Thursday, January 8, 2026 – 10:00 PM ET
T-Mobile Arena – Paradise, Nevada
TV: FDSNOH; WWHO 53 in Columbus, WUAB 43 in Cleveland, and other broadcast channels around the state); Radio: 93.3 FM
Columbus Blue Jackets (18-17-7, 43 points, 8th Metro, 16th East)
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Vegas Golden Knights (18-11-2, 48 points, 1st Pacific, 4th East)
Notes
Could newly acquired defenseman Egor Zamula make his debut tonight? Hopefully!
Some unfortunate news on the injury front: Brendan Smith had surgery to repair a torn meniscus, and will be out for 3-4 months. Mason Marchment was added to the IR for his upper body injury, which is said to be week-to-week.
Dysin Mayo was returned to Cleveland and Mikael Pyyhtia was called up.
Vegas has injury troubles of their own, with key pieces like Shea Theodore, Adin Hill, and Wild Bill Karlsson on the IR. They also had a 6 game winless streak recently before snapping it with an OT win at Winnipeg on Tuesday.
Stats
| Vegas | Columbus | |
| 3.10 (15) | GPG | 2.98 (21) |
| 3.02 (14) | GAPG | 3.36 (27) |
| 25.2 (5) | PP% | 17.9 (20) |
| 81.8 (7) | PK% | 76.0 (29) |
| 51.2 (11) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 50.2 (15) |
| 51.8 (8) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 49.1 (19) |
| 9.1 (19) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.1 (19) |
| 89.1 (29) | 5v5 Save % | 91.0 (10) |
| T. Hertl, P. Dorofeyev (16) | G Leader | Zach Werenski (16) |
| Mitch Marner (33) | A Leader | Zach Werenski (29) |
| Jack Eichel (43) | P Leader | Zach Werenski (45) |
| Keegan Kolesar (40) | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (58) |
| 8-6-6 | Home/Road | 9-10-3 |
| 2-5-3 | Last 10 | 5-4-1 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Dmitri Voronkov | Adam Fantilli | Kirill Marchenko |
| Cole Sillinger | Charlie Coyle | Mathieu Olivier |
| Boone Jenner | Sean Monahan | Kent Johnson |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Brendan Gaunce | Danton Heinen |
| Zach Werenski | Denton Mateychuk |
| Ivan Provorov | Damon Severson |
| Egor Zamula | Dante Fabbro |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Ivan Barbashev | Jack Eichel | Mark Stone |
| Brandon Saad | Mitch Marner | Reilly Smith |
| Brett Howden | Tomas Hertl | Keegan Kolesar |
| Braeden Bowman | Colton Sissons | Pavel Dorofeyev |
| Noah Hanifin | Zach Whitecloud |
| Jeremy Lauzon | Kaedan Korczak |
| Ben Hutton | Jaycob Megna |
| Carter Hart |
| Akira Schmid |