OTTAWA, Ontario — When his Senators hosted the Rangers on Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre, Shane Pinto’s top priority was to win the game and help Ottawa maintain its spot in the top three positions in the Atlantic Division.

Unfortunately for the Franklin Square native, he didn’t get much of a chance to do that. He left the game in the first period with a lower-body injury after a collision with the Rangers’ Mika Zibanejad.

The injury probably damaged Pinto’s chance to make an impression on Rangers coach Mike Sullivan, who happens to be the coach for the U.S. Olympic team. Pinto, 25, is in the running for a spot on the Olympic squad.

Sullivan said before the game that he’d be watching the Ottawa centerman.

“That takes place the next day when I break the game film down,’’ he said

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