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CRANBERRY, Pa. \u2013\u2013 What a difference a couple of days can make. One moment Sergei Murashov <\/a>was lying down resting. A phone call changed everything. Now there\u2019s a chance he will be in goal Thursday for the Pittsburgh Penguins when they face Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n Of course, there\u2019s no guarantee Murashov will start against the Capitals, or whether it might be Arturs Silovs. But Murashov\u2019s NHL debut is on the horizon now that Penguins veteran Tristan Jarry<\/a> is injured, and he seems to have a pretty strong perspective about that.<\/p>\n It was after practice Tuesday with the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League when his rest was interrupted in the best way \u2013 news that he was being promoted to the NHL.<\/p>\n \u201cGrateful. I\u2019m just grateful,\u201d Murashov said after practicing with the Penguins Wednesday at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re working. You\u2019re just doing your thing. After practice you just lay on your bed and get a call. Grateful to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n It was also Tuesday that Murashov, 21 and a fourth-round pick in the 2022 draft, was named the AHL goaltender of the month for October. These numbers certainly seem to be deserving of a call-up with a spot open because of injury: 5-2-0, 1.73 goals-against average, .931 goals-against average and a shutout.<\/p>\n Murashov is widely considered to have a good chance at becoming the Penguins\u2019 No. 1, if not franchise, goalie at some point.<\/p>\n Penguins coach Dan Muse said it hasn\u2019t been determined when or how much or in what way Murashov will be used. Up until Jarry got hurt Monday during a start in Toronto, the team alternated Jarry and Silovs in a regimented platoon setup.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s been the case to this point,\u201d Muse said. \u201cAt no point did we say, \u2018This is something we\u2019re locked in and it has to be this way.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cLike everything else, we\u2019re constantly evaluating, we\u2019re constantly looking at what his options are. We\u2019re still having conversations. We\u2019re having conversations with the coaching staff, conversations with (goalie coach) Andy Chiodo and the rest of the staff. We\u2019re going to continue to have conversations, make decisions. And then those conversations will continue from game to game.\u201d<\/p>\n Murashov downplayed his stats with Wilkes-Barre, but he did have a gauge for his performance over the first month of the season.<\/p>\n \u201cMy confidence always comes from what I\u2019m doing, from the process, not from the results,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it was a really good process (in Wilkes-Barre).\u00a0 I say thanks to my team. They were all battling.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the Penguins staff has not offered any guidance on when or how much he might play with Jarry out.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all about what\u2019s going on now and staying in the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cNo rush. We\u2019ll go moment by moment, step by step.\u201d<\/p>\n Those steps will almost assuredly lead to his first regular-season game after he appeared in the preseason.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now I just have time to prepare for it. I\u2019m doing everything I can do right now. When that day will come, we\u2019ll see,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely something you dream about from your childhood. But again, no rush. Just stay in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: Dan Muse<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> sergei murashov<\/a> Shelly Anderson<\/a> Tristan Jarry<\/a> <\/p>\n