nhl Game Recap
Pittsburgh Ices Arizona 3-2 - Recap
The Penguins earned a 3-2 victory over the Coyotes on Friday at Gila River Arena.
Bettors who backed the Penguins were rewarded as -150 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 6.0.
Pittsburgh got goals from Phil Kessel, Juuso Riikola, and Jake Guentzel in the victory. Riikola opened the scoring at 4:58 of the second period.
Matt Murray stopped 30 of 32 Arizona shots in the victory.
Derek Stepan, and Clayton Keller scored for the Coyotes, finding the net behind Matt Murray.
Darcy Kuemper stopped 32 of 35 shots for the Coyotes, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 2-for-4, while the Coyotes were 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Arizona lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 35-32.
Next game, Pittsburgh takes its act on the road to face Vegas looking for another win. For Arizona, they head on the road to face Toronto.