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DID OTTAWA PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST COLUMBUS?

DEC 29, 2025 · CANADIAN TIRE CENTRE · THE GAUNTLET

FINALCBJ 4, OTT 1
AFTER 2CBJ 2, OTT 1
REAL PULLOTT 3:46
SHOTSCBJ 22, OTT 28

Ottawa pulled Merilainen with 3:46 left, down three, and never got the tying goal. This game's data has no model call on Ottawa's pull. Columbus won 4-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

4:06MARCHENKO SCORES. CBJ 4, OTT 1.
3:46MERILAINEN TO THE BENCH. OTT GOES 6 ON 5.
1:48MERILAINEN TO THE BENCH. OTT GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE BLUE JACKETS SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, OTTAWA SCORED NOTHING, AND THE BLUE JACKETS WON 4-1.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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