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DID ANAHEIM PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST SEATTLE?

OCT 9, 2025 · CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALANA 1, SEA 3
AFTER 2ANA 1, SEA 2
REAL PULLANA 2:59
MODELWHISTLE 1.4%
REAL ONE1.4%
GRADEGOOD CALL
SHOTSANA 36, SEA 31

Anaheim pulled Dostal with 2:59 left, down two, and never got the tying goal. The timing wasn't the problem: by the model the call at 4:21 graded GOOD CALL, 1.4% to win against a best of 1.4%. Seattle won 3-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

The call Anaheim faced with 4:21 left, down two, and each option's chance to win by the model.

WIN %CALL
1.4AT THE NEXT WHISTLE BEST REAL
1.4PULL HIM NOW
1.0WAIT UNTIL 1:30
THE REAL CALL

DOSTAL STAYED IN FOR THE DRAW. PULLED AT THE 2:59 WHISTLE (GOALIE STOPPED AFTER SOG) FOR AN OFFENSIVE ZONE DRAW.

Where the chances come from: three seasons of NHL data.

THE LAST FIVE MINUTES

2:59DOSTAL TO THE BENCH. ANA GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE DUCKS SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, SEATTLE SCORED ONE, AND SEATTLE WON 3-1.

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