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Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, December 10, 2026 · Nationwide Arena

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Game preview

The Minnesota Wild visit the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Thursday, December 10, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on CBJNHL, MINNHL, CBJHN and Wild+.

This is the second of 2 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Wild

First game of a road trip.

  1. 302026-11-30: no game
  2. 12026-12-01: at ANA
  3. 22026-12-02: no game
  4. 32026-12-03: at LAK
  5. 42026-12-04: no game
  6. 52026-12-05: vs PHI
  7. 62026-12-06: no game
  8. 72026-12-07: no game
  9. 82026-12-08: vs EDM
  10. 92026-12-09: no game
  11. 102026-12-10: at CBJ
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~618 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~618 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+1 h
body clock vs home

Blue Jackets

First home game after a 4-game road trip (Pittsburgh, Carolina, Nashville and Tampa Bay).

  1. 302026-11-30: at PIT
  2. 12026-12-01: no game
  3. 22026-12-02: no game
  4. 32026-12-03: at CAR
  5. 42026-12-04: no game
  6. 52026-12-05: at NSH
  7. 62026-12-06: no game
  8. 72026-12-07: at TBL
  9. 82026-12-08: no game
  10. 92026-12-09: no game
  11. 102026-12-10: vs MIN
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~832 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,395 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Minnesota WildWildTue, Oct 13 at WPG
  1. L1Kaprizov#97Boldy#12Eriksson Ek#14
    12:43 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewColeman#20Yurov#22Shabanov#49
    9:19 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewLorenz#61Hartman#38Brink#10
    8:24 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewPitlick#19McCarron#47Trenin#13
    7:32 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewBrodin#25Hughes#43
    19:06 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewBogosian#24Maatta#3
    11:09 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewHunt#48Spacek#82
    8:10 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Kaprizov LBoldy LEriksson Ek CShabanov RHughes D3:00
  2. 2Coleman LHartman RBrink RYurov RSpacek D0:32

Penalty kill

  1. 1Boldy LMcCarron CBogosian DMaatta D1:10
  2. 2Boldy LEriksson Ek CBrodin DMaatta D0:37
Columbus Blue JacketsBlue JacketsTue, Oct 13 vs FLA
  1. L1Knies#89Johnson#91Fantilli#19
    8:53 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewMonahan#23Nichushkin#43Garland#83
    6:27 together at 5v5
  3. L3Coyle#3Sillinger#4Olivier#24
    4:53 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewHeinen#58Lomberg#94Voronkov#10
    4:27 together at 5v5
  1. D1Severson#78Werenski#8
    15:29 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewGudbranson#44Soucy#7
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewChristiansen#2Mateychuk#5
    9:42 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Knies LCoyle CJohnson CFantilli CWerenski D1:19
  2. 2Voronkov LMonahan CNichushkin RGarland RMateychuk D0:46

Penalty kill

  1. 1Coyle CSillinger CSeverson DWerenski D1:10
  2. 2Heinen LCoyle CChristiansen DMateychuk D0:59

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

MINCBJ

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

MIN 58% (7th most shuffled)CBJ 63% (10th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

MIN 1:59 left (9th earliest · 12 pulls)CBJ 1:29 left (3rd latest · 19 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

MIN 53.8s (longest)CBJ 50.6s (5th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

MIN 44% (most often)CBJ 34% (6th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series