Brady Tkachuk will return for the Ottawa Senators when they visit the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Friday (4 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, TSN5, RDSI).

The Ottawa captain and forward has been out since injuring his thumb in the third game of the season on Oct. 13 against the Nashville Predators and having surgery four days later.

“I’m very thankful and very grateful for the people that helped me get back,” Tkachuk said Thursday. “I’m thankful to be able to play the game I love again. It was a long six weeks, there were some tough stretches, there were some highs and some lows, and I’m just grateful to have the opportunity to be playing again and I’m really excited to be able to join the boys.”

Tkachuk missed 20 games; the Senators (12-7-4) have gone 11-5-4 without him and are second in t

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