Russian forward Vladimir Tarasenko scored his first goal for the Ottawa Senators in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The hockey player opened the scoring of the match by scoring a goal in the eighth minute of the first period. His assistants were Ridley Greig and Jacob Chickran. The game continues, after the first period the score is 1:0 in favor of the Senators.
Tarasenko signed a one-year contract with the Ottawa Senators in the summer of 2023. On October 14, Tarasenko had two assists in the match against Philadelphia Flyers (5:2).
In 2012, Tarasenko was signed to SKA St. Louis after the North American club selected him 16th overall in the first round of the 2010 National Hockey League draft. From St. Petersburg He moved to the St. Louis Blues. Tarasenko played for the Blues for a decade before the club traded him to the New York Rangers midway through the 2022/23 season. In the final season of the NHL regular season, Tarasenko scored 18 goals and had 32 assists in 69 games. On June 24, Tarasenko was included in the list of the NHL’s best free agents and entered the top 15, ranking 14th.
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