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Pittsburgh Skates Past Columbus 1-0 - Recap
Pittsburgh's defense, led by netminder Tristan Jarry, shut down Columbus 1-0 at PPG Paints Arena on on Thursday.
Pittsburgh was favored by -152 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Pittsburgh got a goal from Bryan Rust in the victory. Rust opened the scoring at 3:02 of overtime.
Tristan Jarry turned in a 17-save effort for the Penguins.
Joonas Korpisalo stopped 31 of 32 shots for the Blue Jackets, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 1-for-3, while the Blue Jackets were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Columbus lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 32-17.
Pittsburgh looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Kings. The Blue Jackets will aim to get back on the winning track at Ottawa.