MONTREAL - Sidney Crosby says linemate Pascal Dupuiss secret weapon is his knuckle puck. Authentic Roddy White Jersey . Whatever its called, it worked as Dupuis drilled a shot from outside on the left circle and saw it dip, go off goaltender Carey Prices glove and drop into the net to break a tie and give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Hes got a great shot, weve seen it a few times, said Crosby. If it knuckles, you cant really blame Price. It was moving everywhere. The Dupuis goal at 13:21 of the third period helped the Penguins end a two-game winless run and eke out a one-goal victory in a game they otherwise dominated, outshooting Montreal 41-21. Sergei Gonchar also scored, with an assist from Dupuis, and set up a Matt Cooke goal for the Penguins (21-10-1). The puck was on edge, but I tried to shoot it as hard as I can, said Dupuis. If the goalie doesnt know where it is, thats good. The game ended with the Bell Centre crowd of 21,273 booing as only 1:13 after the Dupuis goal, referee Chris Lees quick whistle nullified what could have been the tying goal by Montreals Scott Gomez in a goalmouth scramble. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury thought he had the puck covered, but it was loose and Gomez slid it in only to have it waved off. Montreal coach Jacques Martin, whose team ended a three-game winning streak, measured his words. Thats the rule - if the referee intends to whistle, the play is dead, he said. The puck was there but theres nothing you can do. Gomez said: Maybe he blew it a little quick, but you dont want to be in that situation. Im not going to say anything bad about the refs. Theyve got a job to do and they do it well. Call it mistake or what, but these things happen. Matt DAgostini and Roman Hamrlik scored for Montreal (15-15-2), which was kept in the game by Prices strong play in the net, opportunistic goals and another effective performance by the penalty killers. The Canadiens killed five Pittsburgh power plays and have now killed 27 in a row over the last six games. Defenceman Josh Gorges decried the number of penalties the Canadiens have been taking. Their 156 minor penalties this season is second only to Philadelphias 162, although their relatively few major penalties has them 12th in the league at 12.9 penalty minutes per game. Were taking way too many penalties - its killing us, said Gorges. Our penalty killers are doing a great job, but were spending way too much time in our own end. Theyre building energy and were wasting energy. Turnovers lead to penalties. Weve got to clean up our game. We were in it, but weve got to play a lot better. The Penguins improved to 3-0 against Montreal, after wins at home of 6-1 and 3-1 earlier in the season. It was a fast-paced first period with end-to-end rushes by both clubs but only one goal, as Crosby played decoy at the side of the net while Gonchar sneaked in off the point to slap in a feed from Bill Guerin at 6:38. A Montreal penalty had just ended when DAgostini jumped onto the ice, poked the puck off Jordan Staals stick and fired in his second goal, and first since Oct. 24, high to the stick side on Fleury 10:48 into the second. It was Montreals first shot of the period. Hamrliks point shot got through traffic for Montreals fourth power-play goal in the last three games at 13:38. Marc-Andre Bergeron picked up his fourth point in three games on the goal. Pittsburgh tied it with 2:15 left in the period as Gonchars wrist shot changed direction off Cooke and beat Price. Evgeni Malkin put a shot off the crossbar from the slot in the opening minute of the third. Notes: The Canadiens recalled defenceman Yannick Weber from AHL Hamilton but didnt use him. ...Jaroslav Spacek, who hurt his right knee Tuesday in Ottawa, was able to play. He was listed with 11 turnovers in the game, while no other player had more than three... D Paul Mara sat out with a shoulder injury. ... Montreal sent Benoit Pouliot to Hamilton for conditioning. He was acquired Nov. 23 from Minnesota for Guillaume Latendresse but has yet to play for the Canadiens. ... Alex Goligoski returned for Pittsburgh after missing 10 of the last 11 games with a groin injury. Chris Kunitz remains out with a lower body injury. ...Eric Godard played his 300th NHL game. Vince Young Jersey .1-magnitude quake?in Qinghai Province early Wednesday.?[chinanews.com. Henderson Jersey . -- Jason Frasor conceded he was stubborn on the mound Sunday against the Atlanta Braves. San Diego Chargers Stephen Cooper Jersey . Darren Collison contributed 22 points and nine assists while Mike Dunleavy scored 15 for Indiana, which is 2-0 under interim head coach Frank Vogel. It was a huge win, Vogel said. It came down to balance. We had six guys in double-figures and the seventh guy (Josh McRoberts) helped in so many ways that are not in the points column. Titans Albert Haynesworth Jersey . 