Tristan Jarry

On November 30, 2023, Tristan Jarry pounced on a tipped entry pass that settled on his forehand just outside the left of his crease and launched a shot that travelled 148.7 feet, reached a height of 16.4 feet above the ice, and landed near the far hash marks at Tampa Bay — scoring for the Pittsburgh Penguins with 1:08 remaining in a 4-2 win over the Lightning. According to NHL EDGE statistics, the puck topped out at 55.76 mph. It was the second consecutive season a goaltender had shot a puck into an empty net in the NHL, and Jarry's goal kept that streak alive ^[1].

Born April 29, 1995, in Surrey, British Columbia, Jarry was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round — 44th overall — of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Before arriving in Pittsburgh's system, he built his junior résumé in Edmonton, winning a Memorial Cup with the Edmonton Oil Kings in 2014 ^[2]. That familiarity with the Alberta market would become relevant more than a decade later.

Jarry made his NHL debut with Pittsburgh across one game in 2016-17, then appeared in 26 games in 2017-18, posting a 2.77 goals-against average and a .908 save percentage. After just two appearances in 2018-19, he appeared at Tendyfest in 2019 and joined the InGoal Radio Podcast that spring ^[3]. His presence in the Penguins crease began to grow from there.

The 2019-20 season marked Jarry's first sustained run as a primary starter: 33 games, a 2.43 goals-against average, and a .921 save percentage with three shutouts. The shortened 2020-21 campaign saw him go 25-9 across 39 games with a 2.75 GAA and a .909 save percentage. His career-high in games played came in 2021-22, when he appeared in 58 contests, finishing 34-18 with a 2.42 GAA, a .919 save percentage, and four shutouts. That season also represented his career-best goals-against average across a full workload.

Jarry went 24-13 in 47 games in 2022-23 with a 2.90 GAA and a .909 save percentage. The following year, 2023-24, he appeared in a career-high 51 games — posting a 2.91 GAA, a .903 save percentage, and a career-best six shutouts in a single season. By the start of 2024-25, Jarry cleared waivers and spent time in the American Hockey League before returning to the Penguins, going 16-12 in 36 games with a 3.12 GAA and a .893 save percentage.

Despite that difficult stretch, Jarry opened the 2025-26 season in Pittsburgh in notably strong form. Through his first portion of the season with the Penguins, he ranked among the top goalies in the NHL by adjusted save percentage, sitting seventh at plus-2.5 percent according to Clear Sight Analytics, just behind Ilya Sorokin and Logan Thompson among goalies who had faced at least as many chances ^[2].

That performance set the stage for one of the more scrutinized trades of the 2025-26 season. On December 12, 2025, the Penguins dealt Jarry to the Edmonton Oilers in a package that included Stuart Skinner going back to Pittsburgh. The move drew immediate skepticism online, but as InGoal's Kevin Woodley detailed using Clear Sight Analytics data, Jarry's season numbers in Pittsburgh were stronger than his raw save percentage suggested — and a Goalie Swap projection showed that plugging Jarry into Edmonton's defensive environment would have produced nearly 15 goals saved above expected, with identified advantages in breakaways and rebound control, and identified areas of relative weakness in net-front play, screens, and broken plays ^[2].

Jarry came to Edmonton with the added context of having worked over multiple summers with Penguins goalie coach Andy Chiodo and others to rebuild his game following the difficult 2023-24 campaign ^[2]. He had also scored in both the AHL and NHL — his empty-net goal against Tampa Bay had already made him part of hockey history — and his puck-handling ability was noted as a potential asset for Edmonton's defense and breakouts ^[2].

After joining the Oilers, Jarry missed time to injury. A January 2026 mid-season check-in from InGoal using Clear Sight Analytics noted he had just returned to the lineup and carried a minus-0.8 percent adjusted save percentage in a small sample at that point ^[4]. By the midway point of the 2025-26 season, he had appeared in 33 games for Edmonton, going 18-9 with a 3.32 GAA, a .882 save percentage, and two shutouts.

Across 326 NHL regular-season games — all spent in Pittsburgh before the 2025-26 trade — Jarry has accumulated 170 wins, a 2.80 career GAA, a .907 career save percentage, and 23 shutouts.

InGoal Magazine has covered Tristan Jarry in one podcast appearance and three InGoal articles.