AI scores consistently in the last minute of period
I've only been playing NHL20 since December, and its my first since NHL12 (no console for many years), but what is the deal with the AI scoring in the last minute of a period in nearly every game I play in Squad Battles?
No matter what the rating of the opposing AI, somehow some way, they seem to get these amazingly lucky bounces, the puck miraculously lands on their blade, my passes from my usually rock solid defenders bounce off a skate and go right to the opposition, and then seemingly my goalie decides he's more interested at looking at butterflies instead of stopping the puck.
It has become comical, because when this happens, I almost can't look at the game clock because it is 99 percent of the time with under a minute left in the period. They never seem to score at any other times.
@EA_Aljo, what is the deal with this? I'm not calling it ice tilt, but is it some sort of weird momentum mechanism? Seriously, I am usually destroying the opposition and then boom, last minute, shutout gone. Super frustrating.
The AI fights harder when they're down. Especially in the last few minutes. They take more chances and attack the puck harder. The last minute of the game is also in real-time so it's longer than a normal game minute. They will be pretty relentless about quick passes and taking advantage of open lanes. You have to play very defensively and stay in position. I like to clog the front of the net and wait for them to take a shot that is frequently blocked, then carefully break out because a turnover usually means your players are now out of position from transitioning to offense.
