NHL EDGE tracking · Thursday, January 2, 2025
Cale Makar goal vs the Buffalo Sabres
3rd period, 17:34, 6-on-5, COL net empty. Assisted by Nathan MacKinnon and Devon Toews. Scored on Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. Score after the goal: BUF 5, COL 4.
Cale Makar (COL vs BUF): Point shot, 4 passes, 90.8 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Point shot
- Passes before the goal
- 4
- Royal-road pass
- Yes
- Finish
- one-timer
- Shot type
- Slap
- Shot speed
- 90.8 mph
- Release distance
- 51 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 5.9 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 15.2 ft
- Time in the zone
- 9.7 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