In Pittsburgh, Tristan Jarry remained one of the NHL’s hottest goalie as he made 17 saves in a 1-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in over time.
“The guys are doing a great job,” Jarry said. “They’re letting me see a lot of pucks so it makes my job easy. Just making sure I’m trying to do my best to get in front of it. … It’s fun. It’s fun to play a lot. It’s fun to win.”
Bryan Rust put an end of the game with 1:58 left in the extra session.
“[Jarry] didn’t get a lot of shots, but he got some high-quality chances that he had to make big saves on,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “I do think that’s an indication of his mental toughness, or his focus, or his stick-to-itiveness, or however you want to describe it. That’s an important aspect of being a goaltender.”
The Penguins were skating on a 4-on-3 situation when Rust backhanded the winner.
“[Pittsburgh] just worked,” the Blue Jackets’ Nick Foligno said. “I think they knew they were banged up. They just worked extremely hard. Early on, we did not match that intensity at all. It’s unacceptable on our part. … We need to make sure that’s not the case again where we’re getting outworked by a team that knows its back is against the wall with just the situation they’re in.”
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Joonas Korpisalo made 31 saves in the hard luck loss.
“You’ve got to be ready for it at all times,” Korpisalo said. “I don’t think we were there for the first two periods. We played, I think, pretty good in the last period, so you know you have to make some big saves there and help the team as good as you can. Try to get points and help your guys out.”
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