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Recap - Penguins Defeat New York 2-1

The Islanders came up short Monday against the Penguins, falling 2-1.

Pittsburgh was favored by -106 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Anthony Angello, and Jared McCann each scored for the Penguins in the victory. Angello opened the scoring for Pittsburgh.

Tristan Jarry turned in a 5-save effort for the Penguins.

Matt Martin scored for the Islanders, finding the net behind Tristan Jarry.

New York got a 20-stop effort from Semyon Varlamov in the loss.

Pittsburgh scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while New York went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

New York outshot Pittsburgh 25-22 in the game.

Next game, Pittsburgh takes its act on the road to face Boston looking for another win. For New York, they head home to face Washington.