Minnesota Wild at Columbus Blue Jackets

Thu, Dec 18, 2025 · Nationwide Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Minnesota Wild

5 – 2

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 on Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. Zach Werenski scored twice. Jesper Wallstedt made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–29.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	15:20	CBJ	EV	Zach Werenski (12) · slap	Charlie Coyle (16), Cole Sillinger (12)	0–1
2nd	13:30	MIN	PP	Ryan Hartman (7) · tip-in	Kirill Kaprizov (18), Brock Faber (13)	1–1
2nd	16:15	MIN	EV	Vladimir Tarasenko (6) · wrist	Yakov Trenin (7), Danila Yurov (8)	2–1
2nd	17:39	CBJ	EV	Zach Werenski (13) · wrist	Unassisted	2–2
3rd	11:50	MIN	EV	Joel Eriksson Ek (8) · tip-in	Yakov Trenin (8), Matt Boldy (20)	3–2
3rd	18:08	MIN	SH EN	Kirill Kaprizov (22) · wrist	Matt Boldy (21), Joel Eriksson Ek (18)	4–2
3rd	18:46	MIN	SH EN	Matt Boldy (20) · backhand	Kirill Kaprizov (19)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:14	MIN	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	high sticking	2
2nd	11:53	CBJ	Zachary Aston-Reese	slashing	2
3rd	19:04	MIN	Tyler Pitlick	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MIN 3.81 · CBJ 2.38 · xG% MIN 61.5

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	1	2	3	+1	0	2	0	0		23:44	24
12	Matt Boldy	L	1	2	3	+2	0	3	1	2		21:25	22
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	0	37.5	18:37	21
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	4	0	33.3	17:32	21
7	Brock Faber	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1		30:57	30
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	50.0	16:12	19
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0		15:33	20
38	Ryan Hartman	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	38.5	14:44	19
43	Quinn Hughes	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		32:02	29
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		18:56	27
26	Matt Kiersted	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4		17:37	23
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		14:32	18
16	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		10:39	14
71	Carson Lambos	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		10:16	17
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	37.5	10:02	15
55	David Jiricek	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		9:04	15
19	Tyler Pitlick	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	1		8:10	11
39	Ben Jones	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	25.0	7:02	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Jesper Wallstedt	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Zach Werenski	D	2	0	2	0	0	8	0	2		28:30	25
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	1	65.0	18:28	24
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	100.0	17:14	20
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		24:20	23
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		23:13	23
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	3	2		19:38	21
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	68.4	18:00	21
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		17:16	18
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	64.7	16:30	22
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1		16:05	20
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		15:58	18
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		15:50	22
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		15:25	20
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		14:57	15
7	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		10:24	12
21	Isac Lundeström	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	50.0	9:40	15
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	3	1	66.7	8:50	14
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		8:44	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73	Jet Greaves	L	26	23	3	.885	59:21