NHL EDGE tracking · Thursday, December 11, 2025
Zach Benson goal at the Vancouver Canucks
2nd period, 14:46, power play 5-on-4. Assisted by Josh Doan and Tage Thompson. Scored on Thatcher Demko. Score after the goal: BUF 3, VAN 2.
Zach Benson (BUF @ VAN): Cycle, 5 passes, 24.6 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Cycle
- Passes before the goal
- 5
- Finish
- one-timer
- Shot type
- Snap
- Shot speed
- 24.6 mph
- Release distance
- 20 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 8.9 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 11.2 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