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DID LOS ANGELES PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BUFFALO?

MAR 21, 2026 · CRYPTO.COM ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALBUF 4, LAK 1
AFTER 2BUF 1, LAK 1
REAL PULLLAK 3:18
SHOTSBUF 33, LAK 27

Los Angeles pulled Forsberg with 3:18 left, down two, and never got the tying goal. Buffalo hit the empty net with 2:25 left. This game's data has no model call on Los Angeles's pull. Buffalo won 4-1.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on Los Angeles'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

3:18FORSBERG TO THE BENCH. LAK GOES 6 ON 5.
2:25BENSON SCORES. BUF 4, LAK 1.

TIMEOUTS

Los Angeles called its timeout in the third period, with 8:48 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE SABRES SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, LOS ANGELES SCORED NOTHING, AND THE SABRES WON 4-1.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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