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Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 8, 2026

Final· T-Mobile Arena
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CBJ
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VGK
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Goals123TShots123T
CBJ2013CBJ861125
VGK1315VGK781126
CBJ 64VGK 51
CBJ 3.13VGK 2.85
PP goals
CBJ 0VGK 1
Hits
CBJ 28VGK 19
Blocks
CBJ 12VGK 20
PIM
CBJ 4VGK 2
CBJ 63%VGK 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3 at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:11 together.

  1. Points
    Mark Stone had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:32.Stone
  2. Points
    Reilly Smith had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:21.Smith
  3. Points
    Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:57.Jenner
  4. Points
    Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:40.Eichel
  5. Points
    Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:40.Marner
  6. Points
    Sean Monahan had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:11.Monahan
  7. Points
    Tomas Hertl had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:09.Hertl
  8. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:11 together.StoneHertlEichelMarnerDorofeyev

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.

Shot map, CBJ at VGK: 115 attempts, 51 on goal, 8 goals, 5.97 expected goals; best chance Mark Stone at 0.24 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · VGK 51 · CBJ 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CBJ at VGK: expected goals 2.85 to 3.13 (CBJ led the chances), shot attempts 51 to 64, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVGKCBJJJSSESMHnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKCBJcontrol2nd3rdJenner · 1st 8:24Johnson · 1st 10:41Smith · 1st 12:20Smith · 2nd 5:19Eichel · 2nd 13:07Stone · 2nd 18:44Marchenko · 3rd 14:28Howden · 3rd 16:14
  • 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 34% of the game, VGK 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, CBJ at VGK: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Akira Schmid (51:29) for VGK and Jet Greaves (56:48) for CBJ, 8 goals.

VGK
CBJ
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against CBJ skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the VGK side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, VGK rows versus CBJ columns: 250 matchups; most common Hanifin vs Fantilli, 12:07 at 22% xGF.

VGK ↓ · CBJ →MarchenkoFantilliVoronkovJennerMonahanJohnsonCoyleSillingerOlivierGaunceAston-ReesePyyhtiaProvorovSeversonWerenskiMateychukFabbroZamulaL1 EichelL1 StoneL1 BarbashevL2 MarnerL2 SmithL2 SaadL3 HertlL3 KolesarL3 HowdenL4 DorofeyevL4 SissonsL4 BowmanD1 HanifinD1 WhitecloudD2 HuttonD2 CoghlanD3 KorczakD3 Lauzon
VGK xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
StatCBJVGK
6250
3.082.14
2.852.12
168
46
2231
+0.086−0.085
34%29%

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

Current CBJ line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 8:24
    CBJBoone Jenner (Zach Werenski, Sean Monahan)tip-in0.09 xG
    CBJ: Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Johnson, MateychukVGK: Stone, Barbashev, Eichel, Lauzon, Korczak
    CBJ 1 – 0 VGK
  2. 10:41
    CBJKent Johnson (Sean Monahan, Boone Jenner)snap0.21 xG
    CBJ: Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Johnson, MateychukVGK: Smith, Hutton, Coghlan, Dorofeyev, Bowman
    CBJ 2 – 0 VGK
  3. 12:20
    VGKReilly Smith (Ben Hutton, Mitch Marner)tip-in0.07 xG
    CBJ: Coyle, Fabbro, Olivier, Zamula, SillingerVGK: Smith, Saad, Hutton, Marner, Coghlan
    CBJ 2 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 5:19
    VGKReilly Smith (Mitch Marner, Mark Stone)wrist0.15 xG
    CBJ: Severson, Provorov, Voronkov, Johnson, FantilliVGK: Smith, Stone, Hanifin, Eichel, Marner, Whitecloud
    CBJ 2 – 2 VGK
  2. 13:07
    VGKJack Eichel (Ivan Barbashev, Mark Stone)wrist0.07 xG
    CBJ: Jenner, Gaunce, Werenski, Johnson, MateychukVGK: Stone, Barbashev, Hanifin, Eichel, Whitecloud
    CBJ 2 – 3 VGK
  3. 18:44
    VGKMark StonePP (Tomas Hertl, Jack Eichel)snap0.24 xG
    CBJ: Coyle, Gaunce, Provorov, MateychukVGK: Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev
    CBJ 2 – 4 VGK

