Columbus Blue Jackets @ Vegas Golden Knights

25-19-7, 8-14-4 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Blue Jackets CBJ	1	0	0	1	2
Golden Knights VGK	1	0	0	0	1

Vegas Golden KnightsGolden KnightsVGK

31-15-6, 19-6-3 Home

Sillinger's OT goal and Merzlikins' 25 saves give Blue Jackets 2-1 win over Golden Knights

— Cole Sillinger, who missed the previous three games because of an upper-body injury, scored on a rebound 52 seconds into overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 2-1 victory Thursday night over the Vegas Golden Knights.

Jan 31, 2025, 04:48 pm - AP

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Blue Jackets	1	0	0	1	2
	Golden Knights	1	0	0	0	1

1st Period			CBJ	VGK
4:58		Tomas Hertl (20) Assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (12), Nicolas Hague (4)	0	1
18:34		Adam Fantilli (15) Assists: Dmitri Voronkov (16)	1	1

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary			CBJ	VGK
0:52		Cole Sillinger (8) Assists: Zach Werenski (39), Kent Johnson (18)	2	1

Ivan Barbashev Tip-In Wide Left
Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
Callahan Burke faceoff won against Sean Kuraly
Tanner Pearson hit Dante Fabbro
Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Ivan Barbashev Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Mark Stone Wrist Shot Wide Left
Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot Wide Left
Mark Stone Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
Ivan Barbashev Snap Shot Wide Left
Jack Eichel Tip-In saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo
Tomas Hertl Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (12), Nicolas Hague (4)
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Luca Del Bel Belluz
Shea Theodore Backhand Wide Left
Brayden McNabb Slap Shot Wide Right
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Mark Stone Wrist Shot Wide Right
Noah Hanifin Slap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Takeaway by Tanner Pearson
Giveaway by Ivan Barbashev
Zach Whitecloud hit James van Riemsdyk
Tomas Hertl hit Luca Del Bel Belluz
Zach Aston-Reese shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Nicolas Roy hit Ivan Provorov
Raphael Lavoie hit Denton Mateychuk
Giveaway by Zach Whitecloud
Keegan Kolesar hit Mikael Pyyhtia
Tanner Pearson hit Zach Werenski
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Zach Whitecloud Slap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Nicolas Hague Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Tomas Hertl High-sticking against Damon Severson
Keegan Kolesar Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Takeaway by Mark Stone
Nicolas Hague Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo
Luca Del Bel Belluz shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Tanner Pearson Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Nicolas Roy hit Justin Danforth
Alex Pietrangelo Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Takeaway by Nicolas Hague
Pavel Dorofeyev Backhand Wide Left
Shea Theodore Slap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Kirill Marchenko shot blocked by Shea Theodore
Adam Fantilli shot blocked by Zach Whitecloud
Raphael Lavoie hit Denton Mateychuk
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Takeaway by Jack Eichel
Giveaway by Mark Stone
Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Alex Pietrangelo Slap Shot Wide Right
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Luca Del Bel Belluz
Zach Aston-Reese shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
Brett Howden faceoff won against Luca Del Bel Belluz
Brett Howden Tip-In Wide Right
Dmitri Voronkov shot blocked by Ivan Barbashev
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Giveaway by Nicolas Hague
Jack Eichel Backhand saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Jack Eichel Snap Shot Wide Left
Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Zach Whitecloud Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Nicolas Hague shot blocked by Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb Snap Shot Wide Right
Zach Werenski shot blocked by Victor Olofsson
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Dante Fabbro shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Ivan Barbashev Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Adam Fantilli shot blocked by Mark Stone
Ivan Barbashev Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Pavel Dorofeyev faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Giveaway by Brayden McNabb
Giveaway by Tanner Pearson
Mathieu Olivier shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Sean Kuraly
Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Zach Whitecloud hit James van Riemsdyk
Brett Howden faceoff won against Adam Fantilli
Zach Werenski shot blocked by Brett Howden
Brayden McNabb Slap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Giveaway by Tomas Hertl
Alex Pietrangelo Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
Shea Theodore Snap Shot Off Crossbar
Pavel Dorofeyev Tip-In Wide Right
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Cole Sillinger
Puck in Benches
Giveaway by Dmitri Voronkov
Kirill Marchenko Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Cole Sillinger Snap Shot Wide Right
Ivan Provorov Wrist Shot Wide Right
Kent Johnson Slap Shot High and Wide Left
Mathieu Olivier hit Nicolas Hague
Off-side
Giveaway by Mikael Pyyhtia
Brett Howden shot blocked by Dante Fabbro
Giveaway by Elvis Merzlikins
Giveaway by Adam Fantilli
Adam Fantilli Backhand saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Cole Sillinger faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Icing
