Jarry earns first win in Penguins' win over Lightning
PITTSBURGH -- Rookie goaltender Tristan Jarry made 33 saves for his first career win and Phil Kessel and Sidney Crosby each scored twice Saturday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 at PPG Paints Arena.
Kessel added two assists to reach a team-leading 31 points. He has 16 points in his past 10 games.
Crosby, who scored for the second straight game after getting one goal in a 15-game stretch, added an assist, Bryan Rust also scored and Justin Schultz had two assists for the Penguins (12-10-3), who ended a season-long three-game losing streak.
Three of Pittsburgh's goals came during five-on-three power plays.
Ondrej Palat and Cory Conacher scored for Tampa Bay (16-5-2), which has incurred three of its five regulation losses in the past four games.
Jarry, 22, making his first career home start, made a right pad save on Tampa Bay sniper Steven Stamkos on a breakaway in the first and slid across his crease to rob Nikita Kucherov in the second. He also picked up an assist, his first career point, on Rust's goal.
Jarry is 1-0-2 this season, 1-1-2 in the NHL.
Lightning goaltender Peter Budaj stopped 29 of 34 Pittsburgh shots.
The Penguins lost their first two games against Tampa Bay this season, both on the road, by a combined 12-5. They has won 12 of their past 13 home games versus the Lightning.
Pittsburgh not only withstood four minutes being short-handed in the first when Jake Guentzel high-sticked Palat against what was the top power play in the NHL, but it also got a short-handed goal from Rust at 14:36 for a 1-0 lead.
Jarry flicked the puck, which was picked up by Rust for a long breakaway. He lifted the puck under the crossbar.
The tables turned later in the first when Pittsburgh got a four-minute power play after Cedric Paquette high-sticked Crosby. Anton Stralman then tripped Guentzel, giving the Penguins a five-on-three advantage.
Crosby set up Kessel, who slammed it inside the right post to make it 2-0 at 18:03.
Still with a Pittsburgh two-man advantage, Kessel returned the favor, setting up a Crosby deflection goal with 33.1 seconds left in the first for a 3-0 lead.
Kessel scored on a breakaway at 2:22 of the second to make it 4-0.
Kessel was in the penalty box on a slashing minor when Palat's deflection power-play goal made it 4-1 at 6:52 of the second.
Crosby's five-on-three goal from the right dot made it 5-1 at 4:41 of the third, and Conacher's power-play goal closed the scoring at 13:54.
NOTES: Pittsburgh C Evgeni Malkin (upper body injury) missed his third straight game and is day-to-day. ... Tampa Bay D Jake Dotchin (undisclosed) missed his third straight game. ... Pittsburgh D Ian Cole was a healthy scratch for the second consecutive game. ... Pittsburgh C Sidney Crosby played in his 807th game, passing Jaromir Jagr for second in team history, behind Mario Lemieux (915).