I've come across this bug numerous times where after a whistle it will go to a syncing screen and then during that syncing screen it automatically does the faceoff by itself the player doesn't do it....
Ideas
Happens to me as well. Online Versus on PS5 against multiple opponents. My internet was great at the time of the occurrence.
It seems like the game is using the replay time to synch when in reality, most people skip the replays so as a result, the game doesn't have enough time to synch up.
This was NOT an issue in 24.