Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2025 · Nationwide Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 28–29

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FDSNNO · FDSNOH · FDSNWIX

Game summary

The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Wild 29-28.

Zach Werenski scored twice. Ryan Hartman, Vladimir Tarasenko, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy also scored.

Jesper Wallstedt made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jet Greaves stopped 23 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MIN	0	2	3	5	28
CBJ	1	1	0	2	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Zach Werenski (12)Charlie Coyle (16), Cole Sillinger (12)Faber 1:44 into shift0–115:20 CBJ

2nd period

Ryan Hartman (7)Kirill Kaprizov (18), Brock Faber (13)1–113:30 MIN · PPG
Vladimir Tarasenko (6)Yakov Trenin (7), Danila Yurov (8)2–116:15 MIN
Zach Werenski (13)Unassisted2–217:39 CBJ

3rd period

Joel Eriksson Ek (8)Yakov Trenin (8), Matt Boldy (20)Fabbro 1:53 into shift3–211:50 MIN
Kirill Kaprizov (22)Matt Boldy (21), Joel Eriksson Ek (18)4–218:08 MIN · EN
Matt Boldy (20)Kirill Kaprizov (19)5–218:46 MIN · 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+

1:53

3–2 · 3rd 11:50 · Eriksson Ek. Fabbro was 1:53 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMIN on iceCBJ on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 CBJ

1st 15:20 · Werenski

Stuck out there: Faber 1:44

Stuck out thereFaber 1:44

1–1 MIN

2nd 13:30 · PP · Hartman

Mateychuk 0:49

NormalMateychuk 0:49

2–1 MIN

2nd 16:15 · Tarasenko

Provorov 0:53

NormalProvorov 0:53

2–2 CBJ

2nd 17:39 · Werenski

Pitlick 0:34

Fresh legsPitlick 0:34

3–2 MIN

3rd 11:50 · Eriksson Ek

Stuck out there: Fabbro 1:53

Stuck out thereFabbro 1:53

4–2 MIN

3rd 18:08 · EN · Kaprizov

Werenski 1:20

Empty netWerenski 1:20

5–2 MIN

3rd 18:46 · EN · Boldy

Werenski 1:58

Empty netWerenski 1:58

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

MINCBJ

28Shots on goal29

36%Faceoff %64%

1/1Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes2

15Hits26

18Blocked shots12

19Giveaways16

6Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 02:14Nicolas Aube-Kubel · high sticking2 min
2nd 11:53Zachary Aston-Reese · slashing2 min
3rd 19:04Tyler Pitlick · tripping2 min

Season series

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

12Matt BoldyL	1	2	3	+2	3	0	2	0	–	21:25
97Kirill KaprizovL	1	2	3	+1	2	0	0	0	–	23:44
13Yakov TreninC	0	2	2	+2	1	6	0	0	33	17:32
14Joel Eriksson EkC	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	38	18:37
22Danila YurovR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	50	16:12
38Ryan HartmanR	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	38	14:44
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	15:33
7Brock FaberD	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	–	30:57
16Nicolas Aube-KubelR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:39
17Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	14:32
19Tyler PitlickC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2	–	08:10
39Ben JonesC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	25	07:02
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	38	10:02
26Matt KierstedD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	17:37
43Quinn HughesD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	32:02
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	18:56
55David JiricekD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	09:04
71Carson LambosD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	10:16

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

8Zach WerenskiD	2	0	2	0	8	0	2	0	–	28:30
3Charlie CoyleC	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0	65	18:28
4Cole SillingerC	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	100	17:14
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	15:25
11Miles WoodL	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	–	16:05
19Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	68	18:00
21Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	50	09:40
23Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	65	16:30
27Zachary Aston-ReeseL	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2	67	08:50
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	+1	4	3	2	0	–	19:38
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	15:58
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	15:50
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	08:44
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	24:20
7Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	10:24
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	23:13
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	14:57
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	17:16

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG	L	26	23	3	.885	59:21
90Elvis MerzlikinsG		0	0	0	–	00:00