The right play would have been a high lob that would have caused time to run out.I agree he's probably feeling some pressure. I don't think that it really had anything to do with his decision at the end. I'd much rather him try and do that than try a half-assed flip out of the zone that can easily be fanned on or knocked down.
He made up for it on the next faceoff. I didn't really have a problem with what he did though as I said. I may be wrong on why, but that's what I'm guessing anyway.