Seattle Kraken 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 5: final score and stats
Columbus Blue Jackets beat Seattle Kraken, Seattle Kraken 2 to Columbus Blue Jackets 5, on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Columbus Blue Jackets vs Seattle Kraken.
NHLSaturday, March 21, 2026
DateMar 21, 2026
Start time5:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVESPN+
Attendance18,864
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Kraken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Seattle KrakenColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
31-29-9Record37-21-11
4th in Pacific DivisionStanding7th in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record6-4
LWLWLLast 5LLWWL
L1StreakL2
Team stats
Seattle KrakenColumbus 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.
Seattle Kraken
Nikke Kokko G · Not Injury Related
Injured ReserveCurtis Douglas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJared McCann LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveJacob Melanson RW · Chest
Injured ReserveRyan Lindgren D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveColumbus Blue Jackets
Box score
Seattle Kraken Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matty Beniers | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:27 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 15:24 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Berkly Catton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 | 0:28 | 0:00 | 13:44 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Eberle | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 16:10 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 15:07 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:57 | 0:00 | 3:55 | 14:02 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaapo Kakko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:58 | 0:28 | 0:00 | 14:30 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby McMann | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:58 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 15:55 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Melanson | 1 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 9:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:06 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Meyers | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 11:21 | 0:00 | 3:04 | 8:17 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jani Nyman | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 8:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Stephenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:13 | 1:03 | 2:02 | 17:08 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 | 0:28 | 2:56 | 12:15 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 | 0:28 | 0:00 | 13:09 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Seattle Kraken Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Dunn | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:21 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 20:18 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryker Evans | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:18 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 17:03 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Larsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:45 | 0:00 | 4:47 | 19:58 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Lindgren | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:45 | 0:00 | 4:48 | 14:57 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Montour | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 17:30 | 0:28 | 0:00 | 17:02 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:01 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 16:48 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Seattle Kraken Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Daccord | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .852 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 59:27 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:31 | 3:36 | 1:03 | 12:52 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 57.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18:54 | 3:41 | 0:00 | 15:13 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Garland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 | 2:15 | 0:00 | 12:24 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:46 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:20 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 11:52 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:52 | 2:22 | 0:00 | 13:30 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:31 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 9:03 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:06 | 4:24 | 0:00 | 14:42 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Marchment | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:22 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 15:45 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:23 | 2:19 | 1:03 | 13:01 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:59 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:18 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 15:00 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:26 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 15:13 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:01 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:41 | 1:47 | 1:13 | 19:41 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:19 | 1:46 | 0:18 | 19:15 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:07 | 4:13 | 0:00 | 19:54 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Merzlikins | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .882 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Seattle Kraken vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Columbus Blue Jackets won, 5-2, on Saturday, March 21, 2026.
What was the final score of Seattle Kraken vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Seattle Kraken 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 5.
Who were the top performers?
Seattle Kraken: Kaapo Kakko (1 goals). Columbus Blue Jackets: Cole Sillinger (1 goals).
Where is Seattle Kraken vs Columbus Blue Jackets played?
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH.
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