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DID CAROLINA PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST WASHINGTON?

DEC 11, 2025 · CAPITAL ONE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINAL/SOCAR 3, WSH 2
AFTER 2CAR 1, WSH 1
REAL PULLCAR 2:19
SHOTSCAR 39, WSH 25

The pull worked. Carolina pulled Bussi with 2:19 left, down one, and Stankoven tied it with 2:15 left, six on five. Carolina won 3-2 in a shootout.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

2:19BUSSI TO THE BENCH. CAR GOES 6 ON 5.
2:15STANKOVEN SCORES. CAR 2, WSH 2.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CAPITALS SCORED ONE IN THE THIRD, CAROLINA SCORED ONE, AND CAROLINA 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.