nhl Game Recap
Philadelphia Falls 8-5 to Penguins - Recap
The Penguins got a 4-goal performance from Jake Guentzel as Pittsburgh handed Philadelphia a 8-5 defeat on Sunday at Wells Fargo Center.
Pittsburgh was favored by -161 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Pittsburgh got goals from Jake Guentzel(4), Patric Hornqvist, Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby, and Carl Hagelin in the victory. Crosby opened the scoring at 6:30 of the first period.
Matt Murray stopped 21 of 26 Philadelphia shots in the victory.
Sean Couturier(3), Scott Laughton, and Andrew MacDonald scored for the Flyers, finding the net behind Matt Murray.
Michal Neuvirth stopped 20 of 27 shots for the Flyers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 0-for-1, while the Flyers were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Pittsburgh outshot Philadelphia 28-26 in the game.