Feeling fortunate to be trailing Pittsburgh by only one goal through two periods of Game 4, the Montreal Canadiens wasted no time taking full advantage of their final 20 minutes. Maxim Lapierre and Brian Gionta(notes) scored 1:33 apart early in the third period to lift the Montreal to a 3-2 win over the Penguins on Thursday night in Game 4, tying the Eastern Conference series at 2. Jaroslav Halak stopped 33 shots, and Tom Pyatt also scored for the Canadiens, who trailed 2-1 through 40 minutes while being outshot 25-9. Maxime Talbot and Chris Kunitz scored 1:51 apart early in the first period to put Pittsburgh ahead. Pyatt had netted his first career playoff goal 2:34 in to put Montreal in front. Lapierre drew the Canadiens even at 2 with a wraparound goal 2:20 into the third. “We knew in that second intermission that we probably had played our worst two periods of the playoffs,” said Gionta, who put Montreal ahead with his fifth goal at 3:27. “So to be down one goal, we knew we had a chance to steal a game. We came out in the third period and got some lucky bounces, and it found its way in.” http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/recap;_ylt=AjZfUCV_G9zb_FK4ld7nYz17vLYF?gid=2010050610
