Ottawa Edges Colorado 4-3 in Overtime

Shane Pinto scored the overtime winner after the Avalanche rallied from a 2-0 first-period deficit.

Updated on Nov. 13, 2026 in Hockey

The Colorado Avalanche lost to the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in overtime. Colorado trailed 2-0 after the first period before scoring three goals to tie and then take a brief lead.

Why it matters

The comeback attempt fell short in a result that matters for Colorado's early-season standing. Ottawa's win shows how a two-goal hole can still be erased in a single game.

Colorado overcame a 2-0 first-period deficit to take the lead, but the game finished 4-3 in Ottawa's favor after overtime. The extraction does not include shot totals, goaltending numbers or individual player statistics beyond goal scorers.

The players

Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver and members of the National Hockey League's Western Conference.

Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, and members of the National Hockey League's Eastern Conference.

The details

Shane Pinto, Tim Stützle, Artturi Lehkonen, Parker Kelly, Gabriel Landeskog and Drake Batherson scored in the game, with Pinto netting the overtime winner for Ottawa. Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon did not play for Colorado.

Game played November 12, 2026.

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Season Trajectory

Colorado's overtime loss is a single result in a long NHL regular season where points accumulate across the standings race. Ottawa's win moves it closer to the teams ahead of it in the Eastern Conference.

Colorado's loss leaves it needing to recover points in the standings. Fantasy managers rostering Avalanche forwards who scored, including Landeskog, Lehkonen and Kelly, may want to check recent production.

The takeaway

A two-goal deficit after one period is not decisive in the NHL, as this game showed. Teams trailing early still have a path to points if they keep pressing.