Columbus Blue Jackets at Minnesota WildOct 18, 2026

Time TBDSunday, Oct 18, 2026

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

Edge: MIN +12.0 pts

CBJaway−11.9 pts

Back-to-back · 995 km travel · -1 h

B2B vs rested MIN −9.3 pts
Backup likely (63%) −2.6 pts

MINhome+12.0 pts

2 days rest

CBJ on a B2B +9.3 pts
CBJ backup likely (63%) +2.7 pts

MIN has the schedule edge (+12.0 pts net win probability): cbj on a b2b, cbj backup likely (63%), b2b vs rested min, backup likely (63%).

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Cam Talbot63%
Jet Greaves37%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 6–3 vs BUF · Oct 1

L1Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
10:18
L2Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
10:17
L3Heinen – Garland – Lomberg
6:28
L4Monahan – Nichushkin – Voronkov
6:19
D1Werenski – Mateychuk
15:16
D2Soucy – Andrae
8:50
D3Gudbranson – Christiansen
5:17
PP1Coyle – Werenski – Johnson – Knies – Fantilli
2:18

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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt59%
Filip Gustavsson32%
Calvin Pickard9%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–1 at NSH · Oct 1

L1Hartman – Trenin – Brink
7:33
L2Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
7:13
L3Coleman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:14
L4Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov
5:53
D1Spurgeon – Hughes
13:16
D2Brodin – Maatta
9:43
D3Bogosian – Hunt
7:57
PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy – Shabanov
5:28

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Game day: all games on Oct 18.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.