Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk and fellow forwards Josh Norris and Shane Pinto will sit out the team's home game against the white-hot Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday, multiple media outlets reported.
Holding the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot entering Tuesday, the Ottawa Senators may have their captain back on Wednesday against the Winnipeg Jets after Brady Tkachuk practiced briefly Tuesday.
Holding the Eastern Conference's No. 2 wild card entering Tuesday, the Ottawa Senators may have their captain back Wednesday against the Winnipeg Jets after Brady Tkachuk practiced with his teammates,
Tkachuk is "hopeful" to play Wednesday against the Winnipeg Jets but doesn't want to "reaggravate" the injury.
Brady Tkachuk will sit out Ottawa Senators game Saturday night vs. Montreal Canadiens, but apparent injury is not considered serious
The Ottawa Senators are starting to get back to full health, accentuated by the returns of Brady Tkachuk, Josh Norris and Shane Pinto to the lineup. Defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker is healthy too, finally off injured reserve after being sidelined with a high-ankle sprain.
Tim Stutzle scored and added an assist to keep his 11-game point streak alive, Brady Tkachuk and Shane Pinto returned to the lineup and scored and the Ottawa Senators ended a five-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.
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Tkachuk (lower body) briefly participated in Tuesday's practice before leaving the ice for precautionary reasons, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports. Tkachuk hopes to play against Winnipeg on Wednesday after sitting out Saturday's 5-2 loss to Montreal.
Norris and Pinto have been hurt since the beginning of the month and still can’t play. The Senators have lost four consecutive games without the latter two since Feb. 4, including when Pinto lasted under three minutes before leaving due to injury against the Tampa Bay Lightning that night.