NHL EDGE tracking · Thursday, October 30, 2025
Dawson Mercer goal at the San Jose Sharks
1st period, 19:00, power play 5-on-4. Assisted by Jack Hughes and Dougie Hamilton. Scored on Alex Nedeljkovic. Score after the goal: NJD 1, SJS 3.
Dawson Mercer (NJD @ SJS): Deflection, 2 passes, 43.1 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Deflection
- Passes before the goal
- 2
- Royal-road pass
- Yes
- Finish
- deflection
- Shot type
- Tip in
- Shot speed
- 43.1 mph
- Release distance
- 17 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 5.5 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 9.3 ft
- Time in the zone
- 8.5 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