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OTTAWA Womens Esa Lindell Jersey , Ontario (AP) — TTkachuk got the victory. The Ottawa Senators‘ Brady Tkachuk earned family bragging rights.Austin Czarnik scored with 41 seconds remaining to lead the Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Senators on Sunday.Mikael Backlund also scored for the Flames, who have won five straight. David Rittich made 22 saves.The game marked the first meeting between the Tkachuk brothers at the NHL level.There were over 30 Tkachuk family members on hand for the game wearing specially made jerseys to support both teams. Prior to the game the brothers made a pact of no fighting with a handshake. A special moment saw the brothers take the opening faceoff.“I’ll let him from a personal standpoint take this one,” Matthew Tkachuk said. “I know we play them again in a month, so I’ll be pressing to get one that night.“I’m happy for him, happy for my family. What a weekend they had. All they were talking about was how much fun they had.”Brady Tkachuk scored for the Senators, who lost their fourth straight.“It was a special night, but I wish we came away with the two points Jamie Benn Jersey ,” said Brady Tkachuk, who gave his grandmother the game puck.Craig Anderson made 33 saves in the loss.“Overall I thought the guys played hard and I thought we did a lot of good things playing with the puck trying to make plays,” Anderson said. “It’s just one of those games where you just didn’t know which bounce was going to be the difference.”Calgary is three points ahead of San Jose and leads the Pacific Division and the Western Conference at 39-16-7.Tied 1-1 to start the third, the Senators believed they took the lead on a power-play goal at 8:24, but the Flames challenged for goaltender interference as it appeared Rittich had covered the puck. It was nearly an identical play as in which the Flames had a first-period goal called back.Flames coach Bill Peters said he’d never seen that scenario play out before.“They were identical plays basically, so I was confident on the challenge obviously,” said Peters. “If ours was no good I didn’t think that was going to be any good either.”The Flames dominated in the second period http://www.officialstarsproonline.com/authentic-adidas-jason-spezza-jersey , but Anderson was able to come up big when needed. The Senators tied it on Brady Tkachuk’s 14th of the season.After being outplayed much of the period the younger Tkachuk took a pass just outside Ottawa’s blue line, broke in alone on Rittich and slid a backhand under the left pad.It was the Senators’ first goal in 160:55 of play.The Flames outplayed Ottawa in the first period, but only led 1-0.Backlund opened the scoring at the four-minute mark with a quick wrist shot from the slot.Matthew Tkachuk believed he had made it 2-0 just over three minutes later when he shoved the puck from under Anderson’s glove, but the Senators challenged and it was ruled there was goaltender interference.NOTES: The brotherly battle was a welcome distraction for Ottawa fans who eagerly await news on Mark Stone’s future as Monday’s trade deadline approaches. Stone was a healthy scratch for the third straight game. In addition to Stone, Cody Ceci and Mikkel Boedker were late scratches. … Calgary’s Curtis Lazar and Dalton Prout were healthy scratches.UP NEXTFlames: At New York Islanders on Tuesday.Senators: At Washington on Tuesday. OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Matt Duchene’s first game as a father couldn’t have gone much better.He even got to celebrate among old friends.Duchene had two goals and an assist against his former club, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Wednesday night.Duchene had missed the previous three games as his wife Ashley gave birth to the couple’s first son John Klingberg Jersey , Beau. It was also his fourth game against the Avalanche since being traded to Ottawa in November 2017. He also scored twice in Denver on Oct. 26.“It’s a very special feeling,” Duchene said. “My main focus coming in today was to just try and meld back into the lineup the best I could and fit in with what the guys had been doing on the road. They had been playing so well.”Brady Tkachuk, Mark Stone and Ryan Dzingel also scored for the Senators, and Anders Nilsson made 30 saves. It was Ottawa’s first win at home since Dec. 17.Nikita Zadorov and Nathan MacKinnon scored for the Avalanche, who wrapped up a five-game trip. Semyon Varlamov stopped 26 shots.It was a difficult trip for the Avalanche, as they finished with a 1-4-0 record.“It’s a disappointing road trip because I thought we started it playing some good hockey and didn’t get rewarded,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “I didn’t like our game in Montreal Mattias Janmark Jersey , really liked it in Toronto and not ready to play (Wednesday).”Duchene put the Senators ahead 4-1 with his 19th goal of the season midway through the third period. Zack Smith had fired a puck that went wide of the net off the back boards, and Duchene picked it up and scored short side.The Avalanche appeared to cut the lead in half minutes later, but it was waived off upon review because the left post was off the mooring.MacKinnon had a power-play goal with four minutes remaining and Varlamov on the bench for the two-man advantage. The Avalanche had another opportunity after Christian Jaros sent the puck over the glass, but Colorado couldn’t capitalize. Duchene scored into an empty net with 1:02 left.Ottawa has won three of its past four games, and now it has Duchene and Thomas Chabot back in the lineup. Chabot returned after missing the last eight games with an upper-body injury.“A guy like that makes plays that can win games,” coach Guy Boucher said. “Even when he doesn’t have a goal or a point, it’s the minutes he plays Radek Faksa Jersey , the neutral zone transitions, play in the offensive zone, momentum, you can’t measure his impact. That’s why when you lose a guy like that it’s gigantic.”NOTES: Nick Paul was a healthy scratch for the Senators. … Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson missed his 11th straight game due to a concussion.UP NEXTAvalanche: Return home to face the Kings on Saturday.Senators: Play at Carolina on Friday night.