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DID COLUMBUS PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST MINNESOTA?

DEC 18, 2025 · NATIONWIDE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALMIN 5, CBJ 2
AFTER 2MIN 2, CBJ 2
REAL PULLCBJ 2:13
SHOTSMIN 28, CBJ 29

Columbus pulled Greaves with 2:13 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Minnesota hit the empty net with 1:52 left and with 1:14 left. This game's data has no model call on Columbus's pull. Minnesota won 5-2.

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

2:13GREAVES TO THE BENCH. CBJ GOES 6 ON 5.
1:52KAPRIZOV SCORES. MIN 4, CBJ 2.
1:32GREAVES TO THE BENCH. CBJ GOES 6 ON 5.
1:14BOLDY SCORES. MIN 5, CBJ 2.
0:56PITLICK PENALTY. TRIPPING.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE BLUE JACKETS SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, MINNESOTA SCORED THREE, AND MINNESOTA WON 5-2.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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