PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – He's won 230 career NHL games with a .910 career save percentage, Marty Biron tells The PM Team Tristan Jarry needs to stop flopping around like a fish out of water.
Biron tells 93.7 The Fan that too many times in this series Jarry has over pursued the puck. That he has to be more under control in net and not just on the play that turned into the game winner on Monday.
He believes the pass up the center of the ice that landed right on Josh Bailey's stick in the second overtime was the product of a tired goalie who made a mental mistake. Also a player trying to do too much watching how outstanding his counterpart is playing on the other end.
"You are thinking, I have to do something," Biron said of putting himself in Jarry's skates. "At that moment, the shots were 50 to 28, the high danger chances were 16 to 5. You become too antsy to do something. "
And it cost the Pens. Biron says Jarry's had enough pressure experiences playing in juniors that he can handle the situation Wednesday. But he must be under control.
"You have to tone it down a little bit more," Biron told The PM Team. "You can still rely on your athleticism and being flashing at times, but it has to be under control."
"You have to be concerned because right now you are down 3-2 and he's not performed to the level that you hoped your goaltender would."
Biron says no chance you start back-up Maxime Legace with only one NHL game to his name in the last two years.
"Your season is on the line," Biron said. "I think Coach Sullivan is going to have a meeting with them, do some video. This is one of those situations where you show all of the positives and how to take it to the next step."
As for the Pens trying to get some pucks past Ilya Sorokin, who is 3-0 against them in the series.
"I hate to say it to bring back players from the past," Biron told The Fan. "I watched (Patric) Hornqvist in Florida and how well he plays in front of the goalie; gets in his kitchen."
"You need that guy. You need somebody who is going to park himself in front of Sorokin when he's in his crease."
For as much as fans are concerned about the Pens goalie, and understandably so. Maybe they should be as concerned about the lack of a disrupter in front of the Isles goalie.
