Joey Daccord ProRead

THE SCENARIO

Daccord is once again facing the Oilers in his second installment of Pro Reads, but we’ve spared him reliving McDavid in full flight this time. Instead, it’s a rush chance that starts off as a relatively harmless looking 4-on-4 attack as it hits the Ottawa blueline:

The puck carrier is veteran forward Kyle Turris (8) on the right as the Oilers gain the blue line. It’s early in a sequence that so far looks tame, but what factors are already looking for?

Less than a second later, the two biggest threats become a lot clearer:

Looking at this freeze frame, what information stands out as most important, whether it’s the puck carrier, James Neal cutting through the middle or Alex Chiasson on the far side?

THE SAVE

Now let’s take a look at the entire save sequence to let you see how it plays out in real time, and see if any of the early factors helped you correctly identify where the puck is headed.  

That’s a long lateral pass, but Daccord comes across on his knees? What factors did you see that would lead to that decision rather than trying to beat it across on the skates?

Where some goalies might push across in front of their post to avoid any delayed seal on the short side as they hit the post, Daccord goes right at his right post. Any thoughts on why?

THE PRO READ

Now let’s get Daccord’s thoughts on the situation and why he played it that way.