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DID UTAH PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST LOS ANGELES?

DEC 8, 2025 · DELTA CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALLAK 4, UTA 2
AFTER 2LAK 2, UTA 1
REAL PULLUTA 2:17
SHOTSLAK 27, UTA 21

Utah pulled Vejmelka with 2:17 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Los Angeles hit the empty net with 1:38 left. This game's data has no model call on Utah's pull. Los Angeles won 4-2.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

2:17VEJMELKA TO THE BENCH. UTA GOES 6 ON 5.
1:38ARMIA SCORES. LAK 4, UTA 2.
1:13VEJMELKA TO THE BENCH. UTA GOES 6 ON 5.
0:29DOUGHTY PENALTY. CROSS CHECKING.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE KINGS SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, UTAH SCORED ONE, AND THE KINGS WON 4-2.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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