Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 2025 · Grand Casino Arena

ColumbusBlue JacketsAway

7–4

Final

SOG 32–52

MinnesotaWildHome

FDSNNO · FDSNOH · FDSNWI

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena. The Wild outshot the Blue Jackets 52-32.

Kirill Marchenko scored a hat trick and Kirill Kaprizov scored twice. Miles Wood, Matt Boldy, Zach Werenski, Zeev Buium, Adam Fantilli and Boone Jenner also scored.

Elvis Merzlikins made 48 saves on 52 shots for the win; Filip Gustavsson stopped 25 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	1	2	4	7	32
MIN	0	2	2	4	52

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Miles Wood (1)Zachary Aston-Reese (1)1–002:29 CBJ

2nd period

Kirill Marchenko (1)Dmitri Voronkov (1), Ivan Provorov (1)2–000:07 CBJ
Matt Boldy (2)Joel Eriksson Ek (1), Kirill Kaprizov (4)2–106:18 MIN · PPG
Kirill Kaprizov (1)Matt Boldy (3), Vladimir Tarasenko (1)Coyle 1:10 into shift2–208:24 MIN · PPG
Kirill Marchenko (2)Dmitri Voronkov (2), Zach Werenski (1)Spurgeon 1:22 into shift3–218:48 CBJ

3rd period

Zach Werenski (1)Adam Fantilli (1), Cole Sillinger (1)Kaprizov 1:11 into shift4–201:11 CBJ
Kirill Marchenko (3)Zach Werenski (2), Boone Jenner (1)5–203:01 CBJ · PPG
Zeev Buium (1)Joel Eriksson Ek (2), Matt Boldy (4)5–309:54 MIN · PPG
Adam Fantilli (1)Boone Jenner (2)6–310:47 CBJ
Kirill Kaprizov (2)Marco Rossi (2), Zeev Buium (1)Provorov 3:13 into shift6–415:49 MIN · PPG
Boone Jenner (1)Charlie Coyle (1)7–418:34 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+

3:13

6–4 · 3rd 15:49 · Kaprizov. Provorov was 3:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceMIN on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 CBJ

1st 2:29 · Wood

Brodin 0:22

Fresh legsBrodin 0:22

2–0 CBJ

2nd 0:07 · Marchenko

Brodin 0:07

Fresh legsBrodin 0:07

2–1 MIN

2nd 6:18 · PP · Boldy

Coyle 0:33

Fresh legsCoyle 0:33

2–2 MIN

2nd 8:24 · PP · Kaprizov

Long shift: Coyle 1:10

Long shiftCoyle 1:10

3–2 CBJ

2nd 18:48 · Marchenko

Long shift: Spurgeon 1:22

Long shiftSpurgeon 1:22

4–2 CBJ

3rd 1:11 · Werenski

Long shift: Kaprizov 1:11

Long shiftKaprizov 1:11

5–2 CBJ

3rd 3:01 · PP · Marchenko

Brodin 0:21

Fresh legsBrodin 0:21

5–3 MIN

3rd 9:54 · PP · Buium

Coyle 0:43

NormalCoyle 0:43

6–3 CBJ

3rd 10:47 · Fantilli

Buium 0:15

Fresh legsBuium 0:15

6–4 MIN

3rd 15:49 · PP · Kaprizov

Stuck out there: Provorov 3:13

Stuck out thereProvorov 3:13

7–4 CBJ

3rd 18:34 · EN · Jenner

Buium 2:16

Empty netBuium 2:16

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

CBJMIN

32Shots on goal52

62%Faceoff %38%

1/3Power play4/8

16Penalty minutes6

16Hits18

16Blocked shots19

11Giveaways14

6Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 09:05Dmitri Voronkov · slashing2 min
1st 10:50Miles Wood · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 05:45Erik Gudbranson · holding2 min
2nd 06:18Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
2nd 07:47Erik Gudbranson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 12:37Jake Middleton · holding the stick2 min
3rd 01:35Joel Eriksson Ek · tripping2 min
3rd 02:13Jake Middleton · hooking2 min
3rd 06:13Kirill Marchenko · closing hand on puck2 min
3rd 09:11Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 14:04Dmitri Voronkov · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

38Boone JennerC	1	2	3	+3	2	0	1	0	100	15:11
86Kirill MarchenkoR	3	0	3	+2	4	1	1	2	–	18:10
8Zach WerenskiD	1	2	3	+4	7	1	1	0	–	25:20
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	2	2	+2	1	2	1	4	–	15:01
19Adam FantilliC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	86	14:20
3Charlie CoyleC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	60	16:39
4Cole SillingerC	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	75	14:07
11Miles WoodL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	2	–	11:11
27Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	1	1	+1	1	5	0	0	33	13:27
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	5	0	–	27:12
21Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	64	12:02
23Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	+3	6	1	0	0	56	19:11
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	10:21
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:18
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:21
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	20:13
44Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	4	–	11:29
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	1	0	–	17:49

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	W	52	48	4	.923	60:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

12Matt BoldyL	1	2	3	-3	5	0	0	0	50	25:24
97Kirill KaprizovL	2	1	3	-3	11	1	0	0	–	24:13
14Joel Eriksson EkC	0	2	2	-1	2	1	0	2	38	19:20
8Zeev BuiumD	1	1	2	-4	4	0	2	0	–	24:39
23Marco RossiC	0	1	1	-3	3	1	1	0	29	19:21
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	1	1	-1	5	0	1	0	–	16:18
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0	50	12:52
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	11:56
18Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	50	09:29
28Liam OhgrenL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	06:55
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	-1	7	1	3	0	58	16:02
43Hunter HaightC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	25	08:17
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	16:26
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	–	14:34
7Brock FaberD	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	–	19:32
24Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	15:08
25Jonas BrodinD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	16:57
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	-3	2	2	2	0	–	18:31

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Filip GustavssonG	L	31	25	6	.806	58:40