Tristan Jarry has been good this season.

That notion was validated Monday afternoon when the NHL named the Penguins goaltender the league’s second star of the week due to his strong play over the previous seven days.

Entering the day, he was tied for second in the NHL with three shutouts.

On Monday night, he was arguably better than the man at the top of that list — Jacob Markstrom of the Flames — but still came up short on the scoreboard.

Markstrom, the NHL leader with five shutouts, made 21 saves in regulation and overtime then allowed only one goal on seven attempts in the shootout to direct the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory against the Penguins at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.

Jarry made 31 saves on 32 shots in regulation and overtime and stopped 5 of 7 shootout attempts.

Shootout goals by forwards Johnny Gaudreau and Mikael Backlund secured victory.

Defenseman Kris Letang had the Penguins’ lone shootout goal.

Jarry’s record fell to 10-4-4, but he was the primary reason the Penguins were able to scrape out a point in the standings despite being outplayed for most of the night.

“(Jarry) played great for us,” Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson said to media in Calgary. “We were kind of lucky to get away with a point. He kept it close for us the whole game. I don’t think we had close to our best all night. Overall, disappointed with the effort from us but gladly take the point.”

Two nights after they established a season-high with 50 shots on the Montreal Canadiens in a 6-3 home loss on Saturday, the Penguins registered a season-low 22 shots on the Flames.

“They worked their (backsides) off and they were on top of us the whole game,” Pettersson said. “We couldn’t get our speed going, the way we want to play. So it was tough to make tape-to-tape passes and make plays out there, get our team game and team speed going.”

After a scoreless first period, the Flames broke the stalemate 9:44 into the second period.

From his own zone, Flames defenseman Oliver Kylington fed a pass up the left-wing wall for forward Milan Lucic. With Chad Ruhwedel pressuring at the center red line, Lucic spun away from the Penguins defenseman and created a two-on-one rush with linemate Trevor Lewis against Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson.

As Lewis drove the slot and tripped up Matheson in the process, Lucic opted to take the open shot from the left circle and put a wrister through Jarry’s five hole for his sixth goal of the season (and second against the Penguins). Kylington and defenseman Chris Tanev had assists.

A power-play goal tied the game late in regulation at 12:35 of the third period.

After Penguins forward Jeff Carter beat Flames forward Elias Lindholm on a draw in Calgary’s right circle, Letang settled the puck at the right point. Maneuvering toward center point, Letang dished the puck to forward Sidney Crosby above the right circle.

Surveying the zone for a moment, Crosby snapped off a rising pass to the slot for linemate Jake Guentzel, who re-directed the puck out of mid-air on net. The puck glanced off the left skate of Tanev and deflected through Markstrom’s five hole for Guentzel’s ninth goal. Crosby and Letang registered assists.

Penguins forward Dominik Simon left the game at 13:59 of the third period after being struck on the left side of his head by a slap shot from Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson. Sullivan did not have an update on his status following the game.

The loss was the Penguins’ second in a row and snapped a four-game road winning streak. The next stop on their ongoing road trip through Western North America will be a meeting Wednesday with the Edmonton Oilers, who have one of the most dynamic offenses in the entire NHL.

They’ll need more much more in that contest than they offered against the Flames.

“We didn’t have our best game,” coach Mike Sullivan said. “When we do, we do a better job of putting teams under pressure, controlling territory, hanging on to pucks. I just didn’t think, as a team, we were very good tonight. They play a high-pressure game. They put a lot of pucks in deep, and you’ve got to handle their pressure. I didn’t think we did (that) well tonight.”

Jarry was the lone exception to that sentiment.

“He’s been great for us,” Carter said. “He’s the reason we got a point tonight, for sure. We didn’t have our best, and he held us in the game until we could get one. I’d say we’re probably lucky to come out of this (with a point).”

Notes: Penguins forward Sam Lafferty returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for 14 consecutive games. Primarily centering the third line, Lafferty recorded 8:24 of ice time on 10 shifts, recorded one shot on one attempt and was 1 for 3 (33%) in faceoffs. …. Lafferty replaced Brian Boyle in the lineup. Following the game, Sullivan indicated Boyle was scratched for an undisclosed injury and labeled his status as “day to day.” … Forward Drew O’Connor and defenseman Mark Friedman were healthy scratches.

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