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Penguins Down Nashville 5-4 - Match Report
Bryan Rust scored a pair of goals against the Predators as Pittsburgh handed Nashville a 5-4 defeat on Thursday at Bridgestone Arena.
Pittsburgh was an underdog by +142 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Bryan Rust(2), Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson, and Rickard Rakell each scored for the Penguins in the victory. Rust opened the scoring for Pittsburgh.
Tristan Jarry stopped 22 of 26 Nashville shots in the victory.
Brady Skjei, Luke Evangelista, Steven Stamkos, and Jonathan Marchessault scored for the Predators, finding the net behind Tristan Jarry.
Nashville got a 15-stop effort from Juuse Saros in the loss.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 1-for-3, while the Predators were 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
Pittsburgh lost the shots on goal battle to Nashville by a margin of 26-20.
Next game, Pittsburgh takes its act on the road to face New Jersey looking for another win. For Nashville, they head home to face Los Angeles.