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DID BUFFALO PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST OTTAWA?

APR 2, 2026 · CANADIAN TIRE CENTRE · THE GAUNTLET

FINALBUF 1, OTT 4
AFTER 2BUF 1, OTT 1
REAL PULLBUF 2:39
SHOTSBUF 22, OTT 24

Buffalo pulled Luukkonen with 2:39 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Ottawa hit the empty net with 2:18 left and with 1:18 left. This game's data has no model call on Buffalo's pull. Ottawa won 4-1.

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

2:39LUUKKONEN TO THE BENCH. BUF GOES 6 ON 5.
2:39BUF TIMEOUT.
2:18GREIG SCORES. BUF 1, OTT 3.
2:05LUUKKONEN TO THE BENCH. BUF GOES 6 ON 5.
1:18PINTO SCORES. BUF 1, OTT 4.
1:18NORRIS PENALTY. ABUSE OF OFFICIALS.

TIMEOUTS

Buffalo called its timeout in the third period, with 2:39 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE SENATORS SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, BUFFALO SCORED NOTHING, AND THE SENATORS 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.