Is 200 points a realistic target for Connor McDavid amid his blazing-hot start? TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button joins SportsCentre to give his thoughts.
Logan Stankoven and Nikolaj Ehlers each scored twice and had an assist and the Hurricanes beat Vancouver to take the NHL points lead and hand the Canucks their eighth straight loss.
Philip Broberg scored on a power play at 8:47 of the third period to break a tie in the Blues' victory over the Jets. St. Louis snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 4-4-1.
Macklin Celebrini stole the show with two goals, including the overtime winner as the Sharks defeated the Canadiens.
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist in his 700th NHL game and the Maple Leafs scored four straight goals in the second period to beat the Blue Jackets for their second road victory of the season.
Adrian Kempe scored twice and the Kings got their first win of the season, rallying from an early deficit to beat the Capitals. Artemi Panarin, Erik Gustafsson and Scott Laughton also scored for Los Angeles, and former Capitals goalie Darcy Kuemper made 30 saves.
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