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Capitals Fall 3-0 Against Pittsburgh - Game Recap

Pittsburgh got a pair of goals from Bryan Rust as the Penguins skated to a 3-0 victory over Washington on Saturday at Capital One Arena.

Pittsburgh was favored by -109 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Pittsburgh got goals from Bryan Rust(2), and Jeff Carter in the victory. Rust opened the scoring at 2:56 of the first period.

Tristan Jarry stopped 24 of 24 Washington shots in the victory.

Washington got a 23-stop effort from Ilya Samsonov in the loss.

Pittsburgh scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Washington went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

Washington lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 26-24.

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