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Senators edge Golden Knights 4-3 in shootout for rare victory at Vegas

Pinto's lone goal in the shootout wins it for Senators

The Golden Knights had won six of seven games against Ottawa at T-Mobile Arena and gone 12-1-1 overall. The lone Senators victory in Las Vegas occurred on March 2, 2018, a 5-4 win.

Vegas dropped to 1-8 in overtime games. The Golden Knights have points in seven of eight games, but four were overtime losses.

Pinto and Drake Batherson also scored in regulation for Ottawa. Tim Stützle and Claude Giroux each had two assists, and Stützle has at least one point in all five games he's played in this arena. Linus Ullmark made 32 saves.

Golden Knights captain Mark Stone, back in the lineup after being out for more than a month because of a wrist injury, tied the game with a power-play goal in the third period. Jack Eichel produced a goal and an assist, and Brett Howden also scored. Akira Schmid stopped 20 shots.

The Senators led 3-1 after the first period before Vegas forced overtime with a goal in the second and another in the third.

After neither team scored in overtime, the first four shooters failed to hit the back of the net in the shootout. That included Eichel, with a video review upholding the no goal. But then Pinto scored, and Ottawa won when Vegas' Mitch Marner couldn't get the puck past Ullmark.

Ottawa's five-game streak of allowing fewer than 25 shots on goal ended, just one shy of the team record set in 2009.

It was the 100th career game for Vegas defenseman Kaedan Korczak.

Up next Senators: Play at St. Louis on Friday afternoon.

Golden Knights: Will host Montreal on Friday afternoon.

Regular Season Series

OTT leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 0:51 Shane Pinto Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake Sanderson (13), Claude Giroux (11)
Goal 1st Period 13:04 Jake Sanderson Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: Claude Giroux (12), Tim Stützle (11)
Goal 1st Period 16:52 Brett Howden Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Mitch Marner (18), Shea Theodore (11)
Goal 1st Period 19:43 Drake Batherson Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Tim Stützle (12), Jake Sanderson (14)
Goal 2nd Period 2:09 Jack Eichel Goal (11) Backhand, assists: Ivan Barbashev (12), Braeden Bowman (3)
Goal 3rd Period 6:40 Mark Stone Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 5 0:00 Shane Pinto Goal Wrist Shot

Statistics

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10 Blocked Shots 12
26 Hits 33
4 Takeaways 5
22 Shots 35
1 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 3
33.3 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
34 Faceoffs Won 28
54.8 Faceoff Win Percent 45.2
12 Giveaways 14
3 Total Penalties 3
6 Penalty Minutes 6
Vegas Golden Knights Vegas Golden Knights Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brandon Saad, LW Day-To-Day Jan 12
Brett Howden, C Day-To-Day Jan 12
Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Linus Ullmark, G Injured Reserve Jan 8

Game Information

T-Mobile Arena

Location: Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 17,791 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Detroit 28 15 60 4
Tampa Bay 28 13 59 3
Montreal 26 14 58 6
Toronto 23 15 53 7
Buffalo 24 16 52 4
Boston 25 19 52 2
Florida 24 18 51 3
Ottawa 20 19 45 5

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 21 11 54 12
Edmonton 23 16 53 7
Seattle 21 15 50 8
San Jose 23 19 49 3
Los Angeles 19 16 48 10
Anaheim 21 21 45 3
Calgary 19 22 42 4
Vancouver 16 24 37 5
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