Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vegas Golden Knights
On the ice
CBJ shoots leftVGK shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| VGK | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 |
In net
Jet Greaves21/26 SV, .808
Carter Hart0/1 SV, .000| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| VGK | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Who won: Golden Knights 5-3
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights win the series 2-0. The Golden Knights outscored the Blue Jackets 3-0 in the 2nd period. Reilly Smith led the Golden Knights in goals (2). Boone Jenner led the Blue Jackets in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Aston-ReeseLW | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 17:17 | 1:15 | 1:30 | 14:32 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 64.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam FantilliC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 | 0:36 | 0:00 | 17:36 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 58.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 11:06 | 0:00 | 0:16 | 10:50 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boone JennerC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:57 | 0:41 | 0:37 | 16:39 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent JohnsonC | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:41 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 15:17 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill MarchenkoRW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:35 | 1:26 | 0:05 | 18:04 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean MonahanC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:11 | 1:17 | 1:23 | 14:31 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 90.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu OlivierRW | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 13:40 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 13:01 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mikael PyyhtiaLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 13:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:57 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri VoronkovLW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 | 0:43 | 0:00 | 15:46 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante FabbroD | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:58 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 12:17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton MateychukD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 | 0:04 | 1:33 | 17:37 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan ProvorovD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:13 | 0:30 | 1:37 | 22:06 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon SeversonD | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23:21 | 0:34 | 0:00 | 22:47 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach WerenskiD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:00 | 1:30 | 0:43 | 25:47 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor ZamulaD | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet GreavesG | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .808 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 56:48 | 0 | 0 |
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