PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Buzz: Since Tristan Jarry’s Conditioning Assignment the Penguins have handled the former #1 goaltender with kid gloves. They’ve preached more practice times, avoided home games and tougher competition until tonight where Jarry will start in goal and face the high-flying Tampa Bay Lightning. At some point you have to throw him out there against a top team. Jarry enters the night coming off a 6-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets (where he publicly thought he played well) and it will be just his second NHL start in 34 days. Jarry has allowed 17 goals this season in just 179:01 of action, facing NYR, MON, BUF & CLB

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— Evgeni Malkin scored the deciding goal in the 5th round of the shootout to deliver a 4-3 Penguins (7-10-3, 17 pts) win over the lowly San Jose Sharks. Pittsburgh’s shootout win diverted a crisis where the Penguins blew a 3-0 led to the Sharks on home ice after being in control of the game for the first forty minutes —

• Sidney Crosby – Goal (7, 599th Career)
• Bryan Rust – Goal (5)
• Jesse Puljujarvi – Goal (2)
• Owen Pickering – 1 Assist, 13:40 TOI
• Alex Nedeljkovic – 26 Saves, .897 SV%

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— Columbus (6-8-2, 14 pts) scored on their first shot of the game and cruised to a 6-2 win over the hapless Pittsburg Penguins (6-10-3, 15 pts) on Friday Night. Tristan Jarry who made 33 saves on 38 shots in the loss, allowed 2 goals on the first 3 shots he faced as he was unable to provide a spark for a Penguins team that struggled in all three zones of the rink —

• CLB Snaps a Six Game Losing Streak
• PIT Anthony Beauvillier – Goal (6), Assist
• PIT Michael Bunting – Goal (PPG, 3)