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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Los Angeles Kings Recap - Penguins Win 4-3

The Penguins earned a 4-3 victory over the Kings on Thursday at Crypto.com Arena.

Pittsburgh was an underdog by +101 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Jake Guentzel, Lars Eller, Sidney Crosby, and Bryan Rust each scored for the Penguins in the victory. Crosby opened the scoring for Pittsburgh.

Magnus Hellberg turned in a 33-save effort for the Penguins.

Kevin Fiala, Carl Grundstrom, and Adrian Kempe scored for the Kings, finding the net behind Magnus Hellberg.

Pheonix Copley stopped 16 of 20 shots for the Kings, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Pittsburgh went 0-for-2, while the Kings were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Pittsburgh lost the shots on goal battle to Los Angeles by a margin of 36-20.

Pittsburgh heads into a battle against the Sabres. Los Angeles, meanwhile, will have their next action against Philadelphia.