Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 30, 2025

Final / OTThursday, Jan 30, 2025· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	1	0	0	1	2		CBJ	8	6	7	3	24
VGK	1	0	0	0	1		VGK	12	7	7	0	26

: CBJ 47VGK 57
: CBJ 2.81VGK 2.55
PP goals: CBJ 0VGK 0
Hits: CBJ 18VGK 10
Blocks: CBJ 13VGK 11
PIM: CBJ 2VGK 2
: CBJ 41%VGK 59%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 (OT)

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 in overtime at VGK. Adam Fantilli (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VGK: Kolesar–Roy–Lavoie skated 5:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for VGK: Kolesar–Roy–Lavoie skated 5:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Roy Lavoie
New line
New look for VGK: Pearson–Howden–Burke skated 4:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Howden Burke
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 2.55 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Damon Severson (CBJ) played 15:05, −4:02 down on his 19:07 season average over 69 games.Severson
Usage
Dante Fabbro (CBJ) played 24:20, +3:29 up on his 20:51 season average over 67 games.Fabbro
Cats
Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) threw 6 hits and blocked 3 shots, a night for hits leagues.Olivier

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · VGK 57 · CBJ 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
CBJ pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 30% of the game, VGK 28%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	VGK
	52	65
	2.06	2.87
	1.97	2.65
	8	10
	4	6
	18	23
	−0.055	+0.055
	30%	28%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
13:2747% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Johnson – Sillinger
11:0928% CF
L3Olivier – Aston-Reese – Del Bel Belluz
10:3450% CF
L4Kuraly – Danforth – Pyyhtia
9:4253% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
21:3942% CF
D2Provorov – Mateychuk
14:5958% CF
D3Severson – Christiansen
13:1745% CF

PP1Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Johnson – Fantilli
1:05100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Provorov – Sillinger – Del Bel Belluz – Mateychuk
0:440% CF
PK1FKuraly – Pyyhtia
1:13
PK2FAston-Reese – Sillinger
0:24
PK1DProvorov – Fabbro
1:23
PK2DWerenski – Mateychuk
0:12

Current CBJ line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
14:3852% CF
L2Hertl – Olofsson – Dorofeyev
13:1270% CF
L3Kolesar – Roy – Lavoie
5:1544% CF
L4Pearson – Howden – Burke
4:3133% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hanifin
20:5165% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
17:1853% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
13:4752% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Dorofeyev
1:48100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Olofsson – Hanifin – Roy
0:12
PK1FEichel – Howden
0:44
PK2FStone – Kolesar
0:20
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
0:44
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:36

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:58
VGKTomas Hertl (Pavel Dorofeyev, Nicolas Hague)snap0.10 xG
CBJ: van Riemsdyk, Severson, Christiansen, Johnson, SillingerVGK: Hertl, Olofsson, Hague, Whitecloud, Dorofeyev
CBJ 0 – 1 VGK
18:34
CBJAdam Fantilli (Dmitri Voronkov)wrist0.33 xG
CBJ: Provorov, Marchenko, Voronkov, Mateychuk, FantilliVGK: Kolesar, Roy, Hague, Whitecloud, Lavoie
CBJ 1 – 1 VGK

OT period

0:52
CBJCole Sillinger (Zach Werenski, Kent Johnson)snap0.75 xG
CBJ: Werenski, Johnson, SillingerVGK: Pietrangelo, Hertl, Eichel
CBJ 2 – 1 VGK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adam Fantilli C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.49	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	43	35
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	46	35
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	2	0	0	16:38	—	—	49	40
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.26	0	1	0	16:39	—	—	29	20
Cole Sillinger C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.80	0	2	0	15:54	—	—	29	22
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	35	23
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:06	—	—	56	74
Luca Del Bel Belluz C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	44	21
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	3	2	13:54	—	—	44	29
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	1	0	14:09	—	—	63	84
Mikael Pyyhtia L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	47	58
Justin Danforth R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	12:18	—	—	58	83
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	0	1	0	28:05	—	—	38	32
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	0	3	0	24:20	—	—	41	43
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	48	39
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	55	60
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	52	54
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	3	2	0	14:25	—	—	46	47

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.55	60:52

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	20:42	—	—	55	75
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	0	1	0	19:28	—	—	54	67
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	1	0	18:11	—	—	64	77
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	65	76
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	1	0	2	17:50	—	—	68	79
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	15:39	—	—	68	77
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	43	14
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	46	37
Raphael Lavoie C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:33	—	—	42	15
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	55	36
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:29	—	—	35	29
Callahan Burke C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:27	—	—	46	21
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	0	2	0	24:30	—	—	62	69
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	66	78
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	1	0	20:43	—	—	52	47
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	2	0	20:24	—	—	53	61
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	16:33	—	—	44	37
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	14:51	—	—	52	38

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	O	24	22	2	.917	2.81	60:52

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tomas Hertl (VGK) 1st 4:58 · assists Pavel Dorofeyev, Nicolas Hague · Dump and chase · dumped in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 65.4 mph shot · 5.0 s from entry to goal.

Tomas Hertl · 1st 4:58 · VGK

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Adam Fantilli · 1st 18:34 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 1.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s

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Cole Sillinger · OT 0:52 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s
Type: rebound

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.