Tyler Dellow, formerly an analytics specialist with the Edmonton Oilers, recently wrote an interesting piece for The Athletic about NHL teams using offensive-zone faceoffs as set-piece situations from which they could run choreographed plays to create scoring chances. One of the routines Dellow highlighted involved the winger closest to the boards driving to the middle of the ice after a draw had been won to create a lane for a defenceman to attack. Like this:
I was reminded of this a few weeks later not at a hockey rink but a soccer stadium, when Toronto FC did something similar from a corner.