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DID CAROLINA PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST TAMPA BAY?

DEC 20, 2025 · BENCHMARK INTERNATIONAL ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALCAR 4, TBL 6
AFTER 2CAR 3, TBL 3
REAL PULLCAR 1:21
SHOTSCAR 22, TBL 29

Carolina pulled Kochetkov with 1:21 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Tampa Bay hit the empty net with 0:27 left. This game's data has no model call on Carolina's pull. Tampa Bay won 6-4.

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

1:21KOCHETKOV TO THE BENCH. CAR GOES 6 ON 5.
0:58CAR TIMEOUT.
0:27GUENTZEL SCORES. CAR 4, TBL 6.

TIMEOUTS

Carolina called its timeout in the third period, with 0:58 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE LIGHTNING SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, CAROLINA SCORED ONE, AND THE LIGHTNING WON 6-4.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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