Vegas Golden Knights vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 13, 2025

FinalSaturday, Dec 13, 2025· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	9	7	10	26
CBJ	1	0	1	2		CBJ	9	10	11	30

: VGK 61CBJ 59
: VGK 1.88CBJ 1.99
PP goals: VGK 1CBJ 0
Hits: VGK 15CBJ 15
Blocks: VGK 20CBJ 19
PIM: VGK 8CBJ 6
: VGK 42%CBJ 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 at CBJ. Mitch Marner (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:53 together.

Points
Mitch Marner had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:46.Marner
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:53 together.Stone Hertl Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Marchenko–Fantilli skated 12:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Marchenko Fantilli
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Barbashev–Eichel skated 7:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Barbashev Eichel
Usage
Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) played 11:04, −6:37 down on his 17:41 season average over 81 games.Dorofeyev
New line
New look for CBJ: Gaunce–Chinakhov–Johnson skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaunce Chinakhov Johnson
New line
New look for CBJ: Monahan–Lundeström–Voronkov skated 10:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Monahan Lundeström Voronkov
Usage
Egor Chinakhov (CBJ) played 9:53, −3:39 down on his 13:32 season average over 71 games.Chinakhov

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

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

CBJ
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · CBJ 59 · VGK 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 31% of the game, CBJ 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CBJ 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
Stat	VGK	CBJ
	62	56
	1.43	1.92
	1.41	1.88
	5	8
	4	6
	24	22
	−0.046	+0.046
	31%	33%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
7:4271% CF
L2Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
6:2771% CF
L3Sissons – Kolesar – Reinhardt
5:2363% CF
L4Marner – Howden – Bowman
3:0514% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
16:0450% CF
D2Hutton – Korczak
12:1467% CF
D3Hanifin – Whitecloud
11:4057% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
2:53100% CF
PP2Sissons – Theodore – Barbashev – Hanifin – Bowman
0:56100% CF
PK1FEichel – Marner
2:42
PK2FStone – Kolesar
0:32
PK1DHanifin – Whitecloud
3:30
PK2DMcNabb – Theodore
1:53

Current VGK line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Jenner – Marchenko – Fantilli
12:1946% CF
L2Coyle – Wood – Sillinger
11:1043% CF
L3Monahan – Lundeström – Voronkov
10:2659% CF
L4Gaunce – Chinakhov – Johnson
5:2871% CF
D1Severson – Provorov
17:4741% CF
D2Werenski – Mateychuk
15:5559% CF
D3Smith – Fabbro
10:1328% CF

PP1Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
4:17100% CF
PP2Coyle – Jenner – Severson – Provorov – Johnson
0:49100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
1:39
PK2FGaunce – Sillinger
1:24
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
1:57
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
1:24

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.07	2	2	0	20:48	—	—	46	33
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	74	64
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:26	—	—	41	31
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	65	44
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	13:39	—	—	59	50
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.62	0	0	0	11:04	—	—	78	86
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	5	4	0	14:36	—	—	47	58
Cole Reinhardt L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	64	49
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:09	—	—	42	29
Mitch Marner R	L4	0	3	3	+2	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:46	—	—	61	63
Braeden Bowman R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	32	20
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:10	—	—	52	42
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.11	0	1	0	22:43	—	—	49	31
Brayden McNabb D	D1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.17	1	2	4	20:24	—	—	44	19
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	1	3	0	17:30	—	—	58	75
Ben Hutton D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.16	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	68	91
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	22:13	—	—	50	38
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	4	0	17:45	—	—	50	30

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	1.99	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	0	0	18:46	—	—	52	79
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	1	3	0	18:42	—	—	40	56
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	2	2	0	16:32	—	—	38	48
Charlie Coyle C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.23	0	1	0	17:50	—	—	35	46
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	14:35	—	—	43	49
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	45	59
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	2	0	17:58	—	—	62	71
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	17:26	—	—	59	70
Isac Lundeström C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	52	34
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:44	—	—	56	54
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:55	—	—	67	87
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	50	53
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	1	0	23:24	—	—	42	48
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	20:38	—	—	43	47
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	2	0	25:53	—	—	63	77
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	3	0	20:18	—	—	58	77
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	13:54	—	—	41	49
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	2	11:12	—	—	26	32

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	1.88	58:52

Goal anatomy

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

Charlie Coyle (CBJ) 1st 7:02 · assists Zach Werenski, Cole Sillinger · Rush · carried in · 47.1 mph shot · 3.6 s from entry to goal.

Charlie Coyle · 1st 7:02 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 47.1 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 0:41 · VGK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 51.7 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Type: one-timer

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Egor Chinakhov · 3rd 4:49 · CBJ

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Ben Hutton · 3rd 5:52 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 72.7 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Brayden McNabb · 3rd 13:13 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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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.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 13, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Charlie Coyle · 1st 7:02 · CBJ

Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 0:41 · VGK PP

Egor Chinakhov · 3rd 4:49 · CBJ

Ben Hutton · 3rd 5:52 · VGK

Brayden McNabb · 3rd 13:13 · VGK