The Pittsburgh Penguins dumped the Washington Capitals Monday night 3 to 2 to grab a two games to one series lead. The Pens were outhit, outshot and largely outplayed, but won. Pens rookie goaltender Matt Murray made 47 stops ikn the victory. Patric Horqvist, Tom Kuhnhackl and Carl Hagelin scored for Pittsburgh.
Game four is Wedensday night, also in Pittsburgh. The Penguins might have to play without defenseman Kris Letang. Letang received a two-minute minor for interference in the first period after launching himself at Washington’s Marcus Johansson in a sequence that had some of the same hallmarks of the hit that earned Washington’s Brooks Orpik a three-game suspension for drilling Olli Maatta.