Ottawa Senators at Tampa Bay Lightning
· National Hockey League
Shane Pinto scores tiebreaking goal late in 3rd and Senators beat Lightning 5-4
Dylan Cozens and Artus Zub also scored for the Senators, and Claude Giroux added an empty-netter. Brady Tkachuk had three assists.
Linus Ullmark stopped 21 shots for Ottawa.
Brayden Point had a goal and two assists for Tampa Bay, which fell to 21-10-2 in season openers. Nikita Kucherov scored twice and Oliver Bjorkstrand had a power-play goal.
Andrei Vasilevskiy, who played only two periods in the preseason, finished with 29 saves.
Jake Sanderson intercepted a pass at center ice and transitioned up ice quickly to take the puck to the net, where Pinto punched in a loose puck with 1:47 left to put the Senators ahead for good at 4-3.
The Lightning jumped on top early as Bjorkstrand, acquired from Seattle at the trade deadline last season, slid into the slot to receive a pass from Jake Guentzel and snap a shot past Ullmark with 14:25 left in the first period. Point made it 2-0 less than 90 seconds later, and Cozens answered with a power-play goal for Ottawa midway through the period.
Kucherov regained the two-goal advantage for Tampa Bay with 5:14 left in the first on the Lightning’s second power-play goal of the period.
Zub threw a puck toward net on the opening shift of the second that bounced off the post, then off Vasilevskiy 42 seconds into the period. Pinto converted a breakaway that tied the game with 4:51 left in the second.
Lightning: Host New Jersey on Saturday.
Regular Season SeriesOTT leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 5:35 | Oliver Bjorkstrand Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (1), Brayden Point (1) |
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Goal | 1st Period 7:00 | Brayden Point Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (2), Darren Raddysh (1) |
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Goal | 1st Period 10:18 | Dylan Cozens Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Brady Tkachuk (1), Jake Sanderson (1) |
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Goal | 1st Period 14:46 | Nikita Kucherov Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Victor Hedman (1), Brayden Point (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 0:42 | Artem Zub Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Brady Tkachuk (2), Tim Stützle (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 15:09 | Shane Pinto Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Artem Zub (1), Brady Tkachuk (3) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 18:13 | Shane Pinto Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Sanderson (2) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 19:12 | Claude Giroux Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Shane Pinto (1), Artem Zub (2) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 19:46 | Nikita Kucherov Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Darren Raddysh (2), Victor Hedman (2) |
Statistics
 OTT |
 TB |
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|---|---|---|
| 10 | Blocked Shots | 18 |
| 37 | Hits | 40 |
| 2 | Takeaways | 4 |
| 34 | Shots | 25 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 2 |
| 4 | Power Play Opportunities | 3 |
| 25.0 | Power Play Percentage | 66.7 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 30 | Faceoffs Won | 25 |
| 54.5 | Faceoff Win Percent | 45.5 |
| 13 | Giveaways | 16 |
| 7 | Total Penalties | 8 |
| 20 | Penalty Minutes | 22 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Sabourin, RW | Suspension | Oct 28 |
| Darren Raddysh, D | Out | Oct 28 |
| Niko Huuhtanen, RW | Injured Reserve | Oct 6 |
| Nick Paul, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 6 |
Ottawa Senators Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Mads Sogaard, G | Out | Oct 27 |
| Brady Tkachuk, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 16 |
Game Information
Benchmark International Arena
Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:
Location: Tampa, FL
Attendance: 19,092 | Capacity:
