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Cousins Scores With 2:18 Left as Senators Beat Mammoth 4-2

Nick Cousins broke a 2-2 tie late in the third period, Shane Pinto added an empty net goal, and Ottawa beat Utah 4-2 in its first home game after a five-game road trip.

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Cousins Scores With 2:18 Left as Senators Beat Mammoth 4-2

Key points

  • Nick Cousins scored with 2:18 left in the third period to break a 2-2 tie, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
  • Fabian Zetterlund gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead on the power play at 5:27 of the first period.
  • Michael Amadio put Ottawa ahead 2-1 at 6:29 of the third period.

Nick Cousins scored with 2:18 left in the third period to break a 2-2 tie, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on Saturday, November 7, 2026. Shane Pinto added an empty net goal at 19:44 of the third period. Ottawa won its second game in a row and improved to 11-6-1, while Utah fell to 10-7-1 with its second straight loss.

Tied twice in the third

Fabian Zetterlund gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead on the power play at 5:27 of the first period. Clayton Keller tied the game 1-1 at 9:57 of the first and finished with a goal and an assist for Utah. The second period ended without a goal, and the game stayed 1-1 into the third.

Michael Amadio put Ottawa ahead 2-1 at 6:29 of the third period. Barrett Hayton tied it again at 9:53 of the third, and the game went into the final three minutes level at 2-2. Karel Vejmelka made 17 saves for Utah.

Cousins wins it late

Cousins scored the winner by redirecting a feed from Thomas Chabot at the top of the crease past Vejmelka with 2:18 remaining. Pinto then scored into the empty net with 16 seconds left to finish the scoring. Pinto and Amadio each had a goal and an assist for Ottawa, and Pinto played his 300th NHL game. Samuel Ersson made 30 saves for his third straight win.

"Good teams find a way, and we certainly found a way. Big two points," Cousins said after the game, in remarks carried by NHL.com.

The game was Ottawa's first at home after a five-game road trip, on which the Senators went 2-2-1. Ottawa now has points in four of its past five games, at 3-1-1 in that run. Utah has lost two games in a row after the defeat in Ottawa.

The numbers

Ersson's 30 saves stood up against a Utah side that tied the game twice. Keller was Utah's most productive player with a goal and an assist, and Hayton scored the second tying goal in the third period. Ottawa spread its scoring across four players: Zetterlund, Amadio, Cousins and Pinto each scored once. The Senators scored in the first and third periods, with three of their four goals arriving in the final period, including the winner from Cousins and Pinto's empty net goal in the last minute.

Timeline

  1. Nov 7, 2026Zetterlund scores on the power play and Keller answers, and the game is tied 1-1 after the first period.
  2. Nov 7, 2026Amadio and Hayton trade goals in the third period and the game is tied 2-2 in the final minutes.
  3. Nov 7, 2026Cousins scores with 2:18 left and Pinto adds an empty net goal as Ottawa win 4-2.

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