Minnesota Wild 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 2: final score and stats
Minnesota Wild beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild 5 to Columbus Blue Jackets 2, on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Columbus Blue Jackets vs Minnesota Wild.
NHLThursday, December 18, 2025
DateDec 18, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVESPN+
Attendance14,845
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Wild | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Minnesota WildColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
21-9-5Record14-14-6
1st in Central DivisionStanding8th in Metropolitan Division
8-5Road record / home record6-4
WLWWWLast 5LLWWL
W1StreakL2
Team stats
Minnesota WildColumbus Blue Jackets
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.
Minnesota Wild
Brock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveFilip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveColumbus Blue Jackets
Box score
Minnesota Wild Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:39 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Boldy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:25 | 1:37 | 1:25 | 18:23 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:37 | 1:19 | 0:43 | 16:35 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 13:47 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 | 0:18 | 0:00 | 14:26 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:02 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:44 | 1:37 | 0:03 | 22:04 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Pitlick | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 8:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nico Sturm | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 10:02 | 0:00 | 1:28 | 8:34 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 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 | 0 |
| Yakov Trenin | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17:32 | 0:00 | 1:05 | 16:27 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:12 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 15:49 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Faber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30:57 | 0:24 | 1:38 | 28:55 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32:02 | 1:14 | 0:03 | 30:45 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Jiricek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:04 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 9:01 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Kiersted | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 16:24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Lambos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 9:02 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 | 0:23 | 1:41 | 16:52 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Aston-Reese | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 8:50 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 7:51 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 14:47 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Coyle | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 18:28 | 0:42 | 0:26 | 17:20 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 65.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:00 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 16:47 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 68.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19:38 | 0:44 | 0:49 | 18:05 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:44 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 7:45 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 9:40 | 0:59 | 0:24 | 8:17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 15:50 | 1:15 | 0:00 | 14:35 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:30 | 0:46 | 0:22 | 15:22 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 64.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 | 0:00 | 0:22 | 16:52 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:25 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Wood | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:05 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 15:14 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 14:34 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:20 | 0:59 | 0:49 | 22:32 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:13 | 0:46 | 1:14 | 21:13 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17:16 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 16:31 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28:30 | 2:11 | 0:48 | 25:31 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .885 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 59:21 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Dec 18, 2025MIN 5, CBJ 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Minnesota Wild won, 5-2, on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
What was the final score of Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Minnesota Wild 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 2.
Who were the top performers?
Minnesota Wild: Matt Boldy (1 goals). Columbus Blue Jackets: Zach Werenski (2 goals).
Where is Minnesota Wild vs Columbus Blue Jackets played?
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH.
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