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DID VANCOUVER PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST OTTAWA?

MAR 9, 2026 · ROGERS ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALOTT 2, VAN 0
AFTER 2OTT 1, VAN 0
REAL PULLVAN 2:38
SHOTSOTT 24, VAN 16

Vancouver pulled Lankinen with 2:38 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Ottawa hit the empty net with 1:20 left. This game's data has no model call on Vancouver's pull. Ottawa won 2-0.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

2:38LANKINEN TO THE BENCH. VAN GOES 6 ON 5.
1:20TKACHUK SCORES. OTT 2, VAN 0.
1:01LANKINEN TO THE BENCH. VAN GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE SENATORS SCORED ONE IN THE THIRD, VANCOUVER SCORED NOTHING, AND THE SENATORS WON 2-0.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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