NHL EDGE tracking · Friday, March 21, 2025
Rickard Rakell goal vs the Columbus Blue Jackets
1st period, 14:53, even strength 5-on-5. Assisted by Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby. Scored on Elvis Merzlikins. Score after the goal: CBJ 1, PIT 3.
Rickard Rakell (PIT vs CBJ): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 25.4 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Forecheck turnover
- Passes before the goal
- 0
- Finish
- one-timer
- Shot type
- Wrist
- Shot speed
- 25.4 mph
- Release distance
- 4 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 7.3 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 6.0 ft
- Time in the zone
- 9.6 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