Franzen keeps Red Wings alive

Johan Franzen had a natural hat trick in a 3:26 span of the first period, scored a fourth goal in the third, and set a Red Wings playoff record with six points as Detroit stayed alive with a 7-1 rout of the visiting San Jose Sharks on Thursday night in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals.

San Jose will host Game 5 on Saturday night with another chance to advance to hockey's final four for the second time in franchise history.

Franzen was originally credited with scoring the first goal 5:40 into the game, but a scoring change gave the goal to Todd Bertuzzi. That prevented Franzen from tying the NHL playoff record with four goals in a period.

Canadiens 3, Penguins 2: Maxim Lapierre and Brian Gionta scored 1:33 apart early in the third period to lift host Montreal past Pittsburgh in Game 4, tying the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Jaroslav Halak stopped 33 shots, and Tom Pyatt also scored for Montreal, which trailed 2-1 through the first two periods while being outshot 25-9.

Maxime Talbot and Chris Kunitz scored 1:51 apart early in the first period to put Pittsburgh ahead.

Game 5 is Saturday at Pittsburgh.