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DID THE RANGERS PULL THE GOALIE TOO LATE AGAINST BUFFALO?

APR 8, 2026 · MADISON SQUARE GARDEN · THE GAUNTLET

FINALBUF 5, NYR 3
AFTER 2BUF 2, NYR 3
REAL PULLNYR 1:36
SHOTSBUF 27, NYR 20

The Rangers pulled Shesterkin with 1:36 left, down one, and never got the tying goal. Buffalo hit the empty net with 1:15 left. This game's data has no model call on the Rangers's pull. Buffalo won 5-3.

THE MODEL'S CALL

This game's data has no model call on the Rangers'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

1:36SHESTERKIN TO THE BENCH. NYR GOES 6 ON 5.
1:15BENSON SCORES. BUF 5, NYR 3.
1:00SHESTERKIN TO THE BENCH. NYR GOES 6 ON 5.

TIMEOUTS

Buffalo called its timeout in the second period, with 2:25 left.

WHAT HAPPENED

THE SABRES SCORED THREE IN THE THIRD, THE RANGERS SCORED NOTHING, AND THE SABRES WON 5-3.

PLAY THE GAUNTLET

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