Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Vegas Golden Knights 5: final score and stats
Vegas Golden Knights beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 to Vegas Golden Knights 5, on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Vegas Golden Knights vs Columbus Blue Jackets.
NHLThursday, January 8, 2026
DateJan 8, 2026
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
TVESPN+
Attendance17,614
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsVegas Golden Knights
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
18-18-7Record19-11-12
8th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Pacific Division
1-5Road record / home record7-3
LLWWLLast 5WWWWL
L2StreakW4
Team stats
Columbus Blue JacketsVegas Golden Knights
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Vegas Golden Knights
Noah Hanifin D · Undisclosed
OutBox score
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Aston-Reese | 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 Coyle | 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 Fantilli | 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 Gaunce | 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 Jenner | 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 Johnson | 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 Marchenko | 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 Monahan | 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 Olivier | 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 Pyyhtia | 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 Sillinger | 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 Voronkov | 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 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | 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 Mateychuk | 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 Provorov | 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 Severson | 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 Werenski | 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 Zamula | 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 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .808 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 56:48 | 0 | 0 |
Vegas Golden Knights Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Barbashev | 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 Bowman | 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 Dorofeyev | 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 Eichel | 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 Hertl | 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 Howden | 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 Kolesar | 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 Marner | 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 Saad | 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 Sissons | 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 Smith | 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 Stone | 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 |
Vegas Golden Knights Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Coghlan | 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 Hanifin | 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 Hutton | 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 Korczak | 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 Lauzon | 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 Whitecloud | 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 |
Vegas Golden Knights Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira Schmid | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .917 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 51:29 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Hart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:24 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Vegas Golden Knights won, 5-3, on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vegas Golden Knights?
Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Vegas Golden Knights 5.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Boone Jenner (1 goals). Vegas Golden Knights: Reilly Smith (2 goals).
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vegas Golden Knights played?
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
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