Can confirm that the Oilers are acquiring goaltender Tristan Jarry from the Penguins
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) December 12, 2025
NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Tristan Jarry
As part of the deal, the Oilers also get Samuel Poulin in exchange for Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak and a 2029 second-round pick.
Trade details:
Nasty #LetsGoOilers:
G Tristan Jarry
F Samuel PoulinNasty #LetsGoPens:
G Stuart Skinner
D Brett Kulak
2029 2nd round pick— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) December 12, 2025
There is no salary retention in this deal between the Penguins and Oilers. This deal required a goalkeeper to go the other way.
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Nasty #LetsGoOilers
Jarry, 30 years old, the 3/5 $5.375m
Poulin, 24 years F, year 2/2 $775K (in AHL)Nasty #LetsGoPens
Skinner, age 27, Jr. 3/3 $2.6 million
Kulak, 31 year LD, year 4/4 $2.75 million-UFA
’29 2ndEDM adds $25K Net Cap Hithttps://t.co/mA2ClP15GS
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) December 12, 2025
The Edmonton Oilers had been looking to upgrade their goaltending for a while, but had never found anything better on the market. General Manager Stan Bowman has stated this repeatedly. Not to mention they didn’t rush into anything because they wanted to see if the team could play better for Skinner and Calvin Pickard.
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The Oilers have shown that they can defend well, and with this duo they have been to the Stanley Cup final in consecutive seasons. Still, a move was needed if there was any hope of salvaging this season, keeping Connor McDavid and still having the opportunity to win.
That’s the one thing everyone talked about, what if the goaltending had been better, maybe the Oilers would have won against the Florida Panthers on one of those occasions. But another slow start forced the hand of GM Stan Bowman.
In his career with the Oilers, Skinner has played 197 games, including 191 starts, with a record of 109-62-18 with a 2.74 GAA save percentage and .904. But he has a save percentage of less than 900 this season, and a change of scenery will do him good.
The Oilers had been linked to Tristan Jarry since the summer. There were two reports in recent weeks about Jarry is being moved from Pittsburgh to Edmonton. Even last Friday there was talk of Jarry being on his way. He was an Edmonton Oil King, after all.
Throughout his career, Jarry has played in 307 games, starting 294, with a record of 161-100-32 and a GAA of 2.74 and a save percentage of .909. It’s an upgrade, but not much of one. But the way Jarry has performed this year, posting a 9-3-1 record with a 2.66 GAA and .909 save percentage, the Oilers saw as an upgrade.
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Additionally, the Oilers traded a 2027 third-round pick to the Nashville Predators for Spencer Stastney.
Oilers get Spencer Stastney from the Predators for a ’27 third-round draft pick’
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) December 12, 2025
With the loss of depth on the back end, the Oilers need a defenseman to replace Kulak.
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Tristan Jarry for the Edmonton Oilers #letsgopens #letgooilers pic.twitter.com/l2MbUwrCrV
— Jim Biringer (@JimBiringer) December 12, 2025
#Edmonton #Oilers #acquire #Tristan #Jarry #Pittsburgh