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DID COLUMBUS PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST WASHINGTON?

DEC 7, 2025 · CAPITAL ONE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALCBJ 0, WSH 2
AFTER 2CBJ 0, WSH 1
REAL PULLCBJ 2:40
SHOTSCBJ 39, WSH 38

Columbus pulled Greaves with 2:40 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Washington hit the empty net with 1:26 left. This game's data has no model call on Columbus's pull. Washington won 2-0.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on Columbus'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

4:48WSH TIMEOUT.
2:40GREAVES TO THE BENCH. CBJ GOES 6 ON 5.
1:26PROTAS SCORES. CBJ 0, WSH 2.
1:22GREAVES TO THE BENCH. CBJ GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Washington called its timeout in the third period, with 4:48 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CAPITALS SCORED ONE IN THE THIRD, COLUMBUS SCORED NOTHING, AND THE CAPITALS WON 2-0.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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