PENGUINS 3, CANADIENS 4

Quick notes on the Pens-Habs game last night in Montreal:

-Brian Gionta scored twice for Montreal, including the decisive fourth goal at 9:47 of the third. He also assisted on another.

-Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin, and Bill Guerin scored the Penguin goals. Guerin's was a power play set up by Kris Letang.

-The momentum-swinger was Scott Gomez's shorthander at 1:40 of the third, tying the game at 2. The Penguins would not have the lead again after that.

-John Curry was in net for the Pens and made 24 saves.

-The Bell Centre was at 100% capacity, with 21,273 in attendance.

-Pens are back in action tonight at Toronto.

A few other points of interest:

-There's a Max Talbot signing at the McKnight Road Mcintyre Square K-Mart on Saturday from 1-3. That should be a colorful crowd.

-Has anyone else noticed on Eric Tangradi's Twitter page that he's eaten at the Cheesecake Factory on September 11, September 16, AND September 19? I hope he's getting comped for all those plugs he's handing out.

-The Puck Daddy interview with Geno Malkin is a must read. Tons of great stuff, and as the case always is with Geno, lots of interesting photos.

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Stop! Thief!

Wondering what former Penguin Tom Kostopoulos was up to? Me neither. But apparently Dr. K. is a Montreal Canadien who is quite skilled in the fine art of resisting arrest.

Kostopoulos, who was doing charity work at a Tampa nightclub on Sunday night, got into trouble while hanging out with teammate/alleged purse thief Ryan O'Byrne, a 23-year-old rookie defenseman.

Assuming the "rookies being rookies" defense didn't fly, O'Byrne was charged with felony grand theft and released after posting $2,000 bail. Kostopoulos faces a misdemeanor count of resisting an officer without violence and was freed on $500 bail.

So why did they do it? My first guess would be to keep the NHL in the headlines, much like Roger Clemens and Bill Belichick have done for their respective sports. If all goes well, here's hoping that Roger Cossack will appear on ESPN for the 859th consective day to discuss an athlete's arrest and what will happen next.

Montreal's O'Byrne, Kostopoulos arrested in alleged purse stealing incident [ESPN]