Columbus Blue Jackets at Vegas Golden Knights

Thu, Jan 30, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Columbus Blue Jackets

2 – 1

Final/OT

Vegas Golden Knights

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 in overtime on Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. Elvis Merzlikins made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 24–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CBJ	1	0	0	1	2	24
VGK	1	0	0	0	1	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:58	VGK	EV	Tomas Hertl (20) · snap	Pavel Dorofeyev (12), Nicolas Hague (4)	0–1
1st	18:34	CBJ	EV	Adam Fantilli (15) · wrist	Dmitri Voronkov (16)	1–1
OT	00:52	CBJ	EV	Cole Sillinger (8) · snap	Zach Werenski (39), Kent Johnson (18)	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:27	CBJ	Mathieu Olivier	tripping	2
1st	13:48	VGK	Tomas Hertl	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CBJ 2.44 · VGK 2.54 · xG% CBJ 48.9

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1		28:05	25
19	Adam Fantilli	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0	52.9	18:12	19
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		16:39	19
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0		16:38	18
4	Cole Sillinger	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	23.5	15:54	21
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3		24:20	22
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		20:36	21
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		17:13	20
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		17:07	19
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:05	16
21	James van Riemsdyk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:00	18
2	Jake Christiansen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2		14:25	16
7	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	50.0	14:09	15
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		14:06	16
65	Luca Del Bel Belluz	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3	13:56	16
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	3		13:54	17
82	Mikael Pyyhtia	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:59	15
17	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100.0	12:18	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Elvis Merzlikins	W	26	25	1	.962	60:52

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	100.0	18:24	18
48	Tomas Hertl	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	70.0	17:50	19
14	Nicolas Hague	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		16:33	17
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	2		24:30	24
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		22:12	22
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		20:43	23
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	47.1	20:42	21
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		20:24	23
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		19:28	19
49	Ivan Barbashev	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		18:11	19
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		15:39	18
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		14:51	16
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	60.0	14:12	18
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	66.7	14:06	19
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		13:22	17
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		10:29	13
36	Raphael Lavoie	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		9:33	15
68	Callahan Burke	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	9:27	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Ilya Samsonov	OTL	24	22	2	.917	60:52