What is this

NEWFIEEE wrote:

Open net my players ready for the tap in, instead, my player deflects the puck back out of the net…. I knew what was gonna happen after that

The player is executing a one-touch-pass animation. This means that while the puck was travelling to the player's stick, you hit the pass button. This is evidenced by the fact that player control switched to McDavid the instant the puck touches his stick. This doesn't happen on a deflection. 

There should be some kind of logic for when a player has a clearly wide open net in these situations and any one-touch-pass input is nulled in favor of a deflection.

NEWFIEEE wrote:

my team becomes absolutely abysmal slow and can’t move

You got video of this?

dogheels wrote:

Like the opposing team has pulled their goalie. You have an open, unobstructed shot at the open net. And the puck goes wide, or hits the post.

Is there no documented history of a team missing an empty net in the sport of hockey?

😆

Welcome to the unpredictable world of EA. Where ,Murphys Law reigns supreme.

I have this problem in the playoffs in Franchise Mode. Especially if you've won a couple of games beforehand. Your players turn into vegetables, and your opponent into cyborgs. It's really annoying. The peculiarity is that the pucks don't go in during normal set pieces.