26. But there really was only one thing on his mind. U.S. vs. Canada. "I called my kid (daughter Harley), shes sleeping in a different hotel room from me this morning," Smith said. Ravens Jersey . The Wings and Ducks played a memorable seven-game series last May, which Detroit won en route to its second straight trip to the Stanley Cup Final. Anaheim will have a new look when it faces the Wings at 10 p.m. ET at the Honda Center (NHL Network in the U. NEW YORK - As Citigroup Inc.s shares sank to 13-year lows below $9 a share, the bank denied a report Thursday that it is looking for a new chairman. Any report that the board is searching for a new chairman is false, said Citigroup spokeswoman Christina Pretto. Vikram Pandit  The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter, that some Citigroup board members are increasingly dissatisfied with the companys performance and are considering replacing Chairman Sir Win Bischoff. The board named Bischoff chairman in December after ousting former CEO and Chairman Charles Prince. Citigroups board issued a statement Thursday that it reiterated its full support for the companys chairman and looks forward to his continued leadership. The board called Thursdays Wall Street Journal report completely erroneous. Citigroup, which has suffered four straight quarters of losses due to bad bets on mortgages and other deteriorating loans, has seen its stock plunge to the lowest levels since May 1995. Shares fell 19 cents, or 2 percent, to $9.45 Thursday, and traded as low as $8.27 earlier in the day. Investors have gotten increasingly nervous that Citigroup lacks strong enough leadership to pull the company out of a mess of souring consumer loans and highly leveraged investments. CEO Vikram Pandit, while well-respected as an investment banker, never led a public company before taking Citigroups reins in December. And the banks board has little financial-services expertise, with the exception of Robert Rubin, a Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, who has said since joining Citi in 1999 that he does not want to run the bank. A leading candidate for the chairman position, the Journal said, is Citigroup board member Richard Parsons -- Time Warner Inc.s chairman, who is part of President-elect Barack Obamas transition economic advisory board. Parsons was chief executive and chairman of Dime Bancorp, a thriftt bank, in the early 1990s. Black Buster Posey Jersey. But some analysts doubt this experience in banking would be enough to lead Citi, the most troubled of the four largest US banks back to financial health. You need somebody whos done workout, somebodys whos dealt with a troubled institution. Ultimately, you might have to break it up anyway, said Christopher Whalen, managing director of Institutional Risk Analytics. If you get the right person, it could be enormously helpful. But I just think its kind of late. Bart Narter, a bank analyst at consulting and research firm Celent, said replacing the chairman would be an important symbolic move, but that putting a new captain on the oil tanker doesnt mean its going to turn any faster. The Journal also reported that Citigroup is in talks to buy the Maryland regional bank Chevy Chase Bank. Citigroups Pretto declined to comment on the matter. A message left with a Chevy Chase Bank official was not immediately returned. Last month, Citigroup lost out on a deal to buy the much larger bank Wachovia Corp. Wells Fargo & Co. nabbed the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank instead. After releasing its third-quarter results last month, Chief Financial Officer Gary Crittenden said in an interview with The Associated Press that when it comes to acquisitions, we would continue to look, and see, obviously, what happens. But it would need to meet some pretty strict criteria. Analysts have been less sure, however, that Citi should be ** acquisitions. Citi shouldnt be buying anything right now. They should be battening down the hatches, Whalen said. Chevy Chase Bank has $11 billion in deposits, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and nearly 300 offices in the metropolitan area surrounding Washington, D.C. Celents Narter said that arguably, now is a great time to be buying banks. But for Citigroup, he said, given all the other issues they have, I dont know if Id be focusing on an acquisition right now. ' ' '