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Ottawa Senators <\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators defenceman Thomas Chabot participated in the team\u2019s morning skate and confirms he will return tonight against the Florida Panthers. <\/p>\n
He skated on a pair with Jordan Spence and quarterbacked the second power play unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got it moving pretty early and obviously the first couple of days you feel kind of rough,\u201d Chabot said Thursday. \u201cCouple days after you feel like you get more range and strength. Now we\u2019re at the point two weeks in where everybody feels comfortable…there\u2019s nothing really holding me back so I thought I want to go back out there and play hockey and help this team.\u201d <\/p>\n
Thomas Chabot confirms he\u2019s going to play vs Florida tonight. #Sens<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Claire Hanna (@clahanna) April 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Chabot has surgery on his right arm on March 26 and was initially expected to miss 4-8 weeks but will return just two weeks after sustaining a broken arm. <\/p>\n The 29-year-old has seven goals and 31 points in 55 games this season.<\/p>\n Sens lines at practice:<\/p>\n Batherson-St\u00fctzle-Giroux <\/p>\n Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig <\/p>\n Cousins-Pinto-Amadio <\/p>\n Foegele-Eller-Zetterlund <\/p>\n MacDermid-Halliday <\/p>\n Sanderson-Zub<\/p>\n Chabot-Spence <\/p>\n Thomson-Matinpalo<\/p>\n Gilbert-Crotty <\/p>\n Ullmark <\/p>\n Reimer<\/p>\n Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n The Canadiens held an optional skate ahead of tonight\u2019s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n Defencemen Kaiden Guhle and Alexandre Carrier did not participafe and are not expected to return to the lineup. Adam Engstrom, who recorded his first NHL point in Tuesday\u2019s win over the Flordia Panthers, is expected to remain in the lineup.<\/p>\n Forwards Joe Veleno and Brendan Gallagher, who did not play Tuesday participated in the optional session. <\/p>\n The full list of participants:<\/p>\n Forwards: Bolduc, Caufield, Demidov, Evans, Gallagher, Kapanen, Laine, Suzuki, Veleno, <\/p>\n Defencemen: Engstrom, Hutson, Xhekaj<\/p>\n Goalies: Dobes, Fowler, Montembeault<\/p>\n New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n The New Jersey Devils<\/a> have shut down defenceman Luke Hughes<\/a> to have what the team described as a \u201cprocedure\u201d in order to get a head start on rehabbing in the off-season.<\/p>\n He finishes his 2025-26 campaign with six goals and 29 assists for 35 points in 68 games, averaging a career-high 23:01 of ice time per game. He had seven goals and 37 assists for 44 points in 71 games for New Jersey last season.<\/p>\n