Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry joined the fine lineage of players between the pipes who have scored on the opposing net.
During a 3-2 game with about a minute and change left to go, the Tampa Bay Lightning pulled their goalie to send an extra attacker onto the ice to try and get the equalizer. However, Jarry had other plans.
He sent the puck all the way down the ice into the empty Tampa Bay goal to put the game out of reach for the Lightning.
While the home crowd down in Florida wasn’t too keen on this goalie goal from Jarry, his Pittsburgh teammates were elated that he’d become the first NHL goalie since Linus Ullmark earlier this year to knock a score in from their own goal.
WE JUST GOT A GOALIE GOAL FROM TRISTAN JARRY 🚨pic.twitter.com/X8qXVIgiQv
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) December 1, 2023
Jarry is only the ninth goalie in NHL history to score a goal in the opponent’s net, putting him in elite company with players like Martin Brodeur, Ron Hextall and Pekka Rinne.
In an even cooler note, 2023 is now the first year in NHL history where two goalies (Jarry and Ullmark) have scored on the opposing team.
It’s a heck of a thing to get one of these twice in a year, so kudos to Jarry for lighting up the scoreboard with an awesome goalie goal.
