Shane Pinto scored a hat trick in addition to collecting an assist in a 4-2 win for the Ottawa Senators against the Montreal Canadiens, who ended their preseason schedule with a fourth straight loss on Saturday
Pinto scored his first goal tied, his second with two more men on the ice and his third shorthanded. Michael Amadio was the other scorer for the Senators.
Christian Dvorak, at the very end of the first period, and Arber preparatory matches.
After Tuesday’s intense clash between the two teams, head coaches Martin St-Louis and Travis Green decided to give leave to their best elements in attack and they did well since the first period gave rise to very competitive play. animated.
The hostilities were launched early by Xhekaj, who applied a solid double check against attacker Adam Gaudette. Zack MacEwan then threw down the gloves, but he regretted it since the tough Canadian delivered several good punches.
We were treated to another skirmish in the following moments when defenseman Kaiden Guhle, playing his first preseason game after undergoing an appendectomy, applied a solid check to Matthew Highmore.
It was the Habs who came away with a numerical advantage, but they were unable to take advantage of it, once again. Young defenseman Adam Engstrom had the best chance to score when his shot hit the post.
The Canadian will begin their regular season on Wednesday when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre.
The Shane Pinto Show
After only 44 seconds of play, Canadian forward Joshua Roy was the victim of a turnover and Shane Pinto took the opportunity to open his counter by jumping on a return shot from Noah Gregor.
Michael Pezzetta, for high sticking, and Christian Dvorak, for tripping, found themselves in the penalty box at the same time a few minutes later and the Senators took advantage.
Pinto, again, redirected a shot from the wrists of defender Jake Sanderson.
Before the end of the first period, Dvorak reduced the gap to a single goal when he took advantage of good work from Brendan Gallagher and Alex Barré-Boulet near the net. He pushed a puck which ended up in the slot behind Linus Ullmark.
Like the first third, the Senators scored in the first minute of the second period when Michael Amadio redirected a shot from Artem Zub after 22 seconds of play. Pinto amassed his third point of the game in the sequence.
Zub was punished for holding Gallagher a few minutes later, but it was the Senators who took advantage. Pinto took the puck from Alex Newhook shorthanded and then beat Samuel Montembeault with a nice feint.
The star of the match made his move again at the very end of the match when he hit Logan Mailloux with no time left on the clock. Xhekaj, who was on the ice, clearly showed him that he didn’t like it, but the officials quickly intervened.
The robust Habs defender returned to the charge in the third period, but with his throw rather than his fists. He accepted a pass from Guhle before unleashing a powerful slap shot that deflected off a Senators player before beating Ullmark.