"On a sleepy Saturday afternoon, Miikka Kiprusoff gave the Calgary Flames every opportunity to steal two points in front of 18,317 stunned witnesses.

If successful, the soft-spoken Finn would have pulled off a heist worthy of Butch Cassidy, the James Brothers and the Sundance Kid .Too bad his teammates failed to play along with the attempted robbery at the palatial Consol Energy Center.

So much for Steal City.

In spite of the miraculous work of their goaltender, the Flames fell 4-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins solidify their hold of 14th place in the Western Conference.

Talk about a sluggish performance for the visitors – except for Kiprusoff, of course. The Calgary goaltender simply dazzled, only to have Sidney Crosby ruin his afternoon.

Not the first time we've seen Crosby dominate. And certainly not the last.

"Miikka gave us a chance to win a game, we really had no business being in," said defendant Mark Giordano. "But we expect that from him. He's been like that all year."

Truth be told, Kiprusoff has surrendered the odd shaky goal in recent times. But he dazzled Friday in a 3-2 shootout win over the league-leading Philadelphia Flyers and ramped up his game, if that's even possible, Saturday in Pittsburgh

Just 4:14 into the proceedings, Brendan Morrison hooked Sidney Crosby on a clear-cut breakaway.

Cue the penalty shot.

The Canadian Olympic hero skated to his left, cut to the middle, faked the shot, and drifted right. In a display of incredible patience, Kiprusoff stayed with him all the way and flashed the glove at the last second to deny the backhand.

"He made some fakes there," Kiprusoff said nonchalantly from his perch in the far corner of the dressing room. "I was able to put my glove there. He's a pretty skilled guy, so it was good to stop him."

From there, in no particular order, Kiprusoff left Crosby, Paul Martin, Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz staring at the rafters with incredible save after save."