Columbus Blue Jackets at Minnesota Wild

Sat, Oct 11, 2025 · Grand Casino Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Columbus Blue Jackets

7 – 4

Final

Minnesota Wild

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Minnesota Wild 7–4 on Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena. Kirill Marchenko scored a hat trick; Kirill Kaprizov scored twice. Elvis Merzlikins made 48 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–52.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:29	CBJ	EV	Miles Wood (1) · wrist	Zachary Aston-Reese (1)	1–0
2nd	00:07	CBJ	EV	Kirill Marchenko (1) · wrist	Dmitri Voronkov (1), Ivan Provorov (1)	2–0
2nd	06:18	MIN	PP	Matt Boldy (2) · wrist	Joel Eriksson Ek (1), Kirill Kaprizov (4)	2–1
2nd	08:24	MIN	PP	Kirill Kaprizov (1) · snap	Matt Boldy (3), Vladimir Tarasenko (1)	2–2
2nd	18:48	CBJ	EV	Kirill Marchenko (2) · wrist	Dmitri Voronkov (2), Zach Werenski (1)	3–2
3rd	01:11	CBJ	EV	Zach Werenski (1) · slap	Adam Fantilli (1), Cole Sillinger (1)	4–2
3rd	03:01	CBJ	PP	Kirill Marchenko (3) · slap	Zach Werenski (2), Boone Jenner (1)	5–2
3rd	09:54	MIN	PP	Zeev Buium (1) · snap	Joel Eriksson Ek (2), Matt Boldy (4)	5–3
3rd	10:47	CBJ	EV	Adam Fantilli (1) · deflected	Boone Jenner (2)	6–3
3rd	15:49	MIN	PP	Kirill Kaprizov (2) · tip-in	Marco Rossi (2), Zeev Buium (1)	6–4
3rd	18:34	CBJ	SH EN	Boone Jenner (1) · wrist	Charlie Coyle (1)	7–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:05	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	slashing	2
1st	10:50	CBJ	Miles Wood	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	05:45	CBJ	Erik Gudbranson	holding	2
2nd	06:18	CBJ	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
2nd	07:47	CBJ	Erik Gudbranson	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	12:37	MIN	Jake Middleton	holding the stick	2
3rd	01:35	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	tripping	2
3rd	02:13	MIN	Jake Middleton	hooking	2
3rd	06:13	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko	closing hand on puck	2
3rd	09:11	CBJ	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	14:04	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CBJ 3.57 · MIN 4.39 · xG% CBJ 44.8

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Zach Werenski	D	1	2	3	+4	0	7	1	1		25:20	30
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	3	0	3	+2	2	4	1	1		18:10	19
38	Boone Jenner	C	1	2	3	+3	0	2	0	1	100.0	15:11	18
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	2	2	+2	4	1	2	1		15:01	20
19	Adam Fantilli	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	85.7	14:20	16
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	5		27:12	27
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	60.0	16:39	21
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	75.0	14:07	19
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	5	0	33.3	13:27	18
11	Miles Wood	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0		11:11	17
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		20:13	25
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	+3	0	6	1	0	56.0	19:11	25
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	+3	0	1	0	1		17:49	23
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		15:21	19
21	Isac Lundeström	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	63.6	12:02	17
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	1		11:29	17
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:18	15
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		10:21	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Elvis Merzlikins	W	52	48	4	.923	60:00

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
12	Matt Boldy	L	1	2	3	-3	0	5	0	0	50.0	25:24	23
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	2	1	3	-3	0	11	1	0		24:13	21
8	Zeev Buium	D	1	1	2	-4	0	4	0	2		24:39	21
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	2	2	-1	2	2	1	0	38.1	19:20	19
23	Marco Rossi	C	0	1	1	-3	0	3	1	1	28.6	19:21	22
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	1		16:18	17
7	Brock Faber	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0		19:32	24
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	2	2		18:31	22
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		16:57	22
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		16:26	18
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	7	1	3	58.3	16:02	20
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		15:08	18
5	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3		14:34	18
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	0	50.0	12:52	15
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		11:56	14
18	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	50.0	9:29	13
43	Hunter Haight	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	25.0	8:17	10
28	Liam Ohgren	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		6:55	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Filip Gustavsson	L	31	25	6	.806	58:40