Penguins to start Tristan Jarry against Lightning

TAMPA, Fla. – Backup goaltender Tristan Jarry will start for the Penguins as they face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday at Amalie Arena.

Jarry has appeared in two games this season and has a 1-1-0 record along with a 1.51 goals against average and .941 save percentage.

Each of Jarry’s starts have come in the second half of games on back-to-back nights. The Penguins and starter Matt Murray fell to the Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla. on Tuesday, 4-2.

“We’re just trying to win the game in front of us.” Mike Sullivan said when asked about the strategy of playing Jarry in the second contest in back-to-back scenarios. “At the same time, we’ve got to make sure we manage the workloads and we keep both guys involved. That’s really the criteria we’re trying to use.”

Notes:

-Sullivan said he anticipates some of the team’s injured players could return to the lineup by the time they complete their three-game road trip in Dallas on Saturday. He declined to identify any particular players however.

Forwards Nick Bjugstad, Alex Galchenyuk, Bryan Rust and Evgeni Malkin as well as defensemen Brian Dumoulin and Zach Trotman are on injured reserve. Bjugstad and Rust are the only players out of that group who are traveling with the team.

-Andrei Vasilevksiy is expected to start in net for the Lightning. In six games this season, Vasilievskiy has a 4-2-0 record along with a 3.15 goals against average and .899 save percentage.

-Lightning forward Cedric Paquette, one of the league’s premier antagonists, is expected to make his season debut. He missed the first eight games of the offseason due to an arm injury.