Thu, Jan 8, 2026·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Vegas Golden Knights 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 50% of the time.
42%
8%
9%
41%
VGK winsCBJ wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
VGK forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against CBJ's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Marchenko–Voronkov–Fantilli | Jenner–Monahan–Johnson | Coyle–Olivier–Sillinger | Gaunce–Aston-Reese–Pyyhtia | Severson–Provorov | Werenski–Mateychuk | Fabbro–Zamula | Severson–Werenski | Werenski–Provorov | Werenski–Fabbro | Severson–Mateychuk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone–Barbashev–Eichel | 4:490.11–0.03 | 6:560.17–0.69 | 1:570.07–0.00 | 2:250.03–0.05 | 7:340.25–0.08 | 3:320.05–0.40 | 2:280.03–0.28 | 1:000.00–0.00 | 1:390.11–0.00 | ||
| Smith–Saad–Marner | 1:370.00–0.19 | 1:430.00–0.09 | 4:150.18–0.32 | 1:110.00–0.07 | 2:210.05–0.28 | 1:450.00–0.07 | 2:150.12–0.08 | 1:030.00–0.00 | 1:010.00–0.19 | 0:390.00–0.05 | |
| Hertl–Kolesar–Howden | 3:540.06–0.00 | 1:040.13–0.00 | 3:170.43–0.01 | 1:400.05–0.00 | 3:590.14–0.00 | 2:050.33–0.01 | 0:360.00–0.00 | ||||
| Sissons–Dorofeyev–Bowman | 0:310.00–0.00 | 1:550.05–0.02 | 2:020.00–0.00 | 1:060.05–0.00 | 1:580.00–0.02 | 1:340.05–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.00 | ||||
| Hertl–Dorofeyev–Bowman | 1:260.22–0.00 | 0:520.07–0.00 | 0:310.16–0.00 | ||||||||
| Hanifin–Whitecloud | 9:220.17–0.86 | 1:020.13–0.15 | 2:330.17–0.01 | 2:590.28–0.00 | 5:220.12–0.07 | 6:090.34–0.03 | 1:560.05–0.16 | 1:530.11–0.19 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.56 | |
| Hutton–Coghlan | 0:540.00–0.17 | 6:510.51–0.42 | 5:430.12–0.27 | 5:430.16–0.43 | 3:360.00–0.29 | 2:280.45–0.00 | 1:450.01–0.09 | 0:370.00–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.06 | ||
| Lauzon–Korczak | 2:400.00–0.05 | 10:040.22–0.65 | 1:340.00–0.00 | 4:290.21–0.09 | 3:400.00–0.40 | 4:080.03–0.21 | 0:590.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 | ||
| Hanifin–Korczak | 0:570.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
VGKCBJFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Zach WerenskiCBJ | 26 | 28:00 | 1:05 | 2:59 | 3 | 4 |
 Noah HanifinVGK | 29 | 24:54 | 0:52 | 3:51 | 3 | 3 |
 Ivan ProvorovCBJ | 24 | 24:13 | 1:01 | 1:46 | 1 | 7 |
 Damon SeversonCBJ | 23 | 23:21 | 1:01 | 1:48 | 1 | 6 |
 Zach WhitecloudVGK | 28 | 22:52 | 0:49 | 3:49 | 2 | 3 |
 Jack EichelVGK | 24 | 22:40 | 0:57 | 2:06 | 6 | 3 |
 Mark StoneVGK | 24 | 22:32 | 0:56 | 1:58 | 6 | 3 |
 Ivan BarbashevVGK | 23 | 20:47 | 0:54 | 1:34 | 4 | 1 |
 Kirill MarchenkoCBJ | 20 | 19:35 | 0:59 | 2:33 | 3 | 1 |
 Denton MateychukCBJ | 22 | 19:14 | 0:52 | 1:28 | 3 | 4 |
 Kaedan KorczakVGK | 21 | 18:22 | 0:52 | 1:59 | 1 | 5 |
 Adam FantilliCBJ | 22 | 18:12 | 0:50 | 1:20 | 4 | 0 |
 Boone JennerCBJ | 21 | 17:57 | 0:51 | 1:40 | 2 | 1 |
 Mitch MarnerVGK | 18 | 17:40 | 0:59 | 2:02 | 6 | 2 |
 Charlie CoyleCBJ | 17 | 17:17 | 1:01 | 2:17 | 2 | 5 |
 Jeremy LauzonVGK | 21 | 17:16 | 0:49 | 1:58 | 1 | 5 |
 Sean MonahanCBJ | 20 | 17:11 | 0:52 | 1:33 | 4 | 2 |
 Kent JohnsonCBJ | 20 | 16:41 | 0:50 | 1:41 | 4 | 1 |
 Dmitri VoronkovCBJ | 23 | 16:29 | 0:43 | 1:17 | 4 | 0 |
 Ben HuttonVGK | 19 | 16:17 | 0:51 | 2:00 | 8 | 1 |
 Tomas HertlVGK | 22 | 16:09 | 0:44 | 1:57 | 5 | 3 |
 Dylan CoghlanVGK | 19 | 15:58 | 0:50 | 1:50 | 8 | 1 |
 Reilly SmithVGK | 18 | 14:21 | 0:48 | 1:18 | 4 | 1 |
 Cole SillingerCBJ | 16 | 13:57 | 0:52 | 1:47 | 1 | 4 |
 Brandon SaadVGK | 16 | 13:40 | 0:51 | 1:22 | 5 | 1 |
 Mathieu OlivierCBJ | 15 | 13:40 | 0:55 | 1:57 | 1 | 4 |
 Dante FabbroCBJ | 14 | 12:58 | 0:56 | 1:43 | 1 | 0 |
 Keegan KolesarVGK | 19 | 12:02 | 0:38 | 1:38 | 2 | 2 |
 Pavel DorofeyevVGK | 14 | 11:35 | 0:50 | 1:55 | 3 | 2 |
 Egor ZamulaCBJ | 11 | 11:12 | 1:01 | 1:46 | 1 | 0 |
 Brendan GaunceCBJ | 14 | 11:06 | 0:48 | 1:03 | 0 | 5 |
 Brett HowdenVGK | 20 | 11:04 | 0:33 | 1:28 | 1 | 3 |
 Colton SissonsVGK | 15 | 10:34 | 0:42 | 1:08 | 2 | 4 |
 Zachary Aston-ReeseCBJ | 12 | 10:26 | 0:52 | 1:11 | 0 | 4 |
 Mikael PyyhtiaCBJ | 12 | 9:27 | 0:47 | 0:57 | 0 | 4 |
 Braeden BowmanVGK | 13 | 9:24 | 0:43 | 1:21 | 2 | 2 |