Phil Kessel’s goal enough for the Penguins

Pittsburgh: Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 23 shots for his second shutout of the play-offs and the Pittsburgh Penguins evened their Eastern Conference final against Ottawa with a 1-0 victory in Game 2 on Monday night.

Phil Kessel beat Craig Anderson with a wrist shot 14:05 into the third period as Pittsburgh finally broke through against Ottawa’s packed-in defence.

The Penguins dominated play for long stretches but couldn’t solve Anderson until late in the third. Kessel’s initial shot hit Ottawa’s Jean-Gabriel Pageau and came right back to him. Kessel fired hard and low by Anderson for his sixth — and certainly most important — goal of the play-offs.

Game 3 is Wednesday in Ottawa.

Anderson finished with 28 saves but received little help in front of him.