Vegas Golden Knights vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Saturday, December 13, 2025 · Nationwide Arena
FDSNOH · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Golden Knights 30-26.
Goals came from Charlie Coyle, Pavel Dorofeyev, Egor Chinakhov, Ben Hutton and Brayden McNabb.
Carter Hart made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jet Greaves stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Coyle (5)Zach Werenski (24), Cole Sillinger (11)0–107:02 CBJ
2nd period
Pavel Dorofeyev (13)Mitch Marner (24), Jack Eichel (29)1–100:41 VGK · PPG
3rd period
Egor Chinakhov (3)Dante Fabbro (4), Kent Johnson (5)McNabb 1:26 into shift1–204:49 CBJ
Ben Hutton (4)Mitch Marner (25), Kaedan Korczak (3)Fabbro 1:46 into shift2–205:52 VGK
Brayden McNabb (1)Mitch Marner (26), Shea Theodore (16)3–213:13 VGK
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–2 · 3rd 5:52 · Hutton. Fabbro was 1:46 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 CBJ
1st 7:02 · Coyle
McNabb 0:43
1–1 VGK
2nd 0:41 · PP · Dorofeyev
Monahan 0:41
1–2 CBJ
3rd 4:49 · Chinakhov
Long shift: McNabb 1:26
2–2 VGK
3rd 5:52 · Hutton
Stuck out there: Fabbro 1:46
3–2 VGK
3rd 13:13 · McNabb
Jenner 0:44
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 10:49
Brandon Saad · slashing2 min - 1st 15:02
Dmitri Voronkov · high sticking2 min - 2nd 00:16Damon Severson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 02:31Brendan Smith · illegal check to head2 min
- 2nd 08:14Brett Howden · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:01Brayden McNabb · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 93Mitch MarnerR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 16Pavel DorofeyevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:04 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:39 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:43 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 23Cole ReinhardtL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:18 |
| 42Braeden BowmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:24 |
| 49Ivan BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:14 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 15Noah HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Akira SchmidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Carter HartG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:50 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:53 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:55 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:53 |
| 15Dante FabbroD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 11Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 16Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 19Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:42 |
| 21Isac LundeströmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 5Denton MateychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 7Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:24 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 58:52 |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |