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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montreal Canadiens Recap - Penguins Win 9-2
The Penguins got a 3-goal performance from Bryan Rust as Pittsburgh handed Montreal a 9-2 defeat on Thursday at Bell Centre.
Pittsburgh was favored by -116 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Pittsburgh got goals from Bryan Rust(3), Rickard Rakell(2), Kris Letang, Anthony Beauvillier, Matt Nieto, and Noel Acciari in the victory. Rakell opened the scoring at 4:18 of the first period.
Tristan Jarry turned in a 21-save effort for the Penguins.
Nick Suzuki, and Joel Armia scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Tristan Jarry.
Sam Montembeault stopped 20 of 26 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 2-for-3, while the Canadiens were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Pittsburgh outshot Montreal 34-23 in the game.
Next game, Pittsburgh takes its act on the road to face Ottawa looking for another win. For Montreal, they head on the road to face Winnipeg.