nhl Game Recap
Pittsburgh Falls 5-3 to Ducks - Recap
The Ducks beat Pittsburgh 5-3 on Wednesday, earning a victory backstopped by John Gibson's 30 saves.
Anaheim was favored by -114 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Anaheim got goals from Adam Henrique, Rickard Rakell, Chris Wagner, Hampus Lindholm, and Ondrej Kase in the victory. Rakell opened the scoring at 4:17 of the second period.
John Gibson stopped 30 of 33 Pittsburgh shots in the victory.
Pittsburgh got goals from Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel, and Phil Kessel in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Pittsburgh got a 28-stop effort from Tristan Jarry in the loss.
Anaheim scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Pittsburgh went 2-for-4 with the man advantage.
Anaheim outshot Pittsburgh 33-33 in the game.
Next game, Anaheim takes its act home to face Los Angeles looking for another win. For Pittsburgh, they head on the road to face Los Angeles.