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Pittsburgh Ices Philadelphia 7-3 - Recap
Sidney Crosby scored twice to lead the Penguins over Philadelphia 7-3 on Tuesday at Wells Fargo Center.
Pittsburgh was favored by -150 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Sidney Crosby(2), Jason Zucker, Marcus Pettersson, John Marino, Jake Guentzel, and Mark Friedman each scored for the Penguins in the victory. Pettersson opened the scoring for Pittsburgh.
Tristan Jarry stopped 30 of 33 Philadelphia shots in the victory.
Philadelphia got goals from Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier, and Justin Braun in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Philadelphia got a 24-stop effort from Brian Elliott in the loss.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 2-for-3, while the Flyers were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Pittsburgh lost the shots on goal battle to Philadelphia by a margin of 33-31.
Pittsburgh looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Sabres. The Flyers will aim to get back on the winning track at Washington.