Penguins win, get even with Capitals

Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan knows his team is wired for offense, as tends to happen when you have Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and — increasingly — Jake Guentzel on your roster.

Guentzel scored twice and the host Penguins held Alex Ovechkin without a shot on goal for just the third time in 107 career playoff games Thursday in a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series 2-2.

Pittsburgh held Washington to three shots total in the third period.

“It’s like we played Game 7 tonight,” said Malkin, who scored from his belly late in the second period to put Pittsburgh in front to stay. “Unbelievable.”

The pushing and shoving was largely kept to a minimum save for a scrap between Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang and Washington’s T.J. Oshie as Guentzel skated down the ice to flip in an empty-net goal with 58 seconds to go.

The teams head to Washington for Game 5 on Saturday night all tied up, the ninth time in 11 postseason meetings the series will go at least six games.

Predators 2, Jets 1: Pekka Rinne made 32 saves, P.K. Subban and Ryan Hartman scored, and Nashville held off a late charge by host Winnipeg to even the Western Conference semifinal series 2-2.

Patrik Laine scored off a faceoff in the final minute, but Nashville’s Nick Bonino won two faceoffs after that to end it.

Game 5 is Saturday in Nashville.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 27 shots, but Nashville snapped Winnipeg’s 13-game home winning streak, which dated to March 2.

Briefly: Carolina acquired left wing Jordan Martinook from Arizona for center Marcus Kruger. The Hurricanes will retain 10 percent of Kruger’s salary . ... Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski had surgery on a shoulder injury that has bothered him since early last season. Full recovery is expected to take five to six months.