Vegas Golden Knights vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Every goal, both box scores, and each skater against our projection.
Golden Knights1
Blue Jackets2Final/OTSOG VGK 27 – CBJ 20Nationwide ArenaScoring
Final- 1st11:51Denton Mateychuk (2)backhand · from Johnson and NichushkinVGK 0 – CBJ 1
- 17:13Tomas Hertl (5)snap shot · from Bowman and ConnellyVGK 1 – CBJ 1
- OT00:59Adam Fantilli (3)PPG · slap shot · from Coyle and JohnsonVGK 1 – CBJ 2
By period
Goals, shots under| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK | 19 | 05 | 013 | 00 | 1 | 27 |
| CBJ | 15 | 08 | 05 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
Three stars
- ★
C. TalbotCBJ · G · .963 SV% - ★★
A. FantilliCBJ · C · 1 G - ★★★
D. MateychukCBJ · D · 1 G
Against our projection
Gold = at or past his number| Skater | SOG proj | SOG | PTS proj | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack EichelVGK | 3.0 | 6 | 1.14 | 0 |
| Mark StoneVGK | 2.1 | 1 | 1.05 | 0 |
| Zach WerenskiCBJ | 3.0 | 3 | 0.88 | 0 |
| Ivan BarbashevVGK | 1.7 | 0 | 0.73 | 0 |
| Charlie CoyleCBJ | 1.7 | 2 | 0.67 | 1 |
| Matthew KniesCBJ | 1.6 | 2 | 0.66 | 0 |
| Adam FantilliCBJ | 2.5 | 2 | 0.65 | 1 |
| Tomas HertlVGK | 2.3 | 1 | 0.65 | 1 |
| Trevor ConnellyVGK | 1.8 | 1 | 0.56 | 1 |
| William KarlssonVGK | 2.0 | 1 | 0.54 | 0 |
| Valeri NichushkinCBJ | 1.7 | 2 | 0.53 | 1 |
| Brett HowdenVGK | 1.5 | 0 | 0.51 | 0 |
| Braeden BowmanVGK | 1.4 | 1 | 0.47 | 1 |
| Shea TheodoreVGK | 1.8 | 4 | 0.47 | 0 |
| Rasmus AnderssonVGK | 1.7 | 2 | 0.45 | 0 |
| Damon SeversonCBJ | 1.3 | 0 | 0.45 | 0 |
Box score
FinalVegas Golden Knights
| Skater | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. HertlC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:55 |
| B. BowmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:36 |
| T. ConnellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:28 |
| S. TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24:35 |
| B. McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:27 |
| J. EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:43 |
| M. StoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20:21 |
| R. AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19:35 |
| N. HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:02 |
| J. LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| W. KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16:48 |
| D. CoghlanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:47 |
| B. HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 |
| I. BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| M. GatcombC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 |
| N. DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10:48 |
| R. LavoieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:16 |
| A. HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:29 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Hart | 20 | 18 | 2 | .900 | 60:59 | O |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Skater | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:47 |
| D. MateychukD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21:39 |
| A. FantilliC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:10 |
| C. CoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:26 |
| V. NichushkinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:13 |
| Z. WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28:15 |
| D. SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25:47 |
| M. KniesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:09 |
| J. ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:24 |
| S. MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:16 |
| C. GarlandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:03 |
| M. OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:39 |
| C. SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| C. SoucyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 |
| E. GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:21 |
| R. LombergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 07:49 |
| L. Del Bel BelluzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 07:30 |
| D. VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 06:42 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Talbot | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 60:59 | W |
Team stats
Final| VGK | CBJ | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | Shots on goal | 20 |
| 29/64 | Faceoffs | 35/64 |
| 0/1 | Power play | 1/3 |
| 6 | Penalty minutes | 2 |
| 22 | Hits | 26 |
| 17 | Blocked shots | 14 |
| 15 | Giveaways | 16 |
| 9 | Takeaways | 3 |
What the model said
Before puck dropProjected scoreVGK 3.2 – CBJ 2.7
Win chanceVGK 59%
Total 6.5Under 60%
These are projections, not picks. We post our number beside the market's and grade it in the open.