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Pittsburgh Ices Washington 4-2 - Recap
Pittsburgh skated to a 4-2 victory over Washington on Friday in NHL action at Capital One Arena.
Bettors who backed the Penguins were rewarded as +127 underdogs at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 5.5.
Pittsburgh got goals from Danton Heinen, Jeff Carter, Brock McGinn, and Kasperi Kapanen in the victory. Heinen opened the scoring at 16:16 of the first period.
Tristan Jarry stopped 29 of 31 Washington shots in the victory.
Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Lars Eller scored for the Capitals, finding the net behind Tristan Jarry.
Ilya Samsonov stopped 29 of 32 shots for the Capitals, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 0-for-1, while the Capitals were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Washington lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 33-31.
Next game, Pittsburgh takes its act home to face Anaheim looking for another win. For Washington, they head on the road to face Buffalo.