Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk is present process additional testing after leaving Monday’s 4-1 loss to Nashville with an obvious upper-body damage.
Tkachuk was cross-checked early within the first interval and appeared to slam his proper arm into the boards after he was hit. He was holding his proper forearm as he bought again to his ft, but remained within the recreation till being pulled halfway by way of the third interval with the Predators main 2-0.
“Clearly he did not end the sport down the stretch, he tried to,” coach Travis Inexperienced mentioned Monday. “I do not actually have an replace. He is being evaluated proper now.”
Tkachuk, 26, has been an necessary participant within the Senators’ re-emergence. The ahead had a team-high 29 objectives final season whereas main Ottawa to its first playoff look because the 2016-17 season. He tallied a team-high 37 objectives and 74 factors in 2023-24 and posted a career-high 83 factors in 2022-23.
Tkachuk missed 10 regular-season video games a season in the past, sustaining a lower-body damage whereas competing for america within the 4 Nations Cup. He has no objectives however a team-high three assists by way of the Senators’ first three video games this season, over which they’ve posted a 1-2-0 document.
Ottawa is subsequent in motion Wednesday at Buffalo (0-3-0).
–Area Degree Media
