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Tampa Bay Falls 6-2 to Penguins - Recap

The Penguins earned a 6-2 victory over the Lightning on Tuesday at Amalie Arena.

Pittsburgh was an underdog by +233 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Brian Boyle, Bryan Rust, Evan Rodrigues, Danton Heinen, Dominik Simon, and Teddy Blueger each scored for the Penguins in the victory. Heinen opened the scoring for Pittsburgh.

Tristan Jarry stopped 26 of 28 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.

Tampa Bay got goals from Anthony Cirelli, and Alex Killorn in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 29 of 32 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

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

Pittsburgh outshot Tampa Bay 35-28 in the game.

Pittsburgh heads into a battle against the Panthers. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, will have their next action against Detroit.