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Pittsburgh Skates Past Ottawa 7-3 - Recap
Pittsburgh got 3 goals from Bryan Rust en route to a 7-3 victory over Ottawa on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena.
The Penguins were a -305 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.
Pittsburgh got goals from Bryan Rust(3), Sidney Crosby, Jason Zucker, Conor Sheary, and John Marino in the victory. Marino opened the scoring at 0:48 of the first period.
Matt Murray stopped 23 of 26 Ottawa shots in the victory.
Ottawa got goals from Brady Tkachuk, Connor Brown, and Jayce Hawryluk in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Ottawa got a 28-stop effort from Craig Anderson in the loss.
Pittsburgh scored 1 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Ottawa went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Ottawa lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 35-26.
Next game, Pittsburgh takes its act on the road to face Buffalo looking for another win. For Ottawa, they head home to face New York.