With one quick glance, he knows the answers to all of those questions, and before the puck has even dropped, he knows he's probably going to win the draw.
"After taking so many face-offs, it just comes natural," O'Reilly told stlouisblues.com. "The decisions for what I want to do are made in a split second. After having success a lot of times, I'm going in there in control of the dot. I know I can win the draw, I'm confident in that."
O'Reilly attributes some of that confidence to being familiar with his opponents.
"There are certain tendencies, little tells that every guy gives away," he said. "You know after playing against them for awhile, you know (those tendencies). You develop a sense for how that draw is going to go, but at the end of the day, it's about being strong and having good hand-eye coordination and having a plan. I try to have that on every face-off. A lot of it is looking at the ref, looking at the puck, using my peripherals to read what (my opponent) is doing, seeing where he's off-balance and where he's strong. It's all those little reads you make. But again, it's about being confident.
"A lot of it, too, is communication with my linemates and them getting a good feel for my tendencies," he added. "A lot of times there are 50/50 pucks they're helping win back for me. It's a good recipe of everyone on the ice being on the same page, of me being strong in there and confident, but also knowing if there's a 50/50 puck or if I lose one a little bit, my linemates are going to be there to bail me out and win it. So there's a lot that goes into it."