First-period explosion powers Senators past Rangers

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Brady Tkuchuk scored his 200th career goal and collected two of his three assists in a four-goal first period for the Ottawa Senators, who netted the first six goals of an 8-4 victory over the host New York Rangers on Wednesday night.

Tkachuk joined Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza and Alexei Yashin as the fourth player to score 200 goals for Ottawa when he finished