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DID VANCOUVER PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST PHILADELPHIA?

DEC 22, 2025 · XFINITY MOBILE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALVAN 2, PHI 5
AFTER 2VAN 0, PHI 1
REAL PULLVAN 2:27
SHOTSVAN 25, PHI 39

Vancouver pulled Demko with 2:27 left, down three, and never got the tying goal. Philadelphia hit the empty net with 1:11 left. This game's data has no model call on Vancouver's pull. Philadelphia won 5-2.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

4:25TIPPETT SCORES. VAN 1, PHI 4.
2:27DEMKO TO THE BENCH. VAN GOES 6 ON 5.
1:11MICHKOV SCORES. VAN 1, PHI 5.
0:18O'CONNOR SCORES. VAN 2, PHI 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE FLYERS SCORED FOUR IN THE THIRD, VANCOUVER SCORED TWO, AND THE FLYERS 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.