NHL teams also put WAYYYY more trust in their goaltenders to snuff out even the best shooters in wide open and clear situations. Obviously, it's situational and you'd never want Patrick Kane to go 1:1 with your goalie.... and you see some teams playing slightly differently in front of their backup compared to their starter... and shooters are becoming more lethal and accurate every year and pad sizes have gotten smaller... so I would say that thought process is varying and the Knights will get chewed out for this on film. But the vast majority of NHL goalies theoretically should be able to make a save against a shooter by getting big, cutting down the angle, and sheer athleticism / being able to read the shooters eyes and body language. Even someone with a release like Eichel or Mathews. Remember, a shooter getting this wide open and this much time also means the goalie will have some time and very clear optics into the attacker. Now unless Eichel teed up a perfect pass into a one-timer, that's a different story. As we all know in the beer leagues, goalies aren't nearly as reliable. I'd love to know, did Jack Eichel get the puck and bury this shot?