NHL EDGE tracking · Thursday, December 21, 2023
Alex Ovechkin goal at the Columbus Blue Jackets
OT period, 04:07, power play 4-on-3. Assisted by Dylan Strome and John Carlson. Scored on Elvis Merzlikins. Score after the goal: WSH 3, CBJ 2.
Alex Ovechkin (WSH @ CBJ): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 69.5 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Forecheck turnover
- Passes before the goal
- 0
- Shot type
- Wrist
- Shot speed
- 69.5 mph
- Release distance
- 28 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 2.4 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 13.1 ft
- Time in the zone
- 7.8 s
Speeds and distances come from 10 frames-per-second tracking; a single shot can read about ±25% off.
Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE. The replay is a drawing of the tracked positions, not video. How goal anatomy works