Nice goal by Ben against Seattle on Monday, February 19, 2024. He starts at the top of the screen in the video above.
A few key things to watch…
- Lucas Raymond (#23) starts with the puck and kicks it out to Dylan Larkin (#13). Raymond immediately drives hard to the net between the two defencemen opening up space in behind him.
- Ben (#8) enters the zone down the left side dot line to be open for a pass on the zone entry. Look how he presents his stick for a pass just above the blue line.
- Once the puck enters the zone and Ben doesn’t get the pass, he moves across the zone (almost to the right side dot line) into the open ice behind Raymond so that he is available for the pass from Larkin.
- Again, Ben presents his stick for a pass and gets in a great shooting position for a quick shot along the ice.