Penguins fall to Canadiens in shootout without Crosby


January 6, 2011 at 11:33p.m.

Penguins fall to Canadiens in shootout without Crosby

MONTREAL — Benoit Pouliot scored on Montreal’s fifth shootout attempt to give the Canadiens a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, who were missing injured captain Sidney Crosby on Thursday night.

Carey Price, who made 31 saves through overtime, was perfect in the shootout. He denied Kris Letang, Pascal Dupuis, Evgeni Malkin and Mark Letestu before stopping Chris Kunitz on Pittsburgh’s final attempt.

Pouliot deked Brent Johnson and let the puck slide into the right side of the net as Montreal won in its first shootout of the season. He also scored the tying goal in the second period as the Canadiens improved to 2-0-1 following a three-game losing streak.