NHL EDGE tracking · Saturday, February 8, 2025
Urho Vaakanainen goal at the Columbus Blue Jackets
3rd period, 01:57, even strength 5-on-5. Assisted by Will Cuylle and Vincent Trocheck. Scored on Elvis Merzlikins. Score after the goal: NYR 3, CBJ 3.
Urho Vaakanainen (NYR @ CBJ): Deflection, 1 pass, 28.9 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Deflection
- Passes before the goal
- 1
- Finish
- deflection
- Shot type
- Tip in
- Shot speed
- 28.9 mph
- Release distance
- 8 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 5.8 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 2.4 ft
- Time in the zone
- 9.8 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