Sticks going through body’s\legs
No matter how I position myself against Opponents cpu in be a pro they will cheat there sticks through my body or legs as if their stick is a sword and steal the puck from me ….. this is a major issue and it was last year aswell!!! how am I supposed to pull of successful dekes when the cpu can do this as a last resort ????Wondering when clubs will be safe to play
My club is currently 25-5-2, but honestly, we should be 31-1-0. Last night, I lagged out of back-to-back games while playing LD. Then our RD lagged out in our 4th game of the night, and our C lagged out in our 6th and final game. That’s 4 of 6 games with a lag out / crash. We lost 3 of those 4 games despite severely outplaying our opponents. The problem is that having an AI player on defense or at center completely changes how our team has to play. AI defensemen constantly need to be covered on rushes, which takes away from our ability to forecheck and run our neutral-zone system. AI centers also interfere with passing lanes and frequently ruin scoring opportunities. We were also lag-switched once, although I understand that isn’t necessarily something on EA’s end. That said, the fact that there still isn’t an in-game report option in 2026, especially in a cross-platform game, is extremely frustrating. I understand that improved AI IQ was a major selling point last year, but at this point, can we be honest about where things stand? Against any average team that understands the game to any extent, playing with a computer-controlled teammate feels like an almost automatic loss. If EA genuinely believes the AI is good enough to replace a human teammate, why was human-controlled gameplay used when advertising authentic team systems? The bottom line is that the AI is not nearly reliable enough for Clubs, and the game is clearly experiencing crashing issues. Why are players expected to accept this as normal after paying $135 for the game? Please address these crashing issues as soon as possible. I want to be able to play the game I paid for without having to worry about myself or a teammate disconnecting and effectively throwing away the game. Once again, this has been an extremely frustrating release for EANHL.Back to back lag outs in WOC Club 6s
Lagged out the first game while loading in, never got in game. Basically dash boarded itself. Played two games of UFC while I waited. Connection completely fine. Lagged out in the second game about 30 seconds after puck drop. App completely froze, no volume or anything. The party was still working fine while all of this was happening. We won the first game, but we might lose this second game. That would make 4 of our clubs 5 losses: 3 lag outs, 1 lag switch, and 1 actual loss. I’m really sick and tired of paying top dollar for unfinished products. You guys make it pretty hard to care about personal stats and club records when the game constantly griefs itself.
Stutter and frame drops end of period
On Xbox S exactly 30 seconds before the end of a period the game starts stuttering and frame drops occur. (WOC 3vs3 or 6vs6). This was already the case in NHL26 and I talked to several players online about this issue. Everyone with a Xbos S has these frame drops.. Only at the end of the period. I will not send a video as proof! EA should know this and fix this. My patience as a loyal player has run out. Every year the same bugs no bug fixing EA simply doesn't careShorthanded goal incorrectly ends my team's penalty
Platform: Xbox Series X Game: NHL 27 Issue: When my team is shorthanded and I score a goal, my own team's penalty is incorrectly cancelled. The penalized player leaves the penalty box and the game returns to 5-on-5. Steps to reproduce: 1. Take a minor penalty and become shorthanded (4-on-5). 2. Score a goal with the shorthanded team before the penalty expires. 3. After the goal, the penalized player leaves the penalty box. 4. The game incorrectly returns to 5-on-5. Expected result: Scoring a shorthanded goal should NOT end my team's penalty. The penalized player should remain in the penalty box and my team should continue playing shorthanded until the penalty expires. Actual result: The penalty is cancelled after my shorthanded goal and the penalized player is released from the penalty box. I have experienced this twice so far.Bugs related to Connected Franchise
Hi, These are all related to Connected Franchise. I play on Xbox Series S. 1. Difficulty I play on Superstar and this is the difficulty set in my main menu. When creating a new Connected Franchise, we don't have the ability to adjust the difficulty anywhere (at least I didn't see it after starting 2 different franchises). Once the league is created, the only place we can see the difficulty is in Controller Accessibility, it's set to Semi-Pro by default and it's greyed out, so we can't change it. On top of that, every time that I enter in the Connected Franchise, my main menu difficulty for offline changes to Semi-Pro, so I have to change it back to Superstar every time. 2. Free Agents Claims When someone made a free agent claim, as the commissioner, I saw that a claim was made. However, I couldn't see any detail about the player claimed and which team it was. I did go into the Activity Feed but nothing was there about it. The only thing I could do was to approve the claim being blinded about the details, I didn't even have the ability to refuse it. 3. Player Stats In the menu, there are some issues with the player stats showed. Sorting is wrong (order of points is not respected) and some players are missing form the list. However, when we click on the right stick to enter the stats menu, everything is fine there. The next 2 are not really bugs, but things that would need a fix as soon as possible: 4. Mandatory human goalie in penalty shot/shootout I didn't witness it myself, but other players in the league said that once their game went to shootout, they were forced to goal. Same thing for a penalty shot. Since it's a Connected Franchise and not online versus, human goaltending should never be mandatory in any situation. We should at least have the option to disable it in the menu. 5. Jersey Numbers and Captains There is no place to adjust jersey Numbers and captains in the franchise. We can do it before the beginning of a Connected Franchise and import the roster, but once we make trade or claim free agents, these players can't be changed. We are forced to use the default jersey number the game gave them, which are sometimes way off, and it can be really annoying. Thank you!Had to change batteries mid WOC game and controller stopped working
Changed batteries between periods 1 and 2 and ended up getting kicked for poor team play. My headset was plugged into my controller and working, I could press the Xbox menu button, but nothing in game worked. Absolutely ridiculous. Stop releasing half finished products.
