PITTSBURGH — Keith Yandle and Derick Brassard scored 18 seconds apart in the second period, Henrik Lundqvist looked just fine dealing with an eye injury, and the New York Rangers stopped the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Saturday to even their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at 1-1.

Mats Zuccarello and Chris Kreider also scored for the Rangers. J.T. Miller added three assists and New York handed Pittsburgh just its third loss in its past 18 games.

Lundqvist made 29 saves and showed no ill effects after getting accidentally slashed in the right eye by a teammate in Game 1, forcing him to leave after the first period.

Game 3 is Tuesday in New York.

Phil Kessel scored twice – his first playoff goals in three years – but the Penguins’ defense broke down in front of backup goaltender Jeff Zatkoff, who made 24 saves.

Lundqvist returned to the net three days removed from a frightening sequence late in the first period of Game 1 when teammate Marc Staal’s stick somehow found its way through the bars on Lundqvist’s mask and scratched the goaltender’s eye.

A specialist cleared him on Thursday, and on Saturday he was the first Ranger onto the ice, just as he’d been in New York’s previous 111 playoff games.

The Penguins stuck with Zatkoff, a revelation in the series opener while filling in for Marc-Andre Fleury, who is still recovering from a concussion sustained March 31.

The concerned murmur that greeted Zatkoff when he came out of the tunnel for warmups Wednesday was replaced by a roar Saturday, though one that barely registered next to the eruption for Malkin.

The star was supposed to be out 6 to 8 weeks after injuring his left arm on March 11. He made it back a week earlier than even the most optimistic projections.

CAPITALS 4, FLYERS 1: Washington’s Braden Holtby made 41 saves, Philadelphia’s Steve Mason gave up a goal from 101 feet away and Alex Ovechkin scored on the power play as the Capitals beat the Flyers to take a 2-0 series lead.

Ovechkin’s 37th Stanley Cup playoff goal was as predictable as Jason Chimera’s goal from beyond the red line was unexpected. Mason whiffed at the puck on what turned out to be the winner.

The Flyers outshot the Capitals 42-23 and dominated for much of the game, but came up empty as John Carlson scored his second power-play goal in as many games and Nicklas Backstrom added one at even strength late.

Jake Voracek scored the Flyers’ goal.