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DID CHICAGO PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST PHILADELPHIA?

DEC 23, 2025 · UNITED CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALPHI 3, CHI 1
AFTER 2PHI 2, CHI 1
REAL PULLCHI 2:12
SHOTSPHI 26, CHI 21

Chicago pulled Knight with 2:12 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Philadelphia hit the empty net with 2:08 left. This game's data has no model call on Chicago's pull. Philadelphia won 3-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

4:24COUTURIER PENALTY. HOOKING.
2:12KNIGHT TO THE BENCH. CHI GOES 6 ON 5.
2:08GRUNDSTROM SCORES. PHI 3, CHI 1.
1:47KNIGHT TO THE BENCH. CHI GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE BLACKHAWKS SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, PHILADELPHIA SCORED ONE, AND PHILADELPHIA WON 3-1.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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