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DID NEW JERSEY PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BUFFALO?

FEB 25, 2026 · PRUDENTIAL CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALBUF 2, NJD 1
AFTER 2BUF 1, NJD 0
REAL PULLNJD 3:34
SHOTSBUF 30, NJD 28

New Jersey pulled Allen with 3:34 left, down two, and never got the tying goal. This game's data has no model call on New Jersey's pull. Buffalo won 2-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on New Jersey'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

3:34ALLEN TO THE BENCH. NJD GOES 6 ON 5.
2:30MEIER SCORES. BUF 2, NJD 1.
2:12ALLEN TO THE BENCH. NJD GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE SABRES SCORED ONE IN THE THIRD, NEW JERSEY SCORED ONE, AND THE SABRES 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.