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<\/p>\nTkachuk was booed for the entirety of his tribute video during the first TV timeout, but seemed to relish the fan reaction. He stepped on to the ice, raised his stick and waved to the crowd with a grin on his face. <\/p>\n
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Tkachuk laughed it off after the game. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was good,\u201d he said. \u201cShows the passion that they have. One chapter closed and like I said, just an exciting new chapter that we\u2019re living in, so it was nice being a part of this passionate fan base.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Tkachuk said he would always hold fond memories of the nation\u2019s capital. Asked after the loss if he still felt the same way, he smiled and said, \u201cYeah, absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, it\u2019s a lot of great moments,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of ups and downs, but yeah, nothing but great things that I\u2019ve experienced here and that my family experienced as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tkachuk added it felt strange to face his former team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose are my teammates not too long ago, so a new experience,\u201d he said. \u201cA once in a lifetime experience in that moment, so just tried having as much fun as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tkachuk got the Panthers off to a strong start by scoring a power-play goal on Florida\u2019s first shot of the game. It was the only time they had anything to celebrate.<\/p>\n
The Senators played their most complete game of the season, fed off the energy in the building and got better as the game went on.<\/p>\n
While Tkachuk and the Panthers often got caught up in the emotion of the game, the Senators kept their control and benefited by drawing a couple penalties.<\/p>\n
\u201cGuys were just focused on getting the win and making sure we play hard and we had a game plan and we followed it,\u201d said Ottawa veteran Claude Giroux.<\/p>\n
While the Senators said they weren\u2019t trying to send a message to Tkachuk, there was no denying their desire to win this game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought that\u2019s the best we could have played,\u201d said Shane Pinto, who scored Ottawa\u2019s third goal. <\/p>\n
Pinto spoke about the team effort and the willingness to do whatever it took to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think all of us took a hit tonight to make a play tonight,\u201d added Pinto. \u201cI think that\u2019s how we had to break out the puck and everyone bought into that and I think that was the mindset all night from everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senators coach Travis Green said it\u2019s a rarity to be able to look up and down your lineup and like every single player\u2019s contribution, but that was exactly the case Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone said there was going to be a lot of juice in this game, and you know our guys were ready for it, and they handled it,\u201d said Green. \u201cIt was a hard-fought game, and we played an excellent game tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
One disappointment for the Senators was seeing Linus Ullmark leave the game early in the third period. He made a pad save on Tkachuk and seemed to grab the back of his leg in pain and required assistance leaving the ice.<\/p>\n
Green said he didn\u2019t have much to share other than Ullmark left the game with a lower-body strain and would be re-evaluated Thursday.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published October 21, 2026.<\/p>\n
Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tkachuk was booed for the entirety of his tribute video during the first TV timeout, but seemed to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,20739,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-941905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-ottawa","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}