Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Thursday, January 30, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

ColumbusBlue JacketsAway

2–1

Final/OT

SOG 24–26

VegasGolden KnightsHome

FDSNOH · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 in overtime on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Blue Jackets 26-24.

Goals came from Tomas Hertl, Adam Fantilli and Cole Sillinger.

Elvis Merzlikins made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 22 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CBJ	1	0	0	1	2	24
VGK	1	0	0	0	1	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Hertl (20)Pavel Dorofeyev (12), Nicolas Hague (4)0–104:58 VGK
Adam Fantilli (15)Dmitri Voronkov (16)Hague 1:17 into shift1–118:34 CBJ

OT period

Cole Sillinger (8)Zach Werenski (39), Kent Johnson (18)2–100:52 CBJ

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:17

1–1 · 1st 18:34 · Fantilli. Hague was 1:17 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 VGK

1st 4:58 · Hertl

Johnson 0:51

NormalJohnson 0:51

1–1 CBJ

1st 18:34 · Fantilli

Long shift: Hague 1:17

Long shiftHague 1:17

2–1 CBJ

OT 0:52 · Sillinger

Eichel 0:52

NormalEichel 0:52

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

CBJVGK

24Shots on goal26

41%Faceoff %59%

0/1Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes2

18Hits10

13Blocked shots11

17Giveaways11

5Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 05:27Mathieu Olivier · tripping2 min
1st 13:48Tomas Hertl · high sticking2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

4Cole SillingerC	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	24	15:54
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	16:38
19Adam FantilliC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	53	18:12
91Kent JohnsonC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:39
8Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	28:05
7Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	50	14:09
17Justin DanforthR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100	12:18
21James van RiemsdykL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:00
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	2	–	13:54
27Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	14:06
65Luca Del Bel BelluzC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33	13:56
82Mikael PyyhtiaL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:59
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:07
2Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	0	–	14:25
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	17:13
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	20:36
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	–	24:20
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:05

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Daniil TarasovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	W	26	25	1	.962	60:52

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

16Pavel DorofeyevL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	100	18:24
48Tomas HertlC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	70	17:50
14Nicolas HagueD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	16:33
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	47	20:42
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	60	14:12
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67	14:06
36Raphael LavoieC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	09:33
49Ivan BarbashevC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	18:11
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:22
61Mark StoneR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	19:28
68Callahan BurkeC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	09:27
70Tanner PearsonL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:29
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	15:39
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	14:51
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	20:24
7Alex PietrangeloD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	–	24:30
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	22:12
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	20:43

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Ilya SamsonovG	O	24	22	2	.917	60:52