NHL EDGE tracking · Thursday, January 1, 2026
Alexander Nikishin goal vs the Montreal Canadiens
2nd period, 00:54, power play 5-on-4. Assisted by Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov. Scored on Jakub Dobes. Score after the goal: MTL 2, CAR 4.
Alexander Nikishin (CAR vs MTL): Forecheck turnover, 5 passes, 72.7 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Forecheck turnover
- Passes before the goal
- 5
- Royal-road pass
- Yes
- Finish
- one-timer
- Shot type
- Slap
- Shot speed
- 72.7 mph
- Release distance
- 51 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 4.4 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 23.7 ft
- Time in the zone
- 9.3 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