Can Arturs Silovs be the goalie of the future in Pittsburgh?

The Pittsburgh Penguins earned a surprising 3-0 season-opening win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, and it came thanks to a shutout from goaltender Arturs Silovs.

Silovs was acquired from the Vancouver Canucks over the summer, and the decision to give him the crease over incumbent goalie Tristan Jarry on Opening Night was seen as somewhat of a surprising one in the NHL head coaching debut of new Penguins boss Dan Muse. The decision paid dividends, as it was both the first win of Muse’s career and the first shutout in that of Silovs, who turned aside 25 shots in the effort.

On Tuesday’s episode of  Daily Faceoff LIVE, host Tyler Yaremchuk and co-host and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton were joined by former NHL video coach Steve Peters to discuss Silovs’ breakout performance and what it means for Pittsburgh’s outlook between the pipes this season.

Carter Hutton: I’m always hesitant on young goalies. Coming in and playing with emotion versus sustainability playing at the NHL level, but Arturs Silovs was really good last night. Is this the guy we see moving forward over Tristan Jarry, who’s making pretty big money to be sitting on the bench?

Steve Peters: You know how this goes. When you’re playing well, you’re just rolling, and Silovs played like that. He did that in spurts in Vancouver, struggled a little bit last year, but we saw that from him in his time in Vancouver. Clearly, the coaching staff and Dan Muse felt that he was the guy during training camp, and Jarry’s struggled. For Pittsburgh to get wins this year, they have to go with the hot hand, and right now, Silovs looked fantastic last night. Without him, this game could have gone the other way. I’m interested to see how long he can keep that net from Jarry.

You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…