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DID TAMPA BAY PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BUFFALO?

MAR 8, 2026 · KEYBANK CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALTBL 7, BUF 8
AFTER 2TBL 4, BUF 4
REAL PULLTBL 1:06
SHOTSTBL 28, BUF 42

Tampa Bay pulled Johansson with 1:06 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. This game's data has no model call on Tampa Bay's pull. Buffalo won 8-7.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on Tampa Bay'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

4:57GIRGENSONS PENALTY. SLASHING.
4:17DOAN SCORES. TBL 7, BUF 8.
1:06JOHANSSON TO THE BENCH. TBL GOES 6 ON 5.
0:00CIRELLI PENALTY. CHARGING.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE SABRES SCORED FOUR IN THE THIRD, TAMPA BAY SCORED THREE, AND THE SABRES WON 8-7.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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