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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ 3–5 Final Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ 201 3 25
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK 131 5 26

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
8:24 CBJ Boone Jenner (7) Zach Werenski (30), Sean Monahan (15) · tip-in xG 0.08 1–0 ▶
10:41 CBJ Kent Johnson (4) Sean Monahan (16), Boone Jenner (14) · snap xG 0.18 2–0 ▶
12:20 VGK Reilly Smith (7) Ben Hutton (7), Mitch Marner (34) · tip-in xG 0.10 2–1 ▶
2nd Period
5:19 VGK Reilly Smith (8) Mitch Marner (35), Mark Stone (22) · wrist xG 0.10 2–2 ▶
13:07 VGK Jack Eichel (13) Ivan Barbashev (19), Mark Stone (23) · wrist xG 0.06 2–3 ▶
18:44 VGK Mark Stone (14)PP Tomas Hertl (17), Jack Eichel (32) · snap xG 0.20 2–4 ▶
3rd Period
14:28 CBJ Kirill Marchenko (16) Ivan Provorov (12), Adam Fantilli (15) · wrist xG 0.15 3–4 ▶
16:14 VGK Brett Howden (9) Keegan Kolesar (7), Tomas Hertl (18) · wrist xG 0.16 3–5 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

CBJ 52%Deserve to win48% VGK
CBJVGK
3.17Expected goals3.04
3Goals (no shootout)5
2.67Expected goals, 5 on 51.85
64Shot attempts51
44Unblocked attempts38
25Shots on goal26

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
8:24 VGK Goalie change Goalie change · Schmid in for Hart
8:24 of the 1st; Hart had allowed 1 goal on 1 shots (0.55 xG)
2nd Period
18:44 CBJ Goalie Goalie · Greaves −2.5 goals saved
4 goals on 1.53 xG, 15 shots on goal
3rd Period
4:17 VGK Deserve to win Deserve to win · VGK takes the lead, 62–38%
CBJ had led since 8:18 of the 1st, by as much as 72%
7:30 VGK xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced CBJ 1.32–0.17
In xG over 10 minutes, 17:50 of the 2nd to 7:50 of the 3rd; goals 1–0
16:30 CBJ Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Greaves, down 5–3
With 3:30 left
19:05 CBJ Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Greaves, down 5–3
With 0:55 left

