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DID COLUMBUS PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BOSTON?

FEB 26, 2026 · TD GARDEN · THE GAUNTLET

FINALCBJ 2, BOS 4
AFTER 2CBJ 1, BOS 2
REAL PULLCBJ 2:01
SHOTSCBJ 40, BOS 23

Columbus pulled Merzlikins with 2:01 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Boston hit the empty net with 0:33 left. This game's data has no model call on Columbus's pull. Boston won 4-2.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

2:01MERZLIKINS TO THE BENCH. CBJ GOES 6 ON 5.
0:33ARVIDSSON SCORES. CBJ 2, BOS 4.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE BRUINS SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, COLUMBUS SCORED ONE, AND THE BRUINS 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.