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DID LOS ANGELES PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST WASHINGTON?

DEC 2, 2025 · CRYPTO.COM ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALWSH 3, LAK 1
AFTER 2WSH 1, LAK 1
REAL PULLLAK 2:29
SHOTSWSH 25, LAK 25

Los Angeles pulled Kuemper with 2:29 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Washington hit the empty net with 1:42 left. This game's data has no model call on Los Angeles's pull. Washington won 3-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on Los Angeles'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

2:29KUEMPER TO THE BENCH. LAK GOES 6 ON 5.
2:07KUEMPER TO THE BENCH. LAK GOES 6 ON 5.
1:42PROTAS SCORES. WSH 3, LAK 1.
1:25KUEMPER TO THE BENCH. LAK GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CAPITALS SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, LOS ANGELES SCORED NOTHING, AND THE CAPITALS 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.