Pinto scores twice, Senators beat Avalanche 4-3 in OT

OTTAWA – Shane Pinto scored his second goal of the game 2:08 into overtime Thursday night, and the Ottawa Senators rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 at Canadian Tire Centre.

Pinto intercepted a blind pass from Colorado’s Parker Kelly in overtime to set up the winner, NHL.com reported. Drake Batherson tied the game 3-3 with 3:56 left in regulation, poking in a rebound in the crease after a Jordan Spence shot trickled through goaltender Scott Wedgewood.

Tim Stutzle also scored for Ottawa (12-6-2), which has points in four straight games. Linus Ullmark made 26 saves in his return after missing nine games with a lower-body injury.

Artturi Lehkonen, Kelly and Gabriel Landeskog scored for Colorado (11-6-3). Wedgewood stopped 22 shots.

Pinto opened the scoring at 7:11 of the first period after blocking a Brent Burns shot and beating Wedgewood five-hole. Stutzle made it 2-0 at 13:13 with a backhand from the slot.

Lehkonen cut the lead in half on the power play at 18:04 of the second period. Kelly tied it 2-2 short-handed at 3:54 of the third, and Landeskog put the Avalanche ahead 3-2 on the power play at 10:03 before Batherson’s late equalizer.

“We kind of ended up in a hole to start, and we fought and dug our way out of it,” Landeskog said.

Ottawa coach Travis Green called it “a hard-fought, hard-fought game.”

Colorado also lost forward Nathan MacKinnon and defenceman Cale Makar to lower-body injuries in the second period, NHL.com reported. MacKinnon was hurt trying to reverse a hit on Artem Zub. Coach Jared Bednar had no update on either player.

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Via NHL.com: game recap. Final score also confirmed by CBS Sports.