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	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zachary Aston-ReeseLW	1	3	0	-2	8:50	0:59	0:00	7:51	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	66.7	0	1	2
Egor ChinakhovRW	0	2	0	0	15:58	1:11	0:00	14:47	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Charlie CoyleC	1	3	0	-1	18:28	0:42	0:26	17:20	24	5	1	0	0	13	7	65.0	0	0	0
Adam FantilliC	0	2	0	-1	18:00	1:13	0:00	16:47	21	12	0	3	1	13	6	68.4	2	0	0
Boone JennerC	2	3	0	1	19:38	0:44	0:49	18:05	21	5	0	4	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	-1	8:44	0:59	0:00	7:45	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Isac LundestromC	0	1	0	-2	9:40	0:59	0:24	8:17	15	1	0	2	0	3	3	50.0	0	0	0
Kirill MarchenkoRW	1	1	2	-1	15:50	1:15	0:00	14:35	22	10	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Sean MonahanC	0	1	0	-1	16:30	0:46	0:22	15:22	22	5	0	0	0	11	6	64.7	1	0	0
Cole SillingerC	0	3	0	0	17:14	0:00	0:22	16:52	20	3	1	1	2	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Dmitri VoronkovLW	0	1	0	-1	15:25	1:11	0:00	14:14	20	12	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Miles WoodLW	1	3	1	0	16:05	0:00	0:51	15:14	20	8	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	S	SM	GV
Dante FabbroD	1	2	0	0	14:57	0:00	0:23	14:34	15	0	2	1	0	0
Denton MateychukD	1	1	0	-1	24:20	0:59	0:49	22:32	23	0	6	2	0	1
Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	1	-1	23:13	0:46	1:14	21:13	23	0	4	0	1	1
Damon SeversonD	1	0	1	-1	17:16	0:45	0:00	16:31	18	0	2	1	2	1
Brendan SmithD	1	0	0	0	10:24	0:00	0:00	10:24	12	0	0	0	0	2
Zach WerenskiD	2	0	1	0	28:30	2:11	0:48	25:31	25	2	13	8	2	1