Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry is expected to start Wednesday’s home game against the Vancouver Canucks at PPG Paints Arena.
This will be Jarry’s sixth consecutive start. In his past five games, Jarry has a 3-2-0 record along with a 1.81 goals against average, a .932 saves percentage and two shutouts.
Overall this season, Jarry has played in 15 of the team’s 18 games and has an 8-4-3 record along with a 2.09 goals against average, a .930 save percentage and two shutouts.
Notes:
• The Penguins’ lines and pairings at their morning skate were:
59 Jake Guentzel – 87 Sidney Crosby – 17 Bryan Rust
16 Jason Zucker – 77 Jeff Carter – 42 Kasperi Kapanen
49 Dominik Simon – 9 Evan Rodrigues – 43 Danton Heinen
12 Zach Aston-Reese – 53 Teddy Blueger – 23 Brock McGinn
8 Brian Dumoulin – 58 Kris Letang
28 Marcus Pettersson – 6 John Marino
5 Mike Matheson – 2 Chad Ruhwedel
• The Canucks’ lines and pairs at the morning skate were:
70 Tanner Pearson - 53 Bo Horvat - 64 Tyler Motte
92 Vasily Podkolzin - 40 Elias Pettersson - 8 Conor Garland
21 Nils Hoglander - 9 J.T. Miller - 6 Brock Boeser
18 Jason Dickinson - 91 Juho Lammikko - 39 Alex Chiasson
23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson - 57 Tyler Myers
43 Quinn Hughes - 5 Tucker Poolman
44 Kyle Burroughs - 2 Luke Schenn
• The Canucks are expected to start goaltender Thatcher Demko. In 15 games this season, Demko has a 3.07 goals against average and a .905 save percentage.
• Former Penguins forward Brandon Sutter has yet to play a game this season after being placed on the NHL’s list for covid-19 protocol Oct. 11. Recently, general manager Jim Benning described Sutter as a “long hauler” for the virus.
