Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk and fellow forwards Josh Norris and Shane Pinto will sit out the team's home game against the white-hot Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday, multiple media outlets reported.

The Senators need more from their winger, whom Green pushed to be harder on pucks from as way back as last summer. Batherson scored a hat trick against the Anaheim Ducks in mid-December, which should’ve been an encouraging sign for his season. But he has scored only four goals in his next 28 games.

Defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker, who has missed 20 games with a high-ankle sprain, was a full participant in the short skate. He is closing in on a return from the injury he suffered six weeks ago during a collision with Zack Ostapchuk in practice.