VGK @ CBJ 1–2 · 2026-10-24

VegasVGKGolden Knights1

Final/OTOct 242026-10-24

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
VGK	1	0	0	0	27
CBJ	1	0	0	1	20

Nationwide Arena

ColumbusCBJBlue Jackets2

CallNo lean · 43% CBJ

Star 1C. Talbot.963 SV%
Star 2A. Fantilli1G 0A
Star 3D. Mateychuk1G 0A

Closing linesDraftKings

-135Moneyline+114-1.5 +185Puck line+1.5 -225O +110Total 6.5U -130+120RegulationTie +310 +165

Season odds

92%95%+3.3Playoffs24%13%−11.14.4%5.3%+0.9Cup0.3%0.1%−0.2

Story

– / 7

Result CBJ 2–1 OTCall No lean · VGK 57%Market VGK 55%xG 2.93–2.12 · deserved VGK 65%Swing Fantilli +53 OT 0:59Method

Goals and penalties with CBJ win probability
Time	Event	CBJ win before	CBJ win after
1st 5:17	CBJ penalty · R. Lomberg · tripping · 2 min
1st 11:51	Goal CBJ · D. Mateychuk	44%	62%
1st 17:13	Goal VGK · T. Hertl	63%	44%
3rd 3:17	VGK penalty · N. Dowd · tripping · 2 min
3rd 6:01	VGK penalty · J. Lauzon · interference · 2 min
OT 0:15	VGK penalty · S. Theodore · holding · 2 min
OT 0:59	Goal CBJ · A. Fantilli (PP)	47%	100%

On ice · final horn

VGK3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
9J. EichelC	0:27	21:43	26	0	0	0	6	9	0	0	1	12-14
3B. McNabbD	0:44	23:27	29	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	–
5J. LauzonD	0:44	18:23	29	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	–
79C. HartG		60:59	SA19GA1SV%.947xGA2.00GSAx+1.00

CBJ4 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
3C. CoyleC	0:59	19:26	26	0	0	0	2	4	0	3	0	13-11
19A. FantilliC	0:44	19:10	24	0	0	0	1	6	0	3	1	4-10
91K. JohnsonC	0:44	17:47	25	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	2	–
8Z. WerenskiD	0:59	28:15	33	0	0	0	3	9	0	0	2	–
33C. TalbotG		60:59	SA27GA1SV%.963xGA2.93GSAx+1.93

Goals

1st
Denton Mateychuk(2)
K. Johnson (2), V. Nichushkin (4)
xG 0.29backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 CBJ1st 11:51+17.962%
Tomas Hertl(5)
B. Bowman (3), T. Connelly (4)
xG 0.34snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 17:13+18.956%
OT
Adam Fantilli(3)PP
C. Coyle (7), K. Johnson (3)
xG 0.12slapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 CBJOT 00:59+52.8100%

Shots

Shooters

VGK2.93 xG37 unblocked · 14 blocked37 unblocked · 14 blocked

CBJ2.12 xG33 unblocked · 21 blocked33 unblocked · 21 blocked

Goal, taller = higher xGSavedMissedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

VGKCBJ1Goals22.93xG2.1227Shots2037Unblocked3351Attempts546High danger10/1Power play1/329Faceoffs3522Hits2621Blocks149Takeaways315Giveaways166PIM2

Skaters

Player

Player
27S. TheodoreShea TheodoreD	24:35	0	0	0	4	5	0.19	−0.19	0	4	0	2	—	2	0
3B. McNabbBrayden McNabbD	23:27	0	0	0	2	5	0.15	−0.15	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
9J. EichelJack EichelC	21:43	0	0	0	6	9	0.63	−0.63	0	1	0	3	46%	0	0
61M. StoneMark StoneR	20:21	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	−0.01	2	1	2	2	—	0	0
4R. AnderssonRasmus AnderssonD	19:35	0	0	0	2	4	0.14	−0.14	0	3	0	2	—	0	-1
15N. HanifinNoah HanifinD	19:02	0	0	0	1	3	0.14	−0.14	1	0	0	0	—	0	+1
5J. LauzonJeremy LauzonD	18:23	0	0	0	1	4	0.02	−0.02	2	1	1	1	—	2	-1
71W. KarlssonWilliam KarlssonC	16:48	0	0	0	1	2	0.07	−0.07	0	3	2	1	64%	0	-1
42B. BowmanBraeden BowmanR	16:36	0	1	1	1	2	0.40	−0.40	1	1	0	0	—	0	+1
24T. ConnellyTrevor ConnellyL	16:28	0	1	1	1	4	0.34	−0.34	2	1	0	1	—	0	+1
52D. CoghlanDylan CoghlanD	15:47	0	0	0	2	4	0.08	−0.08	2	0	1	1	—	0	+1
21B. HowdenBrett HowdenC	15:24	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	0	—	0	-1
49I. BarbashevIvan BarbashevL	15:22	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
48T. HertlTomas HertlC	12:55	1	0	1	1	1	0.34	+0.66	4	0	0	1	27%	0	+1
17M. GatcombMarc GatcombC	11:58	0	0	0	1	1	0.04	−0.04	4	0	0	0	—	0	0
26N. DowdNic DowdC	10:48	0	0	0	1	1	0.16	−0.16	1	1	2	0	44%	2	0
36R. LavoieRaphael LavoieC	10:16	0	0	0	1	2	0.04	−0.04	2	0	0	0	—	0	0
10A. HoltzAlexander HoltzR	9:29	0	0	0	1	1	0.18	−0.18	0	0	0	0	—	0	-1
VGK total		1	2	3	27	51	2.93	−1.93	22	17	9	15	45%	6

