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DID NEW JERSEY PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST VEGAS?

DEC 5, 2025 · PRUDENTIAL CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALVGK 3, NJD 0
AFTER 2VGK 1, NJD 0
REAL PULLNJD 3:22
SHOTSVGK 25, NJD 24

New Jersey pulled Markstrom with 3:22 left, down two, and never got the tying goal. This game's data has no model call on New Jersey's pull. Vegas won 3-0.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on New Jersey'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

4:24HERTL SCORES. VGK 2, NJD 0.
3:22MARKSTROM TO THE BENCH. NJD GOES 6 ON 5.
2:36HISCHIER PENALTY. TRIPPING.
1:24BARBASHEV SCORES. VGK 3, NJD 0.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, NEW JERSEY SCORED NOTHING, AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS WON 3-0.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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