Tristan Jarry went where few netminders — and none in Penguins history — had gone before.
The Pittsburgh goaltender closed out a 4-2 win over the Lightning on Tuesday night when he added an empty-net goal, the first of his career and the first-ever in the entirety of the Penguins franchise.
“It was just kind of the perfect scenario,” Jarry said after the game, according to the Associated Press. “It was coming in kind of slow and I was able to just get around it, and shoot as hard as I could.”
With the Lightning trailing by a goal with just over a minute left in the game, Andrei Vasilevskiy headed to the bench as Tampa Bay brought on the extra attacker.
As the home team tried to get the puck in deep, it careened off a stick and bounced right to Jarry.
He collected the puck with his stick and had eyes all the way down the other end of the ice with no one standing in net.
Jarry flung the vulcanized rubber down the ice, keeping it in the air well past the both blue lines as it bounced just twice before going dead-center on net.
He became the 14th different goalie overall to accomplish the feat and fifth in the last decade.
Just nine months ago, Linus Ullmark scored the last goalie goal for the Bruins.
“It was pretty lucky,” Jarry told the AP 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.”
On top of his offensive heroics, Jarry collected 39 saves on 41 chances as the Penguins moved to 11-10-1.
Jarry improved his record to 8-8-1 and boosted his save percentage to .919.
“I’m really happy for him,” Penguins captain Sidney Crosby added, according to the AP.
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