NHL EDGE tracking · Sunday, March 9, 2025
Brandon Saad goal vs the Los Angeles Kings
3rd period, 11:33, even strength 5-on-5. Unassisted. Scored on David Rittich. Score after the goal: LAK 6, VGK 4.
Brandon Saad (VGK vs LAK): Dump and chase, dumped in, 0 passes, 42.3 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Dump and chase
- Zone entry
- Dumped in
- Passes before the goal
- 0
- Shot type
- Slap
- Shot speed
- 42.3 mph
- Release distance
- 35 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 14.1 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 8.0 ft
- Zone entry to goal
- 2.1 s
- Time in the zone
- 1.5 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