ottawa senators guard thomas chabot will play in Thursday’s match against Florida PanthersReturning to the lineup two and a half weeks after a broken hand.
The Senators announced that Chabot is ready to play as they try to make their second consecutive playoff appearance. Ottawa entered Thursday into the second wild-card spot, two points ahead of the East columbus blue jackets With three more teams one more point behind.
Chabot breaks his hand while cross-checking New York Rangers captain JT Miller on March 23, and he had surgery on March 26. Senators initially said Chabot would be out for at least a month and a maximum of two months.
But he will return after missing only eight games, with the Senators having won three of their last four contests, all against teams that have clinched a playoff berth.
Chabot, 29, has seven goals and 24 assists in 55 games this season, a plus-6. His average ice time of 22:34 ranks second on the team jake sanderson (24:50), who recently missed time with an upper body injury before returning on Saturday.
Information from ESPN’s Greg Wyshinski was used in this report.
