Penguins Up 3-0

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"We know they can win four in a row because they were the better team during the season," Jaromir Jagr said. "We're not looking to the second round yet because the first round isn't over."

Games 4 and 5, if necessary, will be played in Washington Wednesday and Friday. The weird schedule, which wound up benefiting the Penguins, resulted from scheduling conflicts at Mellon Arena and ABC-TV's request to televise Game 2.

"It's got to be one game at a time," said Caps defenseman Calle Johansson. "We have the next two games at home. We still have to win four."

Jiri Slegr and Pat Falloon also scored for the Penguins.

"You've to play 60 minutes and they gave everything they had in the first 20 minutes," Jagr said. "After that, we started to skate better and make some better plays."

Johansson, Chris Simon and Jeff Halpern scored for the Capitals.

"You tie it up on the road and the momentum swings again," Steve Konowalchuk of the Capitals said. "We were right there. We were all believing we were going to win the game."