Caputi's amazing performance overshadowed by devestating loss

Sid doesn’t waste any time and goes hard toward the net. He leaps over Price as the puck gets poked away from him and Alexei Kovalev goes down the other way. WB/S call up Luca Caputi grabs the puck on the boards and takes it to the net. He gets his first NHL goal on his first NHL shift (Billy Thomas gets his first NHL point for assisting this goal). Incredible. The last Penguin to do that? Mario effing Lemieux. Wow. Gods decides to drop the gloves in celebration. He and Alex Henry dance for a full minute before the refs separate them. Hamerlik hammers one past Flower. Mike Komisarek roughs Geno up and he gets 2 for roughing and 2 for hooking (served by Max Pacioretty) while Geno gets 2 for roughing. Pens do not score on their advantage. Fleury makes a nice save on a Steve Begin one-timer. Steiggy and Errey inform us that the Penguins don’t have a shot since Caputi’s goal. Andrei Markov is called for tripping Geno. Pens do not score on their advantage. Chris Minard is called for hooking. And the Canadiens finish the period on the PP.

There’s about 1:46 left on the penalty to Minard. Duper tried to go short handed but the defense strips him of the puck. Flower makes a crazy glove save on Saku Koivu. Penalty killed. Geno shows his awesome puck handling skills as he takes it into the Canadiens’ zones. All of Satan’s shots are going high. Caputi is playing on a line with Sykie and Staalsy. Oh man. Flower gloves a Komisarek shot. Ryan O’Byrne throws his shoulder into Caputi. Sykie and Tanger both take a shot, but both are saved. Flower is playing really well tonight, saving another shot from Kovalev. Mike Komisarek is called for delay of game as the puck sails over the glass and the Pens are on the PP. The Habs almost got a shorthanded goal, but Flower was there. Oh wait, they go shorthanded again and Higgins threw one behind Flower. Sykie and Staalsy both take a shot and again both are blocked. Pens do not score on their advantage. Nothing special happens for a long time. And then Max Lapierre shovels one in. Play is all Habs for the last part of the period, though Flower does make a fantastic diving save. This is the play of some retirement community, lethargic and with zero defense.

Caputi is playing with Sykie and Geno. That is just incredible. Just then, he is called for hooking Kovalev. Flower has decided to stand tall this period. Good. Luca Caputi jets out of the box and takes the puck down to the net, but Carey Price has his number and won’t let another one in. MAF makes a save on a Komisarek shot. Maxie tries to stuff one in and then tries to stir something up. No penalty is drawn, however. Maxie draws a penalty on Tom Kostopoulos for hooking. Pens on the PP. Geno trickles one through Price’s five-hole. PPG. Yes. Just what they needed. There goes Geno, proving that he deserves that permanent alternate captain’s “A” on his sweater. Geno sends a nice feed to Caputi but Price makes a pad save. MAF denies Max Pacioretty. Andrei Kostitsyn hammers one in. Three minutes to go and down by two. MAF is pulled for the extra attacker. Geno draws a penalty on Markov for hooking with about 35 seconds to go. Game over.

THOUGHTS:
--Luca Caputi made things happen. I'm calling Minard being sent back to WB/S as TK comes back from suspension tomorrow.
--Devestating loss
--Geno was great again
--Florida picked up at least a point tonight. In overtime right now. Ew.
--Tampa Bay tomrrow. Comeback city.