NHL EDGE tracking · Sunday, January 4, 2026
Tommy Novak goal at the Columbus Blue Jackets
3rd period, 03:28, power play 5-on-4. Assisted by Ben Kindel. Scored on Jet Greaves. Score after the goal: PIT 3, CBJ 4.
Tommy Novak (PIT @ CBJ): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 59.5 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Forecheck turnover
- Passes before the goal
- 1
- Finish
- one-timer
- Shot type
- Slap
- Shot speed
- 59.5 mph
- Release distance
- 34 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 4.7 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 17.7 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