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DID BUFFALO PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST CAROLINA?

JAN 19, 2026 · LENOVO CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALBUF 1, CAR 2
AFTER 2BUF 1, CAR 1
REAL PULLBUF 1:15
SHOTSBUF 18, CAR 29

Buffalo pulled Luukkonen with 1:15 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. This game's data has no model call on Buffalo's pull. Carolina won 2-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

2:29SVECHNIKOV PENALTY. ROUGHING.
2:29MCLEOD PENALTY. TRIPPING.
1:15LUUKKONEN TO THE BENCH. BUF GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE HURRICANES SCORED ONE IN THE THIRD, BUFFALO SCORED NOTHING, AND THE HURRICANES WON 2-1.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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