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DID BUFFALO PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST MONTRÉAL?

JAN 31, 2026 · KEYBANK CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALMTL 4, BUF 2
AFTER 2MTL 1, BUF 2
REAL PULLBUF 2:00
SHOTSMTL 31, BUF 38

Buffalo pulled Lyon with 2:00 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Montréal hit the empty net with 0:48 left. This game's data has no model call on Buffalo's pull. Montréal won 4-2.

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

3:36DACH PENALTY. HOLDING.
2:00LYON TO THE BENCH. BUF GOES 6 ON 5.
0:48KAPANEN SCORES. MTL 4, BUF 2.
0:39LYON TO THE BENCH. BUF GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CANADIENS SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, BUFFALO SCORED NOTHING, AND THE CANADIENS 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.