PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry‘s on-again, off-again season is now off once more.
Coach Mike Sullivan mentioned Wednesday that the two-time All-Star will miss not less than two video games with an upper-body damage.
Jarry was scheduled to begin Tuesday night time in opposition to Florida however reported an upper-body problem when he arrived at PPG Paints Enviornment. Casey DeSmith received the last-second begin because the Penguins pulled out a wild 7-6 victory over the Panthers.
Jarry is out by way of not less than the All-Star break. Pittsburgh performs at Washington on Thursday after which hosts San Jose on Saturday earlier than getting a full week off.
The 27-year-old Jarry has performed effectively when he is been within the lineup, posting a 16-5-5 document with a 2.65 goals-against common in 27 video games. His availability, nonetheless, has been a difficulty of late. He missed greater than two weeks earlier this month after being injured in opposition to Boston within the Winter Basic on Jan. 2.
The Penguins usually are not as sharp when Jarry is out. Pittsburgh is 8-10-3 with DeSmith or Dustin Tokarski in aim this season. The Penguins recalled Tokarski from their American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to again up DeSmith throughout Jarry’s absence.