Pittsburgh Skates Past Los Angeles 2-1 - Recap

Pittsburgh Skates Past Los Angeles 2-1 - Recap

Pittsburgh skated to a 2-1 victory over Los Angeles on Thursday in NHL action at Consol Energy Centre.

Pittsburgh was an underdog by +120 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.

Pittsburgh got goals from Jordan Staal and Brett Sterling in the victory. Sterling opened the scoring at 6:53 of the first period.

Marc-Andre Fleury turned in a 32-save effort for the Penguins.

Jarret Stoll scored for the Kings, finding the net behind Marc-Andre Fleury.

Jonathan Quick stopped 24 of 26 shots for the Kings, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Pittsburgh scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Los Angeles went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Pittsburgh lost the shots on goal battle to Los Angeles by a margin of 33-26.

Next game, Pittsburgh takes its act on the road to face New York looking for another win. For Los Angeles, they head on the road to face Washington.