3rd period

  1. 14:28
    CBJKirill Marchenko (Ivan Provorov, Adam Fantilli)wrist0.20 xG
    CBJ: Werenski, Provorov, Marchenko, Voronkov, FantilliVGK: Smith, Saad, Hanifin, Marner, Whitecloud
    CBJ 3 – 4 VGK
  2. 16:14
    VGKBrett Howden (Keegan Kolesar, Tomas Hertl)wrist0.18 xG
    CBJ: Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Johnson, MateychukVGK: Hertl, Hanifin, Kolesar, Howden, Whitecloud
    CBJ 3 – 5 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kirill Marchenko RL1101+140.3402019:35——5977
Adam Fantilli CL1011000.0240018:12——6277
Dmitri Voronkov LL1000010.0621016:29——6786
Boone Jenner CL2112030.4430017:57——5760
Sean Monahan CL2022+110.1110017:11——6264
Kent Johnson CL2101-130.3812016:41——5961
Charlie Coyle CL3000-110.1520017:17——3547
Cole Sillinger CL3000-110.1310013:57——3848
Mathieu Olivier RL3000-100.0650213:40——3848
Brendan Gaunce CL4000-120.0720211:06——5832
Zachary Aston-Reese LL4000000.0361010:26——5831
Mikael Pyyhtia LL4000000.040009:27——6536
Ivan Provorov DD1011050.2502024:13——4747
Damon Severson DD1000-120.7801023:21——5961
Zach Werenski DD2011+110.2301028:00——6065
Denton Mateychuk DD2000000.0001019:14——6972
Dante Fabbro DD3000-110.0110012:58——4758
Egor Zamula DD3000-100.0001011:12——3942
CBJ goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jet Greaves(start)L26215.8082.8556:48

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Eichel CL1112+140.1901022:40——5343
Mark Stone RL1123+130.4103022:32——4631
Ivan Barbashev LL1011010.2300020:47——4731
Mitch Marner RL2022+110.0300017:40——2015
Reilly Smith RL2202020.2900014:21——1812
Brandon Saad LL2000000.0010013:40——2517
Tomas Hertl CL3022+150.5921016:09——7499
Keegan Kolesar RL3011+120.0510212:02——6178
Brett Howden CL3101+130.4800011:04——7485
Pavel Dorofeyev RL4000-100.2010011:35——3158
Colton Sissons CL4000010.0122010:34——2220
Braeden Bowman RL4000-110.202209:24——4361
Noah Hanifin DD1000+200.0110024:54——5850
Zach Whitecloud DD1000+210.0143022:52——5850
Ben Hutton DD2011000.0000016:17——4028
Dylan Coghlan DD2000000.0103015:58——4230
Kaedan Korczak DD3000-110.0221018:22——3638
Jeremy Lauzon DD3000-110.1234017:16——3638
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Akira SchmidW24222.9172.5451:29
Carter Hart(start)—101.0000.588:24

Goal anatomy

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

Boone Jenner (CBJ) 1st 8:24 · assists Zach Werenski, Sean Monahan · Deflection · 46.5 mph shot.

Kent Johnson · 1st 10:41 · CBJ

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
34.9 mph
Distance
13 ft
Entry to goal
3.4 s

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Reilly Smith · 1st 12:20 · VGK

Play
deflection
Passes
5 (royal road)
Shot
43.9 mph
Distance
11 ft
Type
deflection

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Reilly Smith · 2nd 5:19 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
5-on-3
Passes
5
Shot
71.9 mph
Distance
20 ft
Entry to goal
2.9 s

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Jack Eichel · 2nd 13:07 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-2
Passes
2 (royal road)
Shot
36.1 mph
Distance
30 ft
Entry to goal
3.6 s

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Brett Howden · 3rd 16:14 · VGK

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
57.5 mph
Distance
16 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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