When the Pittsburgh Penguins play the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night it will be Alex Nedeljkovic getting his third consecutive start in goal. It is not necessarily because he is the hot hand or playing exceptionally well. Because outside of his performance on Tuesday night against the Carolina Hurricanes, he has most definitely not been playing well. It might have more to do with the fact that Tristan Jarry is simply playing that much worse.
That also continues a rather disturbing career long trend for Jarry where he becomes increasingly unreliable as the season goes on.