Shane Pinto scored the deciding goal in the third round of the shootout to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 comeback victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday at Canadian Tire Centre.
Nashville built a 2-0 lead in the opening period. Ross Colton scored his first goal of the season at 8:50 with a snap shot, assisted by Vitali Pinchuk and Alexander Kerfoot. Jonathan Marchessault doubled the advantage at 13:10 on the power play, using a wrist shot to score his first goal of the campaign off assists from Steven Stamkos and Roman Josi.
The Senators cut into the deficit in the second period when Tim Stützle beat Matt Murray with a wrist shot on the power play at 9:29, assisted by Dylan Cozens and Thomas Chabot. Ottawa pushed the contest into overtime late in the third period. Drake Batherson deflected a shot past Murray with 1:23 remaining in regulation, with Pinto and Stützle collecting the assists to tie the game 2-2.
Ryan O'Reilly converted in the opening round of the shootout for Nashville, but Stützle matched him in round two. After Murray turned aside Filip Forsberg, Pinto beat Murray to put Ottawa ahead. Linus Ullmark then stopped Stamkos to secure the victory. Ullmark made 16 saves on 18 shots to earn the win, while Murray stopped 18 of 20 shots in the overtime loss. Both clubs struggled on the man advantage, each finishing 1-for-6 on the power play.
The victory was the second straight for Ottawa, pushing its regular-season record to 4-1-0. Nashville moved to 2-1-2 with the shootout defeat.
Ottawa remains home to host the Florida Panthers on Wednesday, October 21. Nashville will visit the Boston Bruins on Thursday, October 22.
