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DID PITTSBURGH PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST TORONTO?

DEC 23, 2025 · SCOTIABANK ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALPIT 3, TOR 6
AFTER 2PIT 2, TOR 3
REAL PULLPIT 2:23
SHOTSPIT 32, TOR 31

Pittsburgh pulled Skinner with 2:23 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Toronto hit the empty net with 2:03 left and with 1:24 left. This game's data has no model call on Pittsburgh's pull. Toronto won 6-3.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

2:23SKINNER TO THE BENCH. PIT GOES 6 ON 5.
2:03MCMANN SCORES. PIT 3, TOR 5.
2:03PIT TIMEOUT.
1:42SKINNER TO THE BENCH. PIT GOES 6 ON 5.
1:24NYLANDER SCORES. PIT 3, TOR 6.
0:45MYERS PENALTY. INTERFERENCE.

TIMEOUTS

Pittsburgh called its timeout in the third period, with 2:03 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE MAPLE LEAFS SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, PITTSBURGH SCORED ONE, AND THE MAPLE LEAFS WON 6-3.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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