Jake Guentzel scored twice to push his playoff total to a league-leading 10 http://www.cowboysauthorizedshops.com/authentic-jihad-ward-jersey , 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 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.

Game 5 is Saturday night in Washington.

PREDATORS 2, JETS 1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Pekka Rinne made 32 saves, P.K. Subban and Ryan Hartman scored and Nashville stifled Winnipeg’s high-powered offense to even their 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.

Game 5 will be Saturday in Nashville, with Game 6 set for Winnipeg on Monday. Game 7, if necessary Dallas Goedert Color Rush Jersey , would be in Nashville next Thursday.

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

Rinne allowed five goals amid a series of defensive miscues in a 7-4 Game 3 defeat. He rebounded impressively behind a team that was much sharper in its own end.

It wasn’t even clear until an hour before the game if Utah rookie Donovan Mitchell was going to play in Game 2 against Oklahoma City.

The Thunder probably wish he hadn’t.

Mitchell, who played with a bruised left foot, scored 13 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter to help the Jazz defeat Oklahoma City 102-95 and tie their Western Conference playoff series at one win apiece.

”I think if he was feeling something, he didn’t show it and he played through it,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said.

Derrick Favors had career playoff bests of 20 points and 16 rebounds for the Jazz, and Ricky Rubio had 22 points Jay Buhner Seattle Mariners Jersey , nine assists and seven rebounds in the first playoff win of his seven-year career.

Mitchell did his damage attacking the basket. He missed all seven of his 3-pointers, but made 10 of 18 from inside the arc and eight of nine free throws. Mitchell said center Rudy Gobert told him to quit settling for jumpers.

”He let me know I went 0 of 7 from 3 and I’m letting guys off the hook,” Mitchell said. ”We’ve got to keep applying pressure and getting to the rim.”

Russell Westbrook had 19 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds for the Thunder. Paul George, who scored 36 points in Game 1, finished with 18 on 6-for-21 shooting. Carmelo Anthony scored 17 points, but made just six of 18 shots.

”We just have to be aggressive,” Westbrook said. ”We miss and make shots. Shots are going to fall. Those guys (George and Anthony) are unbelievable scorers Joseph Noteboom Color Rush Jersey , and we have trusted those guys all season long, and we will continue to do that.”

Gobert added 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Jazz, who outrebounded Oklahoma City 56-46 to seize home-court advantage from the Thunder. Game 3 will be Saturday in Utah.

Oklahoma City had two chances in the final minute to trim Utah’s lead with the Jazz leading 99-95, but Anthony missed 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions.

”I thought we had some good shots,” Thunder coach Billy Donovan said. ”I think the entire game, we could have executed better.”

Utah led 53-46 at halftime behind 12 points from Rubio and 10 points and eight rebounds from Favors. Oklahoma City made just nine of 25 shots inside the 3-point line in the first half. George led the Thunder with 11 points at the break.

Thunder center Steven Adams picked up his fourth foul with 6:46 left in the third quarter and the Thunder down 65-58, yet Oklahoma City responded with a run. George’s 3-pointer put the Thunder up 69-67. Oklahoma City closed the quarter on a 21-9 run to take a 79-74 lead. The Thunder held the Jazz to 7 for 23 shooting in the third quarter before Mitchell took over in the fourth.

”Miscommunication down on the defensive end at times led to (Utah’s) offensive rebounds,” Anthony said. ”Things that we can correct http://www.giantsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-patrick-omameh-jersey , things that we need to correct, things that we will correct on the next game. We threw the first punch. They punched us back tonight, and now, we’ve got to go on the road and get a win at their place, and that’s the mindset.”

TIP-INS

Thunder: George played through a bruised right hip. He was limited in practice Tuesday. … Japanese artist and Thunder fan Nanae Yamano attended the game. She is known for her illustrations of Thunder players. … Adams fouled out with 2:48 to play. He finished with nine points and seven rebounds. … F Jerami Grant scored 13 points.

Jazz: Utah opened the game with a 9-0 lead. … Favors had nine points and seven rebounds in the first quarter. … Jonas Jerebko scored 10 points in 12:46 as a reserve.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Westbrook, George and Anthony combined to miss all 14 field goals in the fourth quarter and score just two points.

”I don’t know,” Anthony said. ”We missed. We all missed. I don’t really have an answer to what happened or an excuse to why we didn’t make shots. We just didn’t make shots in that fourth quarter.”

CONDOLENCES FOR POPOVICH

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich’s wife, Erin http://www.bengalsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-preston-brown-jersey , died Wednesday. Snyder coached the Spurs’ G-League team, the Austin Toros, from 2007-2010.

”We know what coach Pop has meant to us, and we just want to offer our condolences for his loss,” Snyder said.

UP NEXT

Game 3 is Saturday at Utah.

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