The Edmonton Oilers are making a goalie change and are acquiring Tristan Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Can confirm the Oilers are acquiring goalie 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 are also getting Samuel Poulin in exchange for Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak, and a 2029 second-round pick.
Trade details:
To #LetsGoOilers:
G Tristan Jarry
F Samuel PoulinTo #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. A goalie had to go back the other way in this deal.
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To #LetsGoOilers
Jarry, 30 y/o G, Yr 3/5 $5.375M
Poulin, 24 y/o F, Yr 2/2 $775K (in AHL)To #LetsGoPens
Skinner, 27 y/o G, Yr 3/3 $2.6M-UFA
Kulak, 31 y/o LD, Yr 4/4 $2.75M-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 some time now, but had never found anything better out on the market. That is what General Manager Stan Bowman stated on numerous occasions. Not to mention, they weren’t going to rush into anything because they wanted to see if the team could play better in front of Skinner and Calvin Pickard.
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The Oilers have shown the ability to play good defence, and with this duo, they appeared in the Stanley Cup Final in back-to-back seasons. Still, a move was needed if there was any hope of salvaging this season, keeping Connor McDavid, and still having the ability to win.
That is all anyone talked about: what if the goaltending were better, maybe the Oilers would have won against the Florida Panthers on one of the 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 and .904 save percentage. But he has a sub-900 save percentage this season, and a change of scenery will do him some good.
The Oilers had been linked to Tristan Jarry since the summer. There were two reports over the past couple of weeks about Jarry being moved from Pittsburgh to Edmonton. Even as far back as last Friday, there was talk of Jarry being on the move. He was an Edmonton Oil King after all.
For his career, Jarry has appeared in 307 games, starting 294 of them, with a record of 161-100-32 and a 2.74 GAA and a .909 save percentage. It is an upgrade, but not much of one. But the way Jarry is performing this year, with a 9-3-1 record with a 2.66 GAA and .909 save percentage, the Oilers viewed it as an upgrade.
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In addition, the Oilers traded a 2027 third-round pick to the Nashville Predators for Spencer Stastney.
Oilers are getting Spencer Stastney from the Predators for a ’27 third-round draft pick
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) December 12, 2025
With the loss of more depth on the backend, the Oilers need a defenseman to replace Kulak.
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Tristan Jarry to the Edmonton Oilers #letsgopens #letsgooilers pic.twitter.com/l2MbUwrCrV
— Jim Biringer (@JimBiringer) December 12, 2025
