NHL EDGE tracking · Saturday, January 4, 2025
Nikolai Kovalenko goal vs the New Jersey Devils
1st period, 17:40, even strength 5-on-5. Assisted by William Eklund and Luke Kunin. Scored on Jacob Markstrom. Score after the goal: NJD 0, SJS 1.
Nikolai Kovalenko (SJS vs NJD): Forecheck turnover, carried in, 2 passes, 25.7 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Forecheck turnover
- Zone entry
- Carried in
- Passes before the goal
- 2
- Shot type
- Wrist
- Shot speed
- 25.7 mph
- Release distance
- 8 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 12.4 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 8.5 ft
- Zone entry to goal
- 6.5 s
- Time in the zone
- 6.3 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