{"id":10040,"date":"2025-09-24T04:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=10040"},"modified":"2025-09-24T06:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:35:53","slug":"shane-pintos-late-heroics-lift-ottawa-senators-over-toronto-maple-leafs-in-pre-season-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/shane-pintos-late-heroics-lift-ottawa-senators-over-toronto-maple-leafs-in-pre-season-thriller","title":{"rendered":"Pinto\u2019s Late Heroics Lift Senators Over Leafs in Pre-Season Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/shane-pinto-scores-overtime-winner-against-the-toronto-maple-leafs-during-2025-nhl-preseason.jpg\" alt=\"Shane Pinto scores overtime winner against the Toronto Maple Leafs during 2025 NHL Preseason\" class=\"wp-image-10042\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Shane Pinto\u2019s Late Heroics Lift Ottawa Senators Over Toronto Maple Leafs in Pre-Season Thriller\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Senators defeated the Maple Leafs 3-2 on Tuesday night.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shane Pinto brought the OT winner after tying the game following Fabian Zetterlund\u2019s shorthanded goal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elsewhere, the Canadiens edged the Flyers 4-2, the Oilers overcame the Jets 3-2, and the Flames beat the Kraken 4-1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Ottawa Senators<\/strong> had a dramatic pre-season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey\/odds\">hockey<\/a> game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday evening at Scotiabank Arena, edging Craig Berube\u2019s squad 3-2 with help from <strong>Shane Pinto<\/strong>, who scored twice in the final minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old, born in New York, tied the game on a power play with just two minutes remaining in regulation, then only needed 16 seconds in overtime to bury the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SHANE PINTO SCORES THE OVERTIME WINNER \u2705<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qE3sHtbagP\">pic.twitter.com\/qE3sHtbagP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TSN (@TSN_Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSN_Sports\/status\/1970663730913431668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"strong-start-for-toronto\">Strong Start for Toronto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto came out strong, opening the scoring in the first period with goals from <strong>Auston Matthews<\/strong> and <strong>Bobby McMann<\/strong>, the latter coming on a power play. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/toronto-maple-leafs-edge-ottawa-senators-in-pre-season-thriller\">claiming Sunday\u2019s NHL exhibition opener 4-3<\/a> in Ottawa, it looked like the Leafs were headed for another victory for much of Tuesday\u2019s contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the <strong>momentum shifted late in the third<\/strong>, when <strong>Fabian Zetterlund<\/strong> gave Ottawa life when he struck shorthanded at 7:33, cutting the deficit in half and setting the stage for Pinto\u2019s late-game heroics.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Senators kept the pressure going, outshooting Toronto 17-8<\/strong> in the third period and finishing with a 41-33 advantage overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between the pipes, Ottawa split duties. <strong>Leevi Merilainen stopped 23 of 25 shots across two periods<\/strong>, while Hunter Shepard handled all eight shots he faced in relief. Toronto\u2019s <strong>Dennis Hildeby<\/strong> was sharp through 40 minutes, turning aside 23 attempts, but <strong>Artur Akhtyamov allowed three goals on 18 shots<\/strong> in the final frame and overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special teams played a role as well. Ottawa finished 1-for-3 with the man advantage, while the Leafs went 1-for-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"elsewhere-in-tuesdays-nhl-pre-season-action\">Elsewhere in Tuesday\u2019s NHL Pre-Season Action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"montreal-canadiens-philadelphia-flyers-4-2\">Montreal Canadiens-Philadelphia Flyers: 4-2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Bell Centre, <strong>Cole Caufield<\/strong> and <strong>Nick Suzuki<\/strong> both had a goal and an assist that led the Canadiens past the Flyers. <strong>Florian Xhekaj<\/strong> scored, and his brother Arber sealed it with a short-handed empty-netter. The Flyers fought back with second-period markers from Anthony Richard and Owen Tippett, but Montreal carried a 3-2 lead into the third and never looked back. Shots finished 23-21 for the Habs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"edmonton-oilers-winnipeg-jets-3-2\">Edmonton Oilers-Winnipeg Jets: 3-2&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/365043\/ty-emberson\">Ty Emberson<\/a><\/strong> netted the deciding goal midway through the third as the Oilers slipped past the Jets in Winnipeg. <strong>Noah Philip<\/strong> set up two goals, while <strong>Quinn Hutson<\/strong> and <strong>Isaac Howard<\/strong> also scored for Edmonton. Colin Miller and Colby Barlow replied for Winnipeg, with Brad Lambert picking up two assists. The Jets held a 23-17 shot edge but went 0-for-2 on the power play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"calgary-flames-seattle-kraken-4-1\">Calgary Flames-Seattle Kraken: 4-1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Calgary, <strong>Rory Kerins<\/strong> broke a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal early in the second, sparking the Flames to a 4-1 win over the Kraken. <strong>Yegor Sharangovich, Matt Coronato, and Sam Morton (empty-netter) added goals<\/strong>, while <strong>Hunter Brzustewicz<\/strong> tallied two assists. Mitchell Stephens had the lone Seattle marker as Calgary outshot the visitors 34-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary: The Ottawa Senators had a dramatic pre-season hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday evening at Scotiabank Arena, edging Craig Berube\u2019s squad 3-2 with help from Shane Pinto, who scored twice in the final minutes.\u00a0 The 24-year-old, born in New York, tied the game on a power play with just two minutes [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12,16,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-sports","category-usa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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