{"id":539035,"date":"2026-04-03T19:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/539035\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:56:30","slug":"senators-tkachuk-fined-2-5k-us-for-unsportsmanlike-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/539035\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators&#8217; Tkachuk fined $2.5K US for unsportsmanlike conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was fined $2,500 US by the National Hockey League on Friday for unsportsmanlike conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Forward was sitting on bench when he caught Sabres&#8217; Malenstyn with butt end of stick<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Apr 03, 2026 1:39 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A male ice hockey captain prepares to take a face off.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775246184_469_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Senators captain Brady Tkachuk is seen during a 6-3 loss to the Panthers on Tuesday in Sunrise, Fla. (Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was fined $2,500 US by the National Hockey League on Friday for unsportsmanlike conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred midway through the first period of Ottawa&#8217;s 4-1 home victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night, the league said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Tkachuk was sitting on the bench when he caught Buffalo&#8217;s Beck Malenstyn with the butt end of his stick as the Sabres forward crashed into the boards.<\/p>\n<p>The Ottawa captain was given a minor slashing penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The money goes to the Players&#8217; Emergency Assistance Fund.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was fined $2,500 US by the National Hockey League on Friday for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5104],"tags":[5,4,72,25,5157,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-539035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ottawa-senators","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-ottawa","11":"tag-ottawa-senators","12":"tag-ottawasenators","13":"tag-senators"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116342541401298615","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539035","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=539035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}