Shot map

CBJ shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ VGK shoots
Jeremy Lauzon: slap, 35 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 1:18) Boone Jenner: snap, 22 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 1:37) Zachary Aston-Reese: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 2:51) Brett Howden: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 3:52) Charlie Coyle: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 5:32) Colton Sissons: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 6:56) Sean Monahan: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 7:53) Zach Werenski: slap, 20 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 8:18) Dante Fabbro: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 9:06) Kirill Marchenko: wrist, 95 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 9:29) Kirill Marchenko: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 9:34) Reilly Smith: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 12:06) Sean Monahan: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:51) Kirill Marchenko: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:55) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 15:26) Keegan Kolesar: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 15:28) Damon Severson: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 16:02) Mark Stone: slap, 34 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 17:15) Zach Werenski: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 18:23) Ivan Provorov: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 19:56) Noah Hanifin: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:30) Ivan Barbashev: tip-in, 5 ft, xG 0.20 (P2 1:41) Tomas Hertl: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.22 (P2 3:38) Keegan Kolesar: wrist, 97 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 4:19) Boone Jenner: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 5:26) Kent Johnson: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 5:33) Jack Eichel: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 7:38) Braeden Bowman: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 8:13) Boone Jenner: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 9:10) Kaedan Korczak: wrist, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 9:21) Damon Severson: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 11:36) Cole Sillinger: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 11:43) Reilly Smith: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 11:53) Kent Johnson: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 12:25) Braeden Bowman: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 14:09) Mathieu Olivier: deflected, 15 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 15:36) Ivan Provorov: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 15:39) Mitch Marner: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 15:57) Kent Johnson: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 16:22) Ivan Provorov: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 17:45) Sean Monahan: tip-in, 21 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 1:00) Ivan Barbashev: backhand, 85 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 1:34) Mikael Pyyhtia: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 2:07) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 2:48) Mark Stone: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 2:50) Jack Eichel: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 2:59) Pavel Dorofeyev: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 3:06) Tomas Hertl: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 4:16) Mark Stone: snap, 3 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 4:17) Tomas Hertl: backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 4:26) Braeden Bowman: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:43) Dylan Coghlan: slap, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:14) Brendan Gaunce: backhand, 26 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:40) Brendan Gaunce: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 5:49) Brett Howden: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.20 (P3 7:23) Kirill Marchenko: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 8:37) Pavel Dorofeyev: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 9:06) Brendan Gaunce: backhand, 27 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 9:45) Brett Howden: slap, 24 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 10:15) Jack Eichel: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 11:42) Zach Whitecloud: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 12:08) Damon Severson: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 12:27) Damon Severson: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.28 (P3 12:29) Dmitri Voronkov: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 12:30) Damon Severson: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.23 (P3 12:32) Ivan Provorov: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 14:07) Mark Stone: slap, 54 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 14:42) Ivan Provorov: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 16:40) Damon Severson: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 16:42) Charlie Coyle: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 16:56) Adam Fantilli: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 17:01) Kirill Marchenko: slap, 29 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 18:22) Boone Jenner: slap, 58 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 19:34) Kent Johnson: wrist, 93 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 19:46) Boone Jenner: GOAL, tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 8:24) Kent Johnson: GOAL, snap, 16 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 10:41) Reilly Smith: GOAL, tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 12:20) Reilly Smith: GOAL, wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 5:19) Jack Eichel: GOAL, wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 13:07) Mark Stone: GOAL, snap, 6 ft, xG 0.20 (P2 18:44) Kirill Marchenko: GOAL, wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 14:28) Brett Howden: GOAL, wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 16:14)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
86 Kirill Marchenko 101 +1 80.31 0219:35
19 Adam Fantilli 011 0 50.03 4018:12
22 Boone Jenner 112 0 50.44 3017:57
3 Charlie Coyle 000 -1 30.10 2017:17
23 Sean Monahan 022 +1 30.15 1017:11
91 Kent Johnson 101 -1 80.34 1216:41
10 Dmitri Voronkov 000 0 20.05 2116:29
4 Cole Sillinger 000 -1 10.11 1013:57
24 Mathieu Olivier 000 -1 10.09 5013:40
50 Brendan Gaunce 000 -1 30.09 2011:06
21 Zachary Aston-Reese 000 0 10.03 6110:26
Defense
8 Zach Werenski 011 +1 40.16 0128:00
9 Ivan Provorov 011 0 60.23 0224:13
78 Damon Severson 000 -1 60.98 0123:21
5 Denton Mateychuk 000 0 30.00 0119:14
15 Dante Fabbro 000 -1 20.01 1012:58
6 Egor Zamula 000 -1 10.00 0111:12
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jet Greaves 26521 .808 3.04 -1.96

Vegas Golden Knights

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
9 Jack Eichel 112 +1 70.18 0122:40
61 Mark Stone 123 +1 70.65 0322:32
49 Ivan Barbashev 011 0 20.21 0020:47
93 Mitch Marner 022 +1 10.02 0017:40
48 Tomas Hertl 022 +1 50.65 2116:09
19 Reilly Smith 202 0 40.27 0014:21
20 Brandon Saad 000 0 00.00 1013:40
55 Keegan Kolesar 011 +1 20.05 1012:02
16 Pavel Dorofeyev 000 -1 20.17 1011:35
21 Brett Howden 101 +1 50.50 0011:04
15 Colton Sissons 000 0 10.02 2210:34
42 Braeden Bowman 000 -1 30.19 2209:24
Defense
15 Noah Hanifin 000 +2 30.01 1024:54
28 Zach Whitecloud 000 +2 30.02 4322:52
6 Kaedan Korczak 000 -1 20.02 2118:22
5 Jeremy Lauzon 000 -1 20.07 3417:16
17 Ben Hutton 011 0 10.00 0016:17
52 Dylan Coghlan 000 0 10.01 0315:58
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Carter Hart 110 .000 0.55 -0.45
Akira Schmid 24222 .917 2.61 +0.61

