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The current goaltending duo of Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic has been one of the biggest factors in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ early-season success." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Despite some of the best team goaltending numbers in the NHL, the Penguins and their goalies still battled consistency issues on occasion, and that has shown to bite them already." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jarry and Nedeljkovic have been clutch in making crucial saves, but they also have a tendency to allow a few too many goals in one sitting." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In two of his last four starts, Jarry has been pulled early thanks to allowing multiple early goals." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "When the Penguins lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-0, Jarry allowed the first four goals before getting yanked." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jarry allowed the first three tallies in the 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals before getting pulled in the first period for Nedeljkovic." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Even in the Penguins’ most recent win, Nedeljkovic allowed some leaky goals forcing the final score to read 6-5 against the Boston Bruins." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Head coach Mike Sullivan said that finding consistency and a higher level of dependability is important." } }, { "id": "bkogv6fe-01w6kvvz", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1743705579317612850", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1743705579317612850", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "“I think it’s important for any player,” Sullivan said. “The consistency, knowing what you’re going to get each and every night I think is important.”" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In 25 games played this season, Jarry holds an 11-11-2 record with a .912 save percentage and 2.58 goals against average." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Nedeljkovic has posted a 7-3-2 record with a .917 save percentage and 2.62 goals against average." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Aside from the records, Jarry and Nedeljkovic are having pretty similar seasons, and the Penguins have a far better situation than they did a year ago." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "“Jars for the most part has been a pretty consistent goaltender for us,” Sullivan said. “Both Jars and Ned have done a decent job there.”" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Regardless of the numbers or the records, the Penguins need to mitigate the amount of games their netminders bleed goals like they’ve done a bit more recently." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Penguins want to see consistency from everyone in the lineup and the goalies are no different." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "“That’s a word we’d all like to be associated with.”" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In total, the Penguins have given up 101 goals on the season, which is tied for seventh in the NHL, a solid spot, but a dip from where they were." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO0XD-zZBTQ[/embed]" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Make sure you bookmark Inside the Penguins for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns and so much more." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Three Penguins Prospects Impress at WJC" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Penguins Acquire Conditional Pick for Leading AHL Scorer" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Penguins Getting Good Analytics from Erik Karlsson" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jake Guentzel Willing to Wait On New Deal With Penguins" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Sidney Crosby Praised by Penguins' Rival" } }, { "type": "list", "data": { "style": "unordered", "items": [ "Subscribe to Inside the Penguins on YouTube", "Follow Inside the Penguins on Twitter: @InsidePenguins" ] } } ] }

Mike Sullivan Stresses Consistency from Penguins Goalies