In Ottawa, Brady and Matthew Tkachuk each scored for their respective teams on Saturday night, but only Matthew came out on top with the Calgary Flames in a 6-3 win over the Senators on Saturday afternoon.
The two brothers closed out the scoring with the final goals for each club.
Mikael Backlund had a goal and three points for the Flames who posted three goals in each of the first two periods.
“Right from the first 10 minutes, I thought we took charge of the game,” Backlund said. “We played a solid game throughout the day.”
The Sens dropped to 7-15-1.
“Our game is forechecking, physical, play off the cycle, and we did that in the third period, but we’ve got to come out ready when the game starts,” Senators head coach D.J. Smith said.
Drake Batherson had a goal and two points for the Senators.
“I think we’re just jelling as a team, overall,” Batherson said. “I’ve been getting some looks, creating some chemistry with [Tim Stutzle] and whoever’s been playing center with us. Hopefully we can keep building off that. I’ve been getting shots all season, but they seem to be going in now, so I’ll keep shooting.”
Sean Monahan and Andrew Mangiapane had goals for the Flames.
“We’re building, we’re trending in the right direction,” Mangiapane said. “Next game, we’re going to have to keep building on it. It’s not going to all just change in one game or anything like that, it’s a build. Every time you get out there, you’re building. You’re building on your last shift, you’re building on your last game.”
Colin White also scored for Ottawa.
The Flames improved to10-10-2.
Juuso Valimaki got the game going with a Flames’ strike in the first period for a 1-0 lead.
Murray surrendered all six Flames goals on 33 shots.
“It’s been good the last little bit here. We’ve been dangerous every time it’s been out,” Smith said of the team’s power play, which went 3-for-6. “We weren’t dangerous enough five-on-five tonight, but our power play could score every time it was out there.”
He was give the hook in favor of Joey Daccord (five saves) in his season debut.
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