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Senators handle Rangers 6-2, powered by Tarasenko's 2 goals and an assist

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Erik Brannstrom - Records two helpers against LeafsBrannstrom notched two assists in Thursday's 6-2 win over the Rangers.

ImpactBrannstrom had just one multi-point game in 74 games last season, so fantasy players probably shouldn't be banking on him producing at a high level. In fact, the 24-year-old defenseman has never reached the 20-point threshold in his five-year NHL career and will be hard-pressed to do so this time around either.

DECEMBER 6, 2023•ROTOWIRE

Claude Giroux - Two-point effort TuesdayGiroux produced a goal on six shots with an assist and a plus-3 rating in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Rangers.

ImpactBoth points came in the first period as Ottawa jumped out to a 2-0 lead they wouldn't relinquish. Giroux has been as steady as ever to begin the season, and the 35-year-old has collected seven goals and 19 points through 20 games as he attempts to reach the 80-point plateau for the first time since 2018-19.

DECEMBER 6, 2023•ROTOWIRE

Artem Zub - Two helpers in Tuesday's winZub picked up two assists in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Rangers.

ImpactBoth helpers came on Brady Tkachuk goals -- Zub's point shot got tipped home in the first period, while his effort in the second was a miscue that sailed wide but wound up caroming off the end boards straight to Tkachuk at the side of the net. It's Zub's first multi-point performance of the season, but the 28-year-old blueliner has been surprisingly productive around a concussion that cost him a few weeks of action, racking up two goals and seven points in 13 games despite a lack of power-play time.

DECEMBER 6, 2023•ROTOWIRE

Brady Tkachuk - Lights lamp twice in winTkachuk scored two goals on a game-high eight shots on net while adding a hit, a blocked shot and a plus-3 rating in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Rangers.

ImpactHe opened the scoring midway through the first period by tipping home an Artem Zub shot from the blue line, and the duo teamed up again late in the second -- this time Zub's shot went way wide, but the bounce off the end boards set Tkachuk up for an easy tap-in. It's the sixth multi-goal performance of the season for Tkachuk, who's amassed 13 tallies and 19 points through 20 games.

DECEMBER 6, 2023•ROTOWIRE

Vladimir Tarasenko - Three points including GWGTarasenko scored two goals, one the game-winner, and added an assist in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Rangers.

ImpactThe veteran winger gave the Senators a 3-1 lead early in the second period by snapping a shot from the faceoff dot over Igor Shesterkin's glove and off the crossbar, before icing things with an empty-netter in the third. Tarasenko broke out of a 13-game goal drought with the performance, and on the season he's up to five goals and 17 points through 20 contests.

DECEMBER 6, 2023•ROTOWIRE

Drake Batherson - Three points against BlueshirtsBatherson scored a goal and added two assists in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Rangers.

ImpactHe potted Ottawa's fourth tally of the night midway through the second period, chipping home the rebound on a Vladimir Tarasenko shot to complete an odd-man rush. Batherson has found the scoresheet in three straight games and has four multi-point performances in the last eight, piling up five goals and 11 points over the latter stretch.

DECEMBER 6, 2023•ROTOWIRE

Anton Forsberg - Notches fifth winForsberg stopped 33 shots in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Rangers.

ImpactThe 31-year-old netminder won for the third time in his last four starts with a sharp performance during a game in which the Senators never trailed. Forsberg remains erratic, however -- he's given up a total of three goals in those three victories, but he's coughed up five goals in each of his other two starts over the last month. While Joonas Korpisalo's own bumpy recent form has resulted in the two goalies falling into something of a timeshare, Forsberg's 5-4-0 record, 2.90 GAA and .891 save percentage on the season aren't particularly impressive.

DECEMBER 6, 2023•ROTOWIRE