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DID THE ISLANDERS PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST COLUMBUS?

DEC 28, 2025 · NATIONWIDE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALNYI 2, CBJ 4
AFTER 2NYI 2, CBJ 1
REAL PULLNYI 1:28
SHOTSNYI 26, CBJ 35

The Islanders pulled Rittich with 1:28 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Columbus hit the empty net with 1:06 left. This game's data has no model call on the Islanders's pull. Columbus won 4-2.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on the Islanders'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

4:33PROVOROV SCORES. NYI 2, CBJ 2.
3:19MARCHENKO SCORES. NYI 2, CBJ 3.
1:28RITTICH TO THE BENCH. NYI GOES 6 ON 5.
1:06SILLINGER SCORES. NYI 2, CBJ 4.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE BLUE JACKETS SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, THE ISLANDERS SCORED NOTHING, AND THE BLUE JACKETS WON 4-2.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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