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
23 Sean Monahan C +2.12 +1.25 +0.10 +0.71 0.00 +0.09 -0.02 — 17:11
38 Boone Jenner C +2.03 +1.30 +0.29 +0.45 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 17:57
86 Kirill Marchenko R +1.92 +0.75 +0.20 +0.89 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 19:35
19 Adam Fantilli C +1.59 +0.55 +0.02 +0.90 +0.15 +0.03 -0.06 — 18:12
91 Kent Johnson C +1.52 +0.75 +0.22 +0.47 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 16:41
8 Zach Werenski D +1.42 +0.70 +0.11 +0.57 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 28:00
78 Damon Severson D +1.25 0.00 +0.64 +0.63 0.00 0.00 -0.01 — 23:21
10 Dmitri Voronkov L +1.09 0.00 +0.03 +1.02 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 16:29
5 Denton Mateychuk D +0.98 0.00 0.00 +0.97 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 19:14
9 Ivan Provorov D +0.89 +0.70 +0.15 -0.04 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 24:13
15 Dante Fabbro D -0.02 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:58
4 Cole Sillinger C -0.09 0.00 +0.07 -0.21 0.00 +0.01 +0.04 — 13:57
3 Charlie Coyle C -0.15 0.00 +0.06 -0.23 0.00 +0.04 -0.02 — 17:17
82 Mikael Pyyhtia L -0.22 0.00 +0.03 -0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 9:27
6 Egor Zamula D -0.29 0.00 0.00 -0.30 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 11:12
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L -0.30 0.00 +0.02 -0.37 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 10:26
24 Mathieu Olivier R -0.30 0.00 +0.06 -0.21 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 13:40
16 Brendan Gaunce C -0.58 0.00 +0.06 -0.48 -0.15 -0.01 0.00 — 11:06
73 Jet Greaves G -1.96 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -1.96 56:48

Vegas Golden Knights

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
48 Tomas Hertl C +2.88 +1.25 +0.42 +1.14 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 16:09
21 Brett Howden C +1.81 +0.75 +0.33 +0.71 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 11:04
61 Mark Stone R +1.41 +1.85 +0.42 -0.99 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 22:32
55 Keegan Kolesar R +1.22 +0.70 +0.03 +0.63 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 12:02
9 Jack Eichel C +1.16 +1.30 +0.12 -0.23 0.00 -0.06 +0.03 — 22:40
19 Reilly Smith R +0.62 +1.50 +0.18 -0.97 0.00 -0.02 -0.06 — 14:21
40 Akira Schmid G +0.61 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.61 51:29
42 Braeden Bowman R +0.44 0.00 +0.12 +0.07 +0.15 0.00 +0.10 — 9:24
93 Mitch Marner R +0.41 +1.25 +0.01 -0.75 0.00 -0.06 -0.04 — 17:40
2 Zach Whitecloud D +0.26 0.00 +0.01 +0.10 0.00 0.00 +0.15 — 22:52
17 Ben Hutton D +0.19 +0.70 0.00 -0.51 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:17
15 Noah Hanifin D +0.12 0.00 +0.01 +0.10 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 24:54
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R +0.11 0.00 +0.11 +0.02 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 11:35
49 Ivan Barbashev L -0.16 +0.70 +0.13 -0.98 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 20:47
5 Jeremy Lauzon D -0.23 0.00 +0.05 -0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.22 — 17:16
52 Dylan Coghlan D -0.34 0.00 +0.01 -0.48 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 15:58
79 Carter Hart G -0.45 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.45 8:24
6 Kaedan Korczak D -0.45 0.00 +0.01 -0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 18:22
10 Colton Sissons C -0.61 0.00 +0.01 -0.72 0.00 -0.01 +0.10 — 10:34
20 Brandon Saad L -0.66 0.00 0.00 -0.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 13:40

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.