Shane Pinto's shootout goal lifts Senators past Islanders 2-1 in Ottawa

How the game was decided

The Ottawa Senators beat the New York Islanders 2-1 in a shootout on Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre, with Shane Pinto scoring the deciding goal, The Canadian Press reported. Pinto beat Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov glove side. It was the only goal on six shootout attempts. ^{[1] [2]}

Matias Maccelli gave the Islanders the lead with 11.2 seconds left in the first period. Ridly Greig tied it for Ottawa late in the second, scoring on a 2-on-1 rush after a cross-ice pass from Warren Foegele, according to The Canadian Press. The Ottawa Citizen put the goal at 15:42 of the period. ^{[1] [2]}

Neither team scored in the third period or overtime. New York outshot Ottawa 8-3 in the third, per The Canadian Press, which did not give full-game shot totals. The Citizen reported an attendance of 14,534. ^{[1] [2]}

Goaltending and disallowed goals

Linus Ullmark made 20 saves for Ottawa and has won his first six starts of the season, The Canadian Press reported. Varlamov stopped 18 shots in his second start of the year for the Islanders. ^[1]

Ottawa had two first-period goals taken off the board. Foegele's shot hit the crossbar and was ruled not to have crossed the line, and a Stephen Halliday goal was offside, according to The Canadian Press. The Senators went 0-for-4 on the power play, the Citizen reported, and the Islanders' only power play came after a tripping penalty on Dylan Cozens. ^{[1] [2]}

Defenseman Artem Zub made his season debut for Ottawa, having been out with a knee injury suffered in Game 1 of last season's first-round playoff series, The Canadian Press said. ^[1]

Records and background

The result moved Ottawa to 6-2-0 and left the Islanders at 3-3-1 after seven games. It was the Senators' second game to go past regulation in their first eight, the Citizen reported. Ottawa came in after a 7-2 loss to St. Louis on Tuesday. ^{[1] [2]}

The Islanders arrived 3-3-0 on the first stop of a two-game Canadian road trip, after a 3-2 home win over Vancouver on Tuesday, the team said in its game preview. Bo Horvat led the club with four goals and seven points and had a six-game point streak to open the season, and Maccelli had a four-game point streak entering the night. ^[3]

What is next

Both teams play again Saturday. Ottawa visits Philadelphia, and the Islanders are at Toronto to finish their road trip, The Canadian Press reported. ^[1]