Friday was a great moment in the life of PO Joseph, 21 years old.
The defensive perspective of the Penguins made its NHL debut.
“Today and yesterday, I felt that my level of nervousness was very high,” said Joseph in a videoconference. “But once the game has started, it’s hockey. I’ve been playing this sport forever. I told myself to enjoy the first one, because it only comes once. ”
Something else happened for the first time.
Goalkeeper Tristan Jarry won this season.
Making 31 saves in 34 shots in regulation time and overtime, Jarry also stopped two of the three shots he saw in a penalty shootout and led his team to a 4-3 comeback victory against the New York Rangers.
Jarry recovered after a difficult start to the season, allowing nine goals from 34 shots in just two games, each defeated in Philadelphia last week.
This led coaches to turn to reserve goalkeeper Casey DeSmith for two consecutive matches, while Jarry refined his game with goalkeeper coach Mike Buckley during practice throughout the week.
“It was just getting back to basics for me,” said Jarry. “I wanted to improve every day in training and then work on things to improve my game to make sure it was sharp and better tonight than in the previous two games.”
“I thought he had a great game tonight,” said coach Mike Sullivan. “He made many timely saves for us. He was great at the shooting. It was an opportunity for him to get just a few good practices and focus on stopping the record. The basics and kind of going back to basics. This is what we were trying to accomplish this week, and I thought he responded very well. He had a good game tonight. ”
After Penguins striker Bryan Rust opened the scoring with his first goal at 10:29 in regulation, Rangers responded with three consecutive goals in the second period in a 3:01 period.
Rangers striker Filip Chytil converted a turnaround in the defensive zone for Penguins defender Brian Dumoulin in his second goal at 2:41.
This was followed by a power-play score from defender Adam Fox, his first, at 5:18.
After striker Kaapo Kakko made his second goal at 5:42 on a rebound, Sullivan called for time to organize the group.
“I was certainly trying to get a certain answer,” said Sullivan. “I wanted us to have a little resistance.”
The Penguins retreated starting with their own power-play goal, although with some help from Rangers, at 16:56 of the second. After a low pass from the left wing, Penguins striker Jared McCann tried to force a pass through the field, but was blocked by Rangers defender Ryan Lindgren, who inadvertently pushed into the net with his left glove, giving McCann his first goal to Station.
Joseph then got involved in scoring at 11:23 in the third period. Taking a pass from the left, Joseph fired a one-timer that reached the end plates and swerved to the right of the cage, where Teddy Blueger cleared the rebound for his second goal of the season and Joseph’s first point in his career, a helping hand.
In the tie, the successful attempts of striker Jake Guentzel and defender Kris Letang ensured victory.
After stopping Rangers striker Mike Zibanejad, Jarry allowed striker Artemi Panarin to score and denied defender Tony DeAngelo.
This caused Jarry to raise his fist slightly when his teammates left the bank to celebrate his first victory in 2020-21.
“Tristan works hard every day,” said McCann. “He just plays his game. He’s a guy that we can really face and know that he’s going to do it for us. ”
Seth Rorabaugh is a staff writer for the Tribune-Review. You can contact Seth by email at [email protected] or via Twitter .
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