Final · January 8, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : CBJ 25 — VGK 26 · T-Mobile Arena
Three stars
CBJGame statsVGK 
- 25Shots on goal26
- 63 %Faceoff win %37 %
- 0/1Power play1/2
- 4Penalty minutes2
- 28Hits19
- 12Blocked shots20
- 18Giveaways15
- 4Takeaways8
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBJ | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| VGK | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 |
Season seriesCBJ 0 – 2 VGK
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← CBJ 3 / 25 / 445 / 26 / 38 VGK →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
Boone JennerCBJ · 08:24Assists : Zach Werenski, Sean Monahan1 – 0▶ Watch
Kent JohnsonCBJ · 10:41Assists : Sean Monahan, Boone Jenner2 – 0▶ Watch
Reilly SmithVGK · 12:20Assists : Ben Hutton, Mitch Marner2 – 1▶ Watch
2nd period
- Reilly SmithVGK · 05:19Assists : Mitch Marner, Mark Stone2 – 2▶ Watch
Jack EichelVGK · 13:07Assists : Ivan Barbashev, Mark Stone2 – 3▶ Watch
Mark StoneVGK · 18:44 · PPAssists : Tomas Hertl, Jack Eichel2 – 4▶ Watch
3rd period
Kirill MarchenkoCBJ · 14:28Assists : Ivan Provorov, Adam Fantilli3 – 4▶ Watch
Brett HowdenVGK · 16:14Assists : Keegan Kolesar, Tomas Hertl3 – 5▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 18:04VGKKeegan Kolesar — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Adam Fantilli
2nd period
- 18:28CBJMathieu Olivier — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Braeden Bowman
3rd period
- 02:39CBJBrendan Gaunce — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
Box score
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. CoyleC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 17:17 |
| C. SillingerC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| D. VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:29 |
| B. GaunceC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 11:06 |
| A. FantilliC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:12 |
| S. MonahanC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| M. OlivierR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 13:40 |
| Z. Aston-ReeseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10:26 |
| B. JennerC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17:57 |
| M. PyyhtiaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:27 |
| K. MarchenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19:35 |
| K. JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 16:41 |
| D. MateychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 |
| E. ZamulaD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 |
| Z. WerenskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28:00 |
| I. ProvorovD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24:13 |
| D. FabbroD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 12:58 |
| D. SeversonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 23:21 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Greaves(L) | 21/26 | 80.8 % | 56:48 |
| E. Merzlikins | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. EichelC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22:40 |
| C. SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:34 |
| P. DorofeyevR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 11:35 |
| R. SmithR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:21 |
| B. SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| B. HowdenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11:04 |
| B. BowmanR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 09:24 |
| T. HertlC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16:09 |
| I. BarbashevL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:47 |
| K. KolesarR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12:02 |
| M. StoneR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22:32 |
| M. MarnerR | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:40 |
| Z. WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 22:52 |
| J. LauzonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 17:16 |
| K. KorczakD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 18:22 |
| N. HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:54 |
| B. HuttonD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 |
| D. CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Schmid(W) | 22/24 | 91.7 % | 51:29 |
| C. Hart | 0/1 | 0.0 % | 08:24 |
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