Ranging from zero to ten, this slider dictate is your team's tendency to either take the puck into the offensive zone during the powerplay or to dump and chase the puck up the ice. At zero, your powerplay unit will carry the NHL 21 Hut Coins puck far more often than not, while a ten on the slider means that your staff will always dump the puck in the offensive zone and chase this up while on the powerplay. After you pick up the puck in the defensive zone, most often behind your net, your control strategy will dictate the formation in which your team skates to split into the neutral zone and also offensive zone. So, in turn, it will determine what passing options you have when escaping your zone.

One skater sets up in your defensive blueline while another sits on the offensive blueline, presenting themselves as choices on the breakout. Together with your defenseman about the puck behind the web, your center will swing the puck carrier supporting the internet as well as the neutral zone whereas the ideal wing will come across to the side that you're taking the puck for additional support.

These approaches affect how your players put up when you regain the puck at the defensive end while on the powerplay. When you track back to have the puck, you take up the ice and in the offensive zone. Your other NHL 21 Coins For Sale players will distribute like looking for the pass but understand they won't obtain the puck until you've skated beyond the offensive blueline.