Is this where it lags then fast forwards for a couple seconds before the faceoff, then goes back to normal?
If so, click the center “PS” button to go to the PS5’s main menu, then click on the game to go back into it. Worked for me. Try something similar on Xbox.
No. This is a bug where your center is not in the faceoff circle to take the faceoff. Another version of this bug is when one of the wingers or D-men are clipping each inside another player at the faceoff, leaving an empty gap on the ice during the face-off where that player should be.
