NHL EDGE tracking · Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Neal Pionk goal vs the Columbus Blue Jackets
2nd period, 15:30, power play 5-on-4. Assisted by Gustav Nyquist and Nino Niederreiter. Scored on Elvis Merzlikins. Score after the goal: CBJ 1, WPG 3.
Neal Pionk (WPG vs CBJ): Point shot, 5 passes, 65.6 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Point shot
- Passes before the goal
- 5
- Royal-road pass
- Yes
- Finish
- one-timer
- Shot type
- Slap
- Shot speed
- 65.6 mph
- Release distance
- 45 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 7.8 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 17.3 ft
- Time in the zone
- 9.7 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