Pittsburgh at Washington

Pittsburgh scored 7 at Philadelphia and 6 against Montreal in overtime in its first two games, then scored 2 against Winnipeg on Monday, and it has allowed 0, 5, and 3 in those games. The offense finished third in the league with 293 goals last season, and the defense allowed 268, ninth-most. Washington scored fewer and allowed fewer: 263 goals, 15th, and 244 allowed, tenth-fewest. Sixty-one of Washington's 82 games last season finished UNDER the posted total, compared with 52 of 82 for Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is 2-1 this season and has scored on 4 of its 10 power plays, and Washington has killed 8 of the 9 it faced. Washington is 1-1, with a 5-2 win at Carolina and a 3-1 loss at Tampa Bay; in those two games, it scored 7 and 4 goals and took 27 and 21 shots. I'm on the UNDER tonight.