Cousins’ Late Deflection Lifts Senators Past Mammoth

Nick Cousins broke a third-period deadlock with a deflection late in the game, helping the Ottawa Senators defeat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on November 7. Shane Pinto added an empty-net score with 16 seconds to play.

Ottawa got additional goals from Fabian Zetterlund and Michael Amadio, improving to 11-6-1. Samuel Ersson stopped 30 shots to earn his third victory this season. Utah’s goals came from Clayton Keller and Barrett Hayton, while goaltender Karel Vejmelka made 17 saves.

The teams traded goals in the third. Amadio put the Senators ahead at 6:29 after a give-and-go with Claude Giroux, who passed to Amadio near the net and received the puck back for the finish. A little more than three minutes later, Hayton redirected Keller’s attempt from just beyond the blue line to tie the score.

The game concluded Utah’s five-game road trip, in which the Mammoth went 2-2-1. Utah is scheduled to visit Vegas on Wednesday, while Ottawa will host Washington on Tuesday.