Yakupov scored when Rask came out to chase a loose
puck along the boards 6:07 into the third.
The rest of the 5 - on - 4 was an exercise in structured aggression by the Penguins, who chased down
pucks along the boards and pressured away one - timers without getting so loose they left Murray unprotected.
In late January 2012, Caitlin Cahow, two - time Olympic women's and professional hockey player, Harvard graduate and law student, suffered a concussion while fighting for
the puck along the boards during a women's professional hockey game.
Not exact matches
The decisive play started
along the
boards when Crosby chipped the
puck past U.S. defenseman Brian Rafalski to Jarome Iginla.
The job of the forward-most forechecker is to pressure the
puck carrier into a quick decision: Either beat the forechecker one - on - one — which will likely result in a turnover — or pass to a teammate skating up the ice
along the
boards on his left or his right.
Maroon controlling
puck behind net
along boards out to wood who gets infront.....
Carl Soderberg picked up a loose
puck near the blue line, spotted Zadarov alone
along the
boards and sent a lead pass to him to ignite a breakaway.
Byfuglien won a battle
along the
boards with winger Gabriel Landeskog and passed the
puck to Connor for his 19th goal of the season at 10:49.
Down 2 - 0 in the second period with the game still in reach, Phoenix found itself with some pretty decent opportunities in front of Kings netminder Jonathan Quick; however, the tide turned when the Kings carried the
puck into the Phoenix zone on the power play, causing some commotion
along the
boards.
Hagelin was able to beat the Caps defense to a
puck along the end
boards, and while Gaborik positioned himself with a screen in front of the net Richards was able to tee up on a big shot off Hagelin's assist.
He's going to retrieve the
puck along the end
boards after a dump in but he's so slow the forechecker catches up to him.
Karlstrom uses both his stick and body to separate the
puck from his opponents
along the
boards.
It goes like this: (1) we can't seem to carry possession into the O - zone, (2) so we dump and chase, (3) and then we have to go spend significant effort
along the
boards, (4) to try to get the
puck back under possession in what is a 50/50 crapshoot, (5) and when we do repossess, (6) we have to re-organize to get a quality O - zone shot chance, (7) but we are tired because we just spent 50 - 60 % of our time working our asses off
along the
boards, (8) just to try to get the
puck back and have a chance, (9) which said lack of energy results in actual lower quality chances (and maybe fewer penalties drawn and more penalties taken) and (10) we go back to the bench deflated because it seems like we are working really hard and getting nothing out of it.