nhl Game Recap
Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins Recap - Penguins Win 5-2
The Penguins beat Montreal 5-2 on Tuesday, earning a victory backstopped by Tristan Jarry's 28 saves.
Pittsburgh was favored by -295 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Brian Boyle, Evan Rodrigues, Kasperi Kapanen, Mike Matheson, and Brian Dumoulin each scored for the Penguins in the victory. Kapanen opened the scoring for Pittsburgh.
Tristan Jarry turned in a 28-save effort for the Penguins.
Montreal got goals from Jonathan Drouin, and Jesse Ylonen in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Jake Allen stopped 26 of 31 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 1-for-5, while the Canadiens were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 31-30.
Next game, Pittsburgh takes its act home to face Buffalo looking for another win. For Montreal, they head home to face Philadelphia.