We have ourselves a series.

After dropping Game One 6-4 on Monday night, the Washington Capitals evened the Stanley Cup Final with a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. It was the first Stanley Cup Final win by the Capitals in franchise history.

The Golden Knights once again opened the scoring when a great individual effort from James Neal led to a goal that made it 1-0 Vegas at the 7:58 mark of the first period. Nearly 10 minutes later, Washington tied the score after Lars Eller wristed a shot past Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to make it 1-1.

Five minutes into the second period, the Capitals were awarded a power play after Alex Tuch cross-checked Washington defenseman John Carlson. The play was similar to the controversial no-call on Ryan Reaves’ cross-check of Carlson in Game One that led to a goal for Vegas. In an instance of karma, the penalty on Tuch led to a power play goal for the Capitals as Alex Ovechkin one-timed a shot past Fleury to give Washington a 2-1 lead. It was Ovechkin’s first goal of the Finals and his 13th of the postseason.

Four minutes later, Washington defensemen Brooks Orpik deflected the puck into the goal to extend the Capitals’ lead to 3-1 with 10:19 left in the second period.

Vegas didn’t go down without a fight, however.

With just 2:13 left in the second frame, a power play shot by Knights defensemen Shea Theodore blew past Capitals goalie Braden Holtby to cut Washington’s lead to a single goal.

Vegas needed just one goal in the third to tie the game, but Holtby and the Capitals were up to the task. After Washington committed two penalties in just over a minute of each other, the Golden Knights were given a 5-on-3 man-advantage for 1:09. Despite a couple of great looks, Vegas was unable to break through on the power play.

With two minutes left in regulation, the puck took a funny bounce in front of Holtby and ended up on the stick of Vegas forward Cody Eakin. Eakin passed it over to Tuch, who had a wide open net. At the last possible second, Holtby stopped the puck from going into the net by using the paddle of his own stick, keeping the score 3-2 in favor of Washington.

Despite several chances, the Golden Knights were unable to find the equalizing goal before time expired.

The series will now shift to Washington, D.C. as Game Three will take place on Saturday night.