After a tense two games in Vegas, the Stanley Cup Final shifted to Washington, D.C. where the hometown Capitals took a 2-1 series lead with a 3-1 victory over the Golden Knights in Game 3 on Saturday night.

The first period saw quality scoring chances from both teams, but ended in a scoreless tie. The Capitals appeared to score the opening goal, but it was waved off after Devante Smith-Pelly was penalized for goaltender interference.

1:10 into the second period, Washington took a 1-0 lead thanks to a goal from Alexander Ovechkin. During a mad scramble in front of the Vegas net, goaltender Marc Andre-Fleury made a few saves but wasn’t able to cover the puck before Ovechkin backhanded his 14th goal of the playoffs into the back of the net.

At the 12:50 mark of the second, Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov, who suffered an arm injury in Game 2 and was questionable to play in Game 3, scored his 12th goal of the playoffs to give Washington a 2-0 lead.

Going into the third period, the Golden Knights desperately needed to catch a break, and that’s exactly what happened 3:29 into the final frame. While playing the puck behind his net, Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby blindly passed the puck to the front of the net. The puck deflected off of Vegas forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare’s stick and found the stick of Game 1 hero Tomas Nosek, who tapped it into the open net to cut the deficit to a single goal.

With 6:07 remaining in regulation, Washington’s Jay Beagle caused Shea Theodore to turn the puck over near the Vegas net. He passed it to Smith-Pelly in front of the net, who proceeded to roof a shot past Fleury to give the Capitals a 3-1 lead.

Washington was able to shut down Vegas the rest of the way to inch just two more victories away from their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.

Game 4 is Monday night in Washington and can be watched at 7 p.m. on NBC.