Colorado Avalanche forward Tyson Jost scores from a place of confidence.
Maybe the same can be said of any player. However, for Jost, I feel like scoring gives him self-assurance, and lack of scoring hits his confidence. I believe he’s cut in the Matt Duchene mold in that way.
You see it in how he scored when he was in the prestigious hockey program at the University of North Dakota:
You see it in how he moves, completely sure of himself. For instance, in the first goal on the video, he effects the spin-o-rama, drives to the net, outworks the goalie, and scores.