Chris Tierney has been on fire to start the 2018-19 season and currently leads all Sens forwards in points with 7 (2G, 5A) and trails only Thomas Chabot (2G, 6A) for the team lead in points. After being acquired from the San Jose Sharks at the beginning of training camp, Tierney has been focused on growing his game and the early-season impact is definitely showing up in his statline.
"Coming to Ottawa, I really wanted to raise my game," said Tierney. "Offence was an area that I wanted to improve on and help the team with. It's been a good start so far and hopefully I can continue to contribute on and off the scoresheet."
What's been equally impressive for Tierney has been his consistency as the 24-year-old has recorded points in every game to start the season. In his most recent outing, Tierney tied his career-high point streak at 5 games when he netted his second goal of the year by ensuring that Dylan DeMelo's shot found its way to the back of the net.
"We had a pretty good laugh about that one," Tierney said. "It was just a total reaction. I saw the puck going slowing and your instincts kick in to make sure it crosses the goal line. I told DeMelo that I owe him a steak dinner or something for stealing that one from him. He was a good sport about it so I definitely still owe him a backdoor pass in the future."
"I'm glad he scored in Toronto though or he probably would have been pretty mad at me."