St. Louis Blues vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Preseason · Sunday, September 21, 2025 · Nationwide Arena

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1–4

Final

SOG 21–22

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Blues 22-21.

Goals came from Brendan Gaunce, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Nikita Alexandrov, Dmitri Voronkov and Mathieu Olivier.

Ivan Fedotov made 14 saves on 15 shots for the win; Joel Hofer stopped 13 of 15.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
STL	0	1	0	1	21
CBJ	0	2	2	4	22

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Brendan Gaunce (1)Dmitri Voronkov (1)Texier 1:33 into shift0–102:41 CBJ
Luca Del Bel Belluz (1)Jake Christiansen (1), Dmitri Voronkov (2)0–215:42 CBJ
Nikita Alexandrov (1)Justin Carbonneau (1), Milan Lucic (1)Voronkov 1:30 into shift1–216:58 STL

3rd period

Dmitri Voronkov (1)Luca Del Bel Belluz (1), Hudson Fasching (1)1–317:31 CBJ
Mathieu Olivier (1)Brendan Smith (1)1–419:37 CBJ · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:33

0–1 · 2nd 2:41 · Gaunce. STL stayed on through an icing. Texier was 1:33 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSTL on iceCBJ on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 CBJ

2nd 2:41 · Gaunce

Stuck out there: Texier 1:33

Stuck out thereTexier 1:33

0–2 CBJ

2nd 15:42 · Del Bel Belluz

Texier 0:45

NormalTexier 0:45

1–2 STL

2nd 16:58 · Alexandrov

Stuck out there: Voronkov 1:30

Stuck out thereVoronkov 1:30

1–3 CBJ

3rd 17:31 · Voronkov

Wagner 0:32

Fresh legsWagner 0:32

1–4 CBJ

3rd 19:37 · EN · Olivier

Jiricek 2:06

Empty netJiricek 2:06

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

STLCBJ

21Shots on goal22

57%Faceoff %43%

0/3Power play0/2

9Penalty minutes11

34Hits28

16Blocked shots14

16Giveaways5

1Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 04:42Egor Chinakhov · tripping2 min
1st 17:35Brendan Smith · fighting5 min
1st 17:35Samuel Bitten · fighting5 min
1st 19:36Otto Stenberg · tripping2 min
2nd 00:31Dmitri Voronkov · hooking2 min
2nd 18:09Samuel Bitten · slashing2 min
3rd 11:19Roman Ahcan · hooking2 min

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

12Milan LucicL	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	–	15:26
59Nikita AlexandrovC	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	40	17:36
68Justin CarbonneauR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	18:02
9Alexandre TexierL	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	70	15:46
28Otto StenbergC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	–	16:42
34Samuel BittenC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	7	–	10:38
48Dylan PetersonC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	15:18
56Hugh McGingL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	44	15:05
71Mathieu JosephR	0	0	0	-2	3	3	0	0	33	14:31
77Nick BjugstadC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	16:47
88Chris WagnerR	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	67	12:14
93Jakub StanclC	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	16:21
37Adam JiricekD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	23:04
43Hunter SkinnerD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	16:45
46Leo LoofD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	16:04
64Corey SchuenemanD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	20:59
75Tyler TuckerD	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	–	19:48
92Quinton BurnsD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	5	0	–	16:55

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Vadim ZherenkoG		6	5	1	.833	17:59
30Joel HoferG	L	15	13	2	.867	40:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

10Dmitri VoronkovL	1	2	3	+2	3	1	1	2	–	17:43
65Luca Del Bel BelluzC	1	1	2	+3	3	0	1	0	46	14:00
16Brendan GaunceC	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	30	14:52
20Hudson FaschingR	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	–	12:52
24Mathieu OlivierR	1	0	1	+1	4	3	0	0	100	20:04
2Jake ChristiansenD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	0	0	–	23:54
7Brendan SmithD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	1	5	–	21:38
4Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	41	19:35
29Jack WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:09
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	18:43
67James MalatestaL	0	0	0	-1	1	8	1	0	100	13:42
82Mikael PyyhtiaL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	13:40
83Oiva KeskinenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	10:03
88Roman AhcanL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	100	11:00
14Daemon HuntD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	–	22:00
37Dysin MayoD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	17:12
49Marcus KearseyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	13:55
57Charlie ElickD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	18:58

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
28Ivan FedotovG	W	15	14	1	.933	40:00
35Evan GardnerG		6	6	0	1.000	20:00