Final OT Jan 4
MON 4 +155 o6.5
DAL 3 -185 u6.5
Final OT Jan 4
PIT 5 +110 o6.5
CLB 4 -130 u6.5
Final Jan 4
COL 1 -150 o6.5
FLA 2 +125 u6.5
Final Jan 4
CAR 3 -125 o6.0
NJ 1 +105 u6.0
Final OT Jan 4
VEG 2 -260 o6.0
CHI 3 +210 u6.0
Columbus 8th Metropolitan18-16-6-1
San Jose 6th Pacific20-18-2-1

Blue Jackets vs Sharks Game Overview

CLB vs SJRecords

CLB vs SJRecords

Team Table
Team Record ATS O/U Away Home
Columbus logo CLB 18-16-7 21-20-0 19-19-3 9-9-3 9-7-4
San Jose logo SJ 20-18-3 27-14-0 21-19-1 9-10-0 11-8-3

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss
6-4
Over / Under
4-6-0
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U HSOG ASOG HPP APP
Jan 16, '25 CLB  logo 4 - 1 CLB -169 u6.0 34 19 0-2 0-3
Nov 05, '24 SJ  logo 2 - 1 (OT) SJ +114 u6.5 27 50 0-4 0-3
Mar 16, '24 CLB  logo 4 - 2 CLB -199 u6.5 20 41 0-1 0-3
Feb 17, '24 SJ  logo 4 - 3 CLB -153 o6.5 31 41 1-4 0-3
Mar 14, '23 SJ  logo 6 - 5 (OT) CLB +117 o6.5 32 48 1-3 1-3
Jan 21, '23 CLB  logo 5 - 3 CLB +119 o6.5 29 25 1-2 0-1
Apr 19, '22 SJ  logo 3 - 2 SJ -140 u6.0 28 24 1-2 1-3
Dec 05, '21 CLB  logo 6 - 4 CLB +101 o5.5 30 34 0-1 0-0
Jan 09, '20 SJ  logo 3 - 1 SJ -123 u5.5 33 31 1-3 0-2
Jan 04, '20 CLB  logo 3 - 2 SJ +141 u5.5 23 28 0-2 0-1

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CLB vs SJInjury report

Columbus logoColumbus's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
S. Monahan C Day To Day - Undisclosed( Jan 03, '26) Jan 03, '26
Monahan is OUT for Sunday's (Jan. 4) game versus the Penguins, as per Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers.
B. Smith D Out - Leg( Jan 01, '26) Jan 01, '26
The Columbus Blue Jackets placed D Brendan Smith on injured reserve on Friday (Jan. 2).
M. Wood LW Out - Leg( Dec 31, '25) Dec 31, '25
The Columbus Blue Jackets placed F Miles Wood on injured reserve on Thursday (Jan. 1).
I. Lundestrom C Out - Undisclosed( Dec 29, '25) Dec 29, '25
The Columbus Blue Jackets placed F Isac Lundestrom on injured reserve on Tuesday (Dec. 30).
E. Gudbranson D Out - Hip( Nov 25, '25) Nov 25, '25
The Blue Jackets said on Wednesday (Nov. 26) that Gudbranson might not be close to returning yet.

Columbus Starters Last Game

San Jose's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
S. Mukhamadullin D Day To Day - Undisclosed( Jan 03, '26) Jan 03, '26
Mukhamadullin did not finish Saturday's (Jan. 3) game versus the Lightning
J. Klingberg D Day To Day - Lower Body( Jan 03, '26) Jan 03, '26
Klingberg did not play in Saturday's (Jan. 3) game against the Lightning.
A. Gaudette RW Day To Day - Lower-Body( Jan 03, '26) Jan 03, '26
Gaudette did not play in Saturday's (Jan. 3) clash versus the Lightning.
W. Smith C Out - Upper-Body( Dec 21, '25) Dec 21, '25
The Sharks said on Monday (Dec. 22) that Smith is week-to-week, per Max Miller of NHL.com.
P. Kurashev C Out - Upper Body( Dec 15, '25) Dec 15, '25
The San Jose Sharks placed F Philipp Kurashev on injured reserve on Monday (Dec. 15) and is considered week-to-week.
V. Desharnais D Out - Upper-Body( Dec 08, '25) Dec 08, '25
The Sharks said on Tuesday (Dec. 9) that Desharnais will be sidelined through the Christmas break, per Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.

