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DID THE ISLANDERS PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST COLUMBUS?

NOV 2, 2025 · UBS ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALCBJ 2, NYI 3
AFTER 2CBJ 1, NYI 1
REAL PULLNYI 1:21
SHOTSCBJ 22, NYI 39

The pull worked. The Islanders pulled Rittich with 1:21 left, down one, and Schaefer tied it with 1:07 left, six on five. The Islanders won 3-2.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on the Islanders'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

4:22ROMANOV PENALTY. TRIPPING.
3:43VORONKOV PENALTY. INTERFERENCE.
1:21RITTICH TO THE BENCH. NYI GOES 6 ON 5.
1:07SCHAEFER SCORES. CBJ 2, NYI 2.
0:38HOLMSTROM SCORES. CBJ 2, NYI 3.
0:38MERZLIKINS TO THE BENCH. CBJ GOES 6 ON 5.
0:38CBJ TIMEOUT.

TIMEOUTS

Columbus called its timeout in the third period, with 0:38 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE ISLANDERS SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, COLUMBUS SCORED ONE, AND THE ISLANDERS WON 3-2.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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