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DID ST. LOUIS PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BUFFALO?

DEC 29, 2025 · ENTERPRISE CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALBUF 4, STL 2
AFTER 2BUF 2, STL 2
REAL PULLSTL 1:47
SHOTSBUF 34, STL 18

St. Louis pulled Hofer with 1:47 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Buffalo hit the empty net with 1:16 left. This game's data has no model call on St. Louis's pull. Buffalo won 4-2.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on St. Louis'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

4:05BUCHNEVICH PENALTY. HIGH STICKING.
1:47HOFER TO THE BENCH. STL GOES 6 ON 5.
1:16KREBS SCORES. BUF 4, STL 2.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE SABRES SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, ST. LOUIS SCORED NOTHING, AND THE SABRES 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.