Tristan Jarry made NHL history Thursday night, becoming the first goalie in Pittsburgh Penguins history to ever score a goal.
Jarry鈥檚 unassisted empty-net goal with just over a minute left in the third period lifted the Penguins to a 4-2 road win over the Tampa Bay Lightning Nov. 30, with the Surrey-born, North Delta-raised netminder making 39 saves on the night.
鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty neat, honestly,鈥� Jarry told media after the game. 鈥淚t鈥檚 something that doesn鈥檛 happen very often. There鈥檚 very few who have done it, so it鈥檚 something [that鈥檚] definitely pretty cool. But honestly, the win means more.鈥�
The 28-year-old called it 鈥渢he perfect scenario,鈥� as a weak pass from Lightning d-man Victor Hedman tipped off the stick of teammate Anthony Cirelli.
鈥淭hey dumped it right on net and I didn鈥檛 even have to stop it, I just shot it right on the fly and it just ended up going in,鈥� he said.
鈥淚t was coming in kinda slow and I was able just to get around it and shoot as hard as I could.鈥�
鈥淚t was pretty lucky.鈥�
For the first time in Pittsburgh Penguins history, we have a GOALIE GOAL!
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Both the fans at Amalie Arena and Jarry鈥檚 teammates erupted as his shot crossed the goal line.
鈥淥ur bench certainly loved it when it happened. They were all fired up,鈥� head coach Mike Sullivan told media after the game. 鈥淚t鈥檚 something that you don鈥檛 see that often, so those types of events they鈥檙e fun.鈥�
Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby said Jarry鈥檚 goal was 鈥減retty cool to see.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 cool to be part of that. You see it happen, but I鈥檝e never seen it live and been a part of it, so I鈥檓 really happy for him,鈥� Crosby told media after the game.
The Penguins star praised the netminder鈥檚 鈥渟olid鈥� play in a game that didn鈥檛 look good for the visiting team, who got off to a sluggish start and was down two goals at the end of the first period.
鈥淭hey had the one tip-in there and then another one with some traffic, so he had to battle rebounds and traffic all night,鈥� Crosby said. 鈥淪o to keep it at two and give us a chance to get our feet under us and get back in it was really important and, you know, he shut the door basically the rest of the way.鈥�
Tristan Jarry, NHL goal scorer.
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Sullivan said he hopes the team can hold onto the energy on the bench following Jarry鈥檚 goal and build on their 鈥済utsy effort鈥� throughout the game.
鈥淭here are moments during the course of the year that I think help to galvanize a group; that could be one of them,鈥� Sullivan said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to build a team here and, you know, we鈥檝e got a lot of new guys on the team here and we鈥檙e trying to come together as a group as quickly as we can, and those types of moments, sometimes they help.鈥�
Jarry is just the 14th goalie in NHL history to score a goal, and only the fourth in the last 10 years, joining the Boston Bruins鈥� Linus Ullmark (a 3-1 win on Feb. 25, 2023 over the Vancouver Canucks), Pekka Rinne (a 5-2 win for the Nashville Predators against the Chicago Blackhawks on Jan. 9, 2020) and Mike Smith (a 5-2 win for the Phoenix Coyotes over the Detroit Red Wings on Oct. 19, 2013).
While Thursday night鈥檚 goal was Jarry鈥檚 first in the NHL, it鈥檚 not the only goal he鈥檚 made from his own crease.
Jarry scored a similar goal while in net for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (Pittsburgh鈥檚 AHL affiliate) on Nov. 14, 2018 against the Springfield Thunderbirds. That game was also on the road, and Jarry鈥檚 goal was also a franchise first.
In light of Jarry鈥檚 goal last night, we thought we鈥檇 do a and revisit this beauty from 2018 馃槏
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He鈥檚 really got a flair for the historic, huh?
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