Creating Offense, with Crosby & Guentzel

Crosby to Guentzel. Turning a 2v2 into a 2v1

This goal breakdown was very well received and sparked a bunch of great conversations online and in-person so I thought you would enjoy this as well.

Greg Revak, CFP® @CoachRevak

Crosby to Guentzel goal, broken down in to 3 parts A) 2v2 as two separate 1v1s 1v1s in the NHL are below 10% successful. Even lower without speed differentials Crosby and Guentzel search for a solution 👇

Sidney Crosby to Jake Guentzel goal, broken down into 3 parts.

Part 1

2v2 as two separate 1v1s.

1v1s in the NHL are below 10% successful. Even lower without speed differentials Crosby and Guentzel search for a solution…

Part 2

Crosby attacks the weakside D to turn two separate 1v1s into a 2v1 with 1 irrelevant D (red “x”).

Odds of success jump dramatically to the offense.

Guentzel reads off Crosby’s decisive movement and begins to understand they’ll attack vertically instead of horizontally.

Part 3

Guentzel routes his skating to attack the space behind.

D has to make a choice to fall back with Guentzel or stay high with Crosby.

2v1 attacking vertically and challenging space in front and behind… Extremely effective against zone coverage.

In Real-Time

Further Reading

• Score more goals by understanding the goalie’s push leg

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• Breaking down the curious movement of Chandler Stephenson

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