nhl Game Recap
Penguins vs Blue Jackets Final: 3-2 - Recap
Pittsburgh earned a 3-2 victory over Columbus behind a 2-goal performance from Evgeni Malkin on Thursday at PPG Paints Arena.
Pittsburgh was favored by -231 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Evgeni Malkin(2), and Drew O'Connor each scored for the Penguins in the victory. Malkin opened the scoring for Pittsburgh.
Alex Nedeljkovic turned in a 17-save effort for the Penguins.
Columbus got goals from Cole Sillinger, and Mathieu Olivier in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Columbus got a 33-stop effort from Daniil Tarasov in the loss.
Pittsburgh scored 2 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Columbus went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Pittsburgh outshot Columbus 36-19 in the game.