nhl Game Recap
Recap - Penguins Defeat Buffalo 5-2
Pittsburgh skated to a 5-2 victory over Buffalo on Thursday in NHL action at KeyBank Center.
Pittsburgh was favored by -207 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Pittsburgh got goals from Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust, Anthony Angello, Brandon Tanev, and Evgeni Malkin in the victory. Malkin opened the scoring at 6:27 of the first period.
Tristan Jarry stopped 21 of 23 Buffalo shots in the victory.
Victor Olofsson, and Tage Thompson scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Tristan Jarry.
Buffalo got a 22-stop effort from Jonas Johansson in the loss.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 1-for-2, while the Sabres were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Pittsburgh outshot Buffalo 27-23 in the game.