Tristan Jarry broke the Penguins' franchise record for longest shutout streak by a goaltender on Tuesday night in a 4-1 loss to the Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena.
"It's pretty cool," he said of the feat with a smile. "It's never something you really think of, but it would have been nice to have the win to go along with it. I'll try again."
Jarry entered the night without having allowed a goal in his previous 144:51 of play, a streak that ranked 10th in franchise history, including the playoffs:
The Penguins held the Canadiens to five shots on goal in the first period, and Jarry stopped all five. The first period raised his shutout streak to 164:51, propelling his streak to No. 4 all-time, trailing Marc-Andre Fleury's run in 2015, Tom Barrasso's in 1996, and Tomas Vokoun's in 2013.
After Jarry's streak carried over 16 seconds into the middle frame, he surpassed Fleury's record. Less than a minute later, he blew through Barrasso's streak.
As Jarry was nearing the all-time franchise record, he made this save on Nick Cousins, bailing his teammates out after Cousins was afforded ample time and space to get his shot off:
Shortly after, Jarry became the new record-holder for the longest shutout streak in franchise history.
But just over four minutes later, Tomas Tatar scored on a Canadiens power play to snap Jarry's streak, ending it at 177:15:
"I think it's just a little luck," Jarry said. "The one shot rolls on the guy. He didn't plan on going there."
Near the end of the period, he was beaten for Montreal's third goal on a backhand wraparound by Shea Weber but said of that one, "I thought I might have been interfered with there a little bit with the guy coming in and taking my pads out."
That was the Canadiens' Artturi Lehkonen driving through the crease.
Jarry called the outcome "something that could go either way if both those goals don't happen."
Jarry stopped 82 consecutive shots during his streak, which began on Nov. 29 in Columbus. The streak includes the final 24:51 of the loss to the Blue Jackets, back-to-back shutouts against the Blues and Coyotes, and the first 32:24 of this loss to the Canadiens.
Jarry's shutout streak is the longest of any goaltender in the NHL this season. Last season, only three goaltenders recorded longer streaks -- Ben Bishop's streak of 233:04 with the Stars, Fleury's streak of 200:41 with the Golden Knights, and Andrei Vasilevskiy's streak of 184:04 with the Lightning.
Jarry stopped 22 of 25 shots in the loss, bringing his season stats to a 1.92 goals-against average and a .938 save percentage. Both stats rank No. 1 among all goaltenders in the league who have played more than 10 games. Jarry's two shutouts this season, recorded back-to-back in his streak, have him tied for second among all goaltenders, trailing only Pekka Rinne's three shutouts.
Mike Sullivan took no issue with Jarry's performance Tuesday.
"I thought he was good," Sullivan said. "For me, it's his compete level, his focus. I thought he was tracking the puck. He made some big saves for us in the second period. I thought we got outplayed in the second period."
MATT SUNDAY GALLERY
Penguins vs. Canadiens, PPG Paints Arena, Dec. 10, 2019 -- MATT SUNDAY / DKPS