Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

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SOG 25–26

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Blue Jackets 26-25.

Reilly Smith scored twice. Boone Jenner, Kent Johnson, Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Kirill Marchenko and Brett Howden also scored.

Akira Schmid made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jet Greaves stopped 21 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	2	0	1	3	25
VGK	1	3	1	5	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Boone Jenner (7)Zach Werenski (30), Sean Monahan (15)Lauzon 1:30 into shift1–008:24 CBJ
Kent Johnson (4)Sean Monahan (16), Boone Jenner (14)2–010:41 CBJ
Reilly Smith (7)Ben Hutton (7), Mitch Marner (34)2–112:20 VGK

2nd period

Reilly Smith (8)Mitch Marner (35), Mark Stone (22)Provorov 1:05 into shift2–205:19 VGK
Jack Eichel (13)Ivan Barbashev (19), Mark Stone (23)Johnson 1:06 into shift2–313:07 VGK
Mark Stone (14)Tomas Hertl (17), Jack Eichel (32)2–418:44 VGK · PPG

3rd period

Kirill Marchenko (16)Ivan Provorov (12), Adam Fantilli (15)Hanifin 1:03 into shift3–414:28 CBJ
Brett Howden (9)Keegan Kolesar (7), Tomas Hertl (18)Werenski 1:06 into shift3–516:14 VGK

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:30

1–0 · 1st 8:24 · Jenner. VGK stayed on through an icing. Lauzon was 1:30 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 CBJ

1st 8:24 · Jenner

Stuck out there: Lauzon 1:30

Stuck out thereLauzon 1:30

2–0 CBJ

1st 10:41 · Johnson

Hutton 0:34

Fresh legsHutton 0:34

2–1 VGK

1st 12:20 · Smith

Olivier 0:49

NormalOlivier 0:49

2–2 VGK

2nd 5:19 · Smith

Long shift: Provorov 1:05

Long shiftProvorov 1:05

2–3 VGK

2nd 13:07 · Eichel

Long shift: Johnson 1:06

Long shiftJohnson 1:06

2–4 VGK

2nd 18:44 · PP · Stone

Coyle 0:36

Fresh legsCoyle 0:36

3–4 CBJ

3rd 14:28 · Marchenko

Long shift: Hanifin 1:03

Long shiftHanifin 1:03

3–5 VGK

3rd 16:14 · Howden

Long shift: Werenski 1:06

Long shiftWerenski 1:06

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

CBJVGK

25Shots on goal26

63%Faceoff %37%

0/1Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes2

28Hits19

12Blocked shots20

18Giveaways15

4Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 18:04Keegan Kolesar · high sticking2 min
2nd 18:28Mathieu Olivier · hooking2 min
3rd 02:39Brendan Gaunce · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

23Sean MonahanC	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	91	17:11
38Boone JennerC	1	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	–	17:57
19Adam FantilliC	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	59	18:12
86Kirill MarchenkoR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	2	0	–	19:35
91Kent JohnsonC	1	0	1	-1	3	1	2	0	–	16:41
8Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	28:00
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	1	1	0	5	0	2	0	–	24:13
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	64	17:17
4Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	100	13:57
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	16:29
16Brendan GaunceC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	46	11:06
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	2	–	13:40
27Zachary Aston-ReeseL	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	–	10:26
82Mikael PyyhtiaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:27
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	19:14
6Egor ZamulaD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	11:12
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	12:58
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	23:21

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG	L	26	21	5	.808	56:48
90Elvis MerzlikinsG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

61Mark StoneR	1	2	3	+1	3	0	3	0	–	22:32
9Jack EichelC	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	33	22:40
19Reilly SmithR	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:21
48Tomas HertlC	0	2	2	+1	5	2	1	0	50	16:09
93Mitch MarnerR	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	13	17:40
21Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	11:04
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	20:47
55Keegan KolesarR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	–	12:02
17Ben HuttonD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:17
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	44	10:34
16Pavel DorofeyevR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	11:35
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:40
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	09:24
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	+2	1	4	3	0	–	22:52
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	4	0	–	17:16
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	18:22
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	–	24:54
52Dylan CoghlanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	15:58

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Akira SchmidG	W	24	22	2	.917	51:29
79Carter HartG		1	0	1	.000	08:24