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DID WASHINGTON PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST FLORIDA?

JAN 17, 2026 · CAPITAL ONE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALFLA 5, WSH 2
AFTER 2FLA 3, WSH 2
REAL PULLWSH 1:32
SHOTSFLA 31, WSH 24

Washington pulled Thompson with 1:32 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Florida hit the empty net with 1:20 left and with 0:34 left. This game's data has no model call on Washington's pull. Florida won 5-2.

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

1:32THOMPSON TO THE BENCH. WSH GOES 6 ON 5.
1:20LUNDELL SCORES. FLA 4, WSH 2.
0:45THOMPSON TO THE BENCH. WSH GOES 6 ON 5.
0:34VERHAEGHE SCORES. FLA 5, WSH 2.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE PANTHERS SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, WASHINGTON SCORED NOTHING, AND THE PANTHERS WON 5-2.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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