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Penguins Fall 3-2 Against Minnesota - Game Recap

The Penguins came up short Friday against the Wild, falling 3-2.

Minnesota was an underdog by +112 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Matt Boldy, Jonas Brodin, and Kirill Kaprizov each scored for the Wild in the victory. Boldy opened the scoring for Minnesota.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 33 of 35 Pittsburgh shots in the victory.

Pittsburgh got goals from Sidney Crosby, and Reilly Smith in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 27 of 30 shots for the Penguins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Minnesota scored 1 times on 6 chances on the power play, while Pittsburgh went 1-for-6 with the man advantage.

Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 35-30.

Minnesota heads into a battle against the Golden Knights. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, will have their next action against Winnipeg.