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DID NEW JERSEY PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST PITTSBURGH?

FEB 26, 2026 · PPG PAINTS ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALNJD 1, PIT 4
AFTER 2NJD 1, PIT 1
REAL PULLNJD 3:08
SHOTSNJD 30, PIT 37

New Jersey pulled Markstrom with 3:08 left, down two, and never got the tying goal. Pittsburgh hit the empty net with 1:59 left. This game's data has no model call on New Jersey's pull. Pittsburgh won 4-1.

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

3:49CLIFTON PENALTY. DELAYING GAME PUCK OVER GLASS.
3:08MARKSTROM TO THE BENCH. NJD GOES 6 ON 5.
2:29MARKSTROM TO THE BENCH. NJD GOES 6 ON 5.
1:59LIZOTTE SCORES. NJD 1, PIT 4.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE PENGUINS SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, NEW JERSEY SCORED NOTHING, AND THE PENGUINS WON 4-1.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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