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Today's TIP OF THE DAY:
Sport: NHL
Game: 7:00PM(ET) Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguin
Prediction: OVER 5.5
Current Line: Penguins -185
Over/Under: 5.5
Reason: The Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at Mellon Arena in the sixth game of their second-round playoff series.
Oddsmakers currently have the Penguins listed as 185-moneyline favorites versus the Capitals, while the game's total is sitting at 5½.
Evgeni Malkin scored the game-winning goal at 3:28 of overtime to give the Penguins a 4-3 win over the Capitals on Saturday, and they now lead the best-of-seven series 3-2.
The Penguins won that game as +130 underdogs, while the seven goals made it OVER the posted over/under (5.5).
Jordan Staal, Ruslan Fedotenko, and Matt Cooke scored in regulation for the Penguins. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots in the victory.
Alexander Ovechkin scored a pair of goals for the Capitals, and Nicklas Backstrom added the other marker. Simeon Varlamov made 38 saves in a losing effort.
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