Mathieu Olivier Tripping against Nicolas Roy
Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Sean Kuraly
Puck in Netting
Justin Danforth faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Goalie Stopped
Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Brett Howden
Dmitri Voronkov hit Alex Pietrangelo
Giveaway by Damon Severson
James van Riemsdyk Backhand saved by Ilya Samsonov
Mathieu Olivier hit Tomas Hertl
Sean Kuraly Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Dante Fabbro Wrist Shot Wide Right
Mikael Pyyhtia Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Dmitri Voronkov hit Zach Whitecloud
Adam Fantilli Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Giveaway by Zach Werenski
Puck in Netting
Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Jake Christiansen
Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Zach Werenski shot blocked by Dmitri Voronkov
Giveaway by Denton Mateychuk
Justin Danforth hit Tomas Hertl
Sean Kuraly hit Brayden McNabb
Zach Aston-Reese hit Mark Stone
Adam Fantilli Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Adam Fantilli Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Dmitri Voronkov (16)
Takeaway by Sean Kuraly
Sean Kuraly Wrist Shot Wide Left
Off-side
Off-side
Shea Theodore shot blocked by Dante Fabbro
Adam Fantilli Slap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Cole Sillinger faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Giveaway by Ivan Provorov
Giveaway by James van Riemsdyk
Jake Christiansen hit Callahan Burke
Icing
Giveaway by Dmitri Voronkov
Kirill Marchenko Wrist Shot Wide Left
Off-side
Zach Werenski Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Zach Aston-Reese hit Raphael Lavoie
Shea Theodore shot blocked by Mathieu Olivier
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Justin Danforth faceoff won against Brett Howden
Goalie Stopped
Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Dante Fabbro Snap Shot High and Wide Left
Jake Christiansen hit Victor Olofsson
Ivan Provorov Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Sean Kuraly Tip-In Wide Left
Dante Fabbro Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Pavel Dorofeyev shot blocked by Cole Sillinger
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Mathieu Olivier hit Nicolas Hague
Icing
Luca Del Bel Belluz hit Raphael Lavoie
Callahan Burke shot blocked by Jake Christiansen
Justin Danforth Wrist Shot Wide Right
Icing
Goalie Stopped
Zach Werenski Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Mathieu Olivier hit Nicolas Hague
Justin Danforth Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Justin Danforth hit Shea Theodore
Giveaway by Dmitri Voronkov
On-Ice Official
Cole Sillinger faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Giveaway by Denton Mateychuk
Hand Pass
Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Kent Johnson
Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Zach Werenski
Giveaway by Ivan Provorov
Goalie Stopped
Luca Del Bel Belluz faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Jake Christiansen Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Dante Fabbro Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Takeaway by Dmitri Voronkov
Puck in Netting
Takeaway by Denton Mateychuk
Cole Sillinger Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Jake Christiansen hit Keegan Kolesar
Shea Theodore shot blocked by Mathieu Olivier
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Giveaway by Adam Fantilli
Puck in Netting
Victor Olofsson shot blocked by Cole Sillinger
Puck in Netting
Cole Sillinger faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Giveaway by Cole Sillinger
Giveaway by Cole Sillinger
Jake Christiansen Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Zach Aston-Reese Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Icing
Icing
Sean Kuraly faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Sean Kuraly hit Ivan Barbashev
Takeaway by Sean Kuraly
Dmitri Voronkov Tip-In saved by Ilya Samsonov
Icing
Kirill Marchenko Backhand Hit Left Post
Damon Severson Slap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Puck in Netting
Icing
Zach Whitecloud shot blocked by Mathieu Olivier
Mathieu Olivier hit Tomas Hertl
Mikael Pyyhtia Backhand saved by Ilya Samsonov
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Off-side
Mathieu Olivier hit Nicolas Hague
Puck in Benches
Giveaway by Zach Werenski
Puck in Netting
Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Dante Fabbro
Puck in Benches
Takeaway by Kent Johnson
Kent Johnson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Zach Werenski Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Cole Sillinger Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Werenski (39), Kent Johnson (18)

BLUE JACKETS

GOLDEN KNIGHTS

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead 1-0

Blue Jackets
2
Golden Knights
1

Game 1

31/1

Golden Knights
4
Blue Jackets
0

Game 2

14/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	39	26	17	95
Edmonton	40	30	11	91
Anaheim	42	33	6	90
Los Angeles	35	26	20	90
San Jose	38	35	8	84
Seattle	34	36	11	79
Calgary	33	39	9	75
Vancouver	25	48	8	58

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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Vegas Golden Knights

Stars of the Game

Cole SillingerC - CBJ

Tomas HertlC - VGK

Elvis MerzlikinsG - CBJ

Game Information

Sillinger's OT goal and Merzlikins' 25 saves give Blue Jackets 2-1 win over Golden Knights

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CBJ lead 1-0

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