Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vegas Golden Knights — January 8, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

A wild one ended 5-3 in favor of the Vegas Golden Knights over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. CBJ held a slight 12-9 edge in high-danger chances. The underlying numbers told a different story — CBJ actually held the xG edge (9.12 to 5.83) at 5-on-5, but it didn't matter on the scoreboard. Smith put up 2 goals. Shots on goal: VGK 26, CBJ 25.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vegas Golden Knights progressed on Jan 8, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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CBJ3 - 5VGK

Jan 8, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
VGK	P1	14	23	37.8	8	15	34.8	7	8	46.7	12	20	37.5	6	4	60.0	2.40	3.29	42.1	1	2	33.3
	P2	15	18	45.5	13	10	56.5	8	6	57.1	10	14	41.7	2	5	28.6	2.89	2.64	52.3	3	0	100.0
	P3	22	23	48.9	17	19	47.2	11	11	50.0	15	16	48.4	2	5	28.6	3.04	4.38	41.0	1	1	50.0
	Total	51	64	44.3	38	44	46.3	26	25	51.0	37	50	42.5	10	14	41.7	8.33	10.30	44.7	5	3	62.5
CBJ	P1	23	14	62.2	15	8	65.2	8	7	53.3	20	12	62.5	4	6	40.0	3.29	2.40	57.9	2	1	66.7
	P2	18	15	54.5	10	13	43.5	6	8	42.9	14	10	58.3	5	2	71.4	2.64	2.89	47.7	0	3	0.0
	P3	23	22	51.1	19	17	52.8	11	11	50.0	16	15	51.6	5	2	71.4	4.38	3.04	59.0	1	1	50.0
	Total	64	51	55.7	44	38	53.7	25	26	49.0	50	37	57.5	14	10	58.3	10.30	8.33	55.3	3	5	37.5

Win Probability

VGK Favored

CBJ Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

VGK

CBJ

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

CBJ Attempts

VGK Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

CBJ ShootVGK Shoot

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (VGK) performed against every skater on the away team (CBJ) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = VGK players, Columns = CBJ players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the VGK player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

VGK ↓ / CBJ →	Fantilli	Jenner	Coyle	Monahan	Johnson	Sillinger	Gaunce	Voronkov	Aston-Reese	Pyyhtia	Marchenko	Olivier	Werenski	Severson	Provorov	Mateychuk	Fabbro	Zamula
Eichel	43	50	69	54	43	60	50	43	33	33	43	90	46	50	63	50	64	60
Hertl	56	71	61	67	67	60	100	56	100	100	50	69	67	70	79	69	78	71
Howden	100	50	55	25	50	50	100	100	100	100	100	50	71	67	70	67	67	71
Sissons	25	67	0	33	50	—	22	14	36	22	22	—	22	25	50	10	67	67
Barbashev	29	41	50	41	38	60	43	29	33	33	32	86	36	36	52	29	50	56
Saad	29	50	56	43	43	57	38	29	29	29	14	57	31	40	42	50	50	60
Stone	33	48	69	54	43	60	43	33	33	33	29	90	46	43	61	39	64	60
Marner	18	55	59	50	50	50	40	18	25	25	10	62	40	35	48	60	67	60
Kolesar	75	50	55	25	50	50	60	75	67	60	75	50	60	50	55	60	67	71
Smith	25	33	50	33	43	57	29	25	17	17	14	57	23	42	42	29	50	60
Dorofeyev	33	75	100	75	60	—	40	0	40	33	33	100	55	50	78	54	83	67
Bowman	50	60	—	33	50	—	44	33	44	38	60	—	33	40	67	44	67	67
Hanifin	41	33	40	29	33	55	56	38	56	50	41	75	50	30	50	44	57	63
Whitecloud	41	36	40	33	36	55	56	38	56	50	41	75	50	30	50	45	57	63
Korczak	33	44	50	42	42	50	100	33	100	—	22	50	15	59	67	17	44	44
Lauzon	33	44	50	43	43	50	100	33	100	—	22	50	20	59	67	21	44	44
Hutton	33	50	63	0	50	59	31	33	31	31	33	59	29	42	40	17	70	88
Coghlan	33	67	63	25	67	59	31	33	31	31	33	59	33	42	40	29	70	88