Mike Sullivan confirms the bad news regarding Tristan Jarry.

The Pittsburgh Penguins confirmed some bad news on Saturday morning, news that could have a major impact on the team not only in what remains of the regular season but in the Stanley Cup playoffs as well.

On Saturday Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan confirmed that veteran goaltender Tristan Jarry would miss significant time as a result of what the team has described as a lower body injury. When you consider the fact that the Penguins have just 6 regular season games remaining on their schedule ahead of the playoffs, it's hard to imagine how the timing of a major injury to your starting goaltender could be any worse for the Penguins.

"The only information that I have right now is that he is out with a lower-body injury and his status is week-to-week," said Sullivan of the injury on Saturday.

It is still unclear exactly how Jarry suffered the injury. Jarry last appeared in net for the Penguins this past Thursday during a win over the New York Islanders, a game in which Jarry would stop 36 of the 39 shots that came his way for a .923 save percentage, but he would play out the full 60 minutes of that contest. He was bumped in his net during the game on a few occasions, both by his own teammates and by members of the Islanders, but again during the game itself Jarry appeared to be ok.

Jarry has not only been the number one goaltender for the Penguins this season the reality is that he has been a workhorse for the franchise as well. Jarry has made 58 appearances in this regular season for the Penguins, recording a 2.42 goals against average and a .919 save percentage over that stretch of play.

The Penguins now have roughly two weeks ahead of them before the end of the National Hockey League's regular season, which officially comes to a close on the 29th of April, but that will still leave questions about Jarry's condition ahead of the playoffs. Those playoffs are set to kick off on May 3rd, which hopefully will give Jarry enough time to recover from an injury that has him ruled out as "week to week."