In Pittsburgh, Tristan Jarry made 31 saves and the Penguins snapped the New York Islanders’ point streak with a 4-1 win on Thursday night.
Tristan Jarry made 31 saves in Pittsburgh Penguins’ win over Islanders
“I’m just working on it,” Jarry said. “Working on it in practice and making sure my habits are good. I think that’s where it comes from.”
Brock Nelson was the lone striker for the Isles.
“I think the second goal really took a lot out of us,” Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said. “And then we come out and we hit the crossbar shorthanded to start the third, and it was sort of like our night, just the way everything was going. Instead of getting a lot of momentum off that 5-on-3 (penalty kill), we had a defenseman jump by us and it bounces off the back wall and makes it a greasy goal.
“We didn’t have enough push. They backed it up pretty good. They did a good job of keeping everybody back. So we can be better. We can be better. Our game wasn’t a 4-1 game, in my opinion.”
Sidney Crosby, Jason Zucker and Bryan Rust struck for goals for the Penguins.
“I think we’re making progress,” Pittsburgh head coach Mike Sullivan said. “I think one of the things we talk about with our players is just trying to get better each and every day and learn through the experiences, and try to grow as a group. … We’re looking to try to gain some traction here.”
Teddy Blueger also scored for the Pens.
“When they have to start chasing, they have to come out of their system,” Zucker said. “We can have a little bit more freedom to play the game and play smart, but keep attacking.” 
Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves in the loss.
“We’ve had a good run,” Nelson said. “Trying to bank as many points as you can with the shortened season and only playing in our division. Tonight was a tough one. … Just weren’t able to get one, get some momentum and kind of feed off that. Then we found ourselves in a hole.”
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