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DID TAMPA BAY PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST MONTRÉAL?

MAR 31, 2026 · BENCHMARK INTERNATIONAL ARENA · THE GAUNTLET

FINALMTL 4, TBL 1
AFTER 2MTL 2, TBL 1
REAL PULLTBL 2:33
SHOTSMTL 23, TBL 37

Tampa Bay pulled Vasilevskiy with 2:33 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Montréal hit the empty net with 2:06 left and with 1:06 left. This game's data has no model call on Tampa Bay's pull. Montréal won 4-1.

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

4:06SUZUKI PENALTY. CROSS CHECKING.
2:33EVANS PENALTY. BOARDING.
2:33RADDYSH PENALTY. ROUGHING.
2:33VASILEVSKIY TO THE BENCH. TBL GOES 6 ON 5.
2:33MTL TIMEOUT.
2:06MATHESON SCORES. MTL 3, TBL 1.
1:53VASILEVSKIY TO THE BENCH. TBL GOES 6 ON 5.
1:06SUZUKI SCORES. MTL 4, TBL 1.
0:37SABOURIN PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:37XHEKAJ PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:37GONCALVES PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:37DANAULT PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:37LILLEBERG PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:37GALLAGHER PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:37PAUL PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:37STRUBLE PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:37CERNAK PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:37VELENO PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:00ANDERSON PENALTY. ROUGHING.
0:00MCDONAGH PENALTY. ROUGHING.

TIMEOUTS

Montréal called its timeout in the third period, with 2:33 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE CANADIENS SCORED TWO IN THE THIRD, TAMPA BAY SCORED NOTHING, AND THE CANADIENS 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.