Columbus Blue Jackets at Vegas Golden Knights

Thu, Jan 8, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Columbus Blue Jackets

3 – 5

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3 on Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. Reilly Smith scored twice. Akira Schmid made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–26.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:24	CBJ	EV	Boone Jenner (7) · tip-in	Zach Werenski (30), Sean Monahan (15)	1–0
1st	10:41	CBJ	EV	Kent Johnson (4) · snap	Sean Monahan (16), Boone Jenner (14)	2–0
1st	12:20	VGK	EV	Reilly Smith (7) · tip-in	Ben Hutton (7), Mitch Marner (34)	2–1
2nd	05:19	VGK	PP	Reilly Smith (8) · wrist	Mitch Marner (35), Mark Stone (22)	2–2
2nd	13:07	VGK	EV	Jack Eichel (13) · wrist	Ivan Barbashev (19), Mark Stone (23)	2–3
2nd	18:44	VGK	PP	Mark Stone (14) · snap	Tomas Hertl (17), Jack Eichel (32)	2–4
3rd	14:28	CBJ	EV	Kirill Marchenko (16) · wrist	Ivan Provorov (12), Adam Fantilli (15)	3–4
3rd	16:14	VGK	EV	Brett Howden (9) · wrist	Keegan Kolesar (7), Tomas Hertl (18)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:04	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	high sticking	2
2nd	18:28	CBJ	Mathieu Olivier	hooking	2
3rd	02:39	CBJ	Brendan Gaunce	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CBJ 3.34 · VGK 3.29 · xG% CBJ 50.4

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
38	Boone Jenner	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	0		17:57	21
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	0	90.9	17:11	20
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		28:00	26
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	2		24:13	24
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	2		19:35	20
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	58.8	18:12	22
91	Kent Johnson	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	2		16:41	20
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		23:21	23
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		19:14	22
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	64.3	17:17	17
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		16:29	23
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	100.0	13:57	16
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	5	0		13:40	15
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		12:58	14
6	Egor Zamula	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		11:12	11
16	Brendan Gaunce	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	46.2	11:06	14
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1		10:26	12
82	Mikael Pyyhtia	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:27	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73	Jet Greaves	L	26	21	5	.808	56:48

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
61	Mark Stone	R	1	2	3	+1	0	3	0	3		22:32	24
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	1	33.3	22:40	24
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	12.5	17:40	18
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	2	2	+1	0	5	2	1	50.0	16:09	22
19	Reilly Smith	R	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		14:21	18
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		20:47	23
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		16:17	19
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0		12:02	19
21	Brett Howden	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		11:04	20
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0		24:54	29
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	4	3		22:52	28
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		18:22	21
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	4		17:16	21
52	Dylan Coghlan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		15:58	19
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:40	16
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		11:35	14
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	44.4	10:34	15
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		9:24	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	W	23	21	2	.913	51:29
79	Carter Hart		1	0	1	.000	8:24