PULL THE
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DID DALLAS PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST PITTSBURGH?

DEC 7, 2025 · AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINAL/SOPIT 2, DAL 3
AFTER 2PIT 2, DAL 1
REAL PULLDAL 3:03
SHOTSPIT 29, DAL 23

The pull worked. Dallas pulled Oettinger with 3:03 left, down one, and Heiskanen tied it with 1:49 left, six on five. Dallas won 3-2 in a shootout.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

3:03OETTINGER TO THE BENCH. DAL GOES 6 ON 5.
1:49HEISKANEN SCORES. PIT 2, DAL 2.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE PENGUINS SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, DALLAS SCORED ONE, AND DALLAS WON 3-2 IN A SHOOTOUT.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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