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What Is a Breakaway?
A breakaway is a moment in NHL 21 in which your pro player has been granted the chance to free-skate and shoot at will at the opponent’s goal. The only exception is that this time, there will be no defenders in the way and only the goalkeeper that will try to defend against the on-coming player. Essentially, it is a 1v1. Such a situation is granted when a player’s progression towards the opposing goal has been illegally impeded by an opponent or if the goalie throws his stick at the oncoming player in an attempt to stop them. Then, the breakaway player will be awarded a penalty shot.
 
How to Get on a Breakaway:
Cross Ice Dump
Best way to employ this counter-attack tactic is to wait until your opponent takes a shot on goal and it trickles to one of the corners of the ice.  When you get the puck with your defenseman, immediately hold RB or R1, aim to the opposite side and up with your left stick and push up on the right stick.  This will dump the puck to around the red line on the opposite corner of the ice.  If your opponent is aggressive, this will likely go past all of his forwards to your forward who is charging up the boards to collect it. He won’t have enough time to switch to his defenseman to turn them around quickly enough to catch up to you especially if you hold down the left stick to sprint as you do it. This will set you up for an angled breakaway.
 
Off The Boards
If you bounce the puck from the front panel from the defender on the same side, EA has programmed the skater to enter the crazy full speed mode. Instead of slowly accepting the pass, the player starts adding ice and magnetically strides to collect the puck. This is the perfect choice to catch the defenders completely by surprise, you can beat them on the way into the network cable. This will give you an angled breakthrough.
 
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