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DID PITTSBURGH PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST COLUMBUS?

JAN 17, 2026 · PPG PAINTS ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINAL/SOCBJ 4, PIT 3
AFTER 2CBJ 3, PIT 2
REAL PULLPIT 1:35
SHOTSCBJ 26, PIT 33

The pull worked. Pittsburgh pulled Silovs with 1:35 left, down one, and Crosby tied it with 1:01 left, six on five. Columbus won 4-3 in a shootout.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

1:35SILOVS TO THE BENCH. PIT GOES 6 ON 5.
1:01CROSBY SCORES. CBJ 3, PIT 3.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE BLUE JACKETS SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, PITTSBURGH SCORED ONE, AND THE BLUE JACKETS WON 4-3 IN A SHOOTOUT.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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