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Pittsburgh goalie Tristan Jarry had an incredible night of hockey
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry had a perfect hockey night on Thursday.
The Penguins were on the road Thursday night, taking on the Tampa Bay Lightning. Early in the game is when Jarry made a contribution that flew under the radar.
Tempers flared in front of the Pittsburgh goal, and during the ensuing scrum Jarry saw a window, and went right through it. Watch as the Penquins goalie gets his hands on Brandon Hagel’s stick and, well, disposes of it:
That’s right. Send a message early.
However, it was Tampa Bay who sent the early message, as the Lightning put two past Jarry to take a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. But the Penguins pulled level with two of their own in the second period, the first coming from Sidney Crosby and the second from Drew O’Connor, who was playing in his 100th NHL game.
Pittsburgh took the lead when Jeff Carter scored less than three minutes into the third period. It snapped an 18-game streak without a goal for the veteran, and was his 432nd career goal.
The Penguins’ 3-2 lead held late into the game, when Jarry capped off his night. After Tampa Bay pulled goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, the Lightning dumped the puck into Pittsburgh’s end.
That is when Jarry saw an opportunity:
This replay angle of Jarry’s goal is also worth your time:
The goal gave Pittsburgh a 4-2 lead, and goes into the books as Jarry’s first NHL goal. His one previous professional goal came back in 2018, when he was playing with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Pittsburgh’s AHL affiliate.
“It was pretty lucky,” Jarry said after the game. “It’s pretty neat, honestly. It’s something that doesn’t happen very often. There’s very few that have done it, so it’s definitely pretty cool. But honestly the win means more.
“It was just kind of the perfect scenario,” Jarry said. “It was coming in kind of slow and I was able to just get around it, and shoot as hard as I could.”
Jarry’s stats on the night? 39 saves, a broken stick, and his first professional goal.
A pretty perfect night.
