Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Minnesota Wild 2: final score and stats
Minnesota Wild beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 to Minnesota Wild 2, on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets.
NHLSunday, October 18, 2026
DateOct 18, 2026
Start time6:00 PM ET
VenueGrand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN
TVESPN+
Attendance18,012
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Minnesota Wild | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsMinnesota Wild
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
3-4-0Record6-2-1
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding1st in Central Division
1-5Road record / home record5-2
LWWLLLast 5LWWWL
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Columbus Blue JacketsMinnesota Wild
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Minnesota Wild
Filip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveBrock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox score
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:41 | 3:10 | 1:08 | 15:23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Luca Del Bel Belluz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:18 | 3:10 | 0:03 | 18:05 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Garland | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11:21 | 0:53 | 0:06 | 10:22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Danton Heinen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8:15 | 0:00 | 0:49 | 7:26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:52 | 3:07 | 0:00 | 15:45 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Knies | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:55 | 3:15 | 0:01 | 16:39 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Lomberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:02 | 0:48 | 2:54 | 13:20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16:33 | 0:50 | 2:17 | 13:26 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18:04 | 0:00 | 2:25 | 15:39 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 12:50 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Christiansen | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:47 | 0:00 | 1:28 | 15:19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:19 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 12:20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:54 | 0:28 | 1:08 | 18:18 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Damon Severson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:23 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 21:25 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Soucy | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 11:52 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 11:07 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28:43 | 3:32 | 2:43 | 22:28 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Talbot | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .943 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 58:00 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Boldy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:50 | 5:01 | 0:00 | 16:49 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Brink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 15:56 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Coleman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 | 0:38 | 1:59 | 13:50 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:18 | 4:36 | 0:00 | 16:42 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13:08 | 0:33 | 0:00 | 12:35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:32 | 4:42 | 0:00 | 17:50 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rieger Lorenz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11:28 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 9:21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Shabanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 | 4:46 | 0:00 | 8:46 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:40 | 0:01 | 1:53 | 10:46 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 | 0:29 | 2:01 | 12:27 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Bogosian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:08 | 0:09 | 1:31 | 19:28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonas Brodin | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 22:54 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 20:25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:21 | 5:24 | 0:00 | 19:57 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daemon Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:25 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 16:49 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Kiersted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 12:02 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Spacek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 | 0:31 | 0:56 | 12:39 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .933 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
MIN leads series 1-0
Dec 10, 2026MIN 0, CBJ 0
Oct 18, 2026CBJ 1, MIN 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild?
Minnesota Wild won, 2-1, on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild?
Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Minnesota Wild 2.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Adam Fantilli (1 goals). Minnesota Wild: Danila Yurov (1 goals).
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild played?
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN.
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