Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is scheduled to start Thursday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena.
Coach Dan Muse announced Jarry’s status following a morning skate in Cranberry.
In 13 games this season, Jarry has a 9-2-1 record, a 2.54 goals-against average, a .913 save percentage and one shutout.
Throughout his career, Jarry has played against the Canadiens in 11 games and posted an 8-1-1 record, a 2.50 goals- against average, a .911 save percentage and one shutout.
Notes:
• The Penguins’ lines and pairings during the morning skate were:
18 Tommy Novak – 87 Sidney Crosby – 17 Bryan Rust
39 Anthony Mantha – 13 Kevin Hayes – 16 Justin Brazeau
2 Rutger McGroarty – 81 Ben Kindel – 41 Ville Koivunen
19 Connor Dewar – 43 Danton Heinen – 55 Noel Acciari
28 Parker Wotherspoon – 65 Erik Karlsson
5 Ryan Shea – 58 Kris Letang
27 Ryan Graves – 75 Connor Clifton
24 Matt Dumba – 3 Jack St. Ivany
• St. Ivany remains designated to the injured non-roster list due to a suspected right foot injury, while Penguins forward Rickard Rakell remains designated to injured reserve due to a left hand ailment. Rakell operated as a reserve during the morning skate.
• Penguins rookie defenseman Harrison Brunicke skated with a team staffer on a separate rink, then joined the reserves following the main portion of the morning skate.
• The Penguins have a six-game winning streak against the Canadiens. That is their longest active winning streak against any specific opponent.
• Canadiens rookie goaltender Jacob Fowler is scheduled to start Thursday’s game and make his NHL debut.
A third-round draft pick (No. 69 overall) in 2023, Fowler has appeared in 15 American Hockey League games with the Laval Rocket this season and has posted a 10-5-0 record, a 2.09 goals-against average, a .919 save percentage and three shutouts.
At the junior level, Fowler led the Youngstown Phantoms to the United States Hockey League’s Clark Cup championship in 2023.
• The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate on Thursday. According to broadcaster RDS, the Canadiens’ lines and pairings during practice on Wednesday were:
13 Cole Caufield – 14 Nick Suzuki – 76 Zachary Bolduc
20 Juraj Slafkovsky – 91 Oliver Kapanen – 93 Ivan Demidov
17 Josh Anderson – 62 Owen Beck – 85 Alexandre Texier
49 Jared Davidson – 90 Joe Veleno – 11 Brendan Gallagher
8 Mike Matheson – 53 Noah Dobson
47 Jayden Struble – 48 Lane Hutson
72 Arber Xhekaj – 45 Alexandre Carrier
• Canadiens forward Jake Evans is scheduled to miss the game to attend to a personal matter.
• The scheduled referees are Mitch Dunning (No. 20) and Peter MacDougall (No. 38), while the linesmen are Dan Kelly (No. 98) and David Brisebois (No. 96).