San Jose Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
C 10 Ty Dellandrea
C 21 Alexander Wennberg
RW 23 Barclay Goodrow
RW 51 Collin Graf
LW 53 Jeff Skinner
C 63 Zack Ostapchuk
C 71 Macklin Celebrini
LW 72 William Eklund
C 73 Tyler Toffoli
RW 75 Ryan Reaves
RW 81 Adam Gaudette
LW 84 Pavol Regenda
LW 92 Igor Chernyshov
Defense
POS # Player
D 3 John Klingberg
D 4 Nick Leddy
D 6 Sam Dickinson
D 9 Dmitry Orlov
D 22 Vincent Iorio
G 30 Yaroslav Askarov
G 33 Alex Nedeljkovic
D 37 Timothy Liljegren
D 38 Mario Ferraro
D 85 Shakir Mukhamadullin

GoaltendersLast 5

W/L
3-1-1-0
GAA
2.40
Save %
.930
Columbus Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
J.Greaves Jan 4, 2026 CLB 4 - PIT 5 (OT) - 5 43 .884 - L -130 o6.5
J.Greaves Jan 3, 2026 CLB 5 - BUF 1 W 1 33 .970 - W -110 u6.5
J.Greaves Dec 31, 2025 CLB 2 - NJ 3 L 3 33 .909 - L -120 u6.0
J.Greaves Dec 29, 2025 OTT 1 - CLB 4 W 1 28 .964 - W +180 u6.5
J.Greaves Dec 28, 2025 CLB 4 - NYI 2 W 2 26 .923 - W -140 p6.0
W/L
3-2-0-0
GAA
3.43
Save %
.795
San Jose Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
Y.Askarov Jan 3, 2026 SJ 3 - TB 7 - 3 10 .700 - L +180 o6.0
A.Nedeljkovic Jan 3, 2026 SJ 3 - TB 7 L 4 16 .750 - L +180 o6.0
Y.Askarov Dec 31, 2025 SJ 4 - MIN 3 (SO) W 3 23 .870 - W +150 o6.5
Y.Askarov Dec 29, 2025 ANA 4 - SJ 5 W 4 42 .905 - W +145 o6.5
Y.Askarov Dec 27, 2025 VAN 3 - SJ 6 W 3 27 .889 - W +120 o6.0
Y.Askarov Dec 23, 2025 VEG 7 - SJ 2 L 4 16 .750 - L +170 o6.0
A.Nedeljkovic Dec 23, 2025 VEG 7 - SJ 2 - 3 10 .700 - L +170 o6.0

CLB vs SJStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
3.10 Total 3.56
0.90 1st Period 1.20
1.12 2nd Period 1.20
0.90 3rd Period 1.10
0.07 OT 0.05

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
30.17 Total 31.22
6.85 1st Period 8.24
7.24 2nd Period 8.51
6.85 3rd Period 6.66
0.63 OT 0.39

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING Stat SAVE PCT.
0.10 Total 0.89
0.13 1st Period 0.86
0.15 2nd Period 0.86
0.13 3rd Period 0.84
0.12 OT 0.87

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY Stat PENALTY KILL
19 - 103 G/Att vs. GA/Att 30 - 131
18.45 PP % vs. PK % 77.10

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Columbus Goaltenders
Name S SV SV% WL
Jet Greaves 823 749 0.910 12-10-6
Elvis Merzlikins 440 386 0.877 6-6-1

Betting Terminology

  • VS: Opponent for the team
  • Result: Result in the last game played between the 2 teams
  • ATS: Puck line result in the game
  • O/U: Over/Under result in the game
  • $: Net money won in the last 10 games
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the winning team
  • HSOG: Home team shots on goal
  • ASOG: Away team shots on goal
  • HPP: Home team powerplay goals and attempts
  • APP: Away team powerplay goals and attempts

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win/Loss record
  • GA: Goals Against
  • SA: Saves in the game
  • SV%: Save Pct for the game
  • SO: Recorded a shutout
  • ML: Closing money line for the game
  • O/U: Closing OU for the game

Betting Terminology

  • NHL Avg: NHL Average
  • Shot Pct: Goals per shots percentage
  • Save %: Saves per shots faced percentage
  • PP: Powerplay
  • PK: Penalty Kill

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