Pony score

Incredible9.0+Great7.5+Good6.0+Average4.0+Below avg2.5+HorribleMethod

Forwards

Hertl7.2

Bowman6.8

Connelly5.7

Eichel5.0

Lavoie4.9

Gatcomb4.4

Holtz4.4

Karlsson4.1

Stone4.1

Dowd3.8

Howden3.5

Barbashev3.4

Defence

Andersson6.0

Hanifin5.2

Coghlan5.2

McNabb5.0

Theodore4.2

Lauzon3.7

Goalie

Hart5.0

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Barbashev·Eichel·Stone	8:32	13	6	8	42.9%	3	4	0	0	0.28	0.40	41.3%	−0.12	2	3	40%
Gatcomb·Dowd·Lavoie	7:39	12	6	4	60.0%	5	2	0	0	0.26	0.06	80.2%	+0.20	1	1	50%
Connelly·Hertl·Bowman	6:48	10	6	6	50.0%	3	1	1	0	0.58	0.08	88.0%	+0.50	1	2	33%
Connelly·Eichel·Stone	6:40	10	15	5	75.0%	8	1	0	0	0.80	0.25	76.2%	+0.55	4	0	100%
Howden·Karlsson·Holtz	6:31	11	2	9	18.2%	1	3	0	1	0.08	0.50	14.2%	−0.42	0	4	0%
Howden·Karlsson·Bowman	3:53	8	2	5	28.6%	1	1	0	0	0.30	0.02	93.5%	+0.28	0	1	0%
Barbashev·Gatcomb·Hertl	2:56	4	3	1	75.0%	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.00	100.0%	+0.01	0	0	—
Occasional · 8 groups
Barbashev·Karlsson·Bowman	1:14	6	1	2	33.3%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.11	0.0%	−0.11	0	0	—
Howden·Hertl·Bowman	0:46	4	1	1	50.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	1	0	100%
Dowd·Lavoie·Holtz	0:44	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.05	0.00	100.0%	+0.05	1	0	100%
Eichel·Howden·Stone	0:41	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.11	0.00	100.0%	+0.11	0	1	0%
Barbashev·Karlsson·Holtz	0:39	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	1	0%
Barbashev·Eichel·Holtz	0:33	2	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.18	0.00	100.0%	+0.18	0	0	—
Connelly·Eichel·Bowman	0:33	4	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Lavoie·Karlsson·Bowman	0:33	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Other 30 brief groups	5:18		0	3	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0%	−0.00
VGK 5v5	54:00		46	45	50.5%	24	15	1	1	2.63	1.48	64.1%	+1.16

Goalies

Carter Hart

VGK · 60:59

Saves: 18/20
SV%: .900
GAA: 1.97
xGA: 2.12
GSAx: +0.12

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	14/15	.933	1.61	+0.61
Power play	4/5	.800	0.51	−0.49
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/1	.000	0.29	−0.71

Cam Talbot

CBJ · 60:59

Saves: 26/27
SV%: .963
GAA: 0.98
xGA: 2.93
GSAx: +1.93

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/24	.958	2.63	+1.63
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.07	+0.07
Shorthanded	2/2	1.000	0.23	+0.23
High danger	4/5	.800	1.36	+0.36

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Vegas Golden Knights

Minutes

24:35Theodore
23:27McNabb
19:35Andersson
19:02Hanifin
18:23Lauzon
15:47Coghlan

21:43Eichel
20:21Stone
16:48Karlsson
16:36Bowman
16:28Connelly
15:24Howden
15:22Barbashev
12:55Hertl
11:58Gatcomb
10:48Dowd
10:16Lavoie
9:29Holtz

Matchups

Full game

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareVGKCBJGoalHard matchEdge bars = skater 5v5 total

Faceoffs

Both teams · pick a taker to focus

29–3545%

D 52%16–15N 38%5–8O 40%8–12 4 won into a shot

CBJ attacks1615VGK DZ 52% CBJ OZ

Neutral58VGK NZ 38% CBJ NZ

VGK attacks812VGK OZ 40% CBJ DZ

35–2955%

D 60%12–8N 62%8–5O 48%15–16 9 won into a shot

Bead = draw, winner’s colourClockwise from the top in game order Shot attempt within 10sHover a zone for its draws · click a taker to focus

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

HanifinD3 O5
CoghlanD2 O4
TheodoreD7 O4
AnderssonD6 O1
McNabbD9 O2
LauzonD8 O0
StoneD4 O7
ConnellyD2 O5
EichelD5 O7
DowdD1 O2
LavoieD1 O2
HertlD3 O3
GatcombD1 O1
BarbashevD4 O2
BowmanD3 O1
HoltzD5 O1
HowdenD7 O1
KarlssonD7 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period