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DID WASHINGTON PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BOSTON?

OCT 8, 2025 · CAPITAL ONE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALBOS 3, WSH 1
AFTER 2BOS 1, WSH 0
REAL PULLWSH 1:46
SHOTSBOS 22, WSH 36

Washington pulled Thompson with 1:46 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Boston hit the empty net with 0:58 left. This game's data has no model call on Washington's pull. Boston won 3-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on Washington's pull: the Gauntlet's thirds carry one only for the bench you coach. When the model says to pull, down one and down two, is on how the model works.

THE LAST FIVE MINUTES

1:46THOMPSON TO THE BENCH. WSH GOES 6 ON 5.
1:04WSH TIMEOUT.
0:58GEEKIE SCORES. BOS 3, WSH 1.
0:45THOMPSON TO THE BENCH. WSH GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Washington called its timeout in the third period, with 1:04 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE BRUINS SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, WASHINGTON SCORED ONE, AND THE BRUINS WON 3-1.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

This third is in the Gauntlet's pool of real 2025-26 thirds. A run draws them at random.