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Senators pounce on Panthers in playoff push while Brady wins battle of Tkachuk brothers

The battle of the Tkachuk brothers went to the younger Brady in every sense Monday night.

A goal and an assist by Brady Tkachuk helped the Ottawa Senators get past the visiting Florida Panthers and Matthew Tkachuk 5-2 on Monday. The elder Tkachuk was held pointless.

The home crowd got into the action as well as they broke into a "Brady's better" chant on a couple of occasions.

"To be honest I thought it was awesome," Senators forward Tim Stutzle said of the chant. "I think we have to give Matthew credit, too. I think he has 97 points, he's an unreal player and he had some chances tonight too, but in the end I'll for sure stick with Brady."

Erik Brannstrom, Alex DeBrincat, Stutzle and Shane Pinto also scored goals for the Senators (36-33-5), while Mads Sogaard made 32 saves for the win.

The Panthers (36-31-7), who have now lost four straight games, got two goals from Gustav Forsling and a 21-save performance from Sergei Bobrovsky.

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"I think for the most part we were pretty good. It wasn't a bad performance. We just got into some penalty trouble and they capitalized on their chances," Matthew Tkachuk said.

"I thought five-on-five we dominated but special teams did not go in our favour."

With the Panthers losing, the idle Toronto Maple Leafs clinched a post-season spot for a seventh consecutive year.

The 44-20-9 Leafs occupy second place in the Atlantic Division, seven points ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning in a battle for home-ice advantage in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Florida, which is vying for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, faces the Leafs in Toronto on Wednesday.

On Monday, Stutzle scored at 17:37 to give the

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