Shane Pinto scored twice, including the overtime winner 2:08 in, as the Senators defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Ottawa on Nov. 12, 2026.
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Shane Pinto marked his 26th birthday by scoring his second goal 2:08 into overtime, lifting the Ottawa Senators to a 4-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche in an Ottawa game played as part of the annual Hockey Fights Cancer event.
The Avalanche lost both Cale Makar and Nathan Mackinnon midway through the game and, after the contest, the team said the two would travel to Montreal but provided no other update.
Pinto’s overtime winner came after he intercepted a Parker Kelly pass near centre ice and wristed a shot past Scott Wedgewood from the top of the slot.
Earlier in the game, Pinto scored his first goal after blocking a shot and winning a foot race for a loose puck to beat Wedgewood five-hole.
Senators coach Travis Green said Pinto was central to the team’s effort. “He was great,” Green said. “He was probably our best player tonight. He was skating, physical when he needed to be. We needed that tonight.”
The Senators jumped out to a 2-0 lead, then trailed 3-2 late before tying the game and winning in overtime.
Green also highlighted Pinto’s two-way impact, saying Pinto is often used in different situations, including matchups and penalty kills. He noted, “I’m not sure where he caps out as a player,” adding, “I don’t think we’ve seen it yet.”
Pinto entered the game with nine goals and 17 points for third place on the team’s scoring list, and he has seven goals and three assists in his last 10 games.
After the victory, Tim Stutzle credited Pinto’s play, saying, “He was great tonight. He had a lot of energy, obviously, a great read in overtime. “He’s a special player and he’s going to make those plays and puts it in the back of the net.”
Stutzle also said he invited Pinto to dinner on Wednesday night with fish on the menu after encouraging him to eat more fish.
The game included a Hockey Fights Cancer moment before the ceremonial puck drop, when a young girl the team had met last season rang a bell at centre ice to mark the end of her cancer treatment. Pinto said the occasion was emotional, saying, “It was a little emotional.” “I think you just realize how lucky we have it. It’s so cool that we did that for her. It’s just emotional and you try to compartmentalize it a little bit but you realize at the same time that there’s things bigger than the game. It was cool to see.”
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