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DID MONTRÉAL PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BUFFALO?

JAN 22, 2026 · CENTRE BELL · THE GAUNTLET

FINALBUF 4, MTL 2
AFTER 2BUF 3, MTL 2
REAL PULLMTL 1:45
SHOTSBUF 17, MTL 34

Montréal pulled Montembeault with 1:45 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Buffalo hit the empty net with 0:44 left. This game's data has no model call on Montréal's pull. Buffalo won 4-2.

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

1:45MONTEMBEAULT TO THE BENCH. MTL GOES 6 ON 5.
0:44KREBS SCORES. BUF 4, MTL 2.
0:44MTL TIMEOUT.
0:26MONTEMBEAULT TO THE BENCH. MTL GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Buffalo called its timeout in the second period, with 8:40 left. Montréal called its timeout in the third period, with 0:44 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CANADIENS SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, BUFFALO SCORED ONE, AND BUFFALO WON 4-2.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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