OTTAWA — Linus Ullmark steadied the Senators after a wild opening period and Shane Pinto supplied the only shootout finish as Ottawa edged the New York Islanders 2-1 at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday.
Ullmark turned aside 20 shots for Ottawa, which improved to 6-2-0 and has taken four of its past five games. The Senators were coming off a 7-2 defeat against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday.
Quick facts
- Final: Senators 2, Islanders 1, shootout
- Ottawa goaltender Linus Ullmark: 20 saves
- New York goaltender Semyon Varlamov: 18 saves
- Shane Pinto scored the deciding shootout goal
- Matias Maccelli extended his scoring streak to five games, with two goals and four assists over that run
Ridly Greig scored Ottawa’s regulation goal, finishing a clean 2-on-1 at 15:43 of the second period. Artem Zub sprang Warren Foegele with a long pass at the blue line, and Foegele slid the puck across for Greig to hammer a one-timer past Varlamov’s blocker.
The Islanders had taken a 1-0 lead with only 12 seconds left in the first. Maccelli stripped Pinto just inside the Ottawa blue line, carried into the right circle and snapped a glove-side shot past Ullmark.
It was Maccelli’s second goal of the season and pushed his streak to five straight games with a point. New York fell to 3-3-1, continuing an opening seven-game stretch in which it has alternated victories and defeats.
Ottawa thought it had opened the scoring 4:50 into the game when Foegele fired a shot that was initially called a goal. Video review showed the puck had clipped Varlamov’s shoulder before striking the crossbar, wiping the goal off the board.
A second Ottawa marker disappeared later in the period. Stephen Halliday appeared to score at 11:54, but the Islanders challenged for offside and the review reversed the call.
Neither side could settle it during overtime despite one power play apiece. Pinto then delivered in the shootout, while Ullmark shut the door to give the Senators the extra point.
