Tkachuk scored his 10th career overtime goal to give the Senators a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

Brady Tkachuk scored 55 seconds into overtime and the Ottawa Senators extended their win streak to five games with a 3-2 victory against the Calgary Flames.

It’s time for another edition of the Ottawa Senators mailbag. Yes, Brady Tkachuk will be discussed. Let’s get that out of the way. We will also field questions about Adam Gaudette, whether the Senators should move on from a piece of their core, and the dreaded month of November. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions.

But now, from an individual standpoint, receiving the hardest worker award at the event might be the favourite thing a young player receives this Christmas season. The new medal for the hardest worker in each game of the tournament has been named after Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk.

Tkachuk revealed that Senators general manager Steve Staios had personally reassured him there was no validity to the rumors, which the player said "didn't even see" when they popped up following a report by Larry Brooks of the New York Post.

Brady Tkachuk scored 1:46 into overtime and the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 for their first three-game winning streak of the season.

Coming off an OT win at Calgary, Ottawa tries to extend its win streak to six game at Vancouver on Saturday night. Brady Tkachuk took a nasty gash to his mouth when he was high-sticked by Calgary’s Michael Backlund in the game on Thursday.