{"id":538700,"date":"2026-04-03T16:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538700\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:17:13","slug":"ottawa-senators-brady-tkachuk-fined-2500-for-unsportsmanlike-conduct-friday-vs-sabres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538700\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators\u2019 Brady Tkachuk fined $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct Friday vs. Sabres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brady-tkachuk\/8480801\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/brady-tkachuk\/8480801\" target=\"_blank\">Brady Tkachuk<\/a> has been fined $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct towards an opponent while on the bench during the Sens\u2019 4-1 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/buffalo-sabres\/7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/buffalo-sabres\/7\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> on Thursday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">At 10:01 of the first period, Tkachuk appeared to hit Buffalo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/beck-malenstyn\/8479359\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/beck-malenstyn\/8479359\" target=\"_blank\">Beck Malenstyn<\/a> in the face with his stick while he was sitting on the bench. He was also issued a minor for slashing. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ottawa\u2019s Brady Tkachuk has been fined $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct towards an opponent while on Ottawa\u2019s bench.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/2040087293705294115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tkachuk had one assist in the victory and was also issued a major later in the first period for fighting Sabres defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/logan-stanley\/8479378\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/logan-stanley\/8479378\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Stanley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 26-year-old has recorded 20 goals and 52 points in 55 games this season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Senators (39-26-10, 88 points) moved into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with last night\u2019s win. Ottawa holds the tiebreaker over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/detroit-red-wings\/17\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/detroit-red-wings\/17\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a> (40-27-8, 88 points) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/columbus-blue-jackets\/29\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/columbus-blue-jackets\/29\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> (38-26-12, 88 points) via more regulation wins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Sens will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/minnesota-wild\/30\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/minnesota-wild\/30\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> at the Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk has been fined $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct towards an opponent while on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4759,34584,5,4,33540],"class_list":{"0":"post-538700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-brady-tkachuk-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8480801","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-ottawa-senators-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-9"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116341679581765684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}