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DID DALLAS PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST COLUMBUS?

JAN 22, 2026 · NATIONWIDE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALDAL 0, CBJ 1
AFTER 2DAL 0, CBJ 1
REAL PULLDAL 3:13
SHOTSDAL 28, CBJ 22

Dallas pulled DeSmith with 3:13 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. This game's data has no model call on Dallas's pull. Columbus won 1-0.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

3:13DESMITH TO THE BENCH. DAL GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE BLUE JACKETS SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, DALLAS SCORED NOTHING, AND THE BLUE JACKETS WON 1-0.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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