Jarry Responds With Incredible Performance

After Tristan Jarry was in net for the Penguins' 4-3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders in Game 1, everyone in the locker room had nothing but confidence in their goaltender heading into Game 2.

"He's been great for us all season long," defenseman Cody Ceci said on Sunday. "He's won us a lot of games, and tonight he gave us a chance. There were a few times where they could have ended it and made some big saves, so he was a key part of our team. We're not worried about him. He's a great player, and he's going to be there for us next game."
As it turns out, they were right.
Jarry produced a phenomenal performance on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena, stopping 37 shots in Pittsburgh's 2-1 victory that evened the series at one game apiece.
"Jars is a gamer," winger Bryan Rust said. "He comes to the rink, works hard, learns from the past and moves on. He's an unbelievable goalie. He's showed it time and time again over the course of this year, last year, and he was obviously great tonight too."
The 26-year-old earned his first career playoff victory, was named the game's No. 1 star and got handed the player of the game helmet from fellow netminder Maxime Lagace.
"That's his game," defenseman Mike Matheson said of the NHL All-Star. "That's what we expect from him. I don't think it was anything out of the ordinary for him, as crazy as that sounds. He plays at such a high level. For us to call that his 'norm' is pretty impressive and a testament to how good of a goalie he is."
Jarry didn't see a ton of action right away, as the Penguins came out flying and went up 1-0 less than four minutes in on a goal from Rust. But the Islanders pushed as the game went on, and his first big series of stops came following Jeff Carter's tally to keep the score 2-0.
Nick Leddy fired the puck towards the net, but it was knocked out of danger before it could reach Jarry. Scott Mayfield knocked it out of the air and back towards Jarry, and Casey Cizikas redirected it. Jarry made an incredible save on that attempt, then again seconds later on Cizikas' rebound try.
At that point, the "JARRY! JARRY!" chants filled PPG Paints Arena for the first of many times throughout the course of the evening.
"It's awesome," Jarry said. "It's exciting. It's exciting to hear them and you know how passionate our fans are and how much they get into the game. I think that's awesome. We love to see it. We love when they're behind us like that."

Jarry turned aside 14 of 15 shots in the second period, and stopped all 10 pucks he faced in the third.
"I think I was just trying to keep it simple, just trying to get better than I was last game," Jarry said. "I prepared the same way I always would. I wanted to be better and it was something where I wanted to come out and try and control as many rebounds as I could and just get in the way of the puck, and I think that was something I was able to do tonight."
Perhaps the culminating moment for Jarry and the Penguins came in the last 1:28 minutes. Rust was called for closing his hand on the puck, and with Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov pulled for the extra attacker, New York had a 6-on-4 advantage.
The entire Penguins defense came up big to secure the win, with Jarry blocking a snapshot from Wahlstrom and securing the 2-1 victory. He was mobbed by his teammates as the crowd roared their appreciation for Jarry's efforts.
"He was so solid for us all game long, not just down the stretch," Matheson said. "He was making big save after big save. That's the Tristan Jarry that we all know and love. It was great to see that."
His teammates and coaches appreciated Jarry's ability to bounce back after not getting the result in Game 1, but they weren't surprised by it.
"I thought Tristan had a great game," head coach Mike Sullivan said. "He's done that for us for most of this year, and he's been a big part of the success that this team has enjoyed to this point. Our players, our coaching staff, our management team, we have the ultimate faith in Tristan. He's a terrific goaltender, and he's shown it time and time again."