TAMPA -- Shane Pinto scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with 1:47 remaining, to lift the Ottawa Senators to a 5-4 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning from Benchmark International Arena on Thursday.
Pinto punched a loose puck past Andrei Vasilevskiy off a rebound after Jake Sanderson made a strong move to the net to put the Senators ahead 4-3.
Pinto also had an assist, Brady Tkachuk had three assists, and Artem Zub had a goal and two assists for the Senators (1-0-0), who scored four unanswered goals in their season opener. Linus Ullmark made 21 saves.
Nikita Kucherov scored twice, and Brayden Point had a goal and two assists for the Lightning in their season opener (0-1-0). Vasilevskiy made 29 saves.
The Lightning took a 1-0 lead at 5:35 of the first period when Oliver Bjo