NHL EDGE tracking · Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Michael Bunting goal vs the Columbus Blue Jackets
2nd period, 00:51, power play 5-on-4. Assisted by Sidney Crosby and Erik Karlsson. Scored on Elvis Merzlikins. Score after the goal: CBJ 1, PIT 1.
Michael Bunting (PIT vs CBJ): Deflection, carried in, 4-on-3 at the blue line, 0 passes, 8.2 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Deflection
- Zone entry
- Carried in
- Odd-man rush
- 4-on-3
- Passes before the goal
- 0
- Shot type
- Tip in
- Shot speed
- 8.2 mph
- Release distance
- 7 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 1.5 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 10.2 ft
- Zone entry to goal
- 8.0 s
- Time in the zone
- 7.4 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