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DID CALGARY PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST WASHINGTON?

MAR 9, 2026 · CAPITAL ONE ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALCGY 3, WSH 7
AFTER 2CGY 3, WSH 3
REAL PULLCGY 3:23
SHOTSCGY 26, WSH 29

Calgary pulled Cooley with 3:23 left, down two, and never got the tying goal. Washington hit the empty net with 2:46 left. This game's data has no model call on Calgary's pull. Washington won 7-3.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

3:23COOLEY TO THE BENCH. CGY GOES 6 ON 5.
2:46FRANK SCORES. CGY 3, WSH 6.
0:16LEONARD SCORES. CGY 3, WSH 7.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CAPITALS SCORED FOUR IN THE THIRD, CALGARY SCORED NOTHING, AND THE CAPITALS WON 7-3.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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