NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two goals in 42 seconds in the second period propelled the Predators to a 5-1 victory over the Penguins in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night.

The outcome cut the Penguins’ series lead to 2-1, with Game 4 on Monday night in Nashville.

After Roman Josi scored a power-play goal 5 minutes, 51 seconds into the second period to tie it 1-1, rookie Frederick Gaudreau beat Matt Murray clean to give the Predators the lead.

Josi’s goal ended a 72:54 scoring drought for the Predators.

James Neal provided a 3-1 lead when he beat Murray at the side of the net with 22.6 seconds remaining in the second period, banking the puck off the Penguins goaltender’s left arm. Murray had robbed Neal on a three-on-one rush early in the period.

Josi assisted on both Gaudreau’s and Neal’s goals.

Craig Smith extended the lead to 4-1 on an unassisted breakaway at 4:54 of the third period. Defenseman Mattias Ekholm added a power-play goal 13:10 into the third, helping the Predators to a 5-1 lead when he blasted a shot from just outside the left circle.

The Penguins had just six shots to the Predators’ 12 when rookie Jake Guentzel scored his playoff-best 13th goal on a rebound 2:46 into the game for a 1-0 edge. The goal came on a rebound of Ian Cole’s shot.

Guentzel is now just one goal back of Dino Ciccarelli for the most by a rookie in a single postseason.

The goal was the ninth allowed by Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne on 42 shots to that point of the series.

Carl Hagelin returned to the Penguins’ lineup for Game 3. He replaced injured center Nick Bonino, who took a puck off his left foot in Game 2. He was called a game-time decision, but not practicing Friday and getting around on crutches in a walking boot made it clear Bonino was a long shot at best.

Hagelin, who missed more than a month with a lower-body injury before making his playoff debut in the second round, had been a healthy scratch.

Country music star Martina McBride got the honors to sing the national anthem before the first Stanley Cup Final game ever played in Nashville.

McBride wore Rinne’s No. 35 jersey as she came to the microphone on the ice.