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DID CALGARY PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST WASHINGTON?

JAN 23, 2026 · SCOTIABANK SADDLEDOME · THE GAUNTLET

FINALWSH 3, CGY 1
AFTER 2WSH 1, CGY 1
REAL PULLCGY 1:46
SHOTSWSH 38, CGY 26

Calgary pulled Cooley with 1:46 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Washington hit the empty net with 0:53 left. This game's data has no model call on Calgary's pull. Washington won 3-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

1:46COOLEY TO THE BENCH. CGY GOES 6 ON 5.
0:53OVECHKIN SCORES. WSH 3, CGY 1.
0:47COOLEY TO THE BENCH. CGY GOES 6 ON 5.
0:09LAPIERRE PENALTY. CLOSING HAND ON PUCK.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE FLAMES SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, WASHINGTON SCORED TWO, AND WASHINGTON WON 3-1.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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