NHL EDGE tracking · Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Zach Benson goal at the Montreal Canadiens
3rd period, 04:41, power play 5-on-4. Assisted by Josh Doan and Tage Thompson. Scored on Jakub Dobes. Score after the goal: BUF 3, MTL 2.
Zach Benson (BUF @ MTL): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 21.8 mph shot.
Goal anatomy
- Play
- Forecheck turnover
- Passes before the goal
- 0
- Shot type
- Backhand
- Shot speed
- 21.8 mph
- Release distance
- 6 ft
- Scorer’s skating speed
- 1.8 mph
- Closest defender at release
- 7.7 ft
- Time in the zone
- 9.1 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