Pro-Reads: Jake Allen Reads Through Traffic
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St. Louis Blues goaltender Jake Allen takes us through a challenging multi-tip point shot he calls, "fairly straightforward."
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Jake Allen of the St. Louis Blues sat down with us for over an hour to go through ProReads to share with our InGoal Members. Today we bring you the first, a challenging multi-tip point shot that moved from an original read of short-side to a final save far-side with his blocker.
Allen described the save as “pretty straightforward.”
The Scenario
This one is a single play that begins just before the image below. As always, the image is only static and as we will see in the save below, there’s a lot to this dynamic situation involved in getting a proper read. Still, it’s interesting to look and imagine what Allen has to deal with at this moment. What might have happend half a second before that would influence his thoughts? What might change here in an instant? How would you be playing this?
The Save
Let’s get right to the save. We’ll show you three angles – far more than Allen had. Can you count the defelctions?
The Pro-Read
Allen’s full ProRead talks about how he made the save but he and Kevin Woodley also spend a good deal of time discussing strategies for looking past and around screens and what influences his choices in finding the best side to look.
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- Jake Allen breaks down his blocker save on a multi-tip point shot that deflected twice — first off his own forward, then again immediately in front — requiring him to shift his read from short-side to far-side.
- Allen discusses specific strategies for looking past and around screens, including what factors influence which side he chooses to find the puck when traffic is blocking his sightline.
- Allen describes the save as 'pretty straightforward,' illustrating how elite NHL goalies process chaotic multi-deflection situations by relying on read patterns rather than reacting to the puck alone.
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