Pens Take Game 3 Over Carolina

Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has the low-down on the machine that is the Pittsburgh Penguins as they took out Carolina 6-2...The Penguins took a commanding lead in the Eastern Conference final with a 6-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at RBC Center ((Evgeni Malkin pictured, thanks Peter Diana/Post-Gazette))They lead the best-of-seven series, three games to none, and can clinch a spot in the NHL Stanley Cup final against Detroit or Chicago with a win over the Hurricanes in Game 4 here Tuesday.Carolina played at a furious pace in the early minutes and opened the scoring at 4:06. Winger Patrick Eaves got his own rebound after a severe-angle shot, wrapped around behind the net and flipped the puck out to center Matt Cullen, who scored from the top of the crease.The Penguins tied it, 1-1, on a power play at 6:50 of the first period. Evgeni Malkin corralled a puck with his body in the high slot that Hurricanes defenseman Tim Gleason couldn't hang onto, then...