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Pittsburgh Falls 7-5 to Bruins - Recap

Boston got 3 goals from Brad Marchand en route to a 7-5 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday at TD Garden.

Boston was favored by -113 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Brad Marchand(3), David Pastrnak(2), David Krejci, and Patrice Bergeron each scored for the Bruins in the victory. Bergeron opened the scoring for Boston.

Jaroslav Halak stopped 23 of 28 Pittsburgh shots in the victory.

Jared McCann, Mark Jankowski, Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, and Cody Ceci scored for the Penguins, finding the net behind Jaroslav Halak.

Casey DeSmith stopped 21 of 27 shots for the Penguins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Boston went 1-for-3, while the Penguins were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Pittsburgh lost the shots on goal battle to Boston by a margin of 28-28.

Boston heads into a battle against the Flyers. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, will have their next action against New York.