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DID LOS ANGELES PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST TAMPA BAY?

JAN 1, 2026 · CRYPTO.COM ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALTBL 5, LAK 3
AFTER 2TBL 2, LAK 2
REAL PULLLAK 0:59
SHOTSTBL 24, LAK 20

Los Angeles pulled Kuemper with 0:59 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Tampa Bay hit the empty net with 0:45 left. This game's data has no model call on Los Angeles's pull. Tampa Bay won 5-3.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on Los Angeles'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

3:19CIRELLI SCORES. TBL 3, LAK 3.
3:19LAK TIMEOUT.
1:41GONCALVES SCORES. TBL 4, LAK 3.
0:59KUEMPER TO THE BENCH. LAK GOES 6 ON 5.
0:45KUCHEROV SCORES. TBL 5, LAK 3.
0:00PERRY PENALTY. FIGHTING.
0:00GOURDE PENALTY. FIGHTING.

TIMEOUTS

Los Angeles called its timeout in the third period, with 3:19 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE LIGHTNING SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, LOS ANGELES SCORED ONE, AND THE LIGHTNING 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.