Ottawa Senators handed fresh injury blow with Shane Pinto listed week-to-week

The Ottawa Senators are dealing with an injury to forward Shane Pinto, who is now listed as week-to-week. NHL insider Elliotte Friedman confirmed Pinto’s absence on X, saying he will not play on Sunday against the Colorado Avalanche.

"Ottawa coach Travis Green said today that Shane Pinto is out week-to-week" Friedman updated.on X.

This will be Pinto’s second missed game and it’s unclear when he will return. Pinto has contributed one goal, three points and ten shots in his six games this season. Cole Reinhardt will likely stay in the lineup in his place for the game against Colorado.

Pinto last played in the team’s 4-0 win over Utah but missed practice on Thursday and did not play in Friday's 6-4 loss to Vegas. The 23-year-old has scored one goal and two assists in six games this season.

Drafted 32nd overall in 2019, Pinto has 31 goals and 73 points in 146 games with Ottawa. Last season, Pinto played 41 games, with nine goals and 27 points after a 41-game suspension for violating NHL gambling rules.

The current lineup without Pinto looks something like this:

Sens lines from practice today in Denver.

Forwards:

• Tkachuk-Stützle-Amadio
• Giroux-Norris-Batherson
• Gregor-Greig-Cousins
• Reinhardt-Gaudette-MacEwen

Defenseman:

• Sanderson-Hamonic
• Chabot-Jensen
• Kleven-JBD

The Ottawa Senators are 4-3-0 this season, placing them sixth in the Atlantic Division. They’ve had a mixed season so far with recent wins against teams like the Los Angeles Kings and Florida Panthers.

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Ottawa Senators' 6-4 loss at T-Mobile Arena in Shane Pinto's absence

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Ottawa Senators 6-4 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday. Gaudette opened the scoring at 2:40 with a one-timer. Giroux made it 2-0 at 12:15 with a redirection. Nicolas Roy cut the lead to 2-1 at 17:23. Nicolas Hague tied it 2-2 shortly after.

Batherson put Ottawa back in front at 18:34 with a shot from the slot. Barbashev tied it again at 6:40 in the second period. Gaudette's second goal on the power play made it 4-3 for Ottawa at 17:44.

The game changed in the third period when Vegas scored three goals in just over a minute. Tomas Hertl tied the game at 4-4 with a power-play goal at 16:49. Keegan Kolesar then put the Golden Knights ahead 5-4 with a wrist shot at 17:49. Ivan Barbashev scored into an empty net at 18:14 to make it 6-4. Despite their efforts, the Ottawa Senators could not overturn the lead.