The name of the game in NHL 19 is creativity and expression.
As a game with P.K. Subban on the cover should be.
This year's offering from EA Sports could have rested on its laurels a year removed from strongly revamping gameplay to a series-best foundation, making a few tweaks here and there before calling it a release.
Instead, NHL 19 boldly steps into new territory in different ways, most prominently by embracing player customization, offering an expansion of arcade modes not in arenas but vast outdoor locales and giving an encouraging nudge toward interactivity within a community.