NEW YORK — Brady Tkachuk was a thorn in the Rangers’ side on Friday. The Ottawa Senators captain scored the tying goal with less than a minute left in regulation, then scored the winning goal with 17.4 seconds left in the overtime to deal the Rangers one of their more painful losses yet this season, a 3-2 setback at Madison Square Garden.
The Rangers are back in action at the Garden on Saturday when they face off against Chicago at 7:30 p.m.
Tkachuk scored on a partial breakaway after Ottawa goalie Cam Talbot made a save on Artemi Panarin at the other end, and Tkachuk ended up with the puck, racing down the ice with Panarin chasing him. Tkachuk deked and slipped a backhander through Igor Shesterkin’s pads for the winner.