Power Plays in NHL 10

[servo75]

It's tough to keep a power play going. I see in the real NHL how often there are 1-2 players at the point to guard the puck going out of the zone, but here it's too easy (for me and the CPU) to clear the puck all the way down. Does anyone else notice this?

Speaking of penalties, a real freaky thing happened the other day. There was a delayed penalty called on my opposing team. So naturally my goalie automatically gets pulled. I don't remember exactly how this happened, but the puck got poked away from my player, slid 3/4 of the way down the ice and into my goal. AND IT COUNTED! Isn't the whistle supposed to blow the instant the penalized team touches the puck? Of course I still got the 5-on-4 power play afterwards... but it was little consolation.

[The Visualizer]

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I've gotten better over time, your right tho, the CPU defensemen guard the point way more aggressively than most teams in the NHL do these days

The way around that in NHL10 is to work along the walls more than the point, a pass down towards the corner then right back up the wall to the point usually will stretch the D and buy you time to either go D-to-D, carry in, or go back down the wall again.

Regarding how you scored on yourself, a defensive poke won't allows stop play as the defense has to gain some kind of definitive possession as there is some leeway so the offense can keep on the advantage if they get the puck back quickly

[KraZe]

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It's tough to keep a power play going. I see in the real NHL how often there are 1-2 players at the point to guard the puck going out of the zone, but here it's too easy (for me and the CPU) to clear the puck all the way down. Does anyone else notice this?

Speaking of penalties, a real freaky thing happened the other day. There was a delayed penalty called on my opposing team. So naturally my goalie automatically gets pulled. I don't remember exactly how this happened, but the puck got poked away from my player, slid 3/4 of the way down the ice and into my goal. AND IT COUNTED! Isn't the whistle supposed to blow the instant the penalized team touches the puck? Of course I still got the 5-on-4 power play afterwards... but it was little consolation.

The rules state that the team with the delayed penalty must GAIN CONTROL of the puck, not simply touch it, hence why the goal counted.

[Lightbringer719]

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It's kind of weird that your teammates don't put any effort into keeping the puck in the zone.

Also, another weird power play quirk in NHL 10. For some reason, off-setting minors count as powerplay chances for the home team. So when it goes from 4-on-4 to 5-on-5, a team's PP becomes 0/1, even though they never had any real power play chances.

[servo75]

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The rules state that the team with the delayed penalty must GAIN CONTROL of the puck, not simply touch it, hence why the goal counted.

Definitely a fluke though, I've never seen this happen in real life. If it does, then don't pull my goalie.

[KraZe]

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Definitely a fluke though, I've never seen this happen in real life. If it does, then don't pull my goalie.

Oh, I agree, complete and total fluke goal. I was just pointing out why it counted is all.

[Burbruee]

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Definitely a fluke though, I've never seen this happen in real life. If it does, then don't pull my goalie.

It has happened, I've seen it. Trying to find a video online, this was the best I could find though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3M49FEEItc

[zyvo23]

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it almost happened last year during a caps game. there was a delayed penalty on the Caps opponent and an errant pass sailed just a couple inches wide of their empty goal. The announcers made a big deal about how there's a goal like that every few years.

[gator3guy]

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Yeah I always try to operate my power plays through my point men and it never works. Like you said, the AI plays too tight on the point (which in turn leaves the most deadly area wide open-the slot). And sometimes when I get a little room, my defenseman with the puck gets caught in an animation and the puck gets stripped easily. I hope they addressed this in the new game and I can actually quaterback a power play via the umbrella.

[Qb]

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it almost happened last year during a caps game. there was a delayed penalty on the Caps opponent and an errant pass sailed just a couple inches wide of their empty goal. The announcers made a big deal about how there's a goal like that every few years.

A goal like this?

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And I was on the right end of it!

[plaidchuck]

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That was almost a gaffe of e p i c proportions by Fleury.... but would be believable! btw Why does e p i c spelled normally get censored???

[Qb]

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That was almost a gaffe of e p i c proportions by Fleury.... but would be believable! btw Why does e p i c spelled normally get censored???

Yeah, to go from that nearly preposterous goal to one at the other end was quite the swing of emotions. As far as the **** thing goes, my understanding is it was being ****ally overused and was added to the filter.

[BigDisk]

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A goal like this?

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And I was on the right end of it!

Happened to Montreal in 2008 : Ryan O'Byrne scored in his own net:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJR8BZvNyCA

[Arklinear]

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Yeah it can be a pain in the ***, NHL 10 is very laggy for me at times it seems now. I honestly found that trying to set up plays is rather useless, you just end up wasting your time because the comp will usually be there. I find it a lot more efficient to just shoot if you see an opportunity, maybe a bit less so on the PP but I would suggest not holding it in the zone for longer then 15 seconds without a shot.

[actionhank]

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Haha, i scored on my friend when he went back to get a missed pass, and i demolished his extra skater.
Then the puck slid slowly down the ice into his empty net.