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DID BUFFALO PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST WASHINGTON?

MAR 12, 2026 · KEYBANK CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALWSH 2, BUF 1
AFTER 2WSH 1, BUF 1
REAL PULLBUF 1:27
SHOTSWSH 22, BUF 30

Buffalo pulled Luukkonen with 1:27 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. This game's data has no model call on Buffalo's pull. Washington won 2-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

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

1:33CHYCHRUN SCORES. WSH 2, BUF 1.
1:33BUF TIMEOUT.
1:27LUUKKONEN TO THE BENCH. BUF GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Buffalo called its timeout in the third period, with 1:33 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CAPITALS SCORED ONE IN THE THIRD, BUFFALO SCORED NOTHING, AND THE CAPITALS WON 2-1.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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