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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
The difference is he wasn’t looking to go one on three, he was looking to pass off and when the dmen slid over slightly it created a gap that he exploited. That’s very different from McDavid who decided back in his own end he was going to go one on 3. Marner read and reacted.
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Exactly. You get space by doing the thing they're not expecting in 3v3. You can do the "split the D 1v3" thing when no one thinks that's what you're about to do. When McDavid does it from his own end it's pretty obvious what's happening. At that point he needs to back the defensemen off the blue line, hit the brakes, and drop it to a late guy with space to take a shot from the high slot. You especially don't do it twice in a row.