The Penguins are facing a goaltending controversy in Game 7.

The Pittsburgh Penguins may have something of an impossible decision on their hands ahead of Game 7.

As Penguins fans will already know, starting goaltender Tristan Jarry has thus far missed the first 6 games of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the Penguins in their opening round series against the New York Rangers. Now though, for the first time, we are hearing reports that Jarry may be trying desperately to get back on the ice and play for his team.

Penguins reporter Dan Kingerski is now reporting that Jarry "badly" wanted in for Game 6 but was rebuffed by Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan and perhaps other members of the Penguins organization as well such as trainers or medical personnel.

From Kingerski:

Here’s where Sullivan has a difficult decision. No. 1 goalie Tristan Jarry feels he is ready and wants to play. He badly wants to play. A source told PHN that Jarry wanted to play Game 6 before Sullivan and the team ruled him out.

The Penguins have of course been riding backup goaltender Louis Domingue thus far in the playoffs and, to Domingue's credit, he has managed to get them to a Game 7 against the Rangers. That being said he hasn't exactly been dynamite between the pipes for the Penguins with a 3.65 goals against average and a .898 save percentage through 6 playoff games thus far.

Under normal circumstances this might be a situation where Sullivan would have an easy decision to make, but with Jarry having been out of action for over a month now the choice won't be so easy. Jarry has been out of action with what is believed to be a broken foot since April, having last played on the 14th of that month is a win over the New York Islanders in which he recorded a .923 save percentage and allowed 3 goals.

In this current situation, with the series on the line, it may be a more difficult decision for the Penguins, especially if they believe that Jarry is at less than 100% right now. Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan now has a little over a day to make his decision.