NHL EDGE tracking · Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Rickard Rakell goal vs the Columbus Blue Jackets
3rd period, 00:24, even strength 5-on-5. Assisted by Erik Karlsson and Matt Grzelcyk. Scored on Elvis Merzlikins. Score after the goal: CBJ 1, PIT 2.
Rickard Rakell (PIT vs CBJ): Odd-man rush, carried in, 3-on-2 at the blue line, 0 passes, 73.6 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Odd-man rush
- Zone entry
- Carried in
- Odd-man rush
- 3-on-2
- Passes before the goal
- 0
- Shot type
- Wrist
- Shot speed
- 73.6 mph
- Release distance
- 30 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 17.9 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 10.3 ft
- Zone entry to goal
- 2.0 s
- Time in the zone
- 1.7 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