PITTSBURGH (93.7 the Fan) Tristan Jarry and the Pittsburgh Penguins continued their dominance against Canadian teams on the eve of American Thanksgiving as they pick up a victory against the Vancouver Canucks.
With the 4-1 victory, the Penguins extend their winning streak to four games, all of which won with Jarry in net.
The Canucks came into the game on the first of a five-game road trip and had only won one time in the last seven games.
Wednesday didn’t go any better for the Canucks.
A scoreless first saw Jarry stop nine shots and Canucks’ goalie Thatcher Demko make 16 saves.
They put up a lot of shots in the first but the Penguins took a hold of the game in the second.
Penguins forward Bryan Rust scored the games opening goal and his first in 10 games played and first on a goalie all year.
Rust scored on the power play which is huge for the Penguins since they were going into the game as the league’s worst power play at 11.11%.
Evan Rodrigues made it 2-0 Penguins when he scored an unassisted goal on a Canucks giveaway.
Rodrigues continues his bombastic season with his seventh goal of the year and 100th point of his career.
Much like Rust getting the monkey off his back with a goal, Zach Aston-Reese joined in the fun by scoring his first on the season.
He and Brock McGinn played a little catch with the puck on a two-on-one situation before ZAR was able to find twine.
The third period opened and not much offense happned until Bo Horvat of the Canucks broke Jarry’s shutout bid with a nice goal with just over five minutes left in the game.
The Horvat goal marked the Canucks’ first goal in 147:58 of game time.
With an empty net McGinn put the nail in the coffin making it a 4-1 victory for the Pens.
Both teams recorded 37 total shots; Jarry stopped 36 of those shots to take home his and the teams fourth consecutive win.
The Penguins will celebrate Black Friday with a trip to Long Island for their first visit to the New York Islanders new arena.