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DID WASHINGTON PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST FLORIDA?

DEC 29, 2025 · AMERANT BANK ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALWSH 3, FLA 5
AFTER 2WSH 2, FLA 2
REAL PULLWSH 1:21
SHOTSWSH 27, FLA 29

Washington pulled Thompson with 1:21 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Florida hit the empty net with 0:35 left. This game's data has no model call on Washington's pull. Florida won 5-3.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

2:48LUOSTARINEN PENALTY. SLASHING.
1:21THOMPSON TO THE BENCH. WSH GOES 6 ON 5.
0:35REINHART SCORES. WSH 3, FLA 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE PANTHERS SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, WASHINGTON SCORED ONE, AND THE PANTHERS WON 5-3.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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