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Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils Wrap - Pittsburgh Wins 3-2

The Devils came up short Sunday against the Penguins, falling 3-2.

Pittsburgh was favored by -205 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Pittsburgh got goals from Mike Matheson, Danton Heinen, and Teddy Blueger in the victory. Blueger opened the scoring at 9:19 of the first period.

Tristan Jarry turned in a 17-save effort for the Penguins.

New Jersey got goals from Janne Kuokkanen, and Nathan Bastian in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Jon Gillies stopped 19 of 22 shots for the Devils, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Pittsburgh scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while New Jersey went 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

New Jersey lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 22-19.