nhl Game Recap
Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins Wrap - Pittsburgh Wins 4-1
Pittsburgh earned a 4-1 victory over Montreal behind a 2-goal performance from Kris Letang on Thursday at PPG Paints Arena.
Pittsburgh won as a -280 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.
Pittsburgh got goals from Kris Letang(2), Drew O'Connor, and Bryan Rust in the victory. Letang opened the scoring at 11:24 of the first period.
Tristan Jarry stopped 31 of 32 Montreal shots in the victory.
Montreal got a goal from Mike Matheson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Cayden Primeau stopped 23 of 26 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Pittsburgh scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Pittsburgh lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 32-27.
Pittsburgh heads into a battle against the Flyers. Montreal, meanwhile, will have their next action against New Jersey.