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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning Wrap - Tampa Bay Wins 6-1

Tampa Bay got a pair of goals from Anthony Cirelli as the Lightning skated to a 6-1 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday at Amalie Arena.

The Lightning were a -290 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.

Tampa Bay got goals from Anthony Cirelli(2), Ryan McDonagh, Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov, and Brayden Point in the victory. Cirelli opened the scoring at 12:13 of the first period.

Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 14-save effort for the Lightning.

Bryan Rust scored for the Penguins, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.

Pittsburgh got a 3-stop effort from Tristan Jarry in the loss.

Tampa Bay scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Pittsburgh went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

Tampa Bay outshot Pittsburgh 27-15 in the game.

Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act home to face Utah looking for another win. For Pittsburgh, they head on the road to face Buffalo.