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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan BarbashevLW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 20:47 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Braeden BowmanRW | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:24 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 9:22 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel DorofeyevRW | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:35 | 2:11 | 0:00 | 9:24 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:40 | 2:16 | 0:00 | 20:24 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas HertlC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16:09 | 2:13 | 0:05 | 13:51 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:04 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 10:59 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keegan KolesarRW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:02 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mitch MarnerRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:40 | 2:16 | 1:01 | 14:23 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon SaadLW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 12:40 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton SissonsC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 9:40 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly SmithRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 13:26 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark StoneRW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:32 | 2:14 | 0:00 | 20:18 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan CoghlanD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:58 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah HanifinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24:54 | 0:05 | 1:00 | 23:49 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:17 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan KorczakD | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:22 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 17:22 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy LauzonD | 4 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 17:16 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 16:02 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach WhitecloudD | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22:52 | 0:03 | 0:46 | 22:03 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira SchmidG | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .917 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 51:29 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter HartG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:24 | 0 | 0 |
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