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DID TAMPA BAY PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BUFFALO?

APR 6, 2026 · KEYBANK CENTER · THE GAUNTLET

FINALTBL 2, BUF 4
AFTER 2TBL 2, BUF 3
REAL PULLTBL 4:04
SHOTSTBL 25, BUF 30

Tampa Bay pulled Vasilevskiy with 4:04 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Buffalo hit the empty net with 1:54 left. This game's data has no model call on Tampa Bay's pull. Buffalo 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

4:04VASILEVSKIY TO THE BENCH. TBL GOES 6 ON 5.
2:01VASILEVSKIY TO THE BENCH. TBL GOES 6 ON 5.
1:54QUINN SCORES. TBL 2, BUF 4.
1:46VASILEVSKIY TO THE BENCH. TBL GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Neither team called its timeout.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE SABRES SCORED ONE IN THE THIRD, TAMPA BAY SCORED NOTHING, AND THE SABRES 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.