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DID MONTRÉAL PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BUFFALO?

JAN 15, 2026 · KEYBANK CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALMTL 3, BUF 5
AFTER 2MTL 3, BUF 3
REAL PULLMTL 2:07
SHOTSMTL 23, BUF 27

Montréal pulled Fowler with 2:07 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Buffalo hit the empty net with 1:40 left. This game's data has no model call on Montréal's pull. Buffalo won 5-3.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

2:07FOWLER TO THE BENCH. MTL GOES 6 ON 5.
1:40THOMPSON SCORES. MTL 3, BUF 5.
1:25FOWLER TO THE BENCH. MTL GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CANADIENS SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, BUFFALO SCORED TWO, AND BUFFALO 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.