Minnesota Wild @ Columbus Blue Jackets

21-9-5, 9-6-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Wild MIN	0	2	3	5
Blue Jackets CBJ	1	1	0	2

Columbus Blue JacketsBlue JacketsCBJ

14-14-6, 7-6-3 Home

Minnesota Wild


forwards
Nicolas Aube-KubelN. Aube-Kubel#16
Matt BoldyM. Boldy#12
Joel Eriksson EkJ. Eriksson Ek#14
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#17
Ryan HartmanR. Hartman#38
Ben JonesB. Jones#39
Kirill KaprizovK. Kaprizov#97
Tyler PitlickT. Pitlick#19
Nico SturmN. Sturm#78
Vladimir TarasenkoV. Tarasenko#91
Yakov TreninY. Trenin#13
Danila YurovD. Yurov#22
defensemen
Brock FaberB. Faber#7
Quinn HughesQ. Hughes#43
David JiricekD. Jiricek#55
Matt KierstedM. Kiersted#26
Carson LambosC. Lambos#71
Jared SpurgeonJ. Spurgeon#46

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	14	10:39	0:00	0:00	10:39	0	1	0.0
1	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	22	21:25	1:37	1:25	18:23	0	3	0.0
1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	21	18:37	1:19	0:43	16:35	9	15	37.5
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	18	14:32	0:00	0:45	13:47	0	1	0.0
1	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	14:44	0:18	0:00	14:26	5	8	38.5
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	7:02	0:00	0:00	7:02	1	3	25.0
1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	23:44	1:37	0:03	22:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	11	8:10	0:00	0:00	8:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	10:02	0:00	1:28	8:34	3	5	37.5
1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	15:33	1:13	0:00	14:20	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	6	1	1	21	17:32	0:00	1:05	16:27	1	2	33.3
0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	19	16:12	0:00	0:23	15:49	5	5	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	30	30:57	0:24	1:38	28:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	29	32:02	1:14	0:03	30:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	15	9:04	0:00	0:03	9:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	23	17:37	0:00	1:13	16:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	17	10:16	0:00	1:14	9:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	18:56	0:23	1:41	16:52	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jesper WallstedtJ. Wallstedt#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	2	27	.931	23	4	0	0	0	60:00	0

Columbus Blue Jackets


forwards
Zachary Aston-ReeseZ. Aston-Reese#27
Yegor ChinakhovY. Chinakhov#59
Charlie CoyleC. Coyle#3
Adam FantilliA. Fantilli#19
Boone JennerB. Jenner#38
Kent JohnsonK. Johnson#91
Isac LundestromI. Lundestrom#21
Kirill MarchenkoK. Marchenko#86
Sean MonahanS. Monahan#23
Cole SillingerC. Sillinger#4
Dmitri VoronkovD. Voronkov#10
Miles WoodM. Wood#11
defensemen
Dante FabbroD. Fabbro#15
Denton MateychukD. Mateychuk#5
Ivan ProvorovI. Provorov#9
Damon SeversonD. Severson#78
Brendan SmithB. Smith#7
Zach WerenskiZ. Werenski#8

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	14	8:50	0:59	0:00	7:51	2	1	66.7
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	18	15:58	1:11	0:00	14:47	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	24	18:28	0:42	0:26	17:20	13	7	65.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	21	18:00	1:13	0:00	16:47	13	6	68.4
0	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	21	19:38	0:44	0:49	18:05	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	8:44	0:59	0:00	7:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	9:40	0:59	0:24	8:17	3	3	50.0
0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	22	15:50	1:15	0:00	14:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	22	16:30	0:46	0:22	15:22	11	6	64.7
0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	20	17:14	0:00	0:22	16:52	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	15:25	1:11	0:00	14:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	20	16:05	0:00	0:51	15:14	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	15	14:57	0:00	0:23	14:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	23	24:20	0:59	0:49	22:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	23	23:13	0:46	1:14	21:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	18	17:16	0:45	0:00	16:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	12	10:24	0:00	0:00	10:24	0	0	0.0
2	0	0	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	25	28:30	2:11	0:48	25:31	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jet GreavesJ. Greaves#73

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
26	3	23	.885	22	1	0	0	0	59:21	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Wild	0	2	3	5
	Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2

1st Period			MIN	CBJ
15:20		Zach Werenski (12) Assists: Charlie Coyle (16), Cole Sillinger (12)	0	1

2nd Period		MIN	CBJ
13:30	Ryan Hartman (7) (Power Play) Assists: Kirill Kaprizov (18), Brock Faber (13)	1	1
16:15	Vladimir Tarasenko (6) Assists: Yakov Trenin (7), Danila Yurov (8)	2	1
17:39	Zach Werenski (13) Unassisted	2	2

3rd Period		MIN	CBJ
11:50	Joel Eriksson Ek (8) Assists: Yakov Trenin (8), Matt Boldy (20)	3	2
18:08	Kirill Kaprizov (22) (Empty Net) Assists: Matt Boldy (21), Joel Eriksson Ek (18)	4	2
18:46	Matt Boldy (20) (Empty Net) Assists: Kirill Kaprizov (19)	5	2

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Blue Jackets
7
Wild
4

Game 1

10/11

Wild
5
Blue Jackets
2

Game 2

12/18

Nationwide Arena

7:00 PM, December 18, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Columbus, OH

Attendance: 14,845

Referees:
Wes McCauley
Mike Sullivan

Linesmen:
Dan Kelly
Kilian McNamara

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	24	2	7	55
Dallas	23	7	5	51
Minnesota	21	9	5	47
Utah	17	16	3	37
St. Louis	13	15	8	34
Winnipeg	15	16	2	32
Chicago	13	15	6	32
Nashville	13	16	4	30

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	9	2	46
Washington	19	11	4	42
NY Islanders	19	12	3	41
Philadelphia	17	10	6	40
New Jersey	19	14	1	39
NY Rangers	17	15	4	38
Pittsburgh	14	10	9	37
Columbus	14	14	6	34

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Minnesota Wild @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Game Information

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