Vancouver Canucks vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Thursday, January 15, 2026 · Nationwide Arena
SNP · FDSNOH
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Canucks 36-31.
Goals came from Charlie Coyle, Kirill Marchenko, Zach Werenski, Brock Boeser and Kent Johnson.
Elvis Merzlikins made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kevin Lankinen stopped 32 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Coyle (10)Kirill Marchenko (23), Adam Fantilli (18)Pettersson 2:23 into shift0–117:25 CBJ · PPG
2nd period
Kirill Marchenko (17)Unassisted0–205:49 CBJ
Zach Werenski (18)Kent Johnson (9)0–310:14 CBJ · PPG
Brock Boeser (10)Elias Pettersson (16), Zeev Buium (15)Coyle 1:18 into shift1–314:09 VAN · PPG
3rd period
Kent Johnson (5)Boone Jenner (16), Damon Severson (15)1–410:13 CBJ
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
0–1 · 1st 17:25 · Coyle. Pettersson was 2:23 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 CBJ
1st 17:25 · PP · Coyle
Stuck out there: Pettersson 2:23
0–2 CBJ
2nd 5:49 · Marchenko
Hronek 0:27
0–3 CBJ
2nd 10:14 · PP · Werenski
Willander 0:43
1–3 VAN
2nd 14:09 · PP · Boeser
Long shift: Coyle 1:18
1–4 CBJ
3rd 10:13 · Johnson
Kane 0:16
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 15:49
Max Sasson · tripping2 min - 2nd 08:42Marcus Pettersson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 12:51
Kirill Marchenko · hooking2 min - 3rd 05:40Charlie Coyle · tripping2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 6Brock BoeserR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:45 |
| 40Elias PetterssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 24Zeev BuiumD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:46 |
| 8Conor GarlandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 13Arshdeep BainsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:56 |
| 18Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:27 |
| 54Aatu RätyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 63Max SassonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 |
| 64David KampfC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 91Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 12:31 |
| 92Liam OhgrenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 94Linus KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:37 |
| 5Tom WillanderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 17Filip HronekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 29Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:06 |
| 90Victor ManciniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kevin LankinenG | L | 36 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 60:00 |
| 60Nikita TolopiloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18:10 |
| 19Adam FantilliC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:05 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 25:32 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 16Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:06 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:26 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:49 |
| 82Mikael PyyhtiaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 2Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 15Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:08 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 59:54 |