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Ottawa Skates Past Pittsburgh 3-2 - Recap

The Senators earned a 3-2 victory over the Penguins on Saturday at Canadian Tire Centre.

Ottawa was favored by -128 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Ottawa got goals from Drake Batherson, Brady Tkachuk, and Thomas Chabot in the victory. Chabot opened the scoring at 7:34 of the first period.

Linus Ullmark turned in a 25-save effort for the Senators.

Kris Letang, and Blake Lizotte scored for the Penguins, finding the net behind Linus Ullmark.

Tristan Jarry stopped 28 of 31 shots for the Penguins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Ottawa went 0-for-2, while the Penguins were 0-for-0 with the man advantage.

Pittsburgh lost the shots on goal battle to Ottawa by a margin of 31-27.

Next game, Ottawa takes its act on the road to face Seattle looking for another win. For Pittsburgh, they head home to face Los Angeles.