After being held out of the last two games, the Ottawa Senators forward will return to the ice for Sunday's game against the Utah Hockey Club.

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.

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The Ottawa Senators will be without one of their top centremen for the remainder of the game against the New York Rangers.

Ottawa Senators’ Jake Sanderson (85), Tim Stutzle (18), and Josh Norris (9) turn to see a fight starting ... (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP) Ottawa Senators’ Brady Tkachuk (7) and Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman (1) watch as the shot ...

The Senators are 22-18-4 on the year; good for 48 points in the standings, and 5th in the Atlantic Division. Tim Stutzle leads the Senators in points, with 43 in 44 games. Ottawas

Season Series is Red The Ottawa Senators have claimed the regular season series matchup over the Toronto Maple Leafs after a 2-1 in regulation time. Period I The undrafted Bobby McMann opened the scoring of the game for the visiting team as he comes within one goal of matching his career high.

On Sunday, in a 3-1 win over Utah, the Senators captain moved into fifth place on the franchise's all-time goal scoring list.

Claude Giroux scored the game-winner and broke a long personal scoring drought as the Senators defeated the Utah Hockey Club 3-1.

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But more importantly, a couple of Senators snapped extended scoring slumps. Playing the last of a three-game road trip, Utah (21-21-7) was looking to close things out on a positiv

SENATORS 3, UTAH 1 It wasn’t pretty, but the two points looked that way to the Ottawa Senators. Coming off a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Battle of Ontario on Saturday, Ottawa closed out the weekend with its second straight win by knocking off the Utah Hockey Club 3-1 in front of 16,