Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL

Wild

21-9-5, 47 PTS

5-2

Final

Blue Jackets

14-14-6, 34 PTS

Nationwide Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

MIN shoots leftCBJ shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MIN	9	8	11	28
CBJ	5	14	10	29

In net

Jesper Wallstedt27/29 SV, .931

Jet Greaves23/26 SV, .885

Team	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	2	3	5
CBJ	1	1	0	2

Who won: Wild 5-2

The Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The series is tied 1-1. The Wild outscored the Blue Jackets 3-0 in the 3rd period. Matt Boldy led the Wild in goals (1). Zach Werenski led the Blue Jackets in goals (2).

MIN

CBJ

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Nicolas Aube-KubelRW	0	0	0	0	10:39	0:00	0:00	10:39	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	2
Matt BoldyLW	2	0	2	2	21:25	1:37	1:25	18:23	22	1	20	2	3	3	0	3	0.0	1	0	0
Joel Eriksson EkC	0	1	0	2	18:37	1:19	0:43	16:35	21	1	8	1	2	1	9	15	37.5	1	0	0
Marcus FolignoLW	1	3	0	0	14:32	0:00	0:45	13:47	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan HartmanRW	1	0	0	0	14:44	0:18	0:00	14:26	19	1	7	0	3	3	5	8	38.5	0	0	0
Ben JonesC	1	0	0	-1	7:02	0:00	0:00	7:02	11	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	25.0	0	0	0
Kirill KaprizovLW	0	0	0	1	23:44	1:37	0:03	22:04	24	1	22	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Tyler PitlickC	1	2	0	-1	8:10	0:00	0:00	8:10	11	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Nico SturmC	0	0	1	-1	10:02	0:00	1:28	8:34	15	0	1	0	1	1	3	5	37.5	0	0	0
Vladimir TarasenkoRW	0	2	0	1	15:33	1:13	0:00	14:20	20	1	6	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Yakov TreninC	0	6	1	2	17:32	0:00	1:05	16:27	21	0	2	2	1	3	1	2	33.3	1	0	0
Danila YurovRW	1	1	1	1	16:12	0:00	0:23	15:49	19	0	4	1	1	1	5	5	50.0	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Brock FaberD	1	0	0	30:57	0:24	1:38	28:55	30	6	1	4	0	3
Quinn HughesD	1	1	0	32:02	1:14	0:03	30:45	29	3	0	1	1	2
David JiricekD	2	0	1	9:04	0:00	0:03	9:01	15	0	0	0	0	1
Matt KierstedD	4	0	1	17:37	0:00	1:13	16:24	23	0	0	0	0	3
Carson LambosD	1	0	1	10:16	0:00	1:14	9:02	17	0	0	1	1	2
Jared SpurgeonD	2	0	1	18:56	0:23	1:41	16:52	27	2	0	1	0	0