The Ottawa Senators beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Saturday, breaking a 1-1 tie with three third-period goals at Canadian Tire Centre. Michael Amadio scored the go-ahead goal and added an assist, finishing with two points.
Shane Pinto sealed it with an empty-net wrist shot at 19:44 of the third period, capping a four-minute stretch in which Ottawa scored three times. Utah’s Clayton Keller tied the game 1-1 in the first period and later set up Barrett Hayton’s tying tip-in, finishing with two points but watching his team fall short once Ottawa’s third-period push took hold.
Key Moments: How The Senators Pulled Away
Fabian Zetterlund opened the scoring 5:27 into the first period on a wrist shot assisted by Stephen Halliday and Philip Tomasino. Keller answered just over four minutes later, scoring off a feed from Anders Lee to tie it 1-1 heading into the second period, which produced no goals from either side.
The third period flipped the game. Amadio put Ottawa ahead 2-1 at 6:29 on a wrist shot set up by Claude Giroux and Tyler Kleven. Hayton tied it back up for Utah at 9:53, tipping in a Keller feed.
But Ottawa answered twice more in the final three minutes. Nick Cousins tipped in a Thomas Chabot pass at 17:42 to make it 3-2, and Pinto added the empty-net insurance goal with 16 seconds left on the clock off a Tim Stützle feed.
Top Performers
Samuel Ersson stopped 30 of 32 shots for Ottawa, posting a .938 save percentage despite facing 11 more shots than his counterpart. Utah’s Karel Vejmelka made 17 saves on 20 shots for an .850 save percentage.
Amadio led all skaters with a goal and an assist. Ottawa’s power play went 1 for 2. Utah was scoreless on its two power plays. Ottawa won the hits battle 40-23 despite Utah controlling faceoffs at a 55% clip and out-shooting the Senators 32-21.
What It Means
Ottawa improved to 11-6-1 and moved to 23 points, sitting third in the Atlantic Division behind Boston and Montreal, both at 25 points. The Senators also took a 1-0 lead in the season series against Utah, according to the official data.
Utah fell to 10-7-1 with the loss, dropping to 21 points and a tie for third in the Central Division with Nashville. The Mammoth had controlled much of the possession game, out-shooting Ottawa by 11 and winning more faceoffs, but could not match the Senators’ third-period finishing.
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