The Ottawa Senators might have their captain back Wednesday against the Winnipeg Jets after Brady Tkachuk practiced with his teammates, telling reporters after that "I'm feeling all right."

The Senators need more from their winger, whom Green pushed to be harder on pucks from as way back as last summer. Batherson scored a hat trick against the Anaheim Ducks in mid-December, which should’ve been an encouraging sign for his season. But he has scored only four goals in his next 28 games.

Captain Brady Tkachuk and centres Josh Norris and Shane Pinto were full participants in the club’s skate on Friday at the Bell Sensplex and appear to be poised to return to the lineup.

Tkachuk confirmed he sustained the injury playing for the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off. He skated on his own ahead of practice Tuesday, took one line rush with Claude Giroux and Tim Stutzle and then left practice, although he said that was part of the plan.

Center Shane Pinto, out with an upper-body injury since Feb. 4, sported a noncontact jersey on the fourth line between Adam Gaudette and Matthew Highmore. Pinto is "closer than he was (Monday ...

February 25 - 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 ...