Shane Pinto was holding court with the media after the Ottawa Senators victory over the Seattle Kraken at the Canadian Tire Centre when one of his teammates couldn’t resist. Article content

“Cha-ching, cha-ching,” one of Pinto’s teammates said with a laugh. Article content Article content

The 24-year-old Pinto scored his sixth goal of the season in the club’s 4-3 shootout victory over the Kraken on Thursday night and, in doing so, became the first player in franchise history to score six times in the first five games of the season.

Pinto beat out the mark of five goals in five games set by former captain Daniel Alfredsson twice and former sniper Bob Kudelski, who played for the club in the early days of the franchise.

A restricted free agent making $3.75 million US in the final y

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