NHL EDGE tracking · Thursday, February 5, 2026
Tommy Novak goal at the Buffalo Sabres
3rd period, 15:33, even strength 5-on-5. Assisted by Egor Chinakhov and Evgeni Malkin. Scored on Alex Lyon. Score after the goal: PIT 4, BUF 2.
Tommy Novak (PIT @ BUF): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 15.9 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Forecheck turnover
- Passes before the goal
- 0
- Shot type
- Backhand
- Shot speed
- 15.9 mph
- Release distance
- 5 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 3.0 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 5.2 ft
- Time in the zone
- 10.9 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