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Penguins’ Tristan Jarry scored a goalie goal into an empty net and it was so awesome

WE’VE GOT A GOALIE GOAL!

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.

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.

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Bruins’ Linus Ullmark netted the NHL’s first goalie goal since 2020

GOALIE GOAL!

Boston Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark pulled off a rare feat during the waning seconds of his team’s Saturday game against the Vancouver Canucks.

With Vancouver pulling its own goalie down 2-1 to Boston, Ullmark cleared the puck out of Boston’s side of the ice with enough force and focus to net it in the Canucks’ goal.

It’s the first goalie goal to happen in the NHL since former Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne netted one sometime before his retirement.

Naturally, Ullmark’s Bruins teammates were eager to celebrate their goalie on his special accomplishment. It’s been a heck of a year for Boston, and Ullmark’s goal should be a definite highlight.

The Bruins sit atop the competitive Athletic Division with 95 points going into the last stretch of the regular season.

As the team continues to push for its first Stanley Cup since the 2010-11 season, they’ll need more magic like this from Ullmark to make it happen.