Columbus Blue JacketsvsVegas Golden Knights — Jan 8, 2026

Jan 8, 2026

Final

Three Stars

First Star
M. Stone
VGK logo

M. Stone

VGK • #61 • R
G 1A 2PTS 3SOG 3
Second Star
R. Smith
VGK logo

R. Smith

VGK • #19 • R
G 2A 0PTS 2SOG 2
Third Star
J. Eichel
VGK logo

J. Eichel

VGK • #9 • C
G 1A 1PTS 2SOG 4

Linescore

Team123Total
CBJ2013
VGK1315

Shots On Goal

Team123Total
CBJ861125
VGK781126

Goals

1st Period

B. Jenner
CBJ

B. Jenner(7th)

8:24(EV)

Assisted by Z. Werenski and S. Monahan

K. Johnson
CBJ

K. Johnson(4th)

10:41(EV)

Assisted by S. Monahan and B. Jenner

R. Smith
VGK

R. Smith(7th)

12:20(EV)

Assisted by B. Hutton and M. Marner

2nd Period

R. Smith
VGK

R. Smith(8th)

5:19(EV)

Assisted by M. Marner and M. Stone

J. Eichel
VGK

J. Eichel(13th)

13:07(EV)

Assisted by I. Barbashev and M. Stone

M. Stone
VGK

M. Stone(14th)

18:44(PP)

Power play goal assisted by T. Hertl and J. Eichel

3rd Period

K. Marchenko
CBJ

K. Marchenko(16th)

14:28(EV)

Assisted by I. Provorov and A. Fantilli

B. Howden
VGK

B. Howden(9th)

16:14(EV)

Assisted by K. Kolesar and T. Hertl

Game Stats

Away team logo
vs
Home team logo

25

Shots On Goal

26

63.2

Faceoff %

36.8

0-1 (0.0%)

Power Play %

(50.0%) 1-2

4

Penalty Minutes

2

28

Hits

19

12

Blocked Shots

20

18

Giveaways

15

4

Takeaways

8

Box Score

61M. Stone123+101032130.022:32
9J. Eichel112+100012140.322:40
19R. Smith202000003020.014:21
48T. Hertl022+100210150.516:09
93M. Marner022+100002010.117:40
21B. Howden101+100000130.011:04
49I. Barbashev011000002110.020:47
55K. Kolesar011+120100020.012:02
10C. Sissons000000220010.410:34
16P. Dorofeyev000-100101000.011:35
20B. Saad000000100000.013:40
42B. Bowman000-100220010.009:24
17B. Hutton011000000000.016:17
2Z. Whitecloud000+200431110.022:52
5J. Lauzon000-100340110.017:16
6K. Korczak000-100211010.018:22
15N. Hanifin000+200100100.024:54
52D. Coghlan000000031000.015:58
79C. Hart.0001010/110/000/0008:24
40A. Schmid.9172422220/2222/200/0051:29
OVRTeamGFGAGDL10StrkPTS
28th
CBJ
132147-154-5-1L243
12th
VGK
133132+13-5-2W250
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Goaltenders

VGK

1
Akira Schmid

Akira Schmid

5 GP

Record

12-4-5

GAA

2.51

EV%

.860

PK%

.846

SV%

.894

2
Carter Hart

Carter Hart

5 GP

Record

5-3-3

GAA

3.28

EV%

.784

PK%

.000

SV%

.871

CBJ

1
Jet Greaves

Jet Greaves

5 GP

Record

12-12-6

GAA

2.74

EV%

.906

PK%

.852

SV%

.907

2
Elvis Merzlikins

Elvis Merzlikins

5 GP

Record

6-6-1

GAA

4.04

EV%

-

PK%

-

SV%

.877

Hot Players (Last 5 Games)

VGK

1
M. Stone

M. Stone

R | 5GP

G

5

A

0

P

5

PPP

2

PPG

2

P/G

1.00

2
P. Dorofeyev

P. Dorofeyev

R | 5GP

G

1

A

4

P

5

PPP

2

PPG

0

P/G

1.00

3
B. Howden

B. Howden

C | 5GP

G

1

A

2

P

3

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

0.60

CBJ

1
K. Marchenko

K. Marchenko

R | 5GP

G

2

A

3

P

5

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

1.00

2
D. Mateychuk

D. Mateychuk

D | 5GP

G

2

A

3

P

5

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

1.00

3
Z. Werenski

Z. Werenski

D | 3GP

G

2

A

3

P

5

PPP

0

PPG

0

P/G

1.67

Avg Goals Scored Per Period

0.910.98
1.090.90
0.911.17
1st Period2nd Period3rd Period
CBJ
VGK

Head-to-Head

Performance in Last 10 Matchups

Head-to-Head Wins

CBJ (3)VGK (7)

Goals / Game

CBJ
2.70
VGK
3.70

Goals Against / Game

CBJ
3.70
VGK
2.70

Shots / Game

CBJ
16.0
VGK
19.2

Power Play %

CBJ
0.0%
VGK
33.3%

Penalty Kill %

CBJ
66.7%
VGK
100.0%

Face-Off %

CBJ
56.0%
VGK
44.0%

Scratches

VGK

1
Cole Reinhardt

Cole Reinhardt

2
Alexander Holtz

Alexander Holtz

CBJ

1
Danton Heinen

Danton Heinen

2
Jake Christiansen

Jake Christiansen

PIM Leaders (Season)

VGK

1
Keegan Kolesar

Keegan Kolesar

R

PIM

42

2
Jeremy Lauzon

Jeremy Lauzon

D

PIM

39

3
Tomas Hertl

Tomas Hertl

C

PIM

23

CBJ

1
Mathieu Olivier

Mathieu Olivier

R

PIM

60

2
Dmitri Voronkov

Dmitri Voronkov

L

PIM

49

3
Damon Severson

Damon Severson

D

PIM

26

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