Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vegas Golden Knights

The Columbus Blue Jackets host the Vegas Golden Knights in NHL regular-season play as part of the league's expanded 84-game 2026-27 schedule. Vegas, an expansion franchise that joined the NHL in 2017, quickly established itself as one of the league's top teams and won the Stanley Cup in 2023, built around a deep, fast-skating roster that has remained a perennial playoff contender. Columbus enters the matchup looking to test a young, developing roster against one of the Western Conference's stronger recent teams. The two clubs are also scheduled to meet again in Vegas the following February, making this October date the first of two regular-season meetings on the calendar. For Columbus fans, the game offers an early-season measuring-stick matchup against a franchise that has been among the NHL's most successful of the past decade.