Penguins Top Sabres 4-2 on Jarry's Strong Return

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry made a strong return from injury on Wednesday night, stopping 29 of 31 shots in a 4-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres at PPG Paints Arena. The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Penguins, who improved to 9-6-2 despite managing just 19 shots on goal against Buffalo's Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.

Jarry, sidelined since November 3 with a lower-body injury, faced heavy pressure in the third period as the Sabres outshot Pittsburgh 31-19 overall. He preserved a 3-2 lead with key stops on Jason Zucker and Alex Tuch late in the frame, securing his sixth win in seven starts this season. His performance boosted his goals-against average to 2.53 and save percentage to .914, a marked improvement from last year's .892 mark across 36 games, when he was waived in January and demoted to the minors twice.

Matt Dumba scored his first goal in black and gold early in the first period, while Bryan Rust and Kevin Hayes provided the decisive third-period strikes. Rust, playing through illness that sidelined him from practice earlier in the week, tied the game at 2-2 just 29 seconds after Zucker's equalizer, capitalizing on a rebound to slip the puck past...