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OTTAWA Authentic Joe Pavelski Jersey , Ontario (AP) — Matt Duchene and the Ottawa Senators are attempting to put the drama behind them after a viral video of him and some teammates criticizing the club and assistant coach Marty Raymond emerged online Monday.Duchene spoke publicly about the incident for the first time Tuesday night after the Senators beat the New Jersey Devils 7-3 in Ottawa.“I want to take this opportunity to extend my absolute sincere apologies to Marty Raymond. He’s a heck of a person and coach and he did not deserve what we said. I sincerely, sincerely mean that on behalf of myself and my teammates,” Duchene said.“It’s been a tough couple of days for a lot of people and we needed to respond and we did (with a win). We’ve dealt with things and everything in (the room) is good. We’re moving forward and it’s hard for me to even talk about because it makes me emotional and it’s not the person I am, or any of us. We’ve done a heck of a job bouncing back tonight as a whole group and I’ve said it all season and I’m going to keep saying it, we have a heck of a group in here.”Ottawa forward Mark Stone said earlier in the day the latest bit of turmoil in the ongoing saga of the Senators is a “hiccup,” and that the team has already done work to repair the frayed relationship between players and coaches that was laid bare in the video.The video showed seven Senators players during an Uber ride in Phoenix last month insulting the team and Raymond. Stone said Tuesday the matter already was addressed before the five-minute clip surfaced.“It’s disappointing the way the video got released,” he said. “We dealt with this long before this video was released. As a coaching staff, as management, as players it was dealt with internally and the way it should be, and we’re going to move forward and grow from it.“We don’t want negative stuff surrounding our team and this is a hiccup. I think guys have made a great effort to repair relationships. This is only going to make our team stronger going forward.”The video was the latest humiliation for the organization over the past two years: owner Eugene Melnyk threatening to move the team; alleged cyberbullying involving the wife of former star captain Erik Karlsson; and harassment allegations against former assistant general manager Randy Lee.The players in the Uber were Duchene, Chris Wideman, Chris Tierney, Thomas Chabot, Alex Formenton (since sent down to the juniors), Dylan DeMelo and Colin White.They were discussing the team’s ineffective penalty killing and mocking Raymond in what appears to be a recording from a camera mounted on the dashboard.Uber Canada’s General Manager Rob Khazzam said on his Twitter account that video taken of a private conversation without passenger consent is a “clear violation of our terms of service.” He said such conduct is “totally unacceptable” and merits investigation.None of the players involved discussed the video Tuesday.“As a leader of this team I want to be supporting my teammates,” Stone said. “It’s something I never want anyone to go through with it. As a coaching staff and management and players, we’re trying to form a bond that turns this team into the right direction and this is a hiccup, but I think we’re on the right track of doing that.”Defenseman Mark Borowiecki acknowledged the Senators would have to deal with the “consequences” and “ramifications” of the video.“But we want to keep this in house as much as we can and deal with it appropriately Joe Thornton Jersey ,” he said.In the video, Duchene, one of the Senators’ alternate captains, is heard saying: “Marty Raymond, the only coach in NHL history to have the worst power-play and the worst PK within a calendar year.”Duchene later adds that he hasn’t “paid attention in three weeks” in Raymond’s meetings.The players apologized to Raymond in a statement Monday.Raymond, in his third season with the Senators, was responsible for the power play for much of last season and is in charge of the team’s penalty-killing this year. Ottawa’s penalty killing ranks 30th in the league.Senators coach Guy Boucher said the team is trying to move forward and concentrate on Tuesday night’s home game against New Jersey.“I don’t know who makes decisions to put things like that out there, but when you purposely try to hurt another human being, I don’t want to spend too much time on that, and especially probably the best human being I know (Raymond), that’s personal,” Boucher said.During the morning skate Duchene was seen talking and laughing with Raymond as the two held a brief conversation at center ice.The matter has raised concerns about player privacy.“We’re all totally aware that any time someone says to you this is off the record … nothing is off the record in your life. So let’s get that straight,” Toronto coach Mike Babcock said at the Maple Leafs’ morning skate Tuesday.Many Maple Leaf players said it’s imperative for players to be aware of their surroundings when having a private conversation. And defenseman Travis Dermott expressed some sympathy for the Ottawa players.“I mean, tough bounce for them. They’re going to have to deal with that, but it could happen to anyone, really.”Added Vegas Golden Knights winger Ryan Reaves: “I would never expect a cab ride conversation to be made public, but that’s the world we live in right now. Everybody’s a snitch.” OTTAWA — The timing is good for the Ottawa Senators to be facing a team that has traditionally given them trouble.The Pittsburgh Penguins (7-7-3) will be without captain Sidney Crosby and in a two-game slide that has left them last in the Eastern Conference when they provide the opposition Saturday night at Canadian Tire Centre.Crosby, who has 43 points in 38 career games against the Senators Joonas Donskoi Jersey , is expected to miss a week with an upper-body injury. The Penguins are hopeful for the return of Derick Brassard, who has missed three weeks with a lower-body injury, to help fill the void.Article continues below ...“One of the things that we talked about when we acquired Brass was this very scenario,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Friday. “To have a guy who’s as talented as he is, who has a track record of being a proven top-six center in this league, that’s encouraging from our standpoint.”Brassard, who will be a game-time decision, was acquired from the Senators in a three-team trade at last February’s deadline. It would be the first time he has faced the his former team since the deal.Born and raised just outside of Ottawa, Brassard had a goal and four assists in eight games before going down.“I liked the way I started the season,” Brassard told the Post-Gazette. “I felt like I had a stretch of time where I was producing offense, but nothing was going in. Now I have to start from scratch, go out there with an open mind, play free and have fun.”If history between the teams holds true, it will be an enjoyable evening for the Penguins. Ottawa has won just 36 of 100 regular-season games against Pittsburgh and was 0-3-0 against them in 2017-18.This season’s Senators (8-8-3) have played well on home ice, where they’ve posted a 6-3-2 record. They’ve also won two of their last three games, including a 2-1 decision over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday that saw goalie Craig Anderson make two penalty shot saves in the third period.Anderson, who has appeared in all but one game to date, will make the start on Saturday. Against the Penguins Justin Braun Jersey Kids , he has a 5-10-3 career record.Anderson shared the spotlight in the victory over the Red Wings, as rookie Drake Batherson scored with his first shot in his first NHL game and impressive first-round pick Brady Tkachuk engaged in his first NHL fight. Tkachuk objected to liberties taken on Mark Stone by Red Wings winger Justin Abdelkader.With four goals and four assists in eight games, he continues shows traits that made his dad, Keith Tkachuk, such a dangerous weapon for 1,200 NHL games.“I just thought it was a high hit, especially on my landlord,” Tkachuk, who has been living at Stone’s house, told Postmedia on Friday. “So that’s me paying my rent.”Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot didn’t practice on Friday, but he is expected to be in the lineup against the Penguins. Chabot, who has 22 points in 19 games, had one of his best outings of the season against Detroit. His tidy defensive zone play included three blocked shots, while he also had six shots on the Detroit goal in his 27 minutes of ice time.“He wants it so bad, he wants to be so good in all phases of the game,” coach Guy Boucher told Postmedia. “I’m impressed. I’m really pleased with his development on both sides of the ice, and he has to deal with really good players. It’s not like we’re hiding him now.