Vegas Golden Knights at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Vegas Golden Knights

8-4-1

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Columbus Blue Jackets

4-5-0

Fantilli scores on OT power play as Blue Jackets edge Golden Knights 2-1

Carter Hart makes big-time save vs. Blue Jackets

Columbus had its first power-play goal since the opener, snapping an 0-for-22 drought.

Denton Mateychuk also scored and Cam Talbot stopped 26 shots for Columbus, which has won two of its last six games. The Blue Jackets improved to 3-0 in games that have gone beyond regulation.

Tomas Hertl scored for Vegas and Carter Hart stopped 18 shots.

Mateychuk’s backhander put Columbus ahead with 8:09 left in the first period. Hertl pulled Vegas even with 2:47 left in the period.

Fantilli’s goal from the right circle off a feed from Kent Johnson gave Columbus in overtime on a 4-on-3 power play.

Up next Golden Knights: Host Ottawa on Tuesday night.

Blue Jackets: At Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 11:51	Denton Mateychuk Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Kent Johnson (2), Valeri Nichushkin (4)
Goal	1st Period 17:13	Tomas Hertl Goal (5) Snap Shot, assists: Braeden Bowman (3), Trevor Connelly (4)
Goal	4th Period 0:59	Adam Fantilli Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Charlie Coyle (7), Kent Johnson (3)

Statistics

VGK		CBJ
17	Blocked Shots	14
22	Hits	26
9	Takeaways	3
27	Shots	20
0	Power Play Goals	1
1	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
29	Faceoffs Won	35
45.3	Faceoff Win Percent	54.7
15	Giveaways	16
3	Total Penalties	1
6	Penalty Minutes	2