nhl Game Recap
Penguins Down Buffalo 5-2 - Match Report
The Sabres came up short Wednesday against the Penguins, falling 5-2.
Pittsburgh was favored by -279 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Pittsburgh got goals from Sidney Crosby, John Marino, Kris Letang, Evan Rodrigues, and Zach Aston-Reese in the victory. Rodrigues opened the scoring at 7:36 of the first period.
Tristan Jarry stopped 26 of 28 Buffalo shots in the victory.
Victor Olofsson, and Rasmus Dahlin scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Tristan Jarry.
Dustin Tokarski stopped 37 of 42 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Pittsburgh scored 0 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Buffalo went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 42-28.