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DID WASHINGTON PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST PITTSBURGH?

NOV 6, 2025 · PPG PAINTS ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALWSH 3, PIT 5
AFTER 2WSH 3, PIT 3
REAL PULLWSH 2:11
SHOTSWSH 30, PIT 31

Washington pulled Lindgren with 2:11 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Pittsburgh hit the empty net with 2:04 left. This game's data has no model call on Washington's pull. Pittsburgh won 5-3.

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

2:11LINDGREN TO THE BENCH. WSH GOES 6 ON 5.
2:04DEWAR SCORES. WSH 3, PIT 5.
1:00LINDGREN TO THE BENCH. WSH GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CAPITALS SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, PITTSBURGH SCORED TWO, AND PITTSBURGH WON 5-3.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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