In six seasons, no team has come back after conceding an empty-net goal late in the game.
Data through 2025/26
Holds upSHLData through 2025/26 · SHL
Leader wins after empty-netter
100%
Leader wins after a late pull (all)
95.2%
Trailing team wins after pull (down 1, SHL)
7.6%
What the data says
SHL and HA 2020/21–2025/26: in 1,986 late goalie pulls (after 55:00, trailing by 1–2), the leading team scored into the empty net 849 times – and won all 849.
SHL, trailing by one (n=620): the pulling team tied it 16.1% of the time, conceded an empty-netter 37.7% and won 7.6%.
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