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Pittsburgh Ices Detroit 6-3 - Recap
Pittsburgh skated to a 6-3 victory over Detroit on Sunday in NHL action at PPG Paints Arena.
The Penguins were a -130 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.
Pittsburgh got goals from Reilly Smith, Valtteri Puustinen, Drew O'Connor, Michael Bunting, Sidney Crosby, and Lars Eller in the victory. Smith opened the scoring at 10:10 of the first period.
Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 25 of 28 Detroit shots in the victory.
Detroit got goals from Lucas Raymond(2), and Christian Fischer in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Alex Lyon stopped 34 of 39 shots for the Red Wings, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Pittsburgh scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Detroit went 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Detroit lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 40-28.
Pittsburgh looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Devils. The Red Wings will aim to get back on the winning track vs. Columbus.