NHL EDGE tracking · Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Paul Cotter goal vs the Columbus Blue Jackets
1st period, 10:49, even strength 5-on-5. Unassisted. Scored on Elvis Merzlikins. Score after the goal: CBJ 0, NJD 2.
Paul Cotter (NJD vs CBJ): Odd-man rush, carried in, 1-on-0 at the blue line, 0 passes, 19.0 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Odd-man rush
- Zone entry
- Carried in
- Odd-man rush
- 1-on-0
- Passes before the goal
- 0
- Shot type
- Backhand
- Shot speed
- 19.0 mph
- Release distance
- 7 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 21.9 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 4.3 ft
- Zone entry to goal
- 2.2 s
- Time in the zone
- 1.9 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