Game

Canucks at Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets 4, Canucks 1 · first star Elvis Merzlikins (0 GA, .968 SV%).

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

Vancouver Canucks 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Canucks VAN

1 FINAL 4

Blue Jackets CBJ

Thursday, January 15, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canucks	0	1	0	1	31
Blue Jackets	1	2	1	4	36

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canucks 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: VAN 31, CBJ 36.

VAN in red CBJ in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canucks 31 shots on goal (1 goal, 11 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Blue Jackets 36 shots on goal (4 goals, 23 missed, 20 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VAN SOG	VAN G	VAN ATT	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	CBJ ATT
1st	11	0	20	15	1	38
2nd	12	1	21	13	2	24
3rd	8	0	18	8	1	17
Total	31	1	59	36	4	79

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VAN SOG	VAN G	CBJ SOG	CBJ G
Even strength	26	0	29	2
Power play	5	1	6	2
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Blue Jackets took 57.3% of the shot attempts, and 57.4% of the 122 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 Canucks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canucks at Blue Jackets
Period	CBJ CF%	CBJ FF%
1st	65.5	64.3
2nd	53.3	54.5
3rd	48.6	53.9
Game	57.3	58.4

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

Scoring summary

1st period

17:25 Charlie Coyle (10) PP Kirill Marchenko (23), Adam Fantilli (18) · backhand 0–1

2nd period

05:49 Kirill Marchenko (17) Unassisted · wrist 0–2
10:14 Zach Werenski (18) PP Kent Johnson (9) · wrist 0–3
14:09 Brock Boeser (10) PP Elias Pettersson (16), Zeev Buium (15) · snap 1–3

3rd period

10:13 Kent Johnson (5) Boone Jenner (16), Damon Severson (15) · wrist 1–4

Three stars

Elvis Merzlikins CBJ · G #90 · 0 GA, .968 SV%
Kent Johnson CBJ · C #91 · 1 G, 1 A
Kirill Marchenko CBJ · R #86 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	15:49	VAN	Max Sasson	tripping	2	Charlie Coyle
2nd	08:42	VAN	Marcus Pettersson	tripping	2	Kent Johnson
2nd	12:51	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko	hooking	2	Conor Garland
3rd	05:40	CBJ	Charlie Coyle	tripping	2	Filip Hronek

Boxscore

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brock Boeser #6	R	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	50.0	19:45
Elias Pettersson #40	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	42.9	16:53
Zeev Buium #24	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	22:46
Aatu Räty #54	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	57.1	10:04
David Kampf #64	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	66.7	15:28
Linus Karlsson #94	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	14:37
Max Sasson #63	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	75.0	15:32
Arshdeep Bains #13	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	0.0	09:56
Drew O'Connor #18	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:27
Evander Kane #91	L	0	0	0	-2	5	1	0	0	66.7	12:31
Jake DeBrusk #74	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:02
Liam Ohgren #92	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	17:17
Conor Garland #8	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	17:19
Filip Hronek #17	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:48
Marcus Pettersson #29	D	0	0	0	-2	1	1	3	2	0.0	20:59
Tom Willander #5	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	15:36
Tyler Myers #57	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0.0	21:06
Victor Mancini #90	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.0	16:46

Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Kevin Lankinen #32	L	36	32	4	.889	27/29	4/6	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Kent Johnson #91	C	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	0	0.0	17:36
Kirill Marchenko #86	R	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	2	0.0	17:03
Charlie Coyle #3	C	1	0	1	0	8	0	1	2	57.1	18:10
Zach Werenski #8	D	1	0	1	+1	5	0	1	0	0.0	25:32
Adam Fantilli #19	C	0	1	1	+1	4	3	2	0	38.5	18:05
Boone Jenner #38	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	16:56
Damon Severson #78	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	21:10
Brendan Gaunce #16	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75.0	11:06
Cole Sillinger #4	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	15:06
Sean Monahan #23	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	50.0	16:28
Danton Heinen #43	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	09:49
Dmitri Voronkov #10	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	13:22
Mikael Pyyhtia #82	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:55
Mathieu Olivier #24	R	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	50.0	15:26
Dante Fabbro #15	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	0	0.0	20:08
Erik Gudbranson #44	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	16:19
Ivan Provorov #9	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:46
Jake Christiansen #2	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	12:51

Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Elvis Merzlikins #90	W	31	30	1	.968	26/26	4/5	59:54

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.