nhl Game Recap
Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins Recap - Penguins Win 7-1
The Penguins beat Philadelphia 7-1 on Tuesday, earning a victory backstopped by Matt Murray's 29 saves.
Pittsburgh was favored by -140 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Pittsburgh got goals from Justin Schultz, Dominik Kahun, Jared McCann, Zach Aston-Reese, Sidney Crosby, Dominik Simon, and Jake Guentzel in the victory. Schultz opened the scoring at 5:57 of the first period.
Matt Murray turned in a 29-save effort for the Penguins.
Philadelphia got a goal from Oskar Lindblom in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Brian Elliott stopped 22 of 28 shots for the Flyers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Pittsburgh scored 0 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Philadelphia went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Philadelphia lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 37-30.
Pittsburgh heads into a battle against the Oilers. Philadelphia, meanwhile, will have their next action against New Jersey.