Brady Tkachuk is doing “great” and could return for the Ottawa Senators “sooner than later,” coach Travis Green said Monday.

The forward and Senators captain injured his thumb in their third game of the season on Oct. 13 and had surgery four days later. Tkachuk had three assists through the three games.

Ottawa (11-6-4) plays the third of a five-game road trip at the Los Angeles Kings on Monday (9 p.m. ET; FDSNW, Prime, RDS2). It then visits the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, TSN5, RDS2) before a matinee at the St. Louis Blues on Friday (4 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, TSN5, RDSI).

The Senators have gone 10-4-4 without Tkachuk, who was a full participant at practice on Nov. 19 for the first time since the injury.

“I think they’re kind of doing whatever it takes to win,” he

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