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Recap - Penguins Defeat New Jersey 5-2

Colton Sceviour was the difference, potting a pair for Pittsburgh on Sunday as the Penguins skated off with a 5-2 victory over the Devils at Prudential Center.

Pittsburgh was favored by -165 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Colton Sceviour(2), Jake Guentzel(2), and Bryan Rust each scored for the Penguins in the victory. Sceviour opened the scoring for Pittsburgh.

Tristan Jarry stopped 28 of 30 New Jersey shots in the victory.

P.K. Subban, and Miles Wood scored for the Devils, finding the net behind Tristan Jarry.

MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 19 of 23 shots for the Devils, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Pittsburgh went 1-for-1, while the Devils were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Pittsburgh lost the shots on goal battle to New Jersey by a margin of 30-24.

Pittsburgh heads into a battle against the Flyers. New Jersey, meanwhile, will have their next action against New York.