Off the Rush
The Edmonton Oilers employ a typical 1-2-2 neutral-zone forecheck, which can be exploited by stretching the ice and finding the space between the Ds and the backchecking forwards.
(Diagram below via the Hockey Tactics 2024 ebook)
The Dallas Stars’ lone Game-Six goal came off such a play.
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