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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I think it's quite likely that Smith was surprised on that play by Hanifin joining him behind the net. Usually Hanifin would go to the corner to get the chip pass. I think Hanifin thought the Wild player was closer to Smith than usual though, so he went to get the puck himself.
If there had been a good option the other way (was it Hamonic?) the whole play goes differently.
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Even if Smith thought Hanifan should have been in the corner waiting for the pass, he could have chipped it in to the empty corner and got back into the net. What he did certainly didn't work out well.