Penguins top Caps to even series 2-2

PITTSBURGH — Jake Guentzel scored twice to push his playoff total to a league-leading 10, Matt Murray stopped 20 shots, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Game 4 to even their tense Eastern Conference semifinal 2-2 on Thursday night.

Evgeni Malkin added his fourth goal of the playoffs for Pittsburgh as the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions pushed back following a chaotic Game 3 that included an illegal hit by Washington forward Tom Wilson that led to a three-game suspension.

T.J. Oshie scored for the Capitals, but Washington struggled to find much operating room. Alex Ovechkin failed to register a shot on goal for just the third time in 107 career playoff games. Braden Holtby finished with 21 saves but couldn't quite get a handle on Malkin's belly-flop shot attempt late in the second period that put Pittsburgh in front to stay.

Given a chance to push Pittsburgh to the brink of elimination, Washington instead struggled to generate much pressure outside of the power play.

Game 5 is Saturday in Washington.

Pekka Rinne made 32 saves, P.K. Subban and Ryan Hartman scored, and visiting Nashville held off a late charge by Winnipeg to even the second-round series through four games.

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

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

Game 5 will be Saturday in Nashville.