Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry discusses Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning After losing eight of 10 games since the holiday break, it was fair to expect some changes on the horizon for the Pittsburgh Penguins [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/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 [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsburgh-penguins/latest-news/its-hard-to-digest-penguins-give-up-two-goals-in-50-seconds-lose-to-kraken-4-2] 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) [https://thehockeynews.com/news/penguins-send-tristan-jarry-to-ahl-signalling-potential-beginning-of-the-end-for-him-at-nhl-level] - 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 [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsburgh-penguins/latest-news/its-time-for-penguins-gm-kyle-dubas-to-make-some-calls] 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. Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjEwNjYwNDIwMDI3OTUwOTI5/thnpitbanner.png]
