Columbus Blue Jackets vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Tuesday, January 6, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose

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2–5

Final

SOG 36–36

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Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at SAP Center at San Jose.

Goals came from Pavol Regenda, Alexander Wennberg, Zach Werenski, Zack Ostapchuk, Sean Monahan, Mario Ferraro and Macklin Celebrini.

Alex Nedeljkovic made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jet Greaves stopped 31 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	0	1	1	2	36
SJS	1	1	3	5	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Pavol Regenda (6)Alexander Wennberg (20), Tyler Toffoli (17)0–119:11 SJS

2nd period

Alexander Wennberg (8)William Eklund (17), Dmitry Orlov (20)0–204:14 SJS · PPG
Zach Werenski (16)Dmitri Voronkov (13), Kirill Marchenko (19)Regenda 1:22 into shift1–219:15 CBJ

3rd period

Zack Ostapchuk (2)Unassisted1–315:16 SJS
Sean Monahan (6)Ivan Provorov (11)2–316:05 CBJ
Mario Ferraro (3)Alexander Wennberg (21)2–417:46 SJS · EN
Macklin Celebrini (23)Collin Graf (11), Mario Ferraro (8)2–518:31 SJS · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:22

1–2 · 2nd 19:15 · Werenski. Regenda was 1:22 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceSJS on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 SJS

1st 19:11 · Regenda

Werenski 0:40

NormalWerenski 0:40

0–2 SJS

2nd 4:14 · PP · Wennberg

Jenner 0:21

Fresh legsJenner 0:21

1–2 CBJ

2nd 19:15 · Werenski

Long shift: Regenda 1:22

Long shiftRegenda 1:22

1–3 SJS

3rd 15:16 · Ostapchuk

Coyle 0:31

Fresh legsCoyle 0:31

2–3 CBJ

3rd 16:05 · Monahan

Wennberg 0:49

NormalWennberg 0:49

2–4 SJS

3rd 17:46 · EN · Ferraro

Monahan 0:20

Empty netMonahan 0:20

2–5 SJS

3rd 18:31 · EN · Celebrini

Monahan 1:05

Empty netMonahan 1:05

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

CBJSJS

36Shots on goal36

58%Faceoff %42%

0/3Power play1/5

15Penalty minutes11

12Hits20

16Blocked shots15

12Giveaways12

3Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 07:43Damon Severson · interference2 min
1st 15:20Ty Dellandrea · tripping2 min
2nd 03:18Zachary Aston-Reese · tripping2 min
2nd 05:45Igor Chernyshov · hooking2 min
2nd 08:57Dante Fabbro · interference2 min
2nd 15:15Denton Mateychuk · tripping2 min
2nd 16:41Boone Jenner · high sticking2 min
2nd 19:16Ryan Reaves · fighting5 min
2nd 19:16Mathieu Olivier · fighting5 min
3rd 02:20Barclay Goodrow · slashing2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	1	1	-1	3	2	1	0	–	16:08
23Sean MonahanC	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	60	16:16
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0	0	–	17:41
8Zach WerenskiD	1	0	1	-3	2	0	1	0	–	24:47
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	28:17
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-3	1	0	1	0	57	17:24
4Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	15:00
16Brendan GaunceC	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	62	13:29
19Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	0	55	16:59
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	5	–	15:53
27Zachary Aston-ReeseL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	07:39
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	2	67	18:18
43Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	06:43
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	13:04
2Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	07:17
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	20:07
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	13:53
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	–	22:58

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG	L	34	31	3	.912	59:11
90Elvis MerzlikinsG		0	0	0	–	00:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

21Alexander WennbergC	1	2	3	+1	3	1	1	0	45	21:14
38Mario FerraroD	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	–	19:22
51Collin GrafR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	15:52
63Zack OstapchukC	1	0	1	+1	4	3	2	0	42	12:25
71Macklin CelebriniC	1	0	1	+2	5	0	2	0	40	25:41
72William EklundL	0	1	1	-1	6	0	2	0	–	21:17
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	0	–	17:23
84Pavol RegendaL	1	0	1	0	3	5	1	0	–	14:05
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	19:47
10Ty DellandreaC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	56	08:42
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	–	11:35
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:05
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	5	–	08:07
92Igor ChernyshovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	15:11
4Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	15:44
6Sam DickinsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	18:24
22Vincent IorioD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	19:25
37Timothy LiljegrenD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	18:48

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Alex NedeljkovicG	W	36	34	2	.944	59:53