BREAKING: Penguins Place Goaltender Tristan Jarry On Waivers Wednesday

The Penguins netminder was 8-8-4 with an .886 save percentage this season

After losing eight of 10 games since the holiday break, it was fair to expect some changes on the horizon for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

And there was a big one on Wednesday.

The Penguins announced that they placed goaltender Tristan Jarry on waivers at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

This decision comes after a gutting 4-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday in which Jarry allowed three goals on 17 shots. He allowed a goal on Seattle's second shot of the game, and he has allowed a goal on the first shot of a game six times this season - something that hasn't been done by a Penguins' goaltender since Matt Murray did it during the 2018-19 season.

Earlier this season, Jarry struggled out of the gate, allowing 12 goals and having an .836 save percentage in his first three starts. He was sent on a conditioning loan to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (WBS) - Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate - before returning to the Penguins on Nov. 15. 

On the season, Jarry is 8-8-4 with an .886 save percentage and a 3.31 goals-against average. He has posted a .910 save percentage and 2.75 goals-against average over parts of nine seasons with the Penguins.

The corresponding move will be to recall goaltender Joel Blomqvist, who has put up good numbers in WBS with a .912 save percentage over 12 games. 

In an NHL stint earlier this season, Blomqvist showed flashes of being the best goaltender at the NHL level this season, posting a .904 save percentage across eight games for Pittsburgh - including an outlier performance against the Dallas Stars in which he surrendered three goals on just eight shots. 

Taking out that performance, he posted a .913 save percentage while also facing the highest average volume of shots per game for a Penguins goaltender this season at 36.