How do people score on breakaways?

Whenever I go on a breakaway, I usually just go swing forehand backhand until I'm at a close enough distance to shoot, and my breakaways feel just as likely to go in as a shot from an offensive zone cycle possession. But when people get breakaways on me, no matter who my goalie is, there's like a 40%ish chance they just have an open net. Is there some stick combo people use to get that?