Senators’ Shane Pinto leaves game with lower-body injury
The Ottawa Senators announced on social media that forward Shane Pinto left Thursday’s game against the New York Rangers with a lower-body injury.
Shane Pinto will not return to tonight’s game (lower body).
Pinto’s last shift was in the first period after Rangers’ forward Mika Zibanejad delivered a hit on the Senators’ forward. Pinto skated back to the bench and tried to move around, but went back to the locker room and did not return.
Pinto left the game. #GoSensGo This is... not going well.
Pinto finished the game with 5:07 of ice time in seven shifts. The Rangers would go on to win the game 4-2, thanks to a three-assist effort from J.T. Miller and a goal and assist from Artemi Panarin.
Pinto now has 12 goals and six assists for 18 points in 27 games, leading the team in goals. Now in his sixth NHL season, the 25-year-old Pinto has 63 goals and 62 assists for 125 points in 237 career regular-season games.
He’s also played in six Stanley Cup Playoff games, where he’s scored a goal and an assist for two points.
Before turning professional, Pinto, a 2019 second-round pick for the Sens, spent two seasons with the University of North Dakota. He would score 31 goals and 29 assists for 60 points in 61 career NCAA games.
Pinto also spent a full season in the USHL, split between the Lincoln Stars and the Tri-City Storm. In 56 career games, he scored 28 goals and 31 assists for 59 points.
The Senators are now 13-10-4 with 30 points through their first 27 games of the 2025-26 regular season. They are fifth in the Atlantic Division and hold the 13th-best record in the Eastern Conference.