Minnesota Wild vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 18, 2025

FinalThursday, Dec 18, 2025· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	2	3	5		MIN	9	8	11	28
CBJ	1	1	0	2		CBJ	5	14	10	29

: MIN 59CBJ 64
: MIN 4.30CBJ 2.41
PP goals: MIN 1CBJ 0
Hits: MIN 15CBJ 26
Blocks: MIN 18CBJ 12
PIM: MIN 4CBJ 2
: MIN 36%CBJ 64%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Minnesota Wild beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at CBJ. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Brock Faber (MIN) played 30:57, +6:21 up on his 24:36 season average over 79 games.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:44.Kaprizov
Points
Matt Boldy had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:25.Boldy
Points
Zach Werenski had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 28:30.Werenski
Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:37.Eriksson Ek
Points
Yakov Trenin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:32.Trenin
Usage
Brock Faber (MIN) played 30:57, +6:21 up on his 24:36 season average over 79 games.Faber
New line
New look for CBJ: Aston-Reese–Lundeström–Johnson skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Aston-Reese Lundeström Johnson
Usage
Yakov Trenin (MIN) played 17:32, +4:18 up on his 13:14 season average over 81 games.Trenin

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · CBJ 64 · MIN 59

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ pressure
MIN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 40% of the game, CBJ 32%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CBJ

MIN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CBJ skaters (rows) against MIN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CBJ side.

Matchup matrix

CBJ xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MIN	CBJ
	66	66
	3.30	2.37
	3.20	2.24
	10	10
	6	5
	24	28
	−0.099	+0.099
	40%	32%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Minnesota Wild

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
12:3347% CF
L2Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov
10:5253% CF
L3Foligno – Hartman – Aube-Kubel
7:3553% CF
L4Pitlick – Jones – Sturm
6:1442% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
27:2353% CF
D2Spurgeon – Kiersted
13:5943% CF
D3Lambos – Jiricek
7:3756% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
1:13100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Hartman – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
0:18100% CF
PK1FTrenin – Sturm
1:02
PK2FFoligno – Boldy
0:44
PK1DSpurgeon – Faber
1:37
PK2DKiersted – Lambos
1:10

Current MIN line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Coyle – Wood – Sillinger
13:4142% CF
L2Jenner – Monahan – Chinakhov
12:4756% CF
L3Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
11:2571% CF
L4Aston-Reese – Lundeström – Johnson
6:1043% CF
D1Werenski – Mateychuk
19:5967% CF
D2Severson – Provorov
12:0740% CF
D3Smith – Fabbro
6:1038% CF

PP1Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov – Fantilli
1:11100% CF
PP2Werenski – Aston-Reese – Lundeström – Johnson – Mateychuk
0:59100% CF
PK1FJenner – Wood
0:48
PK2FCoyle – Lundeström
0:24
PK1DWerenski – Provorov
0:46
PK2DFabbro – Mateychuk
0:22

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	2	3	+1	2	0.59	0	0	0	23:44	—	—	49	33
Matt Boldy L	L1	1	2	3	+2	3	0.99	0	2	0	21:25	—	—	53	57
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.74	1	0	0	18:37	—	—	51	56
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.19	6	0	0	17:32	—	—	58	89
Danila Yurov R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	1	1	0	16:12	—	—	56	81
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	2	0	0	15:33	—	—	52	65
Ryan Hartman R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	0	1	0	14:44	—	—	53	68
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:32	—	—	44	62
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	10:39	—	—	60	68
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	10:02	—	—	40	38
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	2	1	2	8:10	—	—	40	44
Ben Jones C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	7:02	—	—	43	46
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	32:02	—	—	51	57
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.20	0	1	0	30:57	—	—	52	59
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	18:56	—	—	43	51
Matt Kiersted D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	17:37	—	—	42	52
Carson Lambos D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	10:16	—	—	61	79
David Jiricek D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:04	—	—	59	78

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.41	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:28	—	—	42	48
Cole Sillinger C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	3	0	0	17:14	—	—	38	34
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	3	1	0	16:05	—	—	46	47
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.35	3	2	0	19:38	—	—	55	55
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	53	40
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:58	—	—	58	50
Adam Fantilli C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	2	0	0	18:00	—	—	63	65
Kirill Marchenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	67	70
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	64	66
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	1	0	0	9:40	—	—	35	12
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	2	8:50	—	—	32	6
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:44	—	—	53	26
Zach Werenski D	D1	2	0	2	0	8	0.56	0	2	0	28:30	—	—	66	76
Denton Mateychuk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	24:20	—	—	62	68
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	23:13	—	—	39	26
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	43	21
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	14:57	—	—	28	30
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:24	—	—	50	9

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	3.00	59:21

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Zach Werenski (CBJ) 1st 15:20 · assists Charlie Coyle, Cole Sillinger · Rush · passed in · 72.2 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Zach Werenski · 1st 15:20 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 72.2 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 11:50 · MIN

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 10.3 s
Type: rebound

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Ryan Hartman · 2nd 13:30 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Vladimir Tarasenko · 2nd 16:15 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 58.2 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Zach Werenski · 2nd 17:39 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.0 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 18:08 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 77 ft

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 18:46 · MIN EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 18, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Zach Werenski · 1st 15:20 · CBJ

Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 11:50 · MIN

Ryan Hartman · 2nd 13:30 · MIN PP

Vladimir Tarasenko · 2nd 16:15 · MIN

Zach Werenski · 2nd 17:39 · CBJ

Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 18:08 · MIN EN

Matt Boldy · 3rd 18:46 · MIN EN