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DID TAMPA BAY PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST CAROLINA?

MAR 14, 2026 · BENCHMARK INTERNATIONAL ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALCAR 4, TBL 2
AFTER 2CAR 2, TBL 2
REAL PULLTBL 1:39
SHOTSCAR 35, TBL 19

Tampa Bay pulled Vasilevskiy with 1:39 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Carolina hit the empty net with 1:31 left. This game's data has no model call on Tampa Bay's pull. Carolina won 4-2.

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

1:39VASILEVSKIY TO THE BENCH. TBL GOES 6 ON 5.
1:31STANKOVEN SCORES. CAR 4, TBL 2.
1:31TBL TIMEOUT.
1:04VASILEVSKIY TO THE BENCH. TBL GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Tampa Bay called its timeout in the third period, with 1:31 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE LIGHTNING SCORED NOTHING IN THE THIRD, CAROLINA SCORED TWO, AND CAROLINA WON 4-2.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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