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Centre · #12

Shane Pinto

Ottawa Senators
Age
25
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Franklin Square, USA
Draft
2019, round 2, #32 (OTT)

Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Games
285
Goals
74
Points
155
TOI per game
17:11
xGF% (5v5)
52.6%
Goals above expected
−15.7

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2020–21OTT12167+612:31119.1%02.051.8%
2021–22OTT5011012:5750.0%11.249.7%
2022–23OTT82201535−2115:5915812.7%921.750.4%
2023–24OTT4191827+918:071108.2%616.254.3%
2024–25OTT70211637+1017:3312716.5%223.151.9%
2025–26OTT72232346+618:4315714.6%524.755.0%
2026–27OTT3022+218:2070.0%00.957.9%
Total1 team2857481155+1217:1157512.9%2389.752.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.811.250100150200250
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Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

78th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd line
  • Goals /600.9173rd pct
  • Assists /600.9960th pct
  • ixG /601.1090th pct
  • Goals above expected−15.75th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)52.6%82nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.7%70th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.474th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1558th pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game17:1183rd pct
  • PP time share31.5%64th pct
  • Offensive zone starts45.7%29th pct
  • Quality of competition25.0%85th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Joel Eriksson EkMIN0.87
  2. Zach HymanEDM0.84
  3. Nico HischierNJD0.84
  4. William KarlssonVGK0.84
  5. Sam ReinhartFLA0.83
  6. Dawson MercerNJD0.83

Faceoffs

How often Pinto wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1171+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

50.5%

1622–1593 · #87 of 187 regulars, 54th percentile

Against an average centre

50.6%

Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.

Wins above average

+19

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

11.3

3,215 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

49%772 · +0.551%188 · +1.153%549 · +2.552%71 · +0.859%121 · +0.647%83 · +1.649%142 · +1.947%326 · +1.851%963 · +2.0Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone52.5% 387–350
  • Neutral zone50.0% 594–595
  • Defensive zone49.7% 641–648

By strength

  • Even strength50.7% 1454–1414
  • Power play54.9% 50–41
  • Shorthanded46.1% 118–138

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −20 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2020–2111040.9%41.5%
2021–225232.7%37.5%
2022–2386252.1%51.4%
2023–2449650.6%51.4%
2024–2588650.1%50.4%
2025–2676451.8%51.9%
2026–274544.4%45.7%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−15.7 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.2 km/h51st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph336th pct
  • Hardest shot140.2 km/h93rd pct
  • Distance skated14 km69th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.9%46th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

36.3 km/h59th pct

▼ −0.0 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.3 km/h, 27th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 35.7 km/h, 40th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 35.0 km/h, 17th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 36.4 km/h, 60th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 36.3 km/h, 59th percentile (72 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.729th pct

▼ −1.7 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 5.6, 54th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 2.8, 21st percentile (82 games)2023–24: 4.0, 37th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 5.3, 51st percentile (70 games)2025–26: 3.7, 29th percentile (72 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.1 km24th pct

▼ −0.7 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.2 km, 32nd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 15.7 km, 65th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 15.4 km, 41st percentile (41 games)2024–25: 15.7 km, 59th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 15.1 km, 24th percentile (72 games)

Hardest shot

145.7 km/h83rd pct

▲ +2.3 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 132.0 km/h, 11th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 146.5 km/h, 66th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 147.9 km/h, 76th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 143.4 km/h, 67th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 145.7 km/h, 83rd percentile (72 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.7%47th pct

▲ +1.8 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 39.8%, 26th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 42.4%, 57th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 41.4%, 46th percentile (41 games)2024–25: 39.8%, 22nd percentile (70 games)2025–26: 41.7%, 47th percentile (72 games)