PITTSBURGH _ Tristan Jarry on his climb to the top of the Penguins record book passed a who's who of goalies that included Tom Barrasso, Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray.
But despite Jarry establishing the longest shutout streak in team history Tuesday, the Penguins lost, 4-1, to the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena.
Jarry faced just five shots in the first period. The Canadiens tested him early in the second. He kicked out his right pad to rob Nick Cousins after Cousins got behind Marcus Pettersson and Chad Ruhwedel. Moments later, Jarry punched out with his blocker a shot by Phillip Danault after another defensive breakdown.
When the clock on the Jumbotron ticked down to 8:16 in the second period, his shutout streak surpassed the previous record set by Tomas Vokoun, who late in the 2012-13 season went 173 minutes, six seconds without allowing a goal.
Unfortunately for Jarry and the Penguins, his streak didn't last much longer.
With Evgeni Malkin in the penalty box, Brandon Tanev tried to carry the puck out of the defensive zone but got his pocket picked. That led to a 2-on-0 down low. Tomas Tatar's shot from 16 feet out wobbled over Jarry's blocker and under the crossbar. The power-play goal pulled the Canadiens back even at 1-1.
Officially, Jarry tops the team record book at 177 minutes, 15 seconds.
His next shutout streak would only last for three minutes, 53 seconds.
Joel Armia chipped the puck off the glass and out of the Canadiens' zone. Kris Letang couldn't settle it with his stick blade and got caught flat-footed. Armia, with Letang on his back, skated in on Jarry and beat him upstairs to make it 2-1.
With 15 seconds left in the period, Shea Weber got Jarry to drop to his knees before swooping around the Penguins' goal to score on a backhand wraparound.
Suddenly, the Penguins were down, 3-1, and Jarry looked mortal again. After he had stopped 82 straight shots, Jarry was beaten for three goals on six.
Jarry, who was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week ending Dec. 8 after he posted back-to-back shutouts, had not been scored upon since the second period of the Nov. 29 loss in Columbus. Jarry entered Tuesday tops in the league with a 1.81 goals-against average. His .943 save percentage also ranked first.
Jake Guentzel gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead 2:59 into the first period after Bryan Rust dished him a pass when the two broke in alone on Carey Price. That was Guentzel's 17th goal of the season and ninth in 13 games on a line with Evgeni Malkin, who got the puck up to Rust on that play, earning him an assist.
But with the speedy Canadiens frustrating the Penguins' top line and none of the other lines stepping up, that would be it offensively from the Penguins, who saw their three-game winning streak get snapped by Price and the Canadiens.
Price made 33 saves while Jarry stopped 22 of the 25 shots he faced.
Brendan Gallagher scored a late empty-net goal that made it 4-1.
The Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.
