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Tkachuk’s overtime strike lifts Ottawa over Rangers
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The Senators captain also had an assist before scoring his 100th NHL goal

Brady Tkachuk scored his 100th NHL goal to tie Ottawa Senators’ game against hosts New York Rangers at 2-2 with 49 seconds remaining in the third period before winning it with a backhander at 4:42 of overtime on Friday.

The Senators captain also had an assist, Thomas Chabot had two assists and Cam Talbot made 25 saves for Ottawa, including a stop on Mika Zibanejad on a breakaway with 1:34 left in the extra period.

“It’s definitely going to be memorable,” Tkachuk said of his milestone. “Everybody stepped up in here tonight. It was a huge game for us, a huge game for our confidence. Hopefully now we get on a little bit of a run.”

Tim Stutzle also scored for Ottawa, who rebounded from a 3-1 home loss to the Rangers on Wednesday and won for third time in four games.

Zibanejad and Vitali Kravtsov scored in regulation as the Rangers lost for the fourth time in five games (1-3-1).

“I didn’t think we played good enough in the first or second (periods),” Zibanejad said.