Game

Golden Knights at Blue Jackets

Golden Knights 3, Blue Jackets 2 · first star Mitch Marner (0 G, 3 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Golden Knights VGK

3 FINAL 2

Blue Jackets CBJ

Saturday, December 13, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	0	1	2	3	26
Blue Jackets	1	0	1	2	30

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Blue Jackets attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 26, CBJ 30.

VGK in red CBJ in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 26 shots on goal (3 goals, 14 missed, 21 blocked) attacking left; Blue Jackets 30 shots on goal (2 goals, 7 missed, 22 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	CBJ ATT
1st	9	0	19	9	1	18
2nd	7	1	19	10	0	21
3rd	10	2	23	11	1	20
Total	26	3	61	30	2	59

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VGK SOG	VGK G	CBJ SOG	CBJ G
Even strength	22	2	26	2
Power play	4	1	4	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 50.8% of the shot attempts, and 52.5% of the 99 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Blue Jackets and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Golden Knights hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Golden Knights at Blue Jackets
Period	CBJ CF%	CBJ FF%
1st	48.6	41.7
2nd	52.5	46.1
3rd	46.5	55.6
Game	49.2	48.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

07:02 Charlie Coyle (5) Zach Werenski (24), Cole Sillinger (11) · wrist 0–1

2nd period

00:41 Pavel Dorofeyev (13) PP Mitch Marner (24), Jack Eichel (29) · snap 1–1

3rd period

04:49 Egor Chinakhov (3) Dante Fabbro (4), Kent Johnson (5) · wrist 1–2
05:52 Ben Hutton (4) Mitch Marner (25), Kaedan Korczak (3) · snap 2–2
13:13 Brayden McNabb (1) Mitch Marner (26), Shea Theodore (16) · snap 3–2

Three stars

Mitch Marner VGK · R #93 · 0 G, 3 A
Brayden McNabb VGK · D #3 · 1 G, 0 A
Charlie Coyle CBJ · C #3 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	10:49	VGK	Brandon Saad	slashing	2	Kirill Marchenko
1st	15:02	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	high sticking	2	Mitch Marner
2nd	00:16	CBJ	Damon Severson	tripping	2	Mitch Marner
2nd	02:31	CBJ	Brendan Smith	illegal check to head	2	Pavel Dorofeyev
2nd	08:14	VGK	Brett Howden	holding	2	Kirill Marchenko
3rd	17:01	VGK	Brayden McNabb	high sticking double minor	4	Adam Fantilli

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	3	3	+2	1	1	1	0	50.0	16:46
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	11:04
Ben Hutton #17	D	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0.0	13:39
Brayden McNabb #3	D	1	0	1	-1	1	1	2	4	0.0	20:24
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	1	1	-2	1	2	2	0	40.0	20:48
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	0.0	17:30
Shea Theodore #27	D	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	22:43
Brett Howden #21	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	25.0	13:10
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	35.7	14:36
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	72.7	15:24
Brandon Saad #20	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.0	13:39
Cole Reinhardt #23	L	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	13:18
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0.0	15:26
Braeden Bowman #42	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	14:13
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	33.3	12:09
Mark Stone #61	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	18:14
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	22:13
Zach Whitecloud #2	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0.0	17:45

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Carter Hart #79	W	30	28	2	.933	24/26	4/4	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Charlie Coyle #3	C	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	47.1	17:50
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	09:53
Cole Sillinger #4	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	50.0	14:35
Kent Johnson #91	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	09:55
Dante Fabbro #15	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	13:54
Zach Werenski #8	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	0.0	25:53
Adam Fantilli #19	C	0	0	0	-2	3	1	3	0	62.5	18:42
Boone Jenner #38	C	0	0	0	-2	3	2	2	0	50.0	16:32
Brendan Gaunce #16	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	80.0	10:44
Isac Lundeström #21	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	66.7	14:59
Sean Monahan #23	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	58.8	17:58
Dmitri Voronkov #10	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.0	17:26
Miles Wood #11	L	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	14:04
Kirill Marchenko #86	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	18:46
Brendan Smith #7	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	0.0	11:12
Damon Severson #78	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.0	20:38
Denton Mateychuk #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	20:18
Ivan Provorov #9	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	23:24

Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jet Greaves #73	L	26	23	3	.885	20/22	3/4	58:52

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.