Blue Jackets 2-1 Golden Knights (31 Jan, 2025) Play-by-Play

Columbus Blue Jackets

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

	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	1	0	0	1	2
VGK	1	0	0	0	1

TIME	CBJ	VGK
0:00	Start of 1st Period	0	0
0:00	Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Jack Eichel	0	0
0:06	Puck in Benches	0	0
0:06	Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Mark Stone	0	0
0:10	Giveaway by Dmitri Voronkov	0	0
0:31	Kirill Marchenko Snap Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov	0	0
0:41	Ivan Barbashev Tip-In Wide Left	0	0
0:54	Cole Sillinger Snap Shot Wide Right	0	0
1:08	Giveaway by Noah Hanifin	0	0
1:22	Ivan Provorov Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	0
1:26	Kent Johnson Slap Shot High and Wide Left	0	0
2:02	Mathieu Olivier hit Nicolas Hague	0	0
2:11	Off-side	0	0
2:11	Callahan Burke faceoff won against Sean Kuraly	0	0
2:19	Tanner Pearson hit Dante Fabbro	0	0
2:31	Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot High and Wide Right	0	0
2:48	Giveaway by Mikael Pyyhtia	0	0
2:52	Brett Howden shot blocked by Dante Fabbro	0	0
3:11	Ivan Barbashev Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	0
3:13	Mark Stone Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	0
3:18	Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot Wide Left	0	0
3:22	Mark Stone Wrist Shot Hit Right Post	0	0
3:45	Ivan Barbashev Snap Shot Wide Left	0	0
4:00	Jack Eichel Tip-In saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	0
4:04	Giveaway by Elvis Merzlikins	0	0
4:04	Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo	0	0
4:14	Giveaway by Adam Fantilli	0	0
4:20	Adam Fantilli Backhand saved by Ilya Samsonov	0	0
4:22	Goalie Stopped	0	0
4:22	Cole Sillinger faceoff won against Tomas Hertl	0	0
4:58	Tomas Hertl Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Pavel Dorofeyev (12), Nicolas Hague (4)	0	1
4:58	Luca Del Bel Belluz faceoff won against Nicolas Roy	0	1
5:06	Icing	0	1
5:06	Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Luca Del Bel Belluz	0	1
5:11	Shea Theodore Backhand Wide Left	0	1
5:14	Brayden McNabb Slap Shot Wide Right	0	1
5:27	Mathieu Olivier Tripping against Nicolas Roy	0	1
5:27	Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Cole Sillinger	0	1
6:34	Mark Stone Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	1
7:13	Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Sean Kuraly	0	1
7:15	Puck in Netting	0	1
7:15	Justin Danforth faceoff won against Nicolas Roy	0	1
7:37	Noah Hanifin Slap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	1
7:39	Goalie Stopped	0	1
7:39	Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Brett Howden	0	1
7:48	Dmitri Voronkov hit Alex Pietrangelo	0	1
8:01	Takeaway by Tanner Pearson	0	1
8:34	Giveaway by Damon Severson	0	1
8:52	James van Riemsdyk Backhand saved by Ilya Samsonov	0	1
9:00	Giveaway by Ivan Barbashev	0	1
9:06	Zach Whitecloud hit James van Riemsdyk	0	1
9:34	Tomas Hertl hit Luca Del Bel Belluz	0	1
10:00	Mathieu Olivier hit Tomas Hertl	0	1
10:03	Zach Aston-Reese shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo	0	1
10:08	Sean Kuraly Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov	0	1
10:25	Nicolas Roy hit Ivan Provorov	0	1
10:27	Raphael Lavoie hit Denton Mateychuk	0	1
10:51	Giveaway by Zach Whitecloud	0	1
10:57	Dante Fabbro Wrist Shot Wide Right	0	1
11:00	Mikael Pyyhtia Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov	0	1
11:00	Keegan Kolesar hit Mikael Pyyhtia	0	1
11:17	Dmitri Voronkov hit Zach Whitecloud	0	1
11:48	Adam Fantilli Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov	0	1
11:52	Tanner Pearson hit Zach Werenski	0	1
11:53	Giveaway by Zach Werenski	0	1
12:32	Puck in Netting	0	1
12:32	Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Cole Sillinger	0	1
12:42	Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	1
13:06	Tomas Hertl shot blocked by Jake Christiansen	0	1
13:08	Zach Whitecloud Slap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	1
13:10	Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	1
13:34	Nicolas Hague Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	1
13:36	Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	1
13:48	Tomas Hertl High-sticking against Damon Severson	0	1
13:48	Adam Fantilli faceoff won against Jack Eichel	0	1
13:51	Zach Werenski shot blocked by Dmitri Voronkov	0	1
15:23	Giveaway by Denton Mateychuk	0	1
15:27	Keegan Kolesar Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	1
15:41	Takeaway by Mark Stone	0	1
16:23	Justin Danforth hit Tomas Hertl	0	1
16:48	Sean Kuraly hit Brayden McNabb	0	1
17:34	Zach Aston-Reese hit Mark Stone	0	1
18:09	Nicolas Hague Snap Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	0	1
18:28	Adam Fantilli Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov	0	1
18:34	Adam Fantilli Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: none	1	1
18:34	Brett Howden faceoff won against Luca Del Bel Belluz	1	1
18:38	Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo	1	1
18:46	Luca Del Bel Belluz shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo	1	1
19:13	Tanner Pearson Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins	1	1
19:27	Takeaway by Sean Kuraly	1	1
19:29	Sean Kuraly Wrist Shot Wide Left	1	1
19:52	Off-side	1	1
19:52	Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Cole Sillinger	1	1
20:00	End of 1st Period	1	1

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vegas Golden Knights: Game Highlights

1:57

Adam Fantilli nets goal for Blue Jackets

0:55

Tomas Hertl lights the lamp for Golden Knights

0:53

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead 1-0

Blue Jackets
2
Golden Knights
1

Game 1

31/1

Golden Knights
Blue Jackets

Game 2

13/3

T-Mobile Arena

3:00 AM, 31 January 2025

Las Vegas, NV

Attendance: 17,783

Referees:
Trevor Hanson
Chris Schlenker

Linesmen:
Bevan Mills
Caleb Apperson

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	34	11	6	74
Carolina	32	16	4	68
New Jersey	29	18	6	64
Columbus	25	19	7	57
NY Islanders	23	20	7	53
NY Rangers	24	22	4	52
Philadelphia	23	24	6	52
Pittsburgh	21	24	8	50

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Edmonton	32	15	4	68
Vegas	31	15	6	68
Los Angeles	26	17	6	58
Calgary	25	18	7	57
Vancouver	23	17	10	56
Seattle	23	27	3	49
Anaheim	21	24	6	48
San Jose	15	33	6	36

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