Emma Lingan and Michael Augello discuss the J.T. Miller rumors, Connor McDavid's cross-check, the Blue Jackets and Senators' success, the Sharks' Yaroslav Askarov and more.

The Ottawa Senators aren't accustomed to being atop the Eastern Conference wild-card race in late January. Meanwhile, the New York Rangers didn't expect to be on the outside looking in at the playoff picture beyond the halfway point of the season.

Blue Jackets goalie Daniil Tarasov posted his first NHL shutout in a stinging shootout loss, but kept his team in a playoff spot: 3 takeways

Perron, 36, hasn't played since late November due to a nagging back injury. The former Stanley Cup winner has yet to live up to the two-year, $8 million contract he signed with the Senators in the offseason, failing to register a point in his nine appearances so far.

The Senators came back and emerged victorious in a playoff-like atmosphere against the Bruins at the Canadian Tire Centre.

Ottawa Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot will be out of the lineup on a day-to-day basis after taking a puck to the face in Tuesday’s 2-0 road win over the New York Islanders.

Knocking on the door along with Ottawa are perennial Atlantic Division also-rans Montreal and Detroit. Also in the Eastern Conference mix are the Columbus Blue Jackets, who hopped over the Bruins in the standings on Thursday and are everyone’s sentimental favorite in this surprise run after the Johnny Gaudreau tragedy last summer.

Late Saturday afternoon, we saw the Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins match up at PPG Paints Arena, which could be a crucial matchup at the end of the season, considering these teams are only separated by three points in the standings.

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Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko scored in the shootout as the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Zach Werenski scored

Senators star Tim Stutzle provided his thoughts on how his team completed a comeback win over the white-shot Stars.

Daniil Tarasov and Igor Shesterkin put on a master goaltending class on Saturday night. Both goalies made some highlight saves and frustrated the opposing team's shooters all night. Tarasov made a pair of breakaway saves on Mika Zibanejad in OT and stopped him in the shootout as well.