Goaltender Tristan Jarry on Thursday scored an empty-net goal and made 39 saves in the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 comeback victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Jarry stopped a dump-in and sent the puck end-to-end into the net with 1 minute, 8 seconds left.
“It was pretty lucky,” Jarry said. “It’s pretty neat, honestly. It’s something that doesn’t happen very often. There’s very few that have done it, so it’s definitely pretty cool, but honestly the win means more.”
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Jarry is the fourth goalie to score in the past 10 years and 14th overall in the regular season. He looked at the boards at first for a potential clearing try before taking aim at the opposing goal with a lofted shot.
“It was just kind of the perfect scenario,” Jarry said. “It was coming in kind of slow, and I was able to just get around it and shoot as hard as I could.”
It was the first goal scored by a Penguins goaltender.
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Jarry also had a goal for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League on Nov. 14, 2018.
“I’m really happy for him,” Penguins star Sidney Crosby said.
Jeff Carter scored the go-ahead goal in the third period for the Penguins, who also got goals from Crosby and Drew O’Connor.
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Steven Stamkos and Tanner Jeannot scored for the Lightning.
NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had two assists to tie his career high with an eight-game points streak.
He finished with a team-record 28 points in 14 games for November.
Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 shots.
Tampa Bay have lost three in a row.
“At times in the game we made crazy board decisions, and every time we make one it ends up in the back of the net,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.
After trailing 2-0, the Penguins took a 3-2 lead when Carter stopped an 18-game goal drought 2 minutes, 49 seconds into the third period with his 432nd NHL goal.
“It felt good,” Carter said. “It’s been a while.”
Crosby skated in along from the left wing boards and lifted home a nifty wrist shot from the left circle 8 minutes, 53 seconds into the second to make it 2-1.
O’Connor, playing in his 100th game, tied it at 2-2 with 36 seconds left in the second off a nice feed by Evgeni Malkin on the Penguins’ 19th shot of the period.
Stamkos and Jeannot, on the power play, had first-period goals.
BRUINS 3, SHARKS 0
Paval Zacha had a goal and an assist as Boston beat San Jose to end a three-game losing streak.
Danton Heinen and Jake DeBrusk also scored.
Jeremy Swayman stopped 28 shots he faced for his second shutout this season.
CANUCKS 1, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4
Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists in his 500th regular-season NHL game as Vegas beat Vancouver.
Ivan Barbashev, William Karlsson and Brett Howden also scored to help the defending Stanley Cup champions improve to 15-5-3.
COYOTES 4, AVALANCHE 3
Nick Bjugstad scored 4 minutes, 39 seconds into overtime as Arizona outlasted Colorado for their season-high third straight victory.
DUCKS 4, CAPITALS 5
Tom Wilson scored with 5 minutes, 38 seconds left to complete his first career hat-trick in his 700th game as Washington extended Anaheim’s losing streak to eight.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, KRAKEN 3
Mitch Marner had his second career hat-trick and added the shoot-out winner in Toronto’s victory over Seattle.
Auston Matthews also scored in the shoot-out and had two assists to help Toronto improve to 12-6-3.
PREDATORS 1, WILD 6
Connor Dewar had a hat-trick and added an assist, while Filip Gustavsson made 26 saves as Minnesota ended Nashville’s winning streak at six games.
Prior to Thursday, Dewar had never had more than a goal and two points in an NHL game. He appeared to score a fourth goal with just over four minutes remaining, but it was taken away after the Predators challenged the play as offside.
Elsewhere on Thursday, it was:
‧ Blues 6, Sabres 4
‧ Canadiens 1, Panthers 5
‧ Flames 4, Stars 3
‧ Flyers 3, Devils 4 OT
‧ Hurricanes 4, Islanders 5 OT
‧ Jets 1, Oilers 3
‧ Red Wings 5, Blackhawks 1
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