Golden Knights rally for home win; lose goaltender to injury

Adam Hill, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Jan 9, 2026

Published in Hockey

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LAS VEGAS — Reilly Smith scored twice as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night at T-Mobile Arena.

It was the second consecutive game in which the Knights (19-11-12) came back for a win after falling behind 2-0.

Mark Stone had two assists and a power-play goal, while Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist, and Mitch Marner and Tomas Hertl each had two assists.

The Blue Jackets (18-18-7) got early goals from Boone Jenner and Kent Johnson before the Knights answered with four-straight goals.

Kirill Marchenko got the Blue Jackets within a goal at 4-3 with 5:32 remaining, but Brett Howden capped a 2-on-1 with Keegan Kolesar by finding the back of the net for an insurance goal 1:46 later.

Knights’ goaltender Carter Hart left the game in the first period after he appeared to injure his leg during a scramble in front of the net. Akira Schmid made 19 saves in relief after allowing a goal on the second